September 2009
CREATING TRUE PEACE WITH ACTION!
Posted by Doug on September 29, 2009
From: A Guide to Sacred Activism, Andrew Harvey pages 15 – 16 from…
Towards a Spirituality for Global Justice Elaine Prevallet….
This story… "is from the reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, a body established after the abolition of apartheid to bring its violence to light and give both victims and perpetrators a chance to be heard.
1. The Commission brought an elderly black woman face to face with the white man, Mr. Van de Broek, who had confessed to the savage torture and murder of her son and husband a few years earlier. The old woman had been made to witness her husband’s death. The last words her husband spoke were "Father, forgive them."
One of the members of the Commission turned to her and asked, How do you believe justice should be done to this man who has inflicted such suffering on you and so brutally destroyed your family?"
The old woman replied, "I want three things. I want first to be taken back to the place where my husband’s body was burned so that I can gather up the dust and give his remains a decent burial." She stopped, collected herself, and then went on. "My husband and son were my only family. "I want secondly, therefore, for Mr. Van de Broek to become my son. I would like him to come twice a month to the ghetto and spend a day with me so I can pour out to him whatever love I have still remaining with me. And finally, I want a third thing. I would like Mr. Van de Broek to know that I offer him my forgiveness because Jesus Christ died to forgive. This was also the last wish of my husband. And so, I would kindly ask someone to come to my side and lead me across the courtroom so that I can take Mr. Van de Broek in my arms, embrace him, and let him know that he is truly forgiven."
The assistants came to help the old black woman across the room. Mr. Van de Broek, overwhelmed by what he had just heard, fainted. And as he did, those in the courtroom-friends, family, neighbors, all victims of decades of oppression and injustice-began to sing "Amazing Grace."
THIS IS MY SONG …Ring in this Song of Peace!
Posted by Doug on September 23, 2009
THIS IS MY SONG
(Jan Sibelius – 1899 / Wds Lloyd Stone – 1934)
Finlandia …..
Verse 1….This is my song, O God of all the nations,
A song of peace for lands afar and mine.
This is my home, the country where my heart is,
Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine.
But other hearts in other lands are beating,
With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.
Verse 2… My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean,
And sunlight beams on clover leaf and pine.
But other lands have sunlight too, and clover,
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine.
O hear my song, thou God of all the nations,
A song of peace for their land and for mine……
Verse 3… May truth and freedom come to every nation!
May Peace abound where strife has raged so long
that each may seek to love and build together
A world united righting every wrong
A world united in its love for freedom, proclaiming peace together in one song.
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR AS A THOUSAND BELLS RING FOR PEACE!
Posted by Doug on September 21, 2009
ONE WORLD!!
ONE WORLD, WE’RE MOVING, MAKING JUST ONE WORLD.
A NEW REALITY WHERE PEOPLE LEARN TO TRUST,
KNOWING THAT THERE MUST
BE FREEDOM, HOPE AND JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE.
ONE WORLD, LET ALL THE BELLS RING OUT FOR THIS ONE WORLD:
A PEACEFUL PLACE WITHOUT A TRACE OF HATE OR WAR,
WHERE HUNGER LIVES NO MORE
IMAGINE WHAT OUR FUTURE WILL BE?
I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, I HAVE TO TRY!
YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN DON’T LET IT PASS YOU BY!
WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! REACH FOR THE SKY!
WE CAN BE ONE RACE, WITH ONE FACE,
WITH ONE VISION WE’LL END DIVISION.
ONE WORLD, BRAVE NEW WORLD, ONE WORLD MADE FOR ALL!
ONE WORLD, LET ALL THE BELLS RING OUT FOR THIS ONE WORLD:
A PEACEFUL PLACE WITHOUT A TRACE OF HATE OR WAR,
WHERE HUNGER LIVES NO MORE
IMAGINE WHAT OUR FUTURE WILL BE?
I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, I ‘LL GIVE IT ALL I’VE GOT!
YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IT REALLY MEANS A LOT
WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
WE WILL BE ONE RACE, WITH ONE FACE,
WITH ONE VISION WE’LL END DIVISION.
ONE WORLD, BRAVE NEW WORLD, ONE WORLD MADE FOR ALL!
PEACE COMES FROM BEING WORLD CLASS NOT LOW CLASS!
Posted by Doug on September 15, 2009
Which am I? Which are you?
- Low Class (no class) Vs World Class:
Low Class competes … World Class creates;
Low Class avoids risk … World Class manages risk;
Low Class loves to be comfortable… World Class is comfortable being uncomfortable;
Low Class lives in delusion … World Class lives in objective reality;
Low Class hungers for security… World Class doesn’t believe security exist;
Low Class sacrifices growth for safety… World Class sacrifices safety for growth;
Low Class focuses on having… World Class focuses on being;
Low Class has a lottery mentality… World Class has abundance mentality;
Low Class slows down… World Class calms down;
Low Class is frustrated… World Class is grateful;
Low Class operates out of fear and scarcity… World Class operates from love and abundance;
Low Class has pipe dreams… World Class has vision;
Low Class denies its intuition… World Class embraces its intuition;
Low Class trades time for money… World Class trades ideas for money;
Low Class is problem oriented… World Class is solution oriented;
Low Class see itself as a victim… World Class see itself as responsible;
Low Class thinks it knows enough… World Class is eager to learn;
Low Class speaks the language of fear… World Class speaks the language of love;
Low Class chooses fear… World Class chooses growth;
Low Class is boastful… World Class is humble;
Low Class seeks riches… World Class seeks wealth
Low Class believes its vision only when it sees it… World Class knows it will see its vision when it believes it;
Low Class coaches through logic… World Class coaches through emotions;
Low Class believes problem solving stems from knowledge… World Class believes problem solving stems from will;
Peace on Earth, The Butterfly Effect!!
Posted by Doug on September 10, 2009
Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let It Begin With Me!
The Butterfly Effect….
how Significant is my life? Do I really Matter?
Do I make a difference? When I move, act, do something, does the Universe really notice?
“Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world”.- Andy Andrews.
In 1963 Edward Lorenz presented a hypothesis to the New York Academy of Sciences.
“A butterfly could flap its wings and set molecules of air in motion which would move other molecules of air in turn moving more molecules of air, eventually starting a hurricane on the other side of the planet”.
Laughed at, this fascinating, but otherwise preposterous “Butterfly Effect” became a staple of science fiction etc. Imagine the communities shock however, when 30 years later university & college professors around the world came to the conclusion that it was authentic, accurate and viable. In turn, this effect was accorded the status of a law known as The Law of Sensitive Dependence upon Initial Conditions. Science has shown “The Butterfly Effect” to engage with the first movement of any form of matter…. including people
“You never know when one kind act one word of encouragement can change a life forever.”, Zig Ziglar
“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we lead Flora. “ Whittemore
