Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Being Peaceful in the Swirl of a Political Campaign
- October 7th, 2008
Political Campaign Miasma One month left to go in the American Presidential race and I wish it were over. I am not a happy camper. I inquired into my unhappiness and this is what I saw: I had decided that something is wrong with the candidates, wrong with the way we do politics, and hell, something is wrong with us in the U.S. period. I saw that I was frightened, anxious and miserable. I am worried that McCain and Palin will be elected and that together they will replay the Bush years –or worse. I fear Sarah Palin is unprepared for the job of Vice-President.
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Creating Peace in Language
- June 27th, 2008
Watching Our Thoughts In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, the Thought Police was an external agency that patrolled the inner sanctum of the inhabitants of Oceania. Today, we have to be our own thought police, watching for errant thoughts that wreak havoc on our lives and create chaos and violence in the world. Furthermore, by watching what we think, we will then watch what we say and thereby create. Words hold the thought-form. The thought is energy, and the words give form to that energy. Why is such diligence necessary?
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