Justice is the name given to the universal law or power which safeguards and maintains the natural rights of the individual against exploitation, abuse and disrespect. Justice tells us to respect the individual's rights and freedoms: when we are only concerned with our own rights and do not respect the other's rights to personal expression and happiness, it is simply a matter of time before we also lose our own rights. Justice is naturally maintained when rights are balanced with responsibilities.

Justice keeps a balance of the rights and freedoms not only of humankind but also of nature - justice is universal and absolute in its application. We very often forget the rights of Mother Nature, whose gifts sustain us, whose right to peace and harmony is often trampled upon by humanity in the name of progress. She may seem passive in enduring such abuse but we can be sure that justice will not abandon her.

Violence destroys the sanctity of justice. To join in or to be indifferent to whatever kind of violence is imposed on others robs us of our own dignity and rights. Sometimes revolutions against oppression escalate into unmitigated violence when the oppressed rise up but misuse their position and camouflage revenge by falsely calling it justice. Such justice with underlying motives of revenge, hatred or greed is a contradiction in terms. Man-made justice is destructive and preferential, whereas true, natural justice, inherent as a principle of life, maintains peace and order and is universal. No one human being has the right to take justice into his own hands.

True justice can only be maintained when everyone respects each other and cares for the rights and well-being of the individual and the collective.