Janos Abel's Blog – October 2009 Archive (4)

Thank you, Tina, for that question,



What, indeed!



This is a question for the near twenty one thousand friends here, all talking about peace. Peace is the outcome of the realisation of our prior (not just previous, but for always) underlying unity.



Killing who seems like a threat to us is no way to peace. Yet this is the reality in the world at large. Escaping from this "current reality" into personal peace is turning our backs on the suffering of half of our… Continue

There is probably no greater obstacle to peace than the assumption that there are no active and powerful forces resisting it.

For example, the combined cost of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is $288,000,000 a day.

This amount is somebody's gain. And that gain is not going to be given up easily.

If we do not take this reality into account when deciding on strategy to stop war, no amount of wanting will do it.…



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Alongside the general "peace fest" on this site, remember, occasionally, that we are complicit in our governments' warlike posturings behind the smoke screen of "national security".



George Williston exposes the dark side of the AngloAmerican tribe.



World Friend, late Adi Da, tells of the devastating effect of global Nation-tribalism. This modern primitivism is blind to the fact that we are One… Continue

Dear friends, I do not wish to snub your style, but do please address practical issues.

Problems need to be confronted with down to earth analysis and perpetrators of mistaken policies need to be challenged.





What do you believe are the 'burning issues' today?

War, Hunger, Our Planet, Violence, Human Rights, Our Shrinking Freedom

These are the real issues.

What in your mind is the biggest obstacle for… Continue