Re: What opened up your heart today?

Posted on Oct 26th, 2009 by Meenakshi in The Power of Light

The ability to bring peace into a family by cooking, feeding, serving.

Re: Childs' Play

Posted on Oct 23rd, 2009 by Taikunping in The GLOBAL PEACE POD.

peaceful circles spin rings of light danced into grace child inside released Peaceful blessings Tai nice one Kevin!

Re: INTRODUCTIONS #4 Welcome to this Group

Posted on Aug 11th, 2009 by starpeople in Now I Can See the Moon

And Kes, thanks for the welcome. Hugs, handshakes and nose rubs all around Peace

Re: Peaceful trees - please add your tree pics, quotes/poems

Posted on Aug 11th, 2009 by Taikunping in The GLOBAL PEACE POD.

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful.  Everything is... More »

Re: Light for Taiwan

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by helenrscp in The Power of Light

Sending loving and healing light to those affected by the typoon...surrounding and enfolding them in safety and peace of mind.

Re: August 10

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by helenrscp in Living Metaphysics

“This day my mind is poised in peace and beauty.  I consciously walk in the vibration of peace.  Peace is my way of being.” This affirmation was excerpted from Science of Mind magazine Daily Guide.... More »

Re: Peaceful trees - please add your tree pics, quotes/poems

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by sandy in The GLOBAL PEACE POD.

" AH !" Namaste' to you Gia and indeed to all ~

Re: Hiroshima Day

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by sandy in The GLOBAL PEACE POD.

I found our rally and peace march on Nagasaki Day to be most uplifting.

Re: Parasha Pinchas - Broken Peace - Numbers 25:10-30:1

Posted on Jul 11th, 2009 by SillyOldBear in A Stranger's Torah

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Parasha Pinchas - Broken Peace - Numbers 25:10-30:1

Posted on Jul 11th, 2009 by SillyOldBear in A Stranger's Torah

One of the most powerful commentaries on Pinchas’ act is written into the very fabric of Torah itself. The  Masoretes  – the 8th and 9th century rabbinic sages who codified the written Torah into the... More »

GRATITUDE TO THE EARTH - MASAMI SAIONJI "YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE"

Posted on Oct 25th, 2009 by Taikunping

GRATITUDE TO THE EARTH My feet touched the earth.  Accepting them warmly, the earth embraced my soul.  I walked on the earth in silence, and the earth was in peace.  The earth always welcomes us... More »

Practicing 93 days of Mindfulness of Peace & Non-Violence

Posted on Oct 1st, 2009 by mita

The first ever grassroot World March for Peace and Non-violence lasting over 3 months and spanning over 100 countries and 300 cities is beginning its long journey today. It is starting in a few hours... More »

Where would you like to go deeper in your life?

Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by rudyan

into fear into the fire into the depths into everything that ego and natural instinct urge me to stay well clear of into all and everything and nothing into the mindless thoughtfulness of thought-free mindfulness... More »

Learn More About Peaceful World Conversations!

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Sami

Looking for something unique and off the beaten path in San Francisco? Every Sunday morning at 9am, the historic Red Victorian Bed and Breakfast hosts a free Peaceful World Conversation- open to everyone. The conversations... More »

report from iron mountain

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by boogie

Report from Iron Mountain: on the Possibility and Desirability of Peace (1967) quote: "War fills certain functions essential to the stability of our society; until other ways of filling them are developed, the war system... More »

What choice would you like to make?

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Myefate

I am choosing to listen to MY heart instead of looking for answers outside my Self. :) I find I get too tied up in seeking approval from others, and end up drained on many... More »

What choice would you like to make?

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by blewbird

Between war and peace, between joy and sadness, between love and fear.

Where, or what, would you like to finally surrender?

Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Sherrilene

Other people's decisions for themselves. Although I can see the destruction; although I can tell it will be unnecessarily painful... I would finally like to put peace for myself first, even if that means letting... More »

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Posted on May 17th, 2009 by Tigana

In Africa, Liberian women take a stand for peace and against violence and injustice.  http://www.praythedevilbacktohell.com/ Movie trailer at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uon9CcoHgwA Watch movie online here:  http://www.watchonlinemoviestream.com/watch/free-pray-the-devil-back-to-hell-2008-online-streaming/132  

Where would you like to go deeper in your life?

Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Jordan

I would like to go deeper in the exploration of peace and see it for it's full capacity. Hellen Keller says,  "I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which... More »

Unless the secret of inward peace is also the secret of escape from fear, it does not meet a need I believe is almost the central need of mankind. If it be asked, "Why are so many people in the modern world anxious, worried, nervous, irritable, depressed, bad sleepers, and not quite well?" the answer in most cases is that they are frightened. . . . What, then, is the way to escape from the power of this ever-present enemy? I know none except learning that we are in the keeping of a God who will never desert us. . . . There is no fear where love is, and the love of God is always present. . . . Till we have faced that fact, we are not ready to understand what God does actually for those who trust in Him. But when we have learnt that truth, we may go on to say, "Come what may, we know that He will be with us and therefore need not fear." We may have to suffer in the body, but His sustaining grace will never leave us. We may lose our dear ones and so be wounded in our very hearts, but His grace will give us strength to carry even that cross. We may have to face poverty; but if so, He will do for us what He has done for thousands and teach us how to be poor and yet content. We may have to face hunger of the heart, and no one who knows what that means will ever think lightly of it; but even through that fiery trial, His love will sustain those who turn to Him.

I have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to be wanting for my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen. O man, place not thy confidence in this present world!

When the sight will be dazed,when the moon will be eclipsed, when the sun and moon will be in conjunction, on that day man will say: "Where to flee?' But there is no refuge. (Koran 75:7-11) Commentary: "When the sight will be dazed"; when it will be stunned and perplexed. This relates to the moment when the theophanies begin, for the being has no previous knowledge of what he is now contemplating, no familiarity with what he is seeing. The "moon" symbolizes the servant in his contingency, and the "eclipse" his disappearance: that is to say, the evidence that his being is borrowed and does not belong to him himself for he "is" only in a metaphorical way. . . . The sun symbolizes the Lord - may He be exalted! - just as the moon symbolizes the servant. Their "conjunction" symbolizes the degree of the "union of the union" (jam' al-jam'), which is the ultimate degree, the greatest deliverance and the supreme felicity; and consists in seeing at the same time the creation subsisting by God, and God manifesting Himself by His creation. . . . The gnostic then asks "Where to flee?" because of the violence of the perplexity provoked in him by the multiplicity of the theophanies: their diversity, their fleeting character, the rapidity with which they disappear, the abundance of the divine descents (tanazzulat) which stun the intellect and plunge it in stupor. . . . "But there is no refuge" - there is no shelter, no way out. The gnostic who would leave this state to find repose is warned that the repose and the Gnosis are only found precisely where he is. The perplexity increases as the divine descents increase, but it is these divine descents which are the source of spiritual knowledge. This is why the foremost of the gnostics, our Prophet - on Him be Grace and Peace! - said "Oh Allah, augment my perplexity with regard to Thee!"

There are two kinds of death, the death which is inevitable and common to all beings, and the death which is voluntary and particular to certain ones of them only. It is the second death which is prescribed for us in the words of the Messenger of Allah: "Die before you die." The resurrection is accomplished for him who dies this voluntary death. His affairs return to God and they are but one. He has returned to God and he sees Him through Him. As the Prophet said - on him be Grace and Peace! - according to a tradition reported by Tabarani, "You will not see your Lord before being dead" and that is because, in the contemplation of this dead-resurrected one, all creatures are annihilated, and for him only one thing exists, one Reality only. Whatever will be the lot of the believers in their posthumous states is prefigured in one degree or another in this life for the initiates. The "return" of things - considered in relation to [the diversity of] their forms - to Allah and the end of their becoming, expresses only a change of cognitive status and not at all a modification of the reality. For him who dies and achieves the resurrection, the multiple is one, by reason of its essential unity; and the One is multiple, by reason of the multiplicity in Him of relations and aspects.

His light spreads out and this operation expresses nothing other than the ordered unfolding of His attributes over the non-being. What is called "the possibles" are those things which show themselves capable of receiving that light and those which are called "the impossibles" are those which are unable to receive the light. It is to just this that the Prophet - upon Him be Grace and Peace! - alluded when He said, "Allah created the creatures in the darkness, then He sprinkled them with His light. Those who were touched by some of this light are on the good way; and those who failed to be touched by it are astray."

I can not say that I think you very generous to the Ladies, for whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to Men, Emancipating all Nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over Wives.

For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we should pause for a moment and hear what some people in the third world countries would like to make them happier. 1. Having enough to eat so when you go to sleep at night your stomach doesn't ach. 2. Having shoes on your feet and any kind of clothing to keep the cold out. 3. Having a roof over your head. 4. Having the hope that you'll be lucky enough to get some kind of an education. 5. Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.

Ten Spiritual Tonics 1. Stop worrying. Worry kills life. 2. Begin each day with a prayer. It will arm your soul. 3. Control appetite. Over-indulgence clogs body and mind. 4. Accept your limitations . . . 5. Don't envy. It wastes time and energy. 6. Have faith in people. Cynicism sours the disposition. 7. Find a hobby. It will relax your nerves. 8. Read a book a week to stimulate imagination and broaden your views. 9. Spend some time alone for the peace of solitude and silence. 10. Try to want what you have, instead of spending your strength trying to get what you want.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference. NOTE: President Richard M. Nixon used similar words about his plan for peace in an address to the nation on the war in Vietnam, November 3, 1969: "If it does succeed, what the critics say now won't matter. If it does not succeed, anything I say then won't matter." - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1969, p. 909.

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