Posted on May 20, 2009 by Ramona Silipo
From World Peace, by Swami Sivananda, publ. 1957:
Only removal of ignorance can stop all future wars and dissensions. Spiritual culture, ethical education, measures that are best calculated to instill love and a sense of unity in men and women can prevent nations from resorting to war. If all people begin to practice kindness and mercy, [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2009 by Ramona Silipo
Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Laureate (2003) Shirin Ebadi has written a riveting account of her life in Iran, from her childhood (when the Shah was installed by the CIA), to the revolution that brought the Ayatollah to power, and onward to current circumstances in her country. As a judge, then a lawyer, Ebadi’s [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
©2008 Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
FORGIVE FOR GOOD, by Fred Luskin, subtitled, ‘A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness,’ is a striking combination research report, case study and handbook. The material is groundbreaking, fascinating and instantly accessible.
In the courses he teaches, Fred Luskin, Ph.D., Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project, is absolutely [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
©2008, RK Silipo. All rights reserved.
Recently I happened to meet a psychiatrist who believes that violent anger and violent behaviour are “in a normal range of emotions.” Her view was that people who do not lash out violently are actually somehow lacking in their range of emotional responses; that the absence of violence is abnormal. [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
Discussion point:
We know what we know not because well-meaning Friends bowdlerized and paraphrased and rearranged the 1660 document [the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers, was founded in the1650s-60s] but because it has been shown to us in our hearts.
I recognize this as a description of spiritual realization. It’s in a kind of phrasing [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Ramona Silipo
©2008, Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
THE PEACE EMPOWERMENT PROCESS
HELPS PEOPLE TRANSFORM VIOLENCE INTO CREATIVITY
The World Wall for Peace transforms the lives of people, children and adults, through the Peace Empowerment Process® (PEP), taught by its creator, Carolyna Marks. The process comprises two distinct sections, the PEP®, and the Blueprint of Emotional [...]
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