Featured Blog Posts – August 2010 Archive (6)

The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by resolution

36/67 of the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with its

opening session, which was held annually on the third Tuesday of

September. The first Peace Day was observed in September 1982. In 2001,

the General Assembly by unanimous vote adopted resolution 55/282, which

established 21 September as an annual day of non-violence and

cease-fire. The UN invites all nations and people to honour a… Continue

A couple years ago, I ran into a terrible time in my life. I had been out of work for a while. My entire savings had run out. I had recently sold what little I had left of value at the pawn shop to buy food. My girlfriend had just broken up with me a few days before. And I had no idea where I was going to get my next rent payment. On the news I had seen that a hurricane had struck the Southeast, and was coming up the coast and was about to hit my part of the world. Well it turns out that by the… Continue

The Hindus bathe in the Ganges. The Jews go to the mikveh. The Catholics dip their hand in holy water and make the sign of the cross. The Christians, both Protestant and Catholic baptise. The Native Americans go to the sweat lodge. The Turks go to the hamam. The Russians go to their bath house. We all understand, on some level, the sacred power of water. We all find some connection to the devine in it. Even the surfer paddling out to the waves can understand. It is in all of us.

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Meditation has other benefits. It is almost impossible to fully focus on two things at once and a mind that is completely absorbed in the feeling of each breathe, or in the vibrations of a chant cannot also be focused on its own troubles or unhappiness.…

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As you may know, today is the two year anniversary of MyPeace.TV :). THANK you to each of you for joining and being part of this movement to co-create a happier, healthier and more peaceful world through media. We are well over 4100 members from all over the globe, and soo many wonderful stories have been shared. Because of a recommendation from one of our members, Lynda Cole, I recently did some research about a remarkable man, John Francis (aka… Continue