Peace
November 18, 2009
- The word peace sounds so gentle, yet peace itself--its true meaning--is powerful. History so often is taught in terms of war. When was the 100 Years War? Who were allies in World War II? In fact, history could be taught as war itself, as I'm sure someone was fighting someone else somewhere at any given time in history. Peace, then, seems to be more a state within oneself and between ...
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November 18, 2009
- Emmy Award-winning actress, Leigh Taylor-Young, and I will present “Gathering of the Spirit of Peace in All” at the Parliament of the World’s Religions 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. The Parliament was first held in Chicago in 1893 and brings together the world’s religious and spiritual communities, their leaders and their followers. Leigh and I will be attending and ...
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November 18, 2009
- Address on Peace Originally presented to The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics Annual Peace Conference. (They were not happy) Good Afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, Men and Women of, as they say, Good Will: Before I begin, let me reduce the entire text of this speech to five words: "...good fences make good neighbours..." That is, of course Robert Frost, and now anyone ...
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November 18, 2009
- I feel like, as a society, we think of "peace" entirely too broadly. World peace. Peace between nations, religions and tribes. A peaceful end to world conquests and struggles. Thought of in this context, peace is unattainable.And inner peace is often its own struggle. Maybe consumerism, our fast-paced nation or our competitive drive is to blame, but many of us tend to focus on what is ...
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November 18, 2009
- Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread." ~ Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) from Confieso Que He Vivido: Memorias, 1974 In 2006, I felt frustrated with the state of the world.I was one poet, a small voice, who felt very much alone. I asked myself, What could a poem do to change things? What difference ...
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November 12, 2009
- This week, I was reading a blog that Jayne Lyn Stahl wrote on November 8th 2009. Jayne was talking about the reasons why she defends Roman Polanski. This is what Jayne said I quote”Okay, so here we go.... I swore I'd never write about this, and haven't in the nearly 40 years since it happened, but since there's been so much attention focused on a similar crime committed more than 30 years ago ...
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November 11, 2009
- The Revolution is being televised, blogged, emailed and tweeted. The world-wide Revolution in Communication and Information is speeding us towards more and more Revolutions. As we travel the air and surf the internet we are exposed to new thoughts, new methods and new people.In the sixties people shouted, "The Revolution will be televised!" Many people felt that part of the ...
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November 8, 2009
- About the book The Depth of My Soul is my first book and it was published on January the 9th 2009. The idea behind the title ethnology is my depth to cover general circumstances that happen in our daily live. In the book, I also cover issues we sometimes have problems expressing our opinions about like wars, genocides, dictatorships, abuse, corruption, torture, ...
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November 7, 2009
- When I was a child, I went through many horrible things. I was a victim of incest. I was four, when my one of my aunts, Judith who’s also biological mother’s youngest sister had an intercourse with me several times. My biological mother, Catherine and her family were calling me names and they use to view me as a person with special needs or a person with down syndrome. When my biological ...
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October 30, 2009
- I dreamed that President Obama made a decision to end the unresolved dilemma between Israel and Palestine. Until now, efforts for the parties to come to a final agreement on their own had failed. He realized that only forced action by America could end the stalemate. He had received the Nobel Peace prize and felt he must do something to deserve that honor, so he made the decision to do ...
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