Why are we violent? If you don’t answer it immediately but put the question and let the question begin to move, let the question begin to have its own vitality; because you asked it seriously, that question which has been asked most earnestly has its own vitality, its own energy. But thought comes along and says, ‘This is the reason we are violent: we want our own personal security, in the name of religion, in the name of God, in the name of the saviour, and so on.’ Why are you violent? What does that violence mean? Does it mean merely physical violence, or much deeper? It is very much deeper than physical violence. As you look, as you observe, it begins to unfold. You are violent because you are aggressive, competitive. Then you say, ‘Can I live in this world, in the modern world without competition, without the urge to succeed?’ Then find out; let the question develop. If you immediately answer it, you have stopped it; it has stopped the growth of the question.