Tag: nonviolence
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Judgment Day
Every day is judgment day
When you are mad with vision,
When the world as it is,
And the world as it should be,
Are enemies to the core.
Every day is judgment day,
When you see what you could be,
And peer at what you are.
Every day is judgment day,
When every day,
Every damn day,
Someone else, someone new,
Looks at you for help,
For your power,
Your power,
Which is an illusion.
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Event Appearance at Johns Hopkins University
This morning, I was privileged to talk at an great event of SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, as one of the speakers.
Please check out the website and the video of this whole event.“IS THE WORLD FALLING APART?”
September 16, 2014
Conflict Prevention & Resolution Forum
at Kennedy Auditorium, SAIS- Johns Hopkins University
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Of Gods, Tribes, and Battles
GOD
If you cannot find God,
Find the persecuted,
Then you are home.TRIBE
Tribalism is an infectious disease
Human rights is the antidote
But force feeding can kill the patientBATTLES
Some battles that you want to win,
Will defeat you if you win.
Some battles if you lose,
Then you will win.
Think.
Blessed be reason.
(Photo: A Different Angle)
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Violence: The Turning
It is a law:
Violence begets nonviolence,
Like a tulip in winter,
In all places,
In all cultures.
But only those
With eyes wide open
Can see it,
In the middle of
Winter storms.The most important turning point
for any civilization passing from darkness into light
is every moment
that a weapon passes
from someone who has no self control
and no compassion
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Shades of Heaven / Birth
SHADES OF HEAVEN
When a theologian of another religion says what you were thinking the moment before it comes out of your mouth #syria, with the Bosnian hero Father Ivo.
BIRTH
The warrior is born at 15000 feet,
With the press of a thumb.
The anti-warrior is born underneath cement,
With the press of a shovel,
Eyeing,
The first,
Grey,
Thumb.(Photo: Now Media)…
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Bankruptcy / Exercise of Power in a Time of War
BANKRUPTCY
The moment the country says, they made me do it, you know you are in a morally bankrupt situation.
The moment the country says the other side is worse, start sheltering the women and children.REFLECTIONS ON THE EXERCISE OF POWER IN A TIME OF WAR
Hold on to both justice and love at the same time. Few people can.
Inspired by Cyrus of Persia: Loving your enemy is not necessarily for ethical reasons. It is often the best strategy.
(Photo: Rubicon.dk)…
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War Repetition Compulsion
Beware of dark texts, images and thoughts,
That repeat themselves involuntarily
in your mind.
They are the bars,
On the windows,
Of the prison,
Of your mind.
New thoughts, texts and images,
Are your tunnels,
To freedom,
Your escape
To peace.(Photo source: Engines of Our Ingenuity)…
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FB Friending Analysis
Interesting, in the hotness of the Gaza war attention (while thousands suffer and die anonymously nearby in Syria and Iraq, for example), it is interesting to watch the evolution of thinking day to day under a microscope. I find myself to be a magnet for positive rational thinking these days in terms of FB friending patterns, not that I necessarily deserve that. I am impressed at the number of people seeking to friend me in recent days who trust neither Hamas nor Israel to protect the people of Palestine or build a better future, and putting lots of thought on which parties could do this. This is a good direction of thought. One theme emerging is that very few people are buying the idea that Israel has at this point a decent plan for the future, but also, one man, one vote one time of political Islam and military …
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