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At 2:53pm on February 20, 2010, Sharon Taphorn said…


Wishing you a wonderful day and fantastic year ahead, love and blessings, Sharon
At 11:39am on February 20, 2010, s <3 said…
Happy Birthday

At 10:37pm on October 1, 2009, Rene Wadlow said…
Nonviolent Action: Can There Be A Second Act ?
Rene Wadlow

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of non-violence. M.K. Gandhi


Two October is the UN-designated International Day for Non-violence, the date chosen being the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the best-known figure of non-violent action. To honor seriously the day, we have to ask serious questions: What determines the success or failure of a non-violent movement for change? Are violent and non-violent methods competing or complementary strategies? Does help from outside sources matter? Today, the United Nations recognizes a collective responsibility to protect people threatened by genocide, ‘ethnic cleansing’ and other crimes against humanity, but the way to respond to these challenges non-violently have not been set out. Does the example of one movement influence others? Is non-violence one possible strategy among others or is it as Gandhi thought a way of being in the world?

The recent death in August 2009 of Corazon Aquino, the former president of the Philippines, recalled to mind the “Peoples Power Revolution” of 1986 which non-violently overthrew the corrupt government of Ferdinand Marcos who had ruled the Philippines under martial law since 1972. A modest woman who overcame her fear to speak in public and who had been projected to leadership through the assassination of her husband, the prominent opposition politician, Benigno Aquino Jr. started a movement which showed that resolute non-violence can be a source of political change.

Robert Kennedy spoke during a visit to South Africa still under its apartheid government of each act of courage as a ripple sent forth to join with other ripples, ultimately “to build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Yet in Robert Kennedy’s America, there is a saying that “in politics, there is no second act.” If there is not success when one has the first occasion, there will be no second chance. The Peoples Power Revolution of Corazon Aquino showed that political power could be overthrown by non-violent action. Many in the Philippines hoped that economic and social change would follow. But since Mrs Aquino left office in 1992, the Muslim and Communist insurgencies have continued. There are serious human rights abuses by the military in combating these insurgencies. The Philippines remains a collection of oligarchies and political dynasties. Much of the population is poor with a high unemployment rate and some eight million Filipinos work overseas. Many families depend on remittances from abroad, and an overseas job can be one of the highest ambitions for the upwardly mobile.

Likewise, the death this summer of Kim Dae-jung, a dissident who survived a death sentence and an assassination attempt by military dictators before winning the South Korean presidency reminds us of the difficulties of keeping up a momentum of peaceful change through non-violent diplomatic methods. As president from 1998 until 2003, Kim Dae-jung was the first opposition leader to be elected in Korea. In 2000, he flew to Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong-il of North Korea. The meeting led to a period of détante on the divided Korean Peninsula. However, inter-Korean relations have chilled as the North tested nuclear weapons first in 2006 and again in 2009. There was no second act after the first act of “Sunshine Policy” and a vision of reconciliation to overcome five decades of hostility.

For there to be successful non-violent action, one has to keep in mind that there must always be a second act for which one must be prepared. The actors may not be the same as in Act I, but they must be ready to continue a momentum, to build coalitions with new social forces and to be willing to undertake the long-term but often slow development of the socio-economic framework which many people expect from the exciting first act.

Rene Wadlow, Representative to the UN, Geneva, Association of World Citizens
At 12:09pm on July 15, 2009, David Sparenberg said…
please confirm my friendship request:

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 5:49pm on June 27, 2009, s <3 said…

At 12:05pm on April 10, 2009, s <3 said…
Happy Easter xxx


At 6:56pm on March 30, 2009, s <3 said…
At 9:19pm on March 26, 2009, zerofish9 said…
Hi White Dove!...thxz4 the friend add. I'm just gettin settled here(actually like to be settled by that stream in your avatar)--need a vacation! While I'm not a huge activist, I grew up in the 60's relating at a young age to the whole peace movement, and have always promoted diversity, creativity, and the greater good for all!
Come visit or join any of my other social network/group sites if you'd like=a lot of nice, creative, 'peaceful' people there as well.
U can start here::
neOambient Earth Network
Peace2theplanet:)
At 8:51pm on March 26, 2009, omarkhayam said…
peace and love for you dove
i m really glad and pleased to find out that my sorty pleased you.
thanks again my friend all my respect
peace love
omar
At 5:10pm on March 26, 2009, Abelia said…
Thank you White Dove for your friendship, looking forward to getting to know you...Blessings, Abelia

At 1:31pm on March 26, 2009, s <3 said…

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At 9:59am on March 26, 2009, Tree Thunderchild said…
I have seen eagles land next to me,
I have seen valleys of purple blossomed blueberries carpet mountains farther than I could imagine while swans fly across the blue sky.
I have held out my hand and had my white doves and white pigeons fly from open skies to land upon me.
I have tasted the crystal sweat waters untouched by the time of man.
I have smelled the new grasses in the fields, mixed with fragrant herbs new leaves.
I have felt the wind blow gently all over me as I have stood naked to embrace the new dawn in complete surrender to my creators love.

Yet of all these loves of living, all the beauty they posses,
no creation of heaven nor earth, has yet to surpass in my heart,
the treasure of the creation, of my beloved dove's soul.

In the light of such beauty,
more than any, other than the love of my creator,
This man knows,
he is truly blessed.
At 3:23pm on March 3, 2009, luisella valeri said…
Happy wonderful voyage and stay in a really good weather and joy with your husband, my darling!
Smiles luisella
At 11:54am on February 20, 2009, amal tazi said…
hello ,white dove,
i m amal from morocco.
happy birthday to you.
wish you a good time.
At 2:44am on February 20, 2009, Easy said…
Glitter Graphics
At 8:39pm on February 9, 2009, luisella valeri said…

Also in the snow are beautiful flower!
Love to you White Dove
Luisella
At 2:16am on February 8, 2009, Stephen Lang said…
Hi White Dove. I must say I just Love Youre Profile Photo. Actually I just Love Youre entire Profile. You are such a Wonderful Person. Namaste to You White Dove.
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