PROGRESS TOWARD A MORE PEACEFUL PLANET

Posted by Doug on January 30, 2012

Peace Signs: Over the last 20 years cease fires that have failed dropped from 50 to 12 percent writes Joshua Goldstein in Winning the War on War, attributing this to UN peacekeepers. Can this be so?

OUNCE OF PREVENTION WORTH 4 POUNDS OF CURE

Posted by Doug on January 23, 2012

Preventing War is 60 Times Cheaper than Fighting It

Research has indicated that investing early to prevent conflicts from escalating into violent crises is, on average, 60 times more cost effective than intervening after violence erupts. Still, the world spends just $1 on conflict prevention for every $1,885 it spends on military budgets. Here in the U.S., less than 2% of income tax goes to civilian foreign affairs agencies; meanwhile, 39% goes to the military. And though taxpayers provide almost $1 billion per year for military academies, they pay only about $40 million for the United States Institute of Peace—the only U.S. agency dedicated to conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
From Peace Alliance 1/12 newsletter

YOU ARE A MASTERPIECE IN PROGRESS

Posted by Doug on January 20, 2012

“You are the masterpiece of your own life;
you are the Michelangelo of your experience.
The David that you are sculpting is you.
And you do it with your thoughts.” Dr. Joe Vitale

Actually we become all these things through the details of daily work and action.

We are all filled with wonder and potential, we just need to believe and then act with love not fear on this personal abundance and miraculous creations will be ours to share.

SO HOW WILL FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL BE ADMINISTERED?

Posted by Doug on January 12, 2012

“Injustice any where is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. So how do people earn a living wage? Through education & self education, government intervention, corporate social responsibility or a higher spiritual awareness of our “Oneness”? Possibly all 4?

TOO NICE FOR OUR OWN GOOD!

Posted by Doug on January 10, 2012

Yes we can all enjoy this warmer then usual March like weather in January unless you are into skiing or other seasonal sports or own and run a winter resort. This weather change is not natural and has been moving toward us the past decade or two. It does not look too well for those who don’t believe in climate change and global warming. Time is not on our side if we don’t come together with an action plan soon. Why is the United Sates against making some adjustments and signing the Kyoto agreement? Could it be we are bowing to international corporate interests? We could be drowning in more then just red ink in the decade ahead.

THE ART OF BEING A GOOD LISTENER!

Posted by Doug on January 9, 2012

True, sincere listening is a profoundly healing act. Stories are formed in the act of being told: there is no story without a listener. Listening is the antidote to rage, violence, debasement, humiliation, injustice and despair which is why friends and community groups are important. What do you think about these 6 points for listening? Six points to being a good listener: 1. Create silence inside. 2. Try to stay silent whether for 5 minutes or an hr. 3. Stay engaged with a question or hum of sympathy. 4. Focus on what the person is saying. 5. Don’t judge. 6. Take care of yourself if things get to heavy or difficult to understand.

2012 IS GOING TO BE A YEAR OF NEW BIRTH

Posted by Doug on January 3, 2012

Many things are pointing to a fascinating, challenging and interesting year as humanity for 70 plus years has laid the ground for unbelievable change and movement for mankind in 2012. Rather than a year of endings, it will be a time of new beginnings from a world culture of division and war to one of “oneness” and peace. This will be a time when many will awaken to our true divine essence. Join us and all the hundred million to a billion souls who will experience this splendid year of birthing human oneness in the midst of all the pain that birthing brings.

Anders Breivik: A 21st Century Knights Templar?

Posted by Doug on August 1, 2011

According to Fareed Zakaria at CNN, GPS
Terror Attack part of a Knights Templar philosophy of the 12th Century. The Knights were Officially endorsed by the Catholic Church around 1129. Pope Clement V disbanded the Order in 1312.
It’s Headquarters was a Mosque, the Temple Mount, Jerusalem
3 % of Europe’s Population is Muslim and should level off in 2025 at about 5-8%
Anders Breivik in Norway saw himself as a sort of Knights Templar
European Terror Attacks in 2009: 294 … # of Islamist attacks 1
2010: 249 # of Islamist attacks 3
Most of them were by separatist groups or anarchists.
Check out Fareed Zakaria at GPS http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com

Alarm bells, not Peace bells, ring as one billion young Moslems under 30 demand change!

Posted by Doug on July 4, 2011

Not bells of Peace but Alarm bells ring as one billion young Moslems under 30 want change so get out of their way they want and need it now!

This Arab Revolution so far seems to be more subtle then the American Revolution with this group demanding dignity, social justice and freedom

Interviewed by Fareed Zakaria, Bruce Feiler’s new book, Generation Freedom, speaks about how a new Generation Sparked a revolution. It is about Arab Springs 1 billion youth under 30 who are plentiful, plugged-in and proactive, wanting the same Freedoms of the West.

Young Arabs, plentiful, One Billion strong with 100 million in the Middle East
Pinched…Educated with no jobs, opportunity literacy rate 91%
Plugged-in especially for women who are awakened and able
Proactive with passive parents who were told by dictators we will give you security and jobs, don’t question our authority. They are pushing back saying where are our jobs?

Muslim means one who submits and now we have a generation who is pushing back…awakened and wants to be active participants, not just passive observers
Plentiful, plugged-in, proactive..Not a Face Book Revolution so they say because it does not show their own creativity but as people to people like a face book friend request they want us to confirm them as friends but they do not want to be submissive to the West

Pax Christi Of the Hudson Valley a World Partner For Peace

Posted by Doug on April 4, 2011

Collaboration is the Key to Peace and Unity will be our theme for April as we feature various Peace Partners

Pax Christi (Latin for Peace of Christ) was established in France in 1945 as a reconciliation work between the French and the Germans after the World War II. As of 2007, it exists in more than 60 countries. Pax Christi constitutes a non-governmental organization (NGO) according to the rules of the UNESCO, the United Nations, the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva and the Council of Europe.

Its philosophical foundation stems from the Sermon on the Mount by Jesus and the tradition laid forth by the older Pax Romana ICMICA/MIIC (leaders of which founded Pax Christi in 1945), and Pax Christi strives to play a pioneer role in the research of solutions of armed conflicts. In 1983, it received the Prize for Peace Education of the AFL. It is member of the International Coalition for the Decade of the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence. For more information please visit http://paxchristiusa.org/ http://www.paxchristi.net/international/eng/index.php