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Posted: 5/28/2009 4:08:17 AM | haiku
a blessing to feel
body, heart and mind at peace
then my soul can soar
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Posted: 5/29/2009 7:15:49 PM | re-posting something i wrote last year on Native American Spirituality
8/13/2008 2 30 PM...realized it fits here...
oh yes the river is overflowing with tears....which open hearts....which connects to our humility and humanity.
and if we don't have the intention of peace and the awareness of the dangers of war,
i don't see how we can move forward in opening our hearts and minds more.
as i said before, and we have seen here - war seems to always create more war.
how do you see being a warrior leading to peace?
is not your goal peace also?
or are you feeling justified to keep fighting in the name of all the injustices?
isn't the feeling of injustice what has led us here and really been quite a problem?
my question is what do you think it will take to stop fighting?
what seems to have worked before was surrender.....
but what about acceptance?
what about forgiveness?
what about trying to not get so deeply embroiled in war, or learning to step back and take some breaths before we really kill each other?
if we wipe each other out, then that's one path to peace for there will be no one left to fight with....
but i do not think that is the best way....i think that is the coward's way.....much easier to fight than not to,
or so it seems to me...but then i have been a fighter of injustice and so i know it does not work
for me any more to fight for injustice, or for peace, because it seems fighting almost always leads to more fighting.
what has helped me always and only is if I want peace, then I have to be peace.....
just like if I want love, then I have to be love. | |
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Posted: 6/26/2009 2:06:52 PM | a man of peace is here now
visiting from zimbabwe
where war is nothing new
where there is so much suffering
death only leaves a few
trying to help the people
with Spirit guiding you
trying to help the planet
with Spirit guiding you
listen to the ancestors
with Spirit guiding you
listen to the peacemakers
with Spirit guiding you
listen to the healers
with Spirit guiding you
trying to be empty
then Spirit can
work through you
a man of peace
is here now
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Posted: 6/27/2009 12:47:29 AM | Heal The World: Micheal Jackson
There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow
There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place...
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living
Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World...
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow
We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares
We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place...
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
I have always loved his spirit ...  | |
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Posted: 7/6/2009 7:28:50 AM | We Are 1...Thought you might like this.
"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye." | |
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Posted: 7/11/2009 5:57:22 AM | thank you k for that quote...
thought to offer this here, written July 4th on the last line 8 line thread,
edited and expanded this morning....
our wars....
I still don't know really what are we fighting for?
are you truly a threat to me?
have I lost my sanity?
is life so unimportant to me
that I should end it through our divisibility?
though part of human nature...apparently...
I implore we end all war and live peacefully
for I believe humanity really can live in harmony...
I believe it is not just a fantasy created in my memory | |
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Posted: 7/12/2009 7:07:22 AM | PAX
by DH Lawerence
All that matters is to be at one with the living God
To be a creature in the house of the God of Life.
Like a cat asleep on a chair
at peace, in peace
and at one with the master of the house, with the
mistress
at home, at home in the house of the living,
sleeping on the hearth, and yawning before the fire.
Sleeping on the hearth of the living world,
yawning at home before the fire of life
feeling the presence of the living God
like a great reassurance
a deep calm in the heart
a presence
as of a master sitting at the board
in his own and greater being,
in the house of life.
-- by D.H. Lawrence | |
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Posted: 7/12/2009 4:16:52 PM | ^^wow...thank you for sharing this, rosie....it's so very powerful.....
deep gratitude to DH Lawrence for writing so profoundly and humbly. | |
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Posted: 8/21/2009 5:05:40 AM | a personal call for peace
let it flow through me
easing the tears
easing my fears
washing me with love
to feel stillness within
knowing, trusting
all is meant to be
even when it seems absurd
feeling so much horror
when I know we torture
and are so cruel to each other
I also know a depth of love flows
through our hearts and souls
so this is a personal call for peace
hoping my heart's troubles will ease
knowing so much blessing has come to me
grateful for being part of the incredible energy
spiralling through the spirit of humanity
feeling at our core is unity
mixed with so much grieving
praying peace will be an easing
of our pain and sorrow
so we can welcome tomorrow
so our love can be
so our lives can flow freely
and peacefully
so we can treat each other
and our beloved planet
respectfully
gratefully
and truly lovingly | |
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Posted: 8/21/2009 5:13:39 AM | Just received this from a physician friend of mine, seemed like it should post here...
"This news just came to my attention:
**WARNING** B9 Virus (also known as the "benign" virus) epidemic is causing
massive outbreaks of peace. B9 is very contagious, especially among young
children and the elderly. The most common means of transmission are hugs in
excess of 20 seconds in length, and peace symptoms are also suspected of
coming from long walks on ocean beaches or in deep mountain forests.
Individual symptoms include difficulty in dominating other people,
willingness to listen for long periods without interrupting, and forgetting
to lock the house, as well as spontaneous outbursts of joyful singing and
tears of gratitude.
An epidemic may be indicated by improved learning in
schools, shortages of workers, empty jails, and closure of military
recruiting offices. Government epidemiologists say control is impossible,
since the B9 virus will disassemble the DNA of fear media-cations with
laughter.
The prognosis is for long-term chronic peace to dissolve political
and national boundaries, blend the races into one soft brown color, and
marginalize the use of currency as a representation of value. The B9 virus
is very dangerous to the status quo and should be treated with respect.
Forewarned is fore-hugged!" | |
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Posted: 8/21/2009 6:07:21 AM | ^^ 
brilliant K!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this here!
I pray this epidemic becomes systemic!!
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Posted: 11/7/2009 2:46:05 AM | A world wide peace project is begun! This amazing concept is really an Idea worth spreading, I hope everyone will do just that, enjoy, and in joy k.
http://blog.ted.com/2009/11/countdown_to_th.php | |
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Posted: 11/7/2009 3:32:39 AM | ^^'Countdown to the Charter for Compassion' on November 12th....thank you for sharing that, k.....two things come to me that I will try and find and re-post here...one small, one much longer...both originally posted August, '08....
"Natural Wonders"....
'All of the leaves on a single tree will open on the same day.
Similarly, all of the flowers on the Japanese Cherry tree will open at the same time.'
Perhaps it is like that with the hearts and minds of people.
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this list below was originally pasted and posted by another poster on a thread that was closed, but he gave me permission to re-post it wherever I wished....it is the most complete list I have seen showing how 'the golden rule' can be found in almost every path of Spirit or religion.....I am re-posting it here because, first, I think it's fascinating, but also because I imagine it might connect with the 'Charter for Compassion' being published in five days...the link that k has shared above....
Bahá'í Faith: "Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which thou doest not." "Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself." Baha'u'llah
"And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself." Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
Brahmanism: "This is the sum of Dharma [duty]: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you". Mahabharata, 5:1517 "
Buddhism: "...a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?" Samyutta NIkaya v. 353
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." Udana-Varga 5:18
Christianity: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." Matthew 7:12, King James Version.
"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." Luke 6:31,
King James Version.
"...and don't do what you hate...", Gospel of Thomas 6. The Gospel of Thomas is one of about 40 gospels that were widely accepted among early Christians, but which never made it into the Christian Scriptures (New Testament).
Confucianism: "Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you" Analects 15:23
"Tse-kung asked, 'Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?' Confucius replied, 'It is the word 'shu' -- reciprocity. Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.' Doctrine of the Mean 13.3
"Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence." Mencius VII.A.4
Ancient Egyptian: "Do for one who may do for you, that you may cause him thus to do." The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, 109 - 110 Translated by R.B. Parkinson. The original dates to 1970 to 1640 BCE and may be the earliest version ever written. 3
Hinduism: "This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you." Mahabharata 5:1517
"Listen to the essence of Dharma. Having listened, focus on it, and establish it in your mind. Do not do any thing to others which you do not want to be done to yourself" Vedas
Humanism: "(5) Humanists acknowledge human interdependence, the need for mutual respect and the kinship of all humanity."
"(11) Humanists affirm that individual and social problems can only be resolved by means of human reason, intelligent effort, critical thinking joined with compassion and a spirit of empathy for all living beings. " 4
"Don't do things you wouldn't want to have done to you, British Humanist Society. 3
Islam: "None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself." Number 13 of Imam "Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths." 5
Jainism: "Therefore, neither does he [a sage] cause violence to others nor does he make others do so." Acarangasutra 5.101-2.
"In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self." Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara
"A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated." Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Judaism: "...thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.", Leviticus 19:18
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary." Talmud, Shabbat 31a.
"And what you hate, do not do to any one." Tobit 4:15 6
Native American Spirituality: "Respect for all life is the foundation." The Great Law of Peace.
"All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One." Black Elk
"Do not wrong or hate your neighbor. For it is not he who you wrong, but yourself." Pima proverb.
Roman Pagan Religion: "The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society as themselves."
Shinto: "The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form"
"Be charitable to all beings, love is the representative of God." Ko-ji-ki Hachiman Kasuga
Sikhism: Compassion-mercy and religion are the support of the entire world". Japji Sahib
"Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone." Guru Arjan Devji 259
"No one is my enemy, none a stranger and everyone is my friend." Guru Arjan Dev : AG 1299
Sufism: "The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone's heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this." Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order.
Taoism: "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien.
"The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful." Tao Teh Ching, Chapter 49
Unitarian: "The inherent worth and dignity of every person;"
"Justice, equity and compassion in human relations.... "
"The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;"
"We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part." Unitarian principles. 7,8
Wicca: "A'in it harm no one, do what thou wilt" (i.e. do what ever you will, as long as it harms nobody, including yourself). One's will is to be carefully thought out in advance of action. This is called the Wiccan Rede
Yoruba: (Nigeria): "One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts."
Zoroastrianism: "That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself". Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5
"Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others." Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29 | |
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Posted: 11/7/2009 3:51:56 PM | Quaker: " Come walk cheerfully over the world answering to that of God in everyone." founder George Fox, 1659
"We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons for any end or under any pretence whatsoever. And this our testimony to the whole world. The spirit of Christ will never move us to fight and war against any man with outward weapons neither for the kindgdom of Christ nor for the kingdoms of this world." George Fox, 1661
"People everywhere are children of God and members of one family. We value the worth of each person. We cannot be easy in our own lives when others suffer indignity, injustice or want. We are ready to put ourselves at one another's side and share each other's burdens. As we are true to the divine within ourselves so do we respond to the divine in others." from Faith and Practice, North Pacific Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 1993 | |
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Posted: 11/15/2009 8:50:59 AM | Charter for Compassion
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honor the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect. It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain. To act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism, or self-interest, to impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by denigrating others—even our enemies—is a denial of our common humanity. We acknowledge that we have failed to live compassionately and that some have even increased the sum of human misery in the name of religion.
We therefore call upon all men and women ~ to restore compassion to the centre of morality and religion ~ to return to the ancient principle that any interpretation of scripture that breeds violence, hatred or disdain is illegitimate ~ to ensure that youth are given accurate and respectful information about other traditions, religions and cultures ~ to encourage a positive appreciation of cultural and religious diversity ~ to cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings—even those regarded as enemies.
We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. Rooted in a principled determination to transcend selfishness, compassion can break down political, dogmatic, ideological and religious boundaries. Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and indispensible to the creation of a just economy and a peaceful global community.
http://blog.ted.com/2009/11/countdown_to_th.php
This idea, conceived by Karen Armstrong, has had a powerful start around the world.
She has used the United Nations as a starting point so this would not be seen as a "western" movement, but global. Except for the Huffington Post there hasn't been media coverage (what a surprise!). Please feel free to share this wonderful call for sanity and peace. D thank you. | |
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