The Walk for Peace: Peace Begins Within

The 2026 Walk for Peace. Monks are currently walking in quiet devotion across the US. This is more than a pilgrimage. It is a living reminder of the peace and loving compassion that exists within us.

Wherever you are in the world, the moment you come across the images or footage of the monks, notice how it makes you feel. For many, it stirs deep feelings of resilience, hope, the power of love, the quiet strength of humanity moving together with one shared intention and the decision to make peace our choice.

This coming together of the collective is a reminder that beyond the noise of politics, global events and daily constant urgencies, there is still goodness, there is still love, and there is still a choice.

The monks' peaceful pilgrimage ignites something within us. It gently dims fear and reawakens love. That, in itself, is the message. Peace is not something external that we wait for. It begins inside us.

The monks have asked us to repeat after them, "Today is going to be my peaceful day."

Not someday. Not after circumstances change. Today. Try saying this to yourself the moment you wake each morning and place your feet on the ground. See what happens.

Peace comes from the moment we decide to live from a place of compassion and loving kindness, and choose to move through the world from that place. It does not come from hoping someone else will fix the world. It begins with our own internal shift. Shifting our thoughts, shifting our perspectives about ourselves and the world around us. It begins when we turn inward and take responsibility for our inner state of being.

Imagine what would happen if we all did this individually. How would that change us collectively?

The monks’ message is about remembrance. A remembrance of God, of truth, and of who we are beneath fear and conditioning. It reminds us of our purpose on this physical plane – to live and be empowered, awake and rooted in love. Empowered people do not need fear-based systems or intermediaries to access truth. They are guided from within. They live from love, not fear.

May we remember who we are. May we remember that peace is a choice. May we walk this world – each in our own way – as living reminders of peace.