It starts with me... 

"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."

Mother Teresa



If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.

Lao Tzu - born 604 BC

What can you do to help bring peace to our world?

It can start with you.

You can't be at peace with others if you are not at peace with yourself. You need to first find happiness and peace within yourself in order to share it with others. Most of us have something that we could change to make our little world happier and more peaceful. It can be a simple thing like deciding to smile more. Or changing a job, relationship or situation. It may be difficult to imagine at first but any change is possible if we really want it and believe it can happen.

You will be pleasantly surprised at how your world starts to become a more peaceful place when you start believing that it is!

What A Wonderful World... 

Stop and Listen 

Imagine looking at a jar filled with water and sand that has been shaken. In the center of the jar is a tiny light, but it is difficult to see because of all the swirling sand. If you try shaking the jar the swirling sand just gets worse and the light totally disappears. But what if you just let the jar sit quietly for a while and rest? After a little while the sand starts to settle down and you start to see a faint glimmer of light. A little longer and all the sand has settled to the bottom and you can see the light shining brightly!

The sand is all the things we have to deal with in our lives, work, family, commitments. They seem to swirl around us endlessly. The light is our soul, true self or whatever else you want to call it. It is who we really are and what we truly want in our lives. Unfortunately the sand is constantly blurring our vision of what that is. In order to see that light burning inside all of us we need to find a way to make the sand settle down so that we can see clearly again.

How do you find your inner light? 

How can you make the sand stop swirling? You need to find a way to stop the constant chatter in your brain and activity in your life so that you can focus on the peace that exists inside of you.

You have probably heard that meditation is a way to achieve a feeling of tranquillity and peace, but thought it was not for you. Many people think that you have to become a Buddhist monk to meditate. That's not true.

Meditation is just a way for your mind to finally have that much deserved rest. It is the process of stopping all the noise in your mind and allowing you to focus on that quiet peaceful soul that is within you.

Try it and see...what have you got to lose?

Family Peace 

So you lets say you have managed to find some sense of peace within yourself. Now you need to share that peace with others! Who do we share this with? For most of us it is our family or friends who we already have a relationship with. We need to share our peace and understanding with them in order to learn to share it with the rest of the world! They are our Guinea pigs on the road to peace! If we can perfect our skills of love, respect and understanding with them, we can use those skills with others on this planet! And then others may learn from us and spread the idea of peace through their own acts of love, understanding and respect.

Children - The Peacemakers Of our Future 

Many of us have children in our lives, our own, nephews, nieces, cousins or those of friends. If you spend time with a child you soon realize how our opinions on life color their views of life. If you say you hate carrots and make an issue of it soon they will often adopt the same dislike for carrots. This often works the same for other opinions we have on many things including politics, religion, race and anything else a young mind is exposed to.

Children learn hate through us. They learn intolerance from us. But just as they learn these things that lead to war and injustice, so they can learn to love, respect and understand others.

That too can come from us. It is up to us to create within ourselves the peaceful world we would like our children to live in. They will then become the peacemakers of the future.

How will you spend your dash? 

Join The Peace Train! 

Dream... 

One Tin Soldier 

Dare To Forgive 

This is a life-altering read for anyone that has lost a loved one to the insane grip of hate and revenge. Dare To Forgive explores the self-defeating stubbornness of humans when it comes to our insistence that we be right, instead of being happy. Dr. Hallowell offers simple but effective ways of taming our stubborn egos so we can get on with our lives, instead of wasting them on misguided feelings of betrayal.

Links to Peace 

Peace.ca

The purpose of PEACE.CA is to bring together all peoples of the world in the promotion of lasting peace through "thinking globally and acting locally", building peace in the community, strategic action planning, networking, information sharing, etc. PEACE.CA should enhance cooperation between nations, cultivate goodwill and peaceful understanding among people, and promote human and economic development.

Peace Cafe

A community space that recognises that peacebuilding begins from grass roots. It is a safe space, where visitors can participate in workshops, make use of the peace café library, or find out more about local, provincial, national, and international peacebuilding organizations.

We believe that peace begins with cultivating peace in the community, and that this begins with conversations.

Ten Million clicks For Peace

A New Era For humanity Begins...Will Peace Be your Legacy?

Be Peace Now

A course for Peaceweavers.

This course can help awaken our power to contribute to the healing of the Earth, raising the consciousness of humanity, and the co-creation of world peace. It is also heightening our awareness that we are all Divinely guided spiritual beings, and that through right use of this guidance we are limitless.

World Peace

We fundamentally believe that a lasting world peace will not be initiated politically, it will begin first in the hearts and minds of each of us. Until we have peace within our families and our communities and most importantly ourselves, no politician will ever have the power to bring peace.

Peace It Together

Our vision is to build a culture of creative leaders inspiring and educating others to work toward peace. It is unreasonable to expect youth to come to a peaceful resolution to a regional conflict if they are growing up in an environment of fear, anger, and alienation. Our programs are designed specifically to overcome these hurdles, while at the same time giving youth educational tools to disseminate to wider audiences, and facilitating their transition to community leaders.

Network For Peace

Our members are wide-ranging; from the religious peace organisations; local and regional CND groups, small local peace groups, larger national campaigning organisations such as Campaign Against Arms Trade, a Development Education Centre, organisations actively working in peace-making initiatives such as Tolerance International and Peace Brigades International, older well-established organisations such as Women's International League for Peace & Freedom and newly formed groups such as Peace School and Centre of Cultures.

Peace Pledge union

The PPU is the oldest non sectarian pacifist organisation in Britain.

Waging Peace

Waging Peace (WP) is a non-governmental organisation whose aim is to assist in the building of a safe and democratic world. As a UK-based NGO, we lobby the British government to use its influence to ensure the protection of civilians in countries where their rights are ignored or, indeed, their lives and homes in danger due to repressive rulers and regimes.

Peace Organisation of Australia

The Peace Organisation of Australia is a non-profit and non-religious organisation committed to promoting peace through education, lobbying and direction action. Our current campaigns are for a global ceasefire on the International Day of Peace, a treaty to ban cluster munitions, the elimination of nuclear weapons, and the cancellation of the upcoming arms fair in Adelaide. We edit the Australian Journal of Peace Studies and award the Australian Peace Prize.

Hague Appeal For Peace

The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network of organizations and individuals dedicated to the abolition of war and making peace a human right. The Global Campaign for Peace Education was launched at the Hague Appeal for Peace conference in May 1999. After the conference, Hague Appeal for Peace took the responsibility of coordinating the Campaign.

Seeds Of Peace

Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence.

National Peace Foundation

international non-governmental organization (INGO) dedicated to building foundations for peace around the world. We are committed to creating alternatives to war and violence through empowering and supporting the efforts of a wide network of citizen peacebuilders in the United States and abroad. Our programs help people and their leaders develop citizen networks, advance peace education, and promote democratic values through international exchanges.

Pathways To Peace

Pathways To Peace (PTP) is an international PeaceBuilding, Educational and Consulting organization. "Peace", as it is defined by Pathways To Peace, is both an innate state of being and a dynamic, evolutionary process. Peace begins with ourselves, living in harmony with one another, the Earth and all Circles of Life.

World Peace One

WP1 is the first installment of a Ten Year Global Peace Initiative, aimed at ending war and establishing lasting peace for the entire human race.

World peace newsletter

This newsletter exists for one purpose - To promote Peace.

If you find peace, or help another person find peace, you've improve the world.

Walk The Talk 

Ordinary Miracle... 

More Ways to Make a Difference 

Random Acts of Kindness

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is a resource for people committed to spreading kindness. We provide a wide variety of materials on our website, including activity ideas, lesson plans, project plans, teacher's guide, project planning guide, publicity guide, and workplace resources on our website at www.actsofkindness.org - all free of charge.

The Australian Kindness Movement

The "AKM" has been promoting kindness since 1994. The group was formed to help overcome the apparent drift toward a cold and impersonal society. Our major goal is to generate a greater sense of friendliness in the community through the medium of simple acts of kindness. When this is achieved, citizens will experience higher levels of caring and safety in the community.

Free Hugs Campaign

Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.

In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

Visionaries

Since 1995, Visionaries, Inc. has been producing Visionaries documentary series for public television. Hosted by Sam Waterston of Law & Order, the documentary series highlights the rarely told stories of nonprofit organizations all around the world that are working to make a positive difference in their community and beyond.

Pennies For Peace

Pennies for Peace provides community-based education, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Just Imagine... 

You Are Not The Mind 

By Remez Sasson

Excerpt from the book "Peace of Mind in Daily Life"
© Copyright Remez Sasson

Pupil: You have earlier said that I am not the mind, but a power above it, could you please clarify this point?

Teacher: The fact that you can give orders to the mind, act contrary to its dictates, and reprogram it in accordance with your own will, proves that YOU are indeed NOT the mind.

Pupil: Your words confuse me. Until now, I had no doubts that my mind and myself were the same entity.

Teacher: This is what most people think. Let me clarify this concept. To operate a machine or drive a car, there must be someone in charge to make them work. A machine or a car cannot work on its own, is it not so?

Pupil: Right.

Teacher: If it is possible to change the programming of the mind and calm down its restlessness, it means that the power that is making this possible is something separate or higher than the mind, exactly as the one who operates a machine or drives a car is separate from the machine or car, right?

Pupil: Yes, this makes sense.

Teacher: There must be something or some sort of subtle power separate and higher than the mind, which is able to reprogram it and change its habits. If it were not so, it wouldn't have been possible to gain peace of mind.

If you are able to say to your mind, "Be quiet", and it obeys you, especially when its desires are different from yours, it means that you are the one giving the order, not the mind. It cannot order itself to shut up. There must be something or someone else who gives these orders, and this someone else is YOU, THE REAL YOU.

Acceptance of the concept that you are not the mind brings you to some important conclusions:

* You don't have to accept, follow and dwell on every thought that the mind brings up.
* You have the option to accept or reject thoughts at your own will.
* You can act according to your will, in spite of the mind's resistance.
* You can be in charge of your mind and master it.
* You can decide on a certain action, behavior or goal, follow your decision and achieve your aim.

Whenever you overcome laziness, procrastination, weakness or a negative habit, you assert your supremacy over your mind and prove to yourself that the mind is not the real you, but a tool that you use.

By acting contrary to the mind's dictations or desires and inclinations, you prove to yourself that you are not the mind, but the power above and beyond it.

Pupil: What is exactly this power, which is above the mind?

Teacher: This power is "the real you", your real and true essence, which is called by different names such as: "The Inner I", "The Spirit", "The inner being" the "Higher Consciousness" etc.

Pupil: So, if I accept this concept, it would be easier to teach the mind to work for me instead of against me?

Teacher: Yes, That's true! First accept this concept in theory and act according to it. Later, as you gain experience, especially after going through the concentration exercises, about which we will speak later, you will have direct experience for proof.

If you accept the idea that you are not the mind, it would be easier for you to separate yourself from the mind, and this will enable you to assert your inner strength and become the conscious director of your mind and life, instead of being at the mercy of external influences and subconscious past programming. It is up to you to claim your rightful role as the master of your mind.

I can show you many examples of situations, where this will be to your advantage.

Let's say you decide to go for a walk, to exercise your body. As soon as you have this thought, your mind tells you that you'd better stay at home and watch TV instead. To persuade you to stay at home, it will bring up all kinds of justifications and reasons, why you should not go for a walk, but stay at home.

If you can mentally separate yourself from your mind, that is believe, feel and consider yourself separate and independent of your mind, you will be in a better and more authoritative position to reject its excuses and justifications, and to do what you really want and decide to do. You will not blindly and unconsciously obey every thought, whim and desire of the mind.

Pupil: This is real mental mastery.

© Copyright Remez Sasson

Excerpt from the book "Peace of Mind in Daily Life".

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