Friday, March 25, 2005
Love & Power
overcomes the love of power
the world will know peace.
(Jimi Hendrix)
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Buy your books through PeaceThings
Get in the habit. There's a portal at the bottom of the books pages.
http://www.peacethings.com/books.html
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
The 4 Agreements
BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
(My comment: Words are the basis of alchemy; they are the foundation of morphogenetics - change the words you say, change everything. Or, as Wayne Dyer said - change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change)
DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.
(My comment: Judging or condemning another does nothing to change or improve the judged; it merely defines you as one who needs to judge.)
DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
(My comment: Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on a loan you'll never take - it is an unnecessary depletion of resources.)
ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse, and regret. (Mycomment: and sometimes your best is learning to relax and surrender to the flow of creation, to allow yourself to be fulfilled...)
Saturday, March 19, 2005
I Saw Goodness Getting Drunk
I Saw Goodness Getting Drunk
I am gone,
lost any sense of wanting the wine
of the nowhereness ask me,
I don't know where I am.
At times I plunge
to the bottom of the sea,
at times, rise up
like the Sun.
At times, the universe is pregnant by me,
at times I give birth to it.
The milestone in my life
is the nowhereness,
I don't fit anywhere else.
This is me:
a rogue and a drunkard,
easy to spot
in the tavern of Lovers.
I am the one shouting hey ha.
They ask me why I don't
behave myself.
I say, when you
reveal your true nature,
then I will act my age.
Last night, I saw Goodness getting drunk.
He growled and said,
I am a nuisance, a nuisance.
A hundred souls cried out, but
we are yours, we are yours, we are yours.
You are the light
that spoke to Moses and said
I am God, I am God, I am God.
I said Shams-e Tabrizi, who are you?
He said, I am you, I am you, I am you.
(RUMI)
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Today's quote
(Buddha)
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Ides of March
Peace Things Newsletter - March 20 for Peace
It's that time of year again. Happy Spring, and Happy Speaking Up!
7 WAYS TO SPEAK UP FOR PEACE
* Wear PeaceThings everyday
* Sign online petitions
* Write letters to the editor of your local papers
* Support organizations that support peace
* Join peaceful demonstrations
* Forward this email to your peace-loving friends
* Fly a peace flag, sport a bumper sticker
It's been two years now since the war in Iraq began. At this writing the cost is $156,200,000,000 of American tax dollars, and rising. To see more details, visit http://costofwar.com/ In the next few weeks Congress is going to be asked to cough up another $82,000,000,000 (82 billion) to continue the occupation. Find out how this administration's budget affects your community, education, health care, world hunger, AIDs, etc. Visit http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar/index.html and speak up for peace. We know how forceful media spin can be, and we know what controls the media. A vocal America is a healthy America.
Helpful links for speaking up and taking action:
*One click will email your all of your members of Congress at http://www.usalone.com/iraq.htm
*Find addresses for your senators and congressmen here: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress /
*Helpful hints on letter writing: http://www.votenowar.org/
UPDATE! THANK YOU everyone who donated to the PeaceThings' Cyber Team for UNICEF Tsunami Crisis Relief. We have exceeded our goal, and with checks and donations raised $1,472.30. Our online total doesn't show this because it seems processing checks takes a long time. But the checks have been sent.
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
March 20 - war and peacethings
