Occupy Wall Streeters Call Big Meeting
Occupy Wall Streeters Call Big Meeting Since the inception of OWS, the movement has been full of creativity. One of the latest is from the group in Kalamazoo, Michigan that proposes a national meeting and even a worldwide gathering. Members of OWS want to assemble collectively to embrace different ideologies and perspectives of peoples’ movements around the world. They seek to find common visions and also to work on strategies and actions that can potentially further their ideas. They want to find some agreement while upholding diversity for themselves, their local communities, their...
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Western people seem to enjoy the intellectual pursuit of book discussion groups. Truly, published books seem to have magnetic energy and many enjoy being part of discussion. I do and invariably I come away having learned a lot, especially about other people in the group. I have been privileged to have been in several discussion groups that have been electric in their vitality, universal in outlook, willing to probe deeply into the heart and very accepting of other group members, a rare and satisfying combination! All the religions of the world are fascinating and the compassion spoken about...
Read MoreFourth Principle of the Earth Charter: Democracy Non-violence Peace
The Fourth Principle of the Earth Charter Democracy, Non-Violence, and Peace The values of The Earth Charter make it significant. Members of the United Nations have access to the important influences shaping ideas, cultures and the values of people all over the world. As a collective unit the values that people most strongly identify with are: science international law, the wisdom of the great world religions and philosophical traditions and ideas that have come out of UN summits like sustainability, the eradication of poverty and ending hunger. The fourth principle of the Earth Charter...
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Social and Economic Justice The Third Principle of the Earth Charter The principle of social and economic justice, so important to everyone is the opening of a way to take care of a person’s basic needs. It took a lot of experience and wisdom to initiate the four main ideas of the third principle. The following comes directly from the Earth Charter itself. Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social and environmental imperative. Guarantee the right to potable water. Clean air, food security, uncontaminated soil, shelter, and safe sanitation, allocating the national and international resources...
Read MoreLament of the World Server
Lament of the World Server The day the World Trade Center was destroyed, 9/11/2001, my Russian friend, Natalia, called me via landline because that’s all there was then. She cried out emotionally, “I am so sorry to see that you are under attack. It is terrible.” She had been watching television and was seized by the moment to moment account of the heart-rending and unbelievable tragedy. I didn’t know about it because it was early morning here. I spent fifteen years with a nonprofit educational organization working in America and with Russians, Ukrainians and Indians. Russia and its people...
Read MoreEmotional Control
Emotional Control When a person begins to consciously deal with his spiritual growth all kinds of things happen. One of the first things s/he must do is to determine areas of strength and weakness, especially in the emotional area. S/he has to discover what kinds of things trigger the emotions, what the emotions are and how deep they go into the life experience. For instance, if s/he is shattered by emotional sensitivity and the mind is not as strong as the emotions a good look at the emotions can be helpful. Recently a man who had cancer came to me. He could find no hope anywhere. He...
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