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To Presidents Obama & Putin and PM Cameron; send TM peacemakers to Middle East
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This is a petition being sent by Avaaz.org which has 7 millions subscribers. Please sign by clicking on this link and share to your friends “As global citizens, horrified by the slaughter in Syria and by the growing prospect of global war, we call on you try a new approach to restoring peace in the Middle…
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TM & the effect of “ahimsa” in the Yoga Sutra
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By Thomas Egenes Ph.D. In the Yoga Sutra, the first of the eight limbs of yoga is called yama. Yama has five aspects, beginning with ahiṁsā, which means ‘non-injury’ or ‘non-violence.’ Mahatma Gandhi made ahiṁsā famous when he mobilized all of India to free itself from British domination without firing a shot. Martin Luther…
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Valerie Gangas reveals her top 5 reasons to learn Transcendental Meditation
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July 14, 2015 On January 25, 2011, I lost the love of my life, my mother. We had a bond that can only be described at soul-mate level. And when she died, I died right along with her. My world went black and all I wanted to do was be with her . .…
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Former Japan Prime Minister Addresses Maharishi University of Management graduates
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Dr Hatoyama speaks about the importance of peace and happiness in the world On May 23, Dr. Yukio Hatoyama, prime minister of Japan in 2009–2010, presented MUM’s 2015 commencement address to a record 391 graduating students. The graduates represented 61 different countries and included 96 undergraduates and 252 graduate students. Also receiving degrees were…
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Goodbye to one of the best years in history
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It might not feel like it, but we are safer, richer and healthier than at any time on record [The Telegraph, UK, Thursday 08 January 2015] We are living longer, healthier lives than ever before Photo: Alamy By Fraser Nelson Newspapers can seem like a rude intrusion into the Christmas holidays. We celebrate peace,…
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Believe it or not, this is the best time to be alive
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Though fixated on threats, humans have never been better off, writes Scott Gilmore Scott Gilmore, December 31, 2014. Published in www.macleans.ca Tim Graham/Getty Images By almost every objective measure, 2014 was the safest, healthiest, happiest year in human history. But you probably refuse to believe that, don’t you? And that is actually a problem. First,…
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The world is not falling apart: The trend lines reveal an increasingly peaceful period in history.
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Never mind the headlines. We’ve never lived in such peaceful times. By Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack. Published in www.state.com. An explosion rocks the Syrian city of Kobane during a reported suicide car bombing by the Islamic State, as seen from the Turkey-Syria border, on Oct. 20, 2014. The small picture is very bad, but the…
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Interview With David Lynch: His Mission to Change the World Through Meditation
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Interview by Marianne Schnall, published in Huffington Post I can remember being absolutely hooked and engrossed into the surreal world of the cutting-edge television series Twin Peaks back in the ’90s. That was when series creator and director David Lynch became a household name and the show developed a massive and passionate cult following (which…
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Bombing for Peace? –it’s time to rethink war strategy
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The US initiative to gather nations in an attempt to crush ISIS is, in a sense, an understandable reaction to the brutality conveyed by the media. But like all other similar initiatives in the Middle East, the methods of bombing and other military approaches are doomed to failure. It will only make the volatility…
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Proclamation of Latin America and Caribbean as a zone of peace
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The second Summit of the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Community, known by its Spanish acronym CELAC, is focused on regional integration, the purpose behind its creation in 2011. And on its last morning, the heads of state or government signed a “zone of peace” accord, vowing to reject the use of arms and…