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When it comes to peace, how would you describe yourself?: I feel the pain in the world

What do you believe are the 'burning issues' today?: War, Hunger, Poverty, Education, Our Planet, Violence, Inflation, Human Rights, Our Shrinking Freedom, Other

So what is it?: Values

What must we overcome to achieve peace?: Greed

More: The lack of contentment, the fixation on material wealth and an overpowering ego are in my eyes the biggest obstacles to peace. Success is seen in terms of how one individual, being or company is better than the rest and not how one has developed to their maximum potential without being compared.

Can we change the world?: Definitely

More about me: Counselor, facilitator and trainer. I am interested in sports, jog and play badminton. Like to read good books. Believe in spirituality and try to meditate whenever possible. Have simple tastes. Love to travel and experience new places and culture.

Promise to respect others and refrain from spamming?: Yes

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At 12:12am on June 13, 2010, Eva said…: Hello,

iPeace is deleted from David Califa the end of June. Here you can find a new home.

http://peaceformeandtheworld.ning.com/

You are cordially invited.

Warm regards, Eva

At 4:14pm on August 8, 2009, Motorcycle Hippy Al said…: "The lack of contentment, the fixation on material wealth and an overpowering ego are in my eyes the biggest obstacles to peace"..........Uma

At 6:52am on July 4, 2009, David Sparenberg said…: IN HONOR OF THE ARTS

A person living a dream
is not waging a nightmare.

A person playing music
is not committing murder.
A person writing a poem
is not killing anyone.
A person reading a book
is not discharging a weapon.
A person painting a picture
is not spilling blood.

Somebody sculpting stone
is not polluting the earth
with another premature corpse.
To plant a garden
is not to practice rape.
To pray at dawn
is not a crime against creation.

Turn aside and look into your soul.

Not into the darkness
you have inherited from history,
but into the light coming your way
from the love of God. To humbly bow down
in the posture of mystical weeping
is to vanquish the phantoms of hatred and fear.
Everything involves a holiness in the heart;
everyone is involved in making choices.
What a difference

between the pornographers of aggression
and the artists of compassion!

Go to the place
where life embraces otherness;
enter the dialogue of becoming human.
Have you even considered
how healing the wounds of a stranger
creates laughter in children
and orchards in angels?

A person reading these words
feels like a summer cloud
floating without effort on the mirror of a river.
Tell the truth now:
Isn’t that good?

A person
deep into the ecology of blessing
remembers the taste of wild honey
while protesting the politics of war.
Tell the truth
now: Isn’t it better to create
than to destroy?

When the DreamMaker first
introduced the DNA of dreaming
it was called Eden.
Naming took place
in the ecstasy of love.

Now tell the truth:
Isn’t peace the most
precious art?
What is more defining
than the compassion of our vulnerability?
PeaceMaker – tell me:
What is your name?

David Sparenberg
10 March 2009

At 8:16am on May 30, 2009, Bassam said…

At 12:25am on April 17, 2009, Rene Wadlow said…: Sri Lanka Truce
By: Rene Wadlow Posted on: 4/14/2009

Kuan Yin : She who harkens to the cries of the world

Rene Wadlow*

Wise in using skilful means

In every corner of the world

She manifests her countless forms.

Sri Lanka Truce.

Over the past several months, there have been calls to the Sri Lankan government and to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for a cease fire to allow the evacuation of civilians caught between the two opposing armed forces. The Secretary General of the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and non-governmental organizations such as the Association of World Citizens have made these pleas; Until now, compassion was overruled by military and political calculations.

Now, both sides have accepted a two-day truce, 12-13 April, to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. While the use of violence has been constant since the start of the current phase of the conflict in 1983, Sinhala and Tamil cultures have non-violent philosophies of life. Now that there has been a pause in their fighting, the pause may be extended so that more people reach safety. We recall that holy-days truces in the 1963-1975 war in Vietnam had been extended for humanitarian purposes. Unfortunately, the Vietnamese truces were never used to advance negotiations among the parties in conflict.

In the case of Sri Lanka, we can hope that the truce will be used to open real negotiations on the future of the State. In the long run, genuine dialogue is the only way to resolve even the most intransigent conflict.

The extension of the truce would be a sign that the compassion of Kuan Yin is at work.

* Rene Wadlow, Representative to the UN, Geneva, Association of World Citizens.

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At 10:43pm on April 6, 2009, Heimo Grimm said…: Hello Uma! A warm welcome to the community of IPeace and thank you for adding me as friend. I am very pleased to be one of your first friends on your page - nice to see you and your lovely smile here among my friends from all over the world. I wish you all the love, peace and light you can imagine. May the sun always shine brightly in your heart and may our common dream of worldwide peace become true. I am sure you will soon have many like minded friends here and hope you will enjoy sharing with all these wonderful people. Blessings, all good wishes and a welcome hug coming to you to Singapore with this little dove as an ambassador of peace from your new friend Heimo from Austria

At 5:23pm on April 5, 2009, Vicky F. said…

At 12:53pm on April 5, 2009, dear james said…: uma

may the sun shine warmly down upon you
making each one of your hopes and dreams come true
may you always be in excellent health and spirit
and find it in your heart to make me a friend of you
my thoughts and prayers are with you always

peace,
james

At 9:14am on April 5, 2009, Kana Gopal said…: Welcome to iPeace dear angel :) love, K

At 7:28am on April 5, 2009, chaim said…: Hello Uma Sridhar!

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