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		<title>World Peace (1957)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 08:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=238&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who is &#8220;Christian?&#8221; What is &#8220;Mystical?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A discussion among Quakers about de-emphasizing the Christian foundation of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),  and its Christian principles got me thinking about the definition of  &#8220;Christian.&#8221;   People shy away from the word because of  the negative and repressive connotations connected with fringe elements.  Fundmentalists,  Evangelicals and similar sects have hijacked the word [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=163&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quakerly Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
Friends (Quakers) have a testimony against holding special days (holidays), presumably based on the concept that each day is a blessing and that we should have one standard of behaviour for every day of the year. This means that many Friends do not celebrate holidays such as Easter, Christmas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=147&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ritual Among Friends (Quakers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
The query for our day retreat was, &#8220;Other religious traditions use rituals to help align their lives with the Light. What helps us open our lives to the Light and realize our visions?&#8221;
The basic assumption inherent in this query is that there are no rituals among Quakers. Among the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=140&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Quaker Retreat Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
One of the qualities of Friends that attracted me was spontaneity.  Another was the all-encompassing participatory nature of Quaker activities. It took me much of this weekend to realize that this was the reason I was so uncomfortable at the retreat; but I finally recognized that I was peculiarly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=138&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Christianity, on Mysticism &#8211; A Few Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/on-christianity-on-mysticism-a-few-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, Ramona K Silipo. All rights reserved.



A discussion about Christianity (whether or not, I mean) has been going on in Quaker circles here in England for years. In the last revision of Faith and Practice (the book of  queries and testimonies),  almost all references to Christianity were removed. When I first went to Strawberry Creek [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=99&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Violent Anger: Is it &#8220;in a Normal Range of Emotions?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©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. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=83&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Atheist Quakers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.

A long-standing quandary within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), which seems to be more obvious lately, is a growing number of atheists attending meetings, with a frustrating exchange of thought between Friends who know God and Friends who do not. The very core of the Quaker religion has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=81&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quaker Spirituality and the Peace Testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s in a kind of phrasing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=73&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Anger and Transformation</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/peace-empowerment-non-violent-strategies-for-children-and-adults/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=49&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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