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One Heart, One Cry

Do not cry out for vengeance or justice. Neither exist in this world of appearance. Listen and understand we are all nothing and everything we are all one pulsing breathing heart. Our blood flows like rivers to a sea of violence we’ve created when our thoughts, words and actions strike like axes destroying ancient trees. […]

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Practice Gratitude with the Avaaz Community

Avaaz Photo I have participated in Avaaz internet actions for years. For those who do not know, in the words of the Avaaz team, Avaaz is an extraordinary community of hopeful, practically idealistic people who choose to sign a petition or donate money when no one is looking. This organization has successfully delivered petitions, with millions […]

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A Song for All Our Countries

Although this is a song of the Middle East, the heart of it can apply to all of our countries. For the West African countries suffering from Ebola. For the Ukrainians in turmoil. For the Nigerians being kidnapped and murdered. For the immigrants around the world fleeing their countries because of oppression and injustice. Read […]

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A Voice for Peace and Sanity

My Plea to Israel: Liberate Yourselves by Liberating the Palestinians is an op-ed written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu recently published in a major Israeli newspaper. He uses the history of South Africa’s, ultimately non-violent, end to apartheid through a world-wide boycott to encourage the same efforts to achieve peace and justice in Israel and Palestine. Photo provided by Avaaz  Well-worth […]

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A Simple Step for Peace

If you believe in the power of thought and will to bring about change and support the end of the massacre in Gaza, please visit this website – Freedom 4 Palestine.Watch the video and if you choose, as I did, share your thoughts for peace with the world in your photo. —

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The Brave Do Not Sacrifice the Innocent

Asem Khalil Abed Ammar, 4 years old, was killed in the Shuja’iyya massacre in Gaza on July 20, 2014. From Humanize Palestine

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Buddha Cries for Gaza

An objective article of  What Led to Gaza’s Bombardment The Lives of Innocents Taken How Israelis Teach Their Children to Hate and Kill A Palestinian Professional in Jerusalem

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A Cry for Peace and Justice – Again

Before I can begin to celebrate Thanksgiving I am compelled to send out a cry for peace, again. Two peoples who share the same God, the same blood lines, and the same land have begun to fire missiles and rockets that kill and wound children, women, and elders who carry no arms. Not only does […]

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REFLECTION

Every day, I pray to achieve enlightenment in order to help others likewise achieve enlightenment by recognizing the illusions caused by hatred, jealousy, greed, and ignorance. Those poisons must be cured, in each person, by the antidotes of compassion, patience, generosity, and love in order to create a peaceful world. These antidotes manifest in action. […]

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