Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Retrospective from early 2019 Séverine Autesserre: Why the way we make peace needs to change Safiya Songhai and Kate Roff, January 22, 2019, Peace News Network https://tinyurl.com/ucjmro8 In places like South Sudan, Syria and Congo failed peace pacts have devastating consequences. Now, renowned author Séverine Autesserre is writing a new book that focuses on different […]
Only Bridging Can Heal a World of Breaking John A. Powell, Yes! Magazine, Nov. 12, 2019 https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/building-bridges/heal-divide-break-bridging-20191112 Meaningful bridging—like real integration—must acknowledge, respect, and appreciate difference as a starting point. At a time of heightened polarization and intense inequality in the United States and around the world, social differences run the risk of being turned […]
This 9/11, we can imagine…. Thanks to Len. Go directly to the song: 1:02.
You’d think that, after the fall of Nazism, Fascism, and Stalinism, the world would have learned its lessons and not go down this road again. But characterizing democracy protesters in Hong Kong as “terrorists” has that same ring. And the predictable tactics – “thugs” doing what police can’t do and then disappearing before the police […]
Thanks to Robin. Farmers remain silent at auction so young man can buy his family farm back Sophie Michael, News360, South Africa, April 26, 2019 httpss://tinyurl.com/yy2gwjt6 David’s family’s 80 acres of land [in Nebraska, USA] was sold to a distant relative and the family’s property was gone. What they had spent decades building vanished in […]
Thank you, Janneke, for your beautiful story of finding Now, and the links below. The courage to be gratitude through all our challenges is a way to raise our vibrations. Dear Steve, Having read your Catch-22 article and the emails posted in the article “What Can We Do?” (1) I felt like responding to your […]
httpss://www.peacenews.com/single-post/2018/10/27/Christian-Muslim-and-Indigenous-groups-work-together-in-divided-Philippines By Adriene Cabalinan, October 27, 2018, Peace News Network The conflict that the Philippines has experienced for decades has intensified religious, ethnic, and political differences. However, in the Upi municipality – where the population is 60 percent Teduray (an indigenous group), 25 percent Christian and 15 percent Muslim – each group is represented in […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca The courage to let go and forgive our selves for the old ways within, creates the New without, societies that operate based on kindness. I have often wondered why there is so much drama, from personal to global. When I look within to see how I am treating my self, I see that reflection in […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca In the interconnectedness of everything we are One, we are Love. But what does that mean? How do we do everything with LOVE? Can every thought and every action be done with LOVE? As we become more conscious — more heart conscious of every thought, feeling and action — we come to understand that […]
Just over a year ago, Thomas and William launched a course called Meditate & Mediate, teaching people the practical skills to affect outer change, while also embracing the contemplative practices that bring inner peace. Now Thomas and William have created another program, —-> a new, free online event <—- to explore how this work can […]
“In many countries, a decent education or quality healthcare has become a luxury only the rich can afford,” Oxfam said. “Every day, 10,000 people die because they lack access to affordable healthcare.” The impact is disproportionately felt by women. “Girls are pulled out of school first when the money isn’t available to pay fees, and […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Understanding and knowing is connected to expanding our vibrations and raising the frequency. Expansion of our understanding of how things work in the higher realms deepens the knowing in our hearts. Expand and anchor. Expand and anchor. Our Love of self, and for all experiences with feminine energy and masculine energy — Love for […]
Gillette, the razor company, has created a new commercial, directed by a woman, encouraging men to be “the best they can be.” It’s had over 19 million views now on YouTube within a few days and is stirring up controversy. Scenes of men doing “the right thing” are either being embraced or not. Here’s the […]
In my opinion, what needs to happen in the world to bring about the resolution of all issues , individual or social, can be viewed as five steps. This could also be considered my own version of a Truth and Reconciliation process. (1) We stop the harm. Pedophilia, involving child trafficking, sexual slavery, ritual abuse, […]
One would have to go deeply into human motivation and behavior to find the actual root of human conflict. I feel the need to inquire here whether I’m able to see to the root or not. Humans Respond to Their Feelings First of all, of all stimuli, human beings seem to respond the most to […]
