Why do we chant the peace Prayer (Om Shanti) three times at the end of each prayer? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today.  The nation is a limb of the world. The world should strive for peace. That is the meaning of the benediction - Om Shanti! Shanti! Shanti! Why is this Shanti (Peace) uttered only three times and not more or fewer times? This refers to peace in three aspects. Adi-bhoutika (physical), Adhyatmika (mental) and Adi-daivika (spiritual). Peace relating to the body, mind and Self are invoked by this benediction. Such profound meanings are implicit in the pronouncements of Bharat's sages. These are designed to remind us of God and make us seek God-realisation. People imagine that God is an entity far beyond human conception and grasp. That is not true. Divinity is nearer than anything else in the world. If you consider it remote, it will appear distant, but if you regard It as near It will be near! As long as man is conscious of the body, he cannot comprehend a formless Divinity. Hence, he must adore the Divine in human form.