Movimento pela Paz

2012 & Beyond (playlist)

2012-01-19T03:28:00.000-02:00

a list of videos regarding this year of 2012 that I've found inspiring & helpful ('http://www.youtube.com/p/D3CEF446C4735BD0?version=3&hl=en_US',)

Magical Forests

2012-01-12T18:12:00.000-02:00

2011-12-27T18:47:00.001-02:00

Se Deus tivesse falado
“Pára de ficar rezando e batendo o peito!
O que eu quero que faças é que saias pelo mundo e desfrutes de tua vida.
Eu quero que gozes, cantes, te divirtas e que desfrutes de tudo o que Eu fiz para ti.
Pára de ir a esses templos lúgubres, obscuros e frios que tu mesmo construíste
e que acreditas ser a minha casa.
Minha casa está nas montanhas, nos bosques, nos rios, nos lagos, nas praias.
Aí é onde Eu vivo e aí expresso meu amor por ti.
Pára de me culpar da tua vida miserável:
Eu nunca te disse que há algo mau em ti ou que eras um pecador, ou que tua sexualidade fosse algo mau.
O sexo é um presente que Eu te dei e com o qual podes expressar teu amor, teu êxtase, tua alegria.
Assim, não me culpes por tudo o que te fizeram crer.
Pára de ficar lendo supostas escrituras sagradas que nada têm a ver comigo.
Se não podes me ler num amanhecer, numa paisagem, no olhar de teus amigos, nos olhos de teu filhinho...
Não me encontrarás em nenhum livro!
Confia em mim e deixa de me pedir. Tu vais me dizer como fazer meu trabalho?
Pára de ter tanto medo de mim.
Eu não te julgo, nem te critico, nem me irrito, nem te incomodo, nem te castigo.
Eu sou puro amor.
Pára de me pedir perdão. Não há nada a perdoar.
Se Eu te fiz... Eu te enchi de paixões, de limitações, de prazeres,
de sentimentos, de necessidades, de incoerências, de livre-arbítrio.
Como posso te culpar se respondes a algo que eu pus em ti?
Como posso te castigar por seres como és, se Eu sou quem te fez?
Crês que eu poderia criar um lugar para queimar a todos meus filhos
que não se comportem bem, pelo resto da eternidade?
Que tipo de Deus pode fazer isso?
Esquece qualquer tipo de mandamento, qualquer tipo de lei;
essas são artimanhas para te manipular, para te controlar, que só geram culpa em ti.
Respeita teu próximo e não faças o que não queiras para ti.
A única coisa que te peço é que prestes atenção a tua vida,
que teu estado de alerta seja teu guia.
Esta vida não é uma prova, nem um degrau, nem um passo no caminho,
nem um ensaio, nem um prelúdio para o paraíso.
Esta vida é o único que há aqui e agora, e o único que precisas.
Eu te fiz absolutamente livre.
Não há premios nem castigos.
Não há pecados nem virtudes.
Ninguém leva um placar.
Ninguém leva um registro.
Tu és absolutamente livre para fazer da tua vida um céu ou um inferno.
Não te poderia dizer se há algo depois desta vida, mas posso te dar um conselho.
Vive como se não o houvesse.
Como se esta fosse tua única oportunidade de aproveitar,
de amar, de existir.
Assim, se não há nada,
terás aproveitado da oportunidade que te dei.
E se houver, tem certeza que Eu não vou te perguntar se foste comportado ou não.
Eu vou te perguntar se tu gostaste, se te divertiste...
Do que mais gostaste? O que aprendeste?
Pára de crer em mim - crer é supor, adivinhar, imaginar.
Eu não quero que acredites em mim.
Quero que me sintas em ti.
Quero que me sintas em ti quando beijas tua amada,
quando agasalhas tua filhinha,
quando acaricias teu cachorro,
quando tomas banho no mar.
Pára de louvar-me!
Que tipo de Deus ególatra tu acreditas que Eu seja?
Me aborrece que me louvem.
Me cansa que agradeçam.
Tu te sentes grato?
Demonstra-o cuidando de ti, de tua saúde, de tuas relações, do mundo.
Te sentes olhado, surpreendido?...
Expressa tua alegria! Esse é o jeito de me louvar.
Pára de complicar as coisas e de repetir como papagaio o que te ensinaram sobre mim.
A única certeza é que tu estás aqui, que estás vivo,
e que este mundo está cheio de maravilhas.
Para que precisas de mais milagres?
Para que tantas explicações?
Não me procures fora!
Não me acharás.
Procura-me dentro...
aí é que estou,
batendo em ti.

Baruch Espinosa (Filósofo-pensador [1632-1677])

May the light be born!

2011-12-22T02:37:00.001-02:00

May the light be born!, originally uploaded by Vihh.

A meditative prayer from the Dalai Lama

2011-11-02T21:57:00.001-02:00

"I meditate on, and surrender myself to, the Divine Being who embodies the Power of Will, the Power of Knowledge and the Power of Action. I pray to the Divine Being who manifests in the form of fragrance in the flower of life and is the eternal nourisher of the plant of life. Like a skillful gardener, may the Lord of Life disentangle me from the binding forces of my physical, psychological and spiritual foes. May the Lord of Immortality residing within me, free me from death, decay and sickness and unite me with immortality."

Silence

2011-11-02T20:44:00.000-02:00

Silence, they say, is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is a message, just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out ; resonate in every word every deed. Yes, become who you are. There's no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility. What you do is who you are.

You are your own comeuppance.
You become your own message.You are the message."

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse ~Leonard Peltier

Surrender...

2011-10-30T23:59:00.003-02:00

Surrender is the call from within to fully, absolutely, recognize yourself as freedom itself. The challenges are huge... they must be, otherwise we would trivialize this experience, just as we have trivialized so many experiences of love.

The surrender must be total. Anything less is a form of self-torture in the name of safety. Living fully as one, as all, is its own safety. The safety is in knowing that when this particular life form is finished, what it has served remains.

All you need is to trust the peace that has been revealed and to be willing to discover it freshly. At the core of each form of limitation, the boundless, limitless perfection of lasting peace and freedom is revealed.

—Gangaji

Tranquilos chegaremos lá

2011-10-27T16:39:00.002-02:00

Invocation to DeviMata the Goddess-Mother

2011-09-04T20:10:00.000-03:00

Q & A on Expanded Ego, Sleep, depression etc - with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

2011-09-04T02:51:00.000-03:00

Peace on Earth!

2011-09-04T00:53:00.001-03:00

IMG_3615, originally uploaded by Vihh.

Srinagar

2011-09-04T00:31:00.001-03:00

Srinagar, originally uploaded by Vihh.

entre mundos

Our souls need to dance

2010-12-14T15:06:00.001-02:00

, originally uploaded by Af Al.

جمــعـة مـباركــة

2010-12-14T15:03:00.001-02:00

جمــعـة مـباركــة, originally uploaded by Af Al.

Sentir. Verbo. Abrir o coração.

Light_of_Hope

2010-12-10T14:16:00.001-02:00

Light_of_Hope, originally uploaded by thedream الحلم.

Flor da Lua

2010-11-29T02:28:00.001-02:00

Flor da Lua, originally uploaded by Vihh.

uma semana encantada, voltada para o sutil e novo

Thanks ~ giving

2010-11-25T19:37:00.001-02:00

Thanks - Giving!, originally uploaded by Vihh.

Gracias pelas Graças recebidas... !
... giving thanks to the Uni/verse
being in a state of gratitude
Above all, thankful for the Creator, the Organizer, The Architect, The Goodness & Truth that made all possible!

Our Atomic World

2010-11-25T15:14:00.002-02:00

Our Atomic World, originally uploaded by futurowoman.

A strong feeling or a mix of them comes to me every time I look at this image. There is a equally strong necessity for a movement toward Peace.

Minimalistic

2010-11-22T17:08:00.001-02:00

Minimalistic, originally uploaded by Vihh.

Have a bright & sensuous week!

The Dalai Lama's Instructions for life:

2010-11-17T16:10:00.000-02:00

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
Follow the three R's:
- Respect for self.
- Respect for others.
- Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
Spend some time alone everyday.
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it
a second time.
A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Be gentle with the earth.
Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need
for each other.
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon."

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Change

2010-11-08T17:01:00.001-02:00

Change, originally uploaded by Michæl Paukner.

A Greek philosopher of the late 6th century BCE, Heraclitus criticizes his predecessors and contemporaries for their failure to see the unity in experience. He claims to announce an everlasting Word (Logos) according to which all things are one, in some sense. Opposites are necessary for life, but they are unified in a system of balanced exchanges. The world itself consists of a law-like interchange of elements, symbolized by fire. Thus the world is not to be identified with any particular substance, but rather with an ongoing process governed by a law of change. The underlying law of nature also manifests itself as a moral law for human beings. Heraclitus is the first Western philosopher to go beyond physical theory in search of metaphysical foundations and moral applications.

Rumi - The knots untie

2010-11-08T16:01:00.000-02:00

Campanha de conscientização sobre o cancer de mama - Breast cancer Awareness Month

2010-10-24T20:27:00.005-02:00

Take good care of yourself.Campanha de conscientização sobre o cancer de mama, original drawing by Renata Laguardia Xavier, manipulated by Vihh.

Manifesto em Defesa da Democracia

2010-10-20T17:17:00.001-02:00

Paz e democracia

YouTube - Manifesto em Defesa da Democracia

Today's Blog Action Day is about Water

2010-10-18T21:33:00.002-02:00

Today is Blog Action Day, a day when bloggers all over the world unite to discuss a particular topic. What a lot of people may not know is that Envato founders, Collis and Cyan Ta’eed founded Blog Action Day in the summer of 2007 hoping to raise awareness about the environment. Since then, Blog Action Day has become a huge success with the participation of thousands of blogs including the White House and the UK Foreign Office. Today, Blog Action Day is being managed by the team at Change.org; the topic of this year’s event is Water.
Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in eight of us who are subject to preventable disease and even death because of something that many of us take for granted.

Presente

2010-10-12T16:03:00.001-03:00

Presente, originally uploaded by Vihh.

PAZ

2010-09-23T22:42:00.001-03:00

PAZ, originally uploaded by Vihh.

Dalai Lama

2010-09-20T15:39:00.000-03:00

As long as we
observe l♡ve for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our
daily lives, then whether we are learned or unlearned, whether we
believe in the Buddha or God, follow some religion or none at all, as
long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will
be happy:) Dalai Lama
And in Pe☮ce❣

A sample from Silent Sacred Holy Deepening Heart by Em Claire ©2007- All Rights Reserved

2010-09-18T16:55:00.000-03:00

THE LONGING
Do not pretend that The Longing
has not also lived in you,
swinging like a pendulum.
You have been lost
and thieved like a criminal
your heart
into the darkness.
But life is tired, Deep Friend,
of going on
without you.
It is like the hand of the mother
who has lost the child.
And if you are anything like me, you have been afraid.
And if you are anything like me,
you have known your own courage.
There is room in this boat:
take your seat.
Take up your paddle, and all of us
- All of us -
shall row our hearts
back

home.

‘The Longing’– Em Claire
©2007- All Rights Reserved

Moonstruck

2010-08-29T18:11:00.001-03:00

Moonstruck, originally uploaded by Catch the dream.

Jasmim

2010-08-15T21:44:00.001-03:00

Jasmim, originally uploaded by Vihh.

Have a nice week!
Boníssima semana!

Feliz dia dos pais: um dia iluminado.

2010-08-08T11:33:00.001-03:00

Feliz dia dos pais: um dia iluminado., originally uploaded by Vihh.

Daily affirmation (aloud)

2010-08-07T17:46:00.001-03:00

"As the Universe is my witness, I am a free Spirit, I am a sovereign be-ing of light.

Beray sheet ehyeh asher ehyer.

I am that I am. I am a being of free will. I am a free spirit, so be it!”

"Com o Universo de testemunha, Eu sou um Espírito livre, Eu sou um soberano ser de luz.

Beray sheet ehyeh asher ehyer.

Eu sou o que Eu sou. Eu sou um ser de livre arbítrio. Eu Sou um espírito livre, assim seja! "

Filme - Povos do Xingu contra a construção de Belo Monte

2010-08-07T14:28:00.000-03:00

The therapy of love and enlightenment

2010-08-05T00:12:00.000-03:00

The entire life's review would have been emotionally destructive, and would have left me a psychotic person, if it hadn't been for the fact that my friend, and my friend's friends, were loving me during the unfolding of my life. I could feel that love. Every time I got a little upset they turned the life's review off for awhile, and they just loved me. Their love was tangible. You could feel it on your body, you could feel it inside you; their love went right through you. I wish I could explain it to you, but I can't.

The therapy was their love, because my life's review kept tearing me down. It was pitiful to watch, just pitiful. I couldn't believe it. And the thing is, it got worse as it went on. My stupidity and selfishness as a teenager only magnified as I became an adult – all under the veneer of being a good husband, a good father, and a good citizen. The hypocrisy of it all was nauseating. But through it all was their love.

When the review was finished they asked, "Do you want to ask any questions?" and I had a million questions.

I asked, for example, "What about the Bible?"

They responded, "What about it?"

I asked if it was true, and they said it was. Asking them why it was that when I tried to read it, all I saw were contradictions, they took me back to my life's review again – something that I had overlooked. They showed me, for the few times I had opened the Bible, that I had read it with the idea of finding contradictions and problems. I was trying to prove to myself that it wasn't worth reading.

I observed to them that the Bible wasn't clear to me. It didn't make sense. They told me that it contained spiritual truth, and that I had to read it spiritually in order to understand it. It should be read prayerfully. My friends informed me that it was not like other books. They also told me, and I later found out this was true, that when you read it prayerfully, it talks to you. It reveals itself to you. And you don't have to work at it anymore.

My friends answered lots of questions in funny ways. They really knew the whole tone of what I asked them, even before I got the questions out. When I thought of questions in my head, they really understood them.

I asked them, for example, which was the best religion. I was looking for an answer which was like, "Presbyterians." I figured these guys were all Christians.

The answer I got was, "The best religion is the religion that brings you closest to God."

Asking them if there was life on other planets, their surprising answer was that the universe was full of life.

Because of my fear of a nuclear holocaust I asked if there was going to be a nuclear war in the world, and they said no. That astonished me, and I gave them this extensive explanation of how I had lived under the threat of nuclear war. That was one of the reasons I was who I was. I figured, when I was in this life, that it was all sort of hopeless; the world was going to blow up anyway, and nothing made much sense. In that context I felt I could do what I wanted, since nothing mattered.

They said, "No, there isn't going to be any nuclear war."

I asked if they were absolutely sure there wasn't going to be nuclear war. They reassured me again, and I asked them how they could be so sure. Their response was: "God loves the world."

They told me that at the most, one or two nuclear weapons might go off accidentally, if they weren't destroyed, but there wouldn't be a nuclear war. I then asked them how come there had been so many wars. They said that they allowed those few to happen, out of all the wars that humanity tried to start. Out of all the wars that humans tried to create, they allowed a few, to bring people to their senses and to stop them.

Science, technology, and other benefits, they told me, had been gifts bestowed on humanity by them – through inspiration. People had literally been led to those discoveries, many of which had later been perverted by humanity to use for its own destruction. We could do too much damage to the planet. And by the planet, they meant all of God's creation. Not just the people, but the animals, the trees, the birds, the insects, everything.

They explained to me that their concern was for all the people of the world. They weren't interested in one group getting ahead of other groups. They want every person to consider every other person greater than their own flesh. They want everyone to love everyone else, completely; more, even, than they love themselves. If someone, someplace else in the world hurts, than we should hurt we should feel their pain. And we should help them.

Our planet has evolved to the point, for the first time in our history, that we have the power to do that. We are globally linked. And we could become one people.

The people that they gave the privilege of leading the world into a better age, blew it. That was us, in the United States.

When I spoke with them about the future, and this might sound like a cop-out on my part, they made clear to me that we have free will.

If we change the way we are, then we can change the future which they showed me. They showed me a view of the future, at the time of my experience, based upon how we in the United States were behaving at that time. It was a future in which a massive worldwide depression would occur. If we were to change our behavior, however, then the future would be different.

Asking them how it would be possible to change the course of many people, I observed that it was difficult, if not impossible, to change anything on Earth. I expressed the opinion that it was a hopeless task to try.

My friends explained, quite clearly, that all it takes to make a change was one person. One person, trying, and then because of that, another person changing for the better. They said that the only way to change the world was to begin with one person. One will become two, which will become three, and so on. That's the only way to affect a major change.

I inquired as to where the world would be going in an optimistic future one where some of the changes they desired were to take place. The image of the future that they gave me then, and it was their image, not one that I created, surprised me.

My image had previously been sort of like Star Wars, where everything was space age, plastics, and technology. The future that they showed me was almost no technology at all.

What everybody, absolutely everybody, in this euphoric future spent most of their time doing was raising children. The chief concern of people was children, and everybody considered children to be the most precious commodity in the world. And when a person became an adult, there was no sense of anxiety, nor hatred, nor competition. There was this enormous sense of trust and mutual respect.

If a person, in this view of the future, became disturbed, then the community of people all cared about the disturbed person falling away from the harmony of the group. Spiritually, through prayer and love, the others would elevate the afflicted person.

What people did with the rest of their time was that they gardened, with almost no physical effort. They showed me that plants, with prayer, would produce huge fruits and vegetables. People, in unison, could control the climate of the planet through prayer. Everybody would work with mutual trust and the people would call the rain, when needed, and the sun to shine. Animals lived with people, in harmony.

People, in this best of all worlds, weren't interested in knowledge; they were interested in wisdom. This was because they were in a position where anything they needed to know, in the knowledge category, they could receive simply through prayer. Everything, to them, was solvable. They could do anything they wanted to do.

In this future, people had no wanderlust, because they could, spiritually, communicate with everyone else in the world. There was no need to go elsewhere. They were so engrossed with where they were and the people around them that they didn't have to go on vacation. Vacation from what? They were completely fulfilled and happy.

Death, in this world, was a time when the individual had experienced everything that he or she needed to experience. To die meant to lie down and let go; then the spirit would rise up, and the community would gather around. There would be a great rejoicing, because they all had insight into the heavenly realm, and the spirit would join with the angels that came down to meet it. They could see the spirit leave and knew that it was time for the spirit to move on; it had outgrown the need for growth in this world. Individuals who died had achieved all they were capable of in this world in terms of love, appreciation, understanding, and working in harmony with others.

The sense I got of this beautiful view of the world's future was as a garden, God's garden. And in this garden of the world, full of all beauty, were people. The people were born into this world to grow in their understanding of the Creator. Then to shed this skin, this shell, in the physical world, and to graduate and move up into heaven there, to have a more intimate and growing relationship with God.

[Webmaster note: In Howard Storm's book, "My Descent into Death" (2000), Storm describes the future of mankind as given to him by light beings he encountered during his NDE in 1985. Storm tells how they told him, in 1985, that the Cold War would soon end, because "God is changing the hearts of people to love around the world." Storm states, "Since the time in 1985 when I was told these things about the future the Cold War ended with little bloodshed due to the hearts of people being unwilling to tolerate oppressive regimes."

Storm described what the light beings told him concerning the way things will be on Earth in about 2185. He asked the light beings the question: "Will the United States be the leader of the world in this change?"

The light beings replied, "The United States has been given the opportunity to be the teacher for the world, but much is expected of those to whom much has been given. The United States has been given more of everything than any country in the history of the world and it has failed to be generous with the gifts. If the United States continues to exploit the rest of the world by greedily consuming the world's resources, the United States will have God's blessing withdrawn. Your country will collapse economically which will result in civil chaos. Because of the greedy nature of the people, you will have people killing people for a cup of gasoline. The world will watch in horror as your country is obliterated by strife. The rest of the world will not intervene because they have been victims of your exploitation. They will welcome the annihilation of such selfish people. The United States must change immediately and become the teachers of goodness and generosity to the rest of the world. Today the United States is the primary merchant of war and the culture of violence that you export to the world. This will come to an end because you have the seeds of your own destruction within you. Either you will destroy yourselves or God will bring it to an end if there isn't a change."

Storm states, ".... I don't know if the richest country in the history of the world is doomed to lose God's blessing or if the people of the United States will become the moral light of the world. How long will God allow the injustice to continue? The future lies in the choices we make right now. God is intervening in direct ways in human events. May God's will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven!"

Howard's light being friends told him more about the new world to come. According to them, God wished to usher in the kingdom within the next two hundred years. In order to do so, God had rescinded some of the free will given to creatures, in favor of more divine control over human events. This new world order, according to Howard, will resemble some near-death descriptions of heaven. People will live in such peace and harmony and love that communication will be telepathic, travel instantaneous and the need for clothing and shelter eliminated. The lion will indeed lie down with the lamb.]

Thanks for lightworkers & Argo Navis in http://www.lightworkers-federation.com/
"The quickest way to change the world is to be of service to others. Show that your love can make a difference in the lives of people and thereby someone else's love can make a difference in your life. By each of us doing that and working together we change the world one inner person at a time." - Dannion Brinkley, a near-death experiencer

lightworkers

Rabia - Mystic Islamic Poet of the Middle Ages

2010-07-29T22:50:00.003-03:00

Reality

In love, nothing exists between heart and heart.
Speech is born out of longing,
True description from the real taste.
The one who tastes, knows;
the one who explains, lies.
How can you describe the true form of Something
In whose presence you are blotted out?
And in whose being you still exist?
And who lives as a sign for your journey?

- Rabia

Like all Mystics Rabia was beyond boundaries in her love of the universe.She was born between 95 and 96 c.e. to a poor family in Basra, Iraq.She was said to be the first of her tradition to introduce the idea that the Divine should be loved for its own sake and not out of fear.

Oração dos Essênios

2010-07-25T16:03:00.002-03:00

Abençoado seja o Filho da Luz que conhece sua Mãe Terra pois é ela a doadora da vida.
Saibas que a sua Mãe Terra está em ti e tu estás Nela.
Foi Ela quem te gerou e que te deu a vida e deu este corpo que um dia tu lhe devolverás.
Saibas que o sangue que corre nas tuas veias nasceu do sangue da tua Mãe Terra,
O sangue Dela cai das nuvens, jorra do seu ventre, borbulha nos riachos das montanhas, flui abundantemente nos rios das planícies.
Saibas que o ar que respiras nasce da respiração da tua Mãe Terra,
O alento Dela é o azul celeste das alturas do céu e os sussurros das folhas da floresta.
Saibas que a dureza dos teus ossos foi criada dos ossos de tua Mãe Terra.

Saibas que a maciez da tua carne nasceu da carne de tua Mãe Terra.
A luz dos teus olhos, o alcance dos teus ouvidos nasceram das cores e dos sons da tua Mãe Terra que te rodeiam feito às ondas do mar cercando o peixinho, como o ar tremelicante sustenta o pássaro.
Em verdade te digo, tu és Um com tua Mãe Terra
Ela está em ti e tu estás Nela.
Dela tu nasceste, Nela tu vives e para Ela voltará novamente.
Segue, portanto, as Suas leis
Pois teu alento é o alento Dela.
Teu sangue o sangue Dela.
Teus ossos os ossos Dela.
Tua carne a carne Dela.
Teus olhos e teus ouvidos são Dela também.
Aquele que encontra a paz na sua Mãe Terra
Não morrerá jamais,
Conhece esta paz na tua mente
Deseja esta paz ao teu coração
Realiza esta paz com o teu corpo.

Keep The Faith

2010-07-14T16:42:00.001-03:00

Keep The Faith

"Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ."
The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.

"You're a Christian, aren't you, son?"

"Yes sir," the student says.

"So you believe in God?"

"Absolutely."

"Is God good?"

"Sure! God's good, and I will Keep The Faith."

"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?"

"Yes."

"Are you good or evil?"

"The Bible says I'm evil."

The professor grins knowingly. "Aha! The Bible!" He considers for a moment. "Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help them? Would you try?"

"Yes sir, I would."

"So you're good...!"

"I wouldn't say that."

"But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't."

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. "He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"

The student remains silent.

"No, you can't, can you?" the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.

"Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?"

"Er... Yes," the student says.

"Is Satan good?"

The student doesn't hesitate on this one. "No."

"Then where does Satan come from?"

The student falters. "From... God..."

That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?"

"Yes, sir."

"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything correct?"

"Yes."

"So who created evil?"

Again, the student has no answer.

"Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness. All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"

The student squirms on his feet. "Yes."

"So who created them?"

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question, "Who created them? "

There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized.

"Tell me," he continues. "Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?"

The student's voice betrays him and cracks. "Yes, professor. I do."

The old man stops pacing. "Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"

"No sir. I've never seen Him."

"Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?"

"No, sir. I have not."

"Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter."

"No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't."

"Yet you still believe in him?"

"Yes."

"According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that son?"

"Nothing," the student replies. "I only have my faith."

"Yes, faith," the professor repeats. "And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith."

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of his own.

"Professor, is there such thing as heat?"

"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."

"And is there such a thing as cold?"

"Yes, son, there's cold too."

"No sir, there isn't."

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain.

"You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than - 458 degrees. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.

"What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?"

"Yes," the professor replies without hesitation. "What is night if it isn't darkness?"

"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light... but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?"

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester.

"So what point are you making, young man?"

"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with and so your conclusion must also be flawed."

The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. "Flawed? Can you explain how?"

"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains. "You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?"

"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do."

"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"

The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester indeed.

"Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?"

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.

"To continue the point you were making earlier, let me give you an example of what I mean?" The student looks around the room.

"Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?"

The class breaks out into laughter.

"Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir."

So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.

Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. "I guess you'll have to take them on faith."

❤Gaza❤

2010-05-30T18:47:00.005-03:00

In this moment that the eyes of the World are upon the #flotilla heading to the Gaza shores:
I pray for the people of Israel to be able to receive healing blessings। A rain of blessings upon each one of you!

I pray for the people of the World not to be arrested by the forces of hatred & prejudice. I pray for all humankind to open up for the healing forces of LOVE❤!
As for the activists even stronger I pray. They are the ones putting their lives at risk in the benefit of others, in the name of Love & upon them the forces of Hatred will concentrate now. Don't give up! Don't let negative feelings find a passage within yourselves. Be the light of the World: the Peacemakers!
I pray for the Palestinians to receive all the blessings they deserve. Blessings of healing, of a more acute kind, is needed. Light & Love❤
I pray for you to understand that LOVE is the only solution. I pray that you will unite your forces with me & together we will spread L❤veJ❤y
I pray for an opening in understanding among human beings & a complete paradigm's #shift. #Indigenous people are integrated humans, as opposite to us. They are the real masters. Let's bend & learn hear l❤ve pray T❤GETHER!

International Campaign for Tibet

2010-04-06T21:22:00.001-03:00

International Campaign for तिबेट

Hi,

I just signed an online petition to help Tibet's political prisoners and I hope you will do the same.

There is power in numbers, so it's important for as many people as possible to show their support so Under Secretary Maria Otero, Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues at the U.S. State Department, will do everything in her power to seek and secure the release of Tibet's political prisoners.

You can find the petition online at:

http://action.savetibet.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1416

Thank you!

'It was beautiful here' - Films from Survival International

2010-02-27T00:27:00.002-03:00

children of gaza - free palestine

2009-12-29T15:07:00.001-02:00

Happy New Year - 2010 - Feliz Ano Novo!

2009-12-28T15:23:00.001-02:00

Lyrics:
Sarveshaam Svastir Bhavatu
Sarveshaam Shaantir Bhavatu
Sarveshaam Purnam Bhavatu
Sarveshaam Mangalam Bhavatu

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Niramayaah
Sarve Bhardrani Pashyantu
Maa Kadhchit Duhkhabhahg Bhavet

Meaning:
May good befall all,
May there be peace for all,
May all be fit for perfection, and
May all experience that which is auspicious.
May all be happy. May all be healthy.
May all experience what is good and
let no one suffer

Morgan Freeman: The Power of Words

2009-12-27T19:32:00.001-02:00

2009-12-26T18:29:00.001-02:00

Our gross minds cannot imagine the Supreme

without form, attributes, or story.

We need a Rama, a Krishna, a Buddha, or a Christ

to embody the supreme qualities

and give us a form to worship.

But when we say that the Supreme incarnates

in Rama, Krishna, or Christ,

and we develop a relationship with Him,

it is not his body we worship

but the great ideals He embodies.

~Amma~

Celebrating

2009-12-26T17:51:00.002-02:00

"We Three Kings Of Orient Are" - Miles Davis, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn and Paul Shaffer

2009-12-24T18:25:00.001-02:00

Whishing you a very merry Christmas! - a set on Flickr

2009-12-24T16:55:00.000-02:00

Whishing you a very merry Christmas! - a set on Flickr

"A Good Day" With Brother David Steindl-Rast

2009-12-01T16:02:00.001-02:00

BURNT NORTON (No. 1 of 'Four Quartets')

2009-11-13T13:30:00.001-02:00

BURNT NORTON
(No. 1 of 'Four Quartets')
T.S. Eliot

"Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present."

You अरे love

2009-11-04T00:05:00.002-02:00

I 've received this message today of my friend Kalani Ahuna. She is from Hawaai. We have much to learn from them. Mahalo, my friend. Aloha!

Kalani Ahuna

~"the "day"~"of"~"your "birth"~"here"~"on "earth"~"mama"~"smiled"~"mai "keiki"~"child"~"of "light"~"share"~"the "love"~""Alo'ha kekahi i kekahi"~"...;with "love"~"loveoneanother"~"Alo'ha ke Akua"~"God is "Love"~"and "youarelove"~"with "Alo'ha"~'lovewithlight"~

The Real Deal About World Peace - by unASLEEP

2009-10-18T20:15:00.001-02:00

Sign the Oneness Day Petition | IMAGINE PEACE

2009-10-15T20:32:00.001-03:00

Sign the Oneness Day Petition | IMAGINE PEACE

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Om Mani Padme Hum

2009-10-10T20:48:00.001-03:00

The Music of the Spheres (Tibetan Singing Bowls)

2009-10-10T20:46:00.001-03:00

Sting sends his Rainforests SOS for The Prince's Rainforests Project

2009-09-30T18:39:00.001-03:00

Uma mensagem do Conselho do Sol

2009-09-27T16:14:00.004-03:00

Recebi essa mensagem de uma amiga, Shirlee Hall, e achei que deveria compartilhá-la com vocês. Ela é tão liberadora! Quando pedi sua permissão, sua resposta foi:
Por favor, faça. O que possamos fazer para trazer esperança, entendimento e um senso de unidade e Luz.
Nós somos amados...
Em harmonia...
Shirlee

Uma Vida
Diz-se que existe apenas Uma vida
mesmo assim, muitas vidas existem.
Entre muitos que existem, o Um é encontrado.
O Um é tudo que existe e no entanto não é visto
Nem pode ser descrito.

O Um é um enigma para os muitos e Amor para alguns.
O Um é ninguém mais que você mesmo.
Sim, você, o Amado interno
O Amado é o Um
E assim permanecemos.

Nós dizemos a você, "Por que todo o alarde?"
Se você é o Um, para que preocupar-se?
O Um sabe o caminho
Por que não ser atento?
O Um é Vida. Por que não aproveitá-la?

Você é muito sério em seu esforço.
Escute seu coração mais que sua cabeça.
Observe os momentos do dia e
aprecie o crescimento das ondas.
Sinta o vento em seu rosto e levante os olhos para os céus.

Nós falamos de leveza com você.
E´bem-vinda nestes tempos.
Você esforçou-se duramente e necessita do
Equilíbrio da Palavra/Verbo...
Para aliviar a sua carga e vestir suas asas novamente.

Você fez bem.
E tem experenciado muitas iniciações.
O Um é com ou sem você.
Nós lhe aplaudimos. Está na hora de remeter-se a maiores alturas e doces lembranças.

E agora você fala?
É o fim?
Ou devo continuar lutando?
Não, querido coração... descanse na VONTADE DOS CÉUS
E você SERÁ a mensagem oculta

Em harmonia e amor,
Amigos da Shirlee.

A Message From the Council of the Sun

2009-09-27T16:06:00.003-03:00

I have received this message from a friend and I thought I should share it with you, too, because it is such a liberating message! When I asked her permission to publish it here, her response was: Please do. Whatever we can do to bring hope, understanding and a sense of oneness and Light. We are loved...
In harmony...
Shirlee
So, here it is:
Saturday, September 26, 2009
A Message From the Council of the Sun
In blogs, books and lectures for twenty-five years, I have mentioned that a hierarchy exists in the subtle worlds of Light. This is reasonable since there definitely is a hierarchy in consciousness here in the lower world of matter. The ideal is for us to purify our own consciousness enough, expanding the inner light and opening the mind and heart to be privy to divine messages, which are given by great and enlightened denizens of Heaven. These luminous beings are filled with the glory of God. Using the criteria of the ancients, such beings could certainly be called "gods". They also could be called the "angels" of God. Having been graced by encounters with Luminous Beings myself since early in life, I feel at this collective point of world change to occasionally share some of the messages with you. There are many councils within the Sun. Each with its own purpose and energy. It is the vibration that is noted.

ONE LIFE

It is said that there is but One life
and yet many exist.
In the many who exist, the One is found.
The One is all that Is and yet it is not seen
Nor can it be described.

The One is a riddle to the many and Love to the few.
The One is no other than your Self.
Yes, you, the Beloved within.
The Beloved is but the One
and so we stand.

We say to you, "Why all the fuss?"
If you are the One, why worry?
The One knows the Way
Why not be attentive?
The One is life. Why not enjoy it?

You are too serious in your endeavor.
Listen to your heart rather than your head.
Observe the moments of the day and
Enjoy the swell of the waves.
Feel the wind on your face and lift your eyes
To the heavens.

We speak of lightness to you.
It is welcome at this time.
You have struggled hard and need the
Balance of the Word...
To soften your burden and wear your wings again.

You have done well.
And have experienced many initiations.
The One is with you and without.
We applaud you. It is time to move on
To greater heights and sweet remembrances.

What now you say?
Is it the end?
Or must I continue to struggle?
No, dear heart...rest in the WILL OF HEAVEN
And you will BE the hidden message~

In harmony and love,

Shirlee's Friends
Posted by A Sun Message at 9:44 AM

Iranian Voices for Peace

2009-06-25T22:18:00.001-03:00

"State of Global Emergency Declaration"

2009-06-25T21:50:00.001-03:00

a href="http://www.worldshiftnetwork.org/declaration/index.html" target="_blank">

Draft of State of Global Emergency Declaration Ready for Endorsement

Ervin Laszlo and David Woolfson for the Club of Budapest have worked out a "State of Global Emergency Declaration". At the moment the declaration in its draft form is ready for endorsement. It is the mission of the Club of Budapest to catalyze effective and timely change by calling attention to the dangers as well as the opportunities that confront the human community. It now issues an urgent call for action in view of the state of global emergency that arose on this planet. This is a global crisis, and it harbors both grave dangers and unique opportunities. We must recognize it and take action. A purely perceived crisis is dangerous: it triggers precipitate action in the face of a situation that does not call for it. But an unrecognized crisis is just as or even more dangerous, for it fails to catalyze effective action in a situation that does call for it. With The Declaration on the State of Global Emergency, to be adopted in the framework of a Global Emergency Consultation in 2009, The Club of Budapest calls attention to the reality of the crisis, and invites all responsible people and organizations to endorse the present draft, so a critical mass in the human community would muster the consciousness, the creativity, and the will to take action to cope with it. To endorse the declaration please click the banner (top of right column), or click here. If you wish to support the declaration and place the banner on your own website, please mail to: c.frankenstein (at) worldshiftnetwork (dot) org.

The pleasure of finding friends

2009-06-03T16:19:00.000-03:00

I've met a new friend: Heather K. O’Hara. Isn't this poetry one that speaks straight to your Soul?

“Where do I go when there is nowhere to go?
I go home. I go home to my family of mystical poets,
and there—in our little blue house
by the Sea of Golden Flowers—
held in the arms of love… I remember who I am.”

—Heather K. O’Hara

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Oneness The Movie

2009-05-29T20:04:00.001-03:00

Profound message. I would call it "video-meditation".

Aguata py’ýi (Acelerar os passos)*

2009-04-14T23:53:00.000-03:00

...e se mil línguas eu também tivesse
levaria teu sonho entre as estrelas
e lá no centro da terra
eu diria: salve negríndio Ademario!

Assim deve ser, assim será
a cada brilho da noite
a cada chama do dia
bem digo a Ñanderu
Nosso Pai verdadeiro:
recebe meu Pai, a alquimia da palavra
dos filhos e filhas da terra
recebe nossa alegria e os nossos sonhos
recebe também nossos desencantos
porque somos tua herança
assim também ressurgidos
mas não somos um, nem cem, nem mil
somos infinitamente filhos da resistência
somos parte do teu ser
Potiguara, Guarani,
Tukano, Xavante,
Sateré, Nambikuara,
Pataxó, Truká,
Terena, Munduruku,
Payaya, Fulni-ô
Xukuru, Tupi,
Yanomami....yanomami....
todos os povos
todas as nações
somos todos
do abaeté da lagoa do Senhor do Bomfim
das ladeiras de Olinda do canavial
da serra do vento da serra do mar
de Norte a Sul
de Leste a Oeste
do Oiapoque ao Chui
somos teus somos nossos
e como diria Ademario
vamos todos assim
- Aguata py’ýi!
"Acelerar os passos!"
- Aguata py’ýi!
"Acelerar os passos!"
- Aguata py’ýi!
"Acelerar os passos!"

Graça Graúna, Nordeste do Brasil, abril indígena 2009

Buddha

2009-04-14T14:13:00.001-03:00

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

"Milhares de velas podem ser acesas de uma única vela, e o tempo de vida da vela não será diminuido. A Felicidade nunca diminui ao ser compartilhada."

- Buddha

Spring Is Christ

2009-04-11T21:14:00.004-03:00

Everyone has eaten and fallen asleep. The house is empty. We walk out to the garden to let the apple meet the peach, to carry messages between rose and jasmine.

Spring is Christ,
Raising martyred plants from their shrouds.
Their mouths open in gratitude, wanting to be kissed.
The glow of the rose and the tulip means a lamp is inside.
A leaf trembles. I tremble in the wind-beauty like silk from Turkestan.
The censer fans into flame.

This wind is the Holy Spirit.
The trees are Mary.
Watch how husband and wife play subtle games with their hands.
Cloudy pearls from Aden are thrown across the lovers,
as is the marriage custom.

The scent of Joseph's shirt comes to Jacob.
A red carnelian of Yemeni laughter is heard
by Muhammad in Mecca.

We talk about this and that. There's no rest except on these branching moments.
The Essential Rumi

Todo mundo comeu e caiu no sono. A casa está vazia. Andamos até o jardim para que a maçã encontre o pêssego, para carregar mensagens entre a rosa e o jasmim.

A Primavera é Cristo,
levantando plantas martirizadas de suas mortalhas.
Suas bocas abertas em gratidão, querendo ser beijadas.
O brilho da rosa e da tulipa significa que há luz dentro.
Uma folha treme. Eu tremo no vento-beleza como a seda do Turkestão.
O turíbulo ventila em chama.

O vento é o Espírito Santo.
As àrvores são Maria.
Observe como marido e mulher brincam sutilmente com suas mãos.
Pérolas nubladas do Aden são jogadas através dos amantes,
como é o costume no casamento.

O cheiro da camisa de José vem à Jacó.
Uma cornalina vermelha da risada do Yemen é ouvida
por Maomé em Meca.

Nós falamos sobre isso e aquilo. Não há restos exceto nesses ramificados momentos.

Rumi essencial.

The Machine in Our Heads - Glenn Parton

2009-04-06T00:00:00.001-03:00

The Machine in Our Heads

Glenn Parton

(Originally published in Green Anarchist, Summer 1997, pp. 1617)

Introduction

The environmental crisis consists of the deterioration and outright destruction of micro and macro ecosystems worldwide, entailing the elimination of countless numbers of wild creatures from the air, land, and sea, with many species being pushed to the brink of extinction, and into extinction. People who passively allow this to happen, not to mention those who actively promote it for economic or other reasons, are already a good distance down the road to insanity. Most people do not see, understand, or care very much about this catastrophe of the planet because they are overwhelmingly preoccupied with grave psychological problems. The environmental crisis is rooted in the psychological crisis of the modern individual. This makes the search for an eco-psychology crucial; we must understand better what terrible thing is happening to the modern human mind, why it is happening, and what can be done about it.

Deep Thinking

The solution to the global environmental crisis we face today depends far less on the dissemination of new information than it does on the re-emergence into consciousness of old ideas. Primitive ideas or tribal ideas, kinship, solidarity, community, direct democracy, diversity, harmony with nature provide the framework or foundation of any rational or sane society. Today, these primal ideas, gifts of our ancestral heritage, are blocked from entering consciousness. The vast majority of modern people cannot see the basic truths that our ancient ancestors knew and that we must know again, about living within the balance of nature. We are lost in endless political debates, scientific research, and compromises because what is self-evident to the primitive mind has been forgotten.

For hundreds of thousands of years, until the beginning of civilization about 10,000 years ago, humans lived in tribal societies, which produced tribal consciousness a set of workable ideas or guiding principles concerning living together successfully on a diverse and healthy planet. The invasion of civilization into one tribal locale after another, around the globe, has been so swift and deadly that we may speak of the trauma of civilization. Because tribal peoples were unprepared and unable to deal with the onslaught of civilization, tribal consciousness was driven underground, becoming something forbidden and dangerous. Conquered peoples became afraid to think and act according to the old ways, on pain of death. There is much fear that lies at the origin of civilization.

Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny that is to say, the development of the individual is an abbreviated repetition of the development of the species. In childhood, a modern person travels an enormous distance between stone-age primitive creature and responsible contemporary citizen. When confronted with the awesome power of civilization whose first representatives are parents, teachers, priests (and, later on, police officers, legislators and bosses) the child faces, psychologically, the same situation as its tribal ancestors, namely, conform to the dictates of civilization or die. The helplessness of childhood makes the threat of bodily harm or loss of love, which is used by the parents and others to enforce civilized morality and civilized education, a traumatic experience. The developing little person becomes afraid to express its own tribal nature. There is much fear that lies at the bottom of becoming a civilized adult.

When the child becomes aware of ideas and impulses that oppose the dictates of civilization, s/he experiences anxiety, which is the signal for danger. It is not the insights and urges themselves that the child fears, but rather the reaction to them on the part of those in charge. Since the child cannot escape from those who control its life, s/he runs away from dangerous thoughts and feelings. In other words, the child institutes repression of its primitive self. Tribal ideas are now isolated, cut off from awareness, and unable to properly influence the future course of events.
The trauma or inescapable terror of civilization is responsible for the derangement of reason. That inner dialogue in the human mind that is the hallmark of self-consciousness has ceased, because the depth-dimension of reflective thought, which is the primitive mind, has been silenced. Modern people no longer hear their own primal voice, and without interaction between new ideas and old ideas, the demands of the individual and the demands of the tribe (and species), there is no deep thinking. On the contrary, when reason is cut off at the roots, it becomes shallow, unable to determine what is of true value in life.

The passage of tribal ideas from the oldest and deepest layer of the mind into individual consciousness is part of the natural, normal functioning of the human mind. Deep thinking is not the result of education; it is innate, our birthright as Homo sapiens. What civilization has done is to disrupt the free flow of ideas in the human mind by shutting down the primitive mind through traumatic socialization. In such a situation, cut off from the time-tested and proven ideas of prehistory, reason becomes one-dimensional, and is unable to solve the problems of modern life. No amount of new information can replace tribal wisdom, which provides the foundation for any good and decent life.

Glenn Parton (The Machine in our Heads)

World peace begins with our children

2009-03-27T17:13:00.000-03:00

World peace begins with our children. Emotionally healthy children grow into emotionally healthy adults. Emotionally healthy children learn inner peace. Children that grow up feeling inner peace become peaceful adults. To begin the process, we need to make sure that all children grow up with positive messages streaming through their psyches. This doesn’t mean praising children and giving them affirmations that don’t come across as being authentic. Children can feel whether or not a person is being authentic with them. For this reason, the verbal messages and the non-verbal messages are equally important. We can "tell" our children how wonderful they are, but if we are not in the moment with them, listening to them and really being attentive to their needs, they receive an entirely different message.
My hope is that all adults will realize that their presence in a child's life makes a very significant impact. Since children are technically living in an adult world, they are at the mercy of adults—parents, teachers, caregivers, employers, etc. They are conditioned with the messages that they receive from all of these adults. We hope that they receive healthy messages, but the reality is that this doesn't happen as often as we would like it to. Many adults are walking around with unhealed wounds from their own past, and those messages get passed on to the next generation. I believe that all parents have great intentions, and they all love their children deeply. It can be difficult to be the kind of parent we want to be if we aren’t aware of the messages that we tell ourselves. Awareness is always a starting point. Once we become aware of something, we have the ability to change it. Being human is a magnificent gift in that we can change things about ourselves that aren’t working for us.
The wonderful thing is that children are resilient, which gives us many chances to make mistakes. Once we become aware of the impact we have, we are able to make adjustments to our interactions with children. For adults that have unhealed wounds, this is a good time to work on healing them. Many of us didn't know we had unhealed wounds until after having children, so once again, our children present us with opportunities that lead us to personal growth. By choosing to heal ourselves, we give the next generation a healthier start. They can start out with healthy messages flowing through them. They live in the inner peace that they were born with. Of course there will be sadness, disappointment, anger and other normal emotions in situations that come up in their lives. When they have a starting point of knowing deep within themselves that they are okay, they will be able to get through these situations with trust and awareness.
My dream is that every human being walking the face of the Earth will have the following messages flowing through them: I am loved, I matter to this world, I have a gift to share with the world, my birthright is joy, I was born for a reason, I have a deep knowing that I belong here, I am loved for exactly who I am, I am heard and I am seen, I am powerful, I am capable, I am safe, I am connected to everything in the world.
I am sure that there are many other healing messages that could be added to the list, but these can be an excellent start. The good news is that we all are capable of healing ourselves, we are resilient and we are awesome creators. We can change our awareness whenever we want to! We can all begin again whenever we choose to. Be the change!
For a list of books that have been helpful to me on this journey, please check out my booklist on my website at www.benurtured.com.

posted by joyfulparent on 3/27/2009 2:34 pm

Ô servant, where do you seek Me ?

2009-03-27T15:54:00.002-03:00

Ô servant, where do you seek Me ?

Lo ! I am beside you.

I am neither in temple nor in mosque.
I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash.
Neither am I in rites and ceremonies
Nor in Yoga and renunciation.

If you are a true seeker
you will at once see Me
You will meet Me
In a moment of time.

Kabir says : Ô Sadhu !
God is the breath
Of all breath.
kabir

Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat.
My shoulder is against yours.
you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine
rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals:
not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding
around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but
vegetables.
When you really look for me, you will see me
instantly —
you will find me in the tiniest house of time।

translated by Robert Bly in The Kabir Book

May you dwell in the sacred universe of the Heart..
Namasté

P.E.A.C.E.

2009-03-26T21:26:00.000-03:00

P~E~A~C~E The code breaker

P.E.A.C.E.

is the code

It is written in the DNA coding of the 12 tribes , the 144,000

now ready/creating

the grandmothers wisdom of the 13th tribe.

No need to decipher codes written in texts.

No need to see what was carved in the walls of Rosslyn Chapel

our home to keep the wisdom clear.

No need at all

as it HAS ARRIVED.

Surrender to the process.

The bride of creation is here.

In her joy

She holds her arms wide open

from the Isis

17th Door of eternity;

and PEACE

Ready

at any given moment

to toss her bouquet of fragrant love.

Each tone

each note made clear upon your voice

Yes it was you

It is you

all aong

In your notes

In your tones you have sent forward.

precislely awaiting them to be clear

crystal clear

as the morning bell

ohm

Thank you for the many that has gone through

the trudgery to open this sound

to follow their heart of hearts

no small task

to the many earth angels

connecting with thier soul mates

Thank you for your trust

thank you for your honor

thank you for you committment

to both yourself

as well as the ALL

For those not yet in the niche

Quiet

Complacent in what is meant to be

we say persevere

we have your back

move forward

And whether it is received through the spark of light

or denied by the waters of pain and drowning such

we say thank you

It's all good

deep breath

remember to breathe

breathe deep

In this time

we say find peace within yourself

Find Peace wth all those around you in your life

those that you have been at war with.

ahhhhhh not easy is it?

When you find that space

That they~

That it's ~

all OK

so too will you find that

in your love.

Peace of heart

Peace of soul

Peace of Mind

© Rainspirite 2008

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Filme publicitário - Hora do Planeta

2009-03-24T13:01:00.001-03:00

Não sei se existe mesmo a ameaça de aquecimento global. Mas pretendo aproveitar a "hora do planeta" para observar o céu. Já pensou? Acredito sim ser possível nessa noite vermos o céu como nossos bisavós o viam: sem interferencia da luz elétrica. Alguém tem telescópio em casa?

Become a Unit of Peace Consciousness

2009-03-21T19:09:00.002-03:00

Seven techniques for Peace Consciousness:

1) BEING PEACE - Meditation
2) FEELING PEACE - Experience of Love and Compassion
3) THINKING PEACE - Intending Peace and sending it out to the World
4) SPEAKING PEACE - Speaking in a manner that always creates Happiness in the listener
5) ACTING PEACE - Helping someone
6) CREATING PEACE - Finding a conflict and coming up with a creative solution to it
7) SHARING PEACE - Recruiting someone to join in this program of Peace Consciousness

Sete técnicas para a Consciencia da Paz:

1- SENDO A PAZ - Meditação
2- SENTINDO PAZ - experiencia do Amor e da Compaixão
3- PENSANDO PAZ - com a intenção de Paz e vibrando para o Mundo
4- FALANDO PAZ - falando de maneira a sempre criar felicidade em quem está ouvindo
5- AGINDO PAZ - ajudando alguém
6- CRIANDO PAZ - achando um conflito e trazendo uma solução criativa para solvê-lo
7- COMPARTILHANDO PAZ - trazendo alguem para juntar-se ao programa de Consciencia da Paz

I Take The Vow

2009-03-21T18:15:00.001-03:00

6 Years Later: Remembering Rachel Corrie

2009-03-19T17:24:00.004-03:00

On this day six years ago, Rachel Corrie was killed by Israeli soldiers in Rafah, Gaza. By now the story is well known: Rachel, standing in front of the home of a doctor and his family in hopes of preventing a demolition, was run over by an armored bulldozer, a Caterpillar D9. After six years of promises from elected leaders, no independent investigation of her death has been conducted.

Link to emails she sent to her family- http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=14919

* added March 18, 2009

Reflection on Peace by Joni Anderson

2009-03-19T00:50:00.002-03:00

Throughout the world, the depth of peace can be
seen in people's eyes. All are different, beautiful,
harboring a universe within.

Eyes that seem hollow, or show hatred and hurt,
feel alone and forgotten inside.

Beneath surface emotions of conflict, there is great
beauty in each of us. That is where love waits to be shared.

As you go out in the world, smile with kindness and
good intention. Perform, or receive, an act of
kindness. Notice the eyes, and your feelings within.

This is the secret path to world peace.

Joni Anderson

Por todo o mundo, a profundidade da Paz pode ser vista nos olhos das pessoas. Todos são diferentes, belos, abrigando um universo dentro.

Olhos que parecem ocos, vazios, ou que mostram ódio e dor, sentem-se sós e esquecidos por dentro.

Por baixo das emoções de conflito da superfície, há muita beleza em cada um de nós. É ali que o amor aguarda para ser compartilhado.

Quando se sai pelo mundo, sorria com bondade, gentileza e boa intenção. Faça ou receba um ato de bondade. Observe os olhos, e seus sentimentos por dentro.

Este é o caminho secreto para a Paz mundial.

A million blessings - Miss Magikal

2009-03-11T17:38:00.001-03:00

We are the ones we've been waiting for...
So we choose Heaven on Earth!
A million blessings is bestowed upon you and me.

Nós somos aqueles por quem estávamos esperando...
Assim escolhemos o Paraíso na Terra.
Um milhão de bençãos é oferecida sobre você e eu.

The Farmer and the Angel (A Parable)

2009-03-11T15:25:00.002-03:00

There was once a very kind and joyful old farmer. He was ninety years old and, though his bones were a wee bit weary, his eyes still sparkled with love and laughter. He was the kind who seemed to know just what it took to make you smile, and when you needed to weep he'd sit by your side and hold you. He was the kind who noticed the dew sparkling on a spider's web and knew the taste of a juicy red strawberry. He was the kind who still at ninety worked hard every day on the land, and when you needed a helping hand his sleeves were rolled ready to go.

One day, because of his goodness, he was visited by an angel who granted him a wish. The angel said to the old man that anything he wanted would be his.

The kind farmer said to the angel, "I am happy with the bounty of food upon my plate and the love that surrounds me daily, but before I die I should like just once to see heaven and hell."

The angel told him to take hold of her cloak and in an instant they arrived at the gates of hell.

To the surprise of the good man, when he passed through the gates he found himself on the edge of a beautiful open green surrounded by tall graceful pine trees. As he walked toward the middle of the green he saw many people seated around a great long table that was heaped high with the most magnificent and delicious foods the man had ever seen. Yet as he drew near he saw that the people looked sickly and thin, as if they were wasting away from starvation. How could this be? Then he noticed that the people's arms were locked straight so that they could not bend them. It was impossible for these people to feed themselves. "Achh," the man sighed, "this is truly hell."

Hastily he returned to the angel and took hold of her cloak. In another instant they arrived at the gates of heaven.

Here too the good man found himself on the edge of a beautiful open green surrounded by tall majestic pine trees. He walked toward the middle of the green and saw many people seated around a great long table that was heaped high with the most wonderful and delicious foods. As he drew near, the man saw that the people's arms were locked straight so they could not be bent. Yet these people were smiling and laughing. Their eyes danced with a merry delight and their stomachs seemed joyfully content. How was this possible? The good man looked closer and he saw: the people of heaven were feeding each other! "Ah yes," smiled the good man with a knowing nod of his head, "this, this is truly heaven."

from Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope: Stories of Peace, Justice & the Environment.

Pink Floyd - Earth Soldier - World Peace Song 2009 - esoldier HD

2009-03-10T22:49:00.001-03:00

Osho

2009-03-10T14:06:00.000-03:00

If the mind wants to comprehend reality, it will have to come out of the past and the future. But coming out of the past and the future, it is no longer the mind at all. Hence the insistence of all the great masters of the world that the door to reality is no-mind.

Se a mante quer compreender a realidade, precisará sair do passado e do futuro. Mas saindo do passado e do futuro, já não é mais mental. Por isso a insistencia de todos os grandes Mestres do mundo que a porta para a realidade é não-mental.

OSHO

How to meditate

2009-03-09T21:12:00.001-03:00

Coldy the Fridge

2009-03-09T18:31:00.001-03:00

Sign now at avaaz.org/fridge !

Ancient Mother - Uma homenagem

2009-03-08T22:13:00.001-03:00

Acho que nossa grande Mãe também deve ser homenageada hoje, dia internacional da mulher.

March 8th, International Women's Day

2009-03-08T22:08:00.001-03:00

Menos impostos para a cultura, mais desenvolvimento para o Brasil Petition

2009-03-02T13:10:00.000-03:00

Menos impostos para a cultura, mais desenvolvimento para o Brasil Petition

2009-02-27T17:14:00.000-03:00

You are a Buddha. But remember you are not a Buddha in any special sense. Everybody is - So don't take it in an egoistic sense that "I" am a Buddha. Don't make it ambitious, don't go on an ambition trip. All is Buddha. Life is Buddha, being is Buddha-hood, existence is Buddha-hood.

Osho

Elder's Meditation: "The Great Spirit is the one that's looking after us."

2009-02-27T17:11:00.000-03:00

The only place our minds can find peace is when our focus is on the Creator. Daily we need to ask the Creator to direct our thinking. When we look at our brothers and sisters, we need to see the Creator in them. When we look at the trees, plants and the animals, we need to realize the Creator is within us. Our attention needs to be on the Creator. When we work, we do it for the Creator. When we are troubled, we need to pray to the Creator. When we are happy and joyful, we need to realize we are feeling the presence of the Creator. Thinking God thoughts will produce peace.

Oh Great Mystery, let me focus on You today

--Jimmy Jackson, OJIBWAY

Mandala

2009-02-23T15:47:00.000-03:00

Dizem que as mandalas ajudam a interiorizar para a meditação e são como portas para entrar em uma outra
dimensão do ser.

Suas cores vibrantes causam identificações imediatas. Uns gostam das mais vermelhas outros das mais azuis. As Tibetanas normalmente possuem figuras de deuses, as chinesas, desenhos delicados de animais. O mapa astral é uma mandala. Pode-se seguir inumeras classificações, mas essa foto anexa está algo especial, independente de sua classificação.

Aproveitem para uns poucos minutos de meditação.

Namasté.

Dada Cerqueira

Mapa astral

2009-02-23T14:27:00.001-03:00

No céu, os planetas
transitam no espaço
desenhando as possibilidades.
Na Terra,
os seres humanos vagam
ignorando ouvir
a canção das estrelas
instruindo
os seus rumos.
O sábio ilumina-se com essa melodia
aconselhando a sua alma
com a sabedoria do cosmos
e a sensibilidade da lua,
banhando-se
na grandiosidade da Criação.

Escrito por Niso Vianna em 25/07/2008

2009-02-23T06:10:00.002-03:00

The Price of Silence (New and improved!) Introduction by Laurence Fishburne

2009-02-21T15:07:00.001-03:00

To honor the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the UDHR, Amnesty International has partnered with Link TV to produce a global collaborative video and song called, “The Price Of Silence”. The video, set in the United Nations General Assembly, is an urgent plea to renew the commitment to human rights everywhere. The song, based on the Grammy-winning Colombian group Aterciopelados’ “Canción Protesta,”

Native American Traditional Code of Ethics

2009-02-17T14:29:00.000-03:00

Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping, give thanks for the life within you and for all life, for the good things the Creator has given you and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek for the courage and strength to be a better person. Seek for the things that will benefit others (everyone).

Respect. Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem for someone or something; to consider the well being of, or to treat someone or something with deference or courtesy". Showing respect is a basic law of life.

a. Treat every person from the tiniest child to the oldest elder with respect at all times.

b. Special respect should be given to Elders, Parents, Teachers, and Community Leaders.

c. No person should be made to feel "put down" by you; avoid hurting other hearts as you would avoid a deadly poison.

d. Touch nothing that belongs to someone else (especially Sacred Objects) without permission, or an understanding between you.

e. Respect the privacy of every person, never intrude on a person's quiet moment or personal space.

f. Never walk between people who are conversing.

g. Never interrupt people who are conversing.

h. Speak in a soft voice, especially when you are in the presence of Elders, strangers or others to whom special respect is due.

i. Do not speak unless invited to do so at gatherings where Elders are present (except to ask what is expected of you, should you be in doubt).

j. Never speak about others in a negative way, whether they are present or not.

k. Treat the earth and all of her aspects as your mother. Show deep respect for the mineral world, the plant world, and the animal world. Do nothing to pollute our Mother, rise up with wisdom to defend her.

l. Show deep respect for the beliefs and religion of others.

m. Listen with courtesy to what others say, even if you feel that what they are saying is worthless. Listen with your heart.

n. Respect the wisdom of the people in council. Once you give an idea to a council meeting it no longer belongs to you. It belongs to the people. Respect demands that you listen intently to the ideas of others in council and that you do not insist that your idea prevail. Indeed you should freely support the ideas of others if they are true and good, even if those ideas ideas are quite different from the ones you have contributed. The clash of ideas brings forth the Spark of Truth.

Once a council has decided something in unity, respect demands that no one speak secretly against what has been decided. If the council has made an error, that error will become apparent to everyone in its own time.

Be truthful at all times, and under all conditions.

Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give of your best food, your best blankets, the best part of your house, and your best service to your guests.

The hurt of one is the hurt of all, the honor of one is the honor of all.

Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as members of the human family.

All the races and tribes in the world are like the different colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As children of the Creator they must all be respected.

To serve others, to be of some use to family, community, nation, and the world is one of the main purposes for which human beings have been created. Do not fill yourself with your own affairs and forget your most important talks. True happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to the service of others.

Observe moderation and balance in all things.

Know those things that lead to your well-being, and those things that lead to your destruction.

Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart. Expect guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams, in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of wise Elders and friends.

Seven Philosophies For a

Native American Man

First Philosophy - TO THE WOMEN
The cycle of life for the woman is the baby, girl, woman, and grandmother.
These are the four directions of life.
She has been given by natural laws the ability to reproduce life. The most sacred of all things in life.
Therefore, all men should treat her with dignity and respect.
Never was it our way to harm her mentally or physically. Indian men were never abusers. We always treated our women with respect and understanding.

So, from now on,
I will treat women in a sacred manner.
The Creator gave women the responsibility for bringing new life into the world. Life is sacred, so I will look upon women in a sacred manner.
In our traditional ways, the woman is the foundation of the family.
I will work with her to create a home atmosphere of respect, security and harmony.
I will refrain from any form of emotional or physical abuse.
If I have these feelings, I will talk to the Creator for guidance.
I will treat all women as if they were my own female relatives.
This I vow.

Second Philosophy - TO THE CHILDREN
As an eagle prepares its young to leave the nest with all the skills and knowledge it needs to participate in life, in the same manner so I will guide my children.
I will use the culture to prepare them for life.
The most important thing I can give to my children is my time.
I will spend time with them in order to learn them and to listen to them.
I will teach my children to pray, as well as the importance of respect.
We are the caretakers of the children for the Creator. They are his children, not ours.
I am proud of our Native language. I will learn it if I can and help my children to learn it.
In today's world it is easy for the children to go astray, so I will work to provide positive alternatives for them.
I will teach them the culture.
I will encourage education. I will encourage sports. I will encourage them to talk with the Elders for guidance; but mostly, I will seek to be a role model myself.
I make this commitment to my children so they will have courage and find guidance through traditional ways.

Third Philosophy - TO THE FAMILY

The Creator gave to us the family, which is the place where all teachings are handed down from the grandparent, to the parent, and to the child. The children's behavior is a mirror of the parent's behavior. Knowing this, I realize the importance for each Indian man to be responsible to the family in order to fulfill the need to build a strong and balanced family. By doing this, I will break the cycle of hurt and ensure the positive mental health of our children, even the children yet to be born.

So, from now on,
I will dedicate my priorities to rebuilding my family.
I must never give up and leave my family only to the mother.
I am accountable to restore the strength of my family. To do this, I will nurture our family's spiritual, cultural and social health. I will demonstrate trust, respect, honor and discipline; but mostly I will be consistent in whatever I do with them.
I will see that the grandparents and community Elders play a significant role in the education of my children.
I realize that the male and female together are fundamental to our family life. I will listen to my mate's council for our family's benefit, as well as for the benefit of my Indian Nation.

Fourth Philosophy - TO THE COMMUNITY
The Indian community provides many things for the family. The most important is the sense of belonging; that is, to belong to "the people", and to have a place to go. Our Indian communities need to be restored to health so the future generation will be guaranteed a place to go for culture, language and Indian socializing. In he community, the honor of one is the honor of all and the pain of one is the pain of all. I will work to strengthen recovery in all parts of my community.

As an Indian man,
I will give back to my community by donating my time and talents when I am able.
I will cultivate friendships with other Indian men for mutual support and strength.
I will consider the effects of our decisions on behalf of the next seven generations; in this way, our children and grandchildren will inherit healthy communities.
I will care about those in my community so that the mind changes, alcohol and drugs, will vanish, and our communities will forever be free of violence.
If each of us can do all these things, then others, will follow; ours will be a proud community.

Fifth Philosophy - THE EARTH

Our Mother Earth is the source of all life, whether it be plants, the two-legged, four-legged, winged ones or human beings. The Mother Earth is the greatest teacher, if we listen, observe and respect her. When we live in harmony with the Mother Earth, she will recycle the things we consume and make them available to our children. As an Indian man, I must teach my children how to care for the Earth so it is there for the future generations.
So from now on,
I realize the Earth is our Mother. I will treat her with honor and respect.
I will honor the interconnectedness of all things and all forms of life.
I will realize the Earth does not belong to us, but that we belong to the Earth.
The natural law is the ultimate authority upon the lands and water. I will learn the knowledge and wisdom of the natural laws. I will pass this knowledge on to my children.
The Mother Earth is a living entity that maintains life. I will speak out in a good way whenever I see someone abusing the Earth. Just as I would protect my own mother, so I will protect the Earth. I will ensure that the land, water, and air will be intact for my children and for my children's children-the unborn.

Sixth Philosophy - TO THE CREATOR

As an Indian man, I realize we make no gains without the Great Spirit being in our lives. Neither I, nor anything I attempt to do, will work without our Creator. Being Indian and being spiritual has the same meaning. Spirituality is our gift from the Great One. This say, I vow to walk the Red Road.
As an Indian man,
I will return to the traditional and spiritual values which have guided my ancestors for the past generations.
I will look with new eyes on the powers of our ceremonies and religious ways, for they are important to the very survival of our people.
We have survived and are going to grow and flourish spiritually. We will fulfill our teachings and the purpose that the Creator has given us with dignity.
Each day, I will pray and ask guidance. I will commit to walk the Red Road, or whatever the spiritual way is called in my own culture.
If I am a Christian, I will be a good one. If I tradition, I will walk this road with dedication.
If each of us can do these things then others will follow. From this day forward, I will reserve time and energy for spirituality, seeking to know the Creator's will.

Seventh Philosophy - TO MYSELF

I will think about what kind of person I want to be when I am an Elder. I will start developing myself now to be this person.
I will walk with the Great Spirit and the grandfathers at my side. I will develop myself to remain positive. I will develop a good mind.
I will examine myself daily to see what I did good and what I need to improve. I will examine my strengths and weaknesses; then I will ask the Creator to guide me. I will develop a good mind.
Each day, I will listen for the Creator's voice in the wind. I will watch nature and ask to be shown a lesson which will occur on my path.
I will seek our the guiding principles which guided my ancestors. I will walk in dignity, honor and humility, conducting myself as a warrior.
I will seek the guidance of the Elders so that I may maintain the knowledge of culture, ceremonies and songs, and so that I may pass these on to future generations.
I choose to do all these things myself, because no one else can do them for me.
I know I CANNOT GIVE AWAY WHAT I DON'T HAVE, so I will need to learn to walk the talk.

Terry West

Volatile...

2009-02-14T22:30:00.002-02:00

Volatile..., originally uploaded by !ShT!aQ aHmEd।

Again I start with the question my mind asked me... "Why We are? Volatile".

Apart from all that science theory the word volatile has lot more meaning into it. Think about the real you, not the one concealed into this earthly matter but the essence of you... Your thoughts, your dreams, your words, your attitude and your vision. Does this all exist in the reality... No. Its all Volatile. These all properties, holdings, assets, substances or whatever you call them vanishes with time.

Few of us see through the haziness of this smog to see the clearness of the beauty of the system that God has created for us. There is a curtain right in front of our eyes, which we are unable to lift to witness the glimpse beyond the volatility of this world.

So again at the bottom line of so many thoughts, I found out, its all about our Attitude toward life. A small thing may be an inspiration for someone else but another one may just ignore it once and for all.

Taken: January Afternoon at Kewai, Kaghan Valley, Pakistan.

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the poetry of common things

2009-02-14T22:17:00.001-02:00

the poetry of common things, originally uploaded by bilal t.

Valentine's day

2009-02-14T22:15:00.001-02:00

Valentine's day, originally uploaded by Nadeem Khawar..

Resilience

2009-02-14T22:07:00.002-02:00

Resilience, originally uploaded by umar36.

I found this picture on Flickr. Then the title got on me. Then the text: I was amazed!

See it for yourself!!!!

“It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate."

James Arthur Baldwin

The shrine of Paleer in Dadyal, AK.
the shrine goes underwater (completely submerged) when Mangla dam is full, this pic was taken when water levels were down in January.

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Alinhamento Aquariano - HD

2009-02-10T00:09:00.001-02:00

Age of Aquarius

2009-02-08T16:28:00.002-02:00

AGE OF AQUARIUS
Vocês se lembram da música AGE OF AQUARIUS (Era de Aquário)?
Teremos um alinhamento planetário maravilhoso - exatamente o alinhamento descrito na música AGE OF AQUARIUS há 40 anos atrás...

Coincidência ou premonição?
O fato é que estamos caminhando rumo a um novo tempo, os novos líderes eleitos apontando esta nova tônica.
O tempo que nós escolhemos criar, viver e manifestar a cada dia através de nossos pensamentos, intenções, sentimentos e ações.
Alinhamento Aquariano de 14 de fevereiro de 2009
por Jude Currivan PhD
No alvorecer do dia 14 de fevereiro, dia dedicado à São Valentim nos Estados Unidos e Europa (Valentine´s Day, o patrono e Santo do Amor) a lua em Libra entra na sétima casa dos relacionamentos; Jupiter e Marte estarão alinhados no signo de Aquarius na décima segunda casa da transformação espiritual.
Quarenta anos atrás, as palavras intuitivas de uma canção chamada Aquarius, trouxe o alvorecer da Nova Era ao Consciente Coletivo :
"When the Moon is in the seventh house
and Jupiter aligns with Mars.
Then Peace will guide the planets
and Love will steer the stars "
" Quando a Lua estiver na sétima casa
e Jupiter se alinhar com Marte,
Então a PAZ guiará os planetas
e o Amor varrerá as estrelas "

No alvorecer do dia 14 de fevereiro, o Cosmos realmente vai personificar este perfeito alinhamento que irá apoiar nossa manifestação coletiva de Amor e PAZ, no alvorecer da Era de Aquarius.
O mapa astral do dia 14 de fev revela uma incrível concentração de influências cósmicas combinadas com as energias de Aquarius na décima segunda casa.
Júpiter, o planeta da expansão, e Marte, o planeta da energia estarão alinhados com o objetivo mais elevado.
A presença de Quíron, o curador ferido, nos oferece a oportunidade de curar os fatos que nos separaram durante tanto tempo de nós mesmos e do todo.
Netuno enfatiza os movimentos humanitários coletivos e a co-criação da justiça social.
A presença do SOL ilumina todo este alinhamento especial.
Mercúrio, também na décima segunda casa, porém em Capricórnio, se alinha com Plutão que significa Transformação para se comunicar e ancorar a MUDANÇA através de nossas estruturas globais e instituições.
A Lua em Libra na sétima casa enfatiza o início de relacionamentos harmoniosos.
Venus em Áries na primeira casa energiza e dá Poder à co-criatividade e ao dinamismo.
Saturno, o grande mestre do trabalho em oposição à Urano, o desperto inesperado, sugere uma série de confrontações dos velhos paradigmas que não são mais sustentados, entregando-se ao novo paradigma com novas esperanças. Sua colocação entre Virgem e Peixes traz altruísmo prático e inspiração visionária nesta transição.
Durante os 18 minutos do alinhamento, eu convido você, em seu coração universal, para colocar sua intenção de AMOR e PAZ e juntos CO-CRIARMOS O ALVORECER DA ERA DE AQUARIUS no Cosmos.
Na forma que mais for apropriada para você, energize este momento com suas INTENÇÕES E ORAÇÕES e juntos criaremos uma onda de energia que abraçará a Mãe Terra.
Sinta-se à vontade para circular esta informação e nosso convite para este incrível evento Cósmico: O ALVORECER DA ERA DE AQUARIUS, conforme cantado há 40 anos na música AQUARIUS ...
Participe deste grande MOMENTUM e CO-CRIE SUA NOVA REALIDADE E SUA NOVA VIDA NA MÃE TERRA AGORA ...

2009-02-08T15:17:00.006-02:00

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."

- Mother Teresa

"Sou um pequeno lápis na mão de um Deus escritor que está mandando uma carta de Amor ao mundo." - Madre Teresa

To Mugabe, With Love

2009-02-05T03:30:00.049-02:00

Wonderfull idea! I need to share it with of you.

Event Info

Host: Urgent Action
Type: Causes - Protest
Network: Global

Time and Place

Start Time: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 1:00pm
End Time: Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 4:00pm
Location: Everywhere!

Description:
In Zimbabwe, people are suffering. Their health, safety and dignity are jeopardized by a harsh assault on human rights in which, Zimbabwean citizens are subjected to state-sponsored intimidation, arbitrary and unlawful arrests, torture, and even murder. As people have been dying from starvation or lack of medical care, Zimbabwe’s authorities have focused their efforts on trying to silence human rights defenders who seek to call attention to the country’s deepening human rights crisis.

The members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) mark Valentine’s Day by taking to the streets, peacefully spreading their message: “love of self, of family, of community and of country”. This message is not always welcomed by the authorities, and WOZA members have been jailed on numerous accessions. This Valentine’s Day join with WOZA and all human rights defenders in Zimbabwe to show President Mugabe that love can conquer violence and repression.

Send Valentines to President Mugabe!

It’s fun and easy. You can make your own Valentines or purchase Valentines at the store. Include a short message asking President Mugabe to demonstrate his love and care for the people of Zimbabwe by protecting human rights. There are some suggested phrases below, but feel free to be creative.

Please send your completed Valentines to Amnesty International's Washington, DC office at the address below by February 28. They will then be compiled and mailed to President Robert Mugabe as well as Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the United States.

Please send Valentines to:

Ilona Kelly
Individuals at Risk Program
Amnesty International USA
600 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Washington DC 20003

Sample Messages

-End the Harassment of Human Rights Defenders
-Drop Charges Against WOZA Members, including Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu
-Stop the Torture of Detainees
-Love is the Greater Power
- Protect Human Rights
- Respect Human Rights
- Free Human Rights Defender Jestina Mukoko
- Give All Detainees Access to Lawyers

Want to do more? Visit www.amnestyusa.org/woza

The sky begins at the earth...

2009-02-05T03:19:00.003-02:00

The sky begins at the earth..., originally uploaded by Neelofar_USA.

This is the kind of person Neelofar_USA is. The one that have posted below.

Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky.
When we think of the sky, we tend to look up,
but the sky actually begins at the earth.
- Diane Ackerman

Kabuto Garden

2009-02-02T03:52:00.001-02:00

Kabuto Garden, originally uploaded by Neelofar_USA.

How do you create a place of Peace? I could feel it, even trough the photograph...