Hayyim Feldman's Comments

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

Hi
I'm Aaditya from India
I am a film student

I have made a video on world peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly4bDl0ulf4

Plz watch it and comment and rate it!!!

please add this video to your blog/website/myspace/facebook account


.

Plz join my group on facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54261082633 and http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=64551173328

hi friend! beautiful photos and pick!!!(i think i also saw u in facebook.)

Hi there Hayyim,

Thank you for your kind words and suggestion. I filled out the form on the link you sent. we'll see what happens. Many have said the same when they have heard the song and seen the video.

Here are the lyrics to the song.

Love & blessing upon you as well. SMILE


On Our Way Back Home

I know I can't see how you see
I know you can't see how I see
We really don't need to agree at all
We're both in separate grocery lines
You're in your world, I'm in mine
Living our own dreams, great or small

We're on our way back home

Some to cities, some to fields
Some outspoken, some concealed
Some religion, some no god to call
Some to privilege, some to lack
Some the future, some the past
Always moving toward a common goal

We're on our way back home

To be understood means understand
We're all the same. All just man
Living, working, trying not to fall
So few of us are truly mad
And most of us, if had the chance
Would choose a kinder life, after all

We're on our way back home

Crowded streets. Country roads
Shouldering our private loads
Watching hopes and dreams, rise and fall

We need to take less than we give
Be forgiven and forgive
Celebrate our differences
And love and live and just let live

We're on our way back home

Thank you hayyim,

I have filled out the form on the link you provided. Many have said the same. I'm honored.

Love & peace in deed to you.

Smile

Two hands for playing the guitar... for the tunes of mercy... & for planting peace...

Dear Hayyim and Ruach (I love the translation of your name),

I have just now mastered the simple instruction: how to find my IPeace page.

My focus on the election was overly intense for overly long. I think I wore out my neurons. My long message was that I, too, was born in Chicago IL USA and share many other interests and experiences, including an ancester who
dwells in Boston, which once hung her as a mischief maker but now honors her as an early Quaker, Mary Dyer. Her statue now adorns the town square.

The rest of my message was soon forgotten. I tend to do that. I must pick up radio waves from the ether which if not repeated immediately float into space to be absorbed by some other group of receptive brain cells. This sometimes happens to me in a crowded room, and I hear another person repeat the idea.

So, about collaborative development, Ruach, the U.S. President-Elect has only to think the changes he has in mind and a cadre of volunteers will be at his service to put the idea into a working scale model, or so it would seem. It may not be that easy, but I think the Internet will be fully utilized, world-wide.

We are at a turning point in human history when old grievances must be put aside, ancestor worship forgotten, resources shared, futures reconfigured for the sake of survival. We've said it before, but now the wolf is at the door. Only those in denial will wait until it is too late, and fail to survive. This beautiful planet has passed a point of no return. Evacuation Day is within sight. It will be orderly for those who are prepared. This will happen within our lifetimes. The planet will rebirth. When it has completed this process, we will return.

Dear Hayyim,
I have tried, twice, to send a message to you. The first message was too long and got erased, I think, since I saw no confirmation that it was sent. The next included a request to be your friend. I'm too new at this to know how to reply to messages of people who are not friends, so add me if you would like to. M.

Dear Hayyim,
thanks for adding me as friend :)

Love
Haleh

Hayim, my Brother, you express interest in what was not said... As humanity is only a part of creation and is directly linked to all the world around us... our dysfunctional relationship with the rest of creation is an extension of our abuse upon humanity. As Isreal and Palestine must learn to co-exist, so must humanity learn to nurture and coexist with the rest of creation (the natural world). In a sentence, to me, global peace is only attainable through global balance and responsiblilty... ecologically and environmentally,

Hello Hayyim,
The hatred and violence will not go away if all we do is talk about it. It is more important to find out what the real problem is, and then make an agreement that all parties are prepared to follow. This can be done under the most disagreeable of circumstances. The idea is to focus on the agreement rather than the discord. It is possible to have extremely disagreeable neighbours without resorting to violence. It is a matter of balance combined with motivation. A series of step by step agreements where each party can survey the progressive results may work. This way everyone can check that progress is being made, and gain confidence that the compromises are worthwhile.

It is action that is needed, not talk. In Israel, we are looking at 60 years of non-action, and quite a deal of talking. It is worth having a look at wars in other countries and seeing how quickly people move on after a proper peace settlement. Also, look at what happens with a bad settlement, as after WW1. It is history, not politics that will give you clues on how to proceed.

Blaming the problem on the hatred and violence is nothing but a delaying tactic that is witnessed in dysfunctional families where there is a power imbalance.

Fear may be a more useful negative emotion to contemplate than hatred. I have a book by Patricia Brennan (Facing the Dawn) that discusses emotions in terms of opposites. Love is considered the opposite of Fear. Anger and Peace are portrayed as opposites. Brennan devotes one page to each state. Here are some examples from her book:
conflict / harmony,
contempt / respect,
avoidance / confrontation,
arrogance / humility,
liberation / domination,
clarity / indecision.
She has 60 pairs of opposites.

Hayyim, you have made some interesting comments, on Mary’s page, about the Tibetans and their problems with an oppressive Chinese government. Amazing as it may sound, the Palestinians are in a very similar position.

Have a proper look at the problems faced by the Palestinians, in particular the Bedouin in the Negev, (I will be very happy to provide more information about the Bedouin in the Negev, but I tell you, it is not a pretty picture), and you will see the Palestinian cause is the same as the Tibetan cause.

When you recognize this reality, you will be ready to make peace. Talking about hatred and violence (as you have) is, at best, a waste of time, and at worse, a manipulative delaying tactic, which, in Israel, further compounds and extremely fragile situation.

Please Note: iPeace is not a political forum, so, if you want to respond, I suggest you place your comments on my mepeace page.

Hi Hayyim
He should contact Sameh who is still on mepeace. Sameh is from Gaza and should be able to help him

all my best
Julia

What did you mean on group wall 'just what I was hoping for'?