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Peace
cannot be achieved through
violence; it can only be
attained through understanding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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"And when I
attempted suicide and I didn't
succeed, I knew for the first
time unconditional love—which
God is. God is unconditional
love. You are totally loved,
totally accepted, just the way
you are. In that moment I was
not allowed to die, and
something happened to me which
is very difficult to explain. I
had an eternal moment of truth,
in which I knew I was loved, and
knew I was here for a purpose."
—Jill
Jackson Miller, author of "Let
There be Peace on Earth,"
describing events in her early
life that developed her unique
philosophy of Peace. |
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www.rghfpeacejourney.org -
Peace Journey Introduction -
System
for Peace? & Comments
Notes from the Wilderness
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"The
project is huge. I am in awe of its magnitude, and realize that it truly
has a chance to reach people all over the world. I just hope that it can
reach some who are not already thinking in the peace mode. As I travel,
I shall surely think of the Peace Journey, and I hope that I can in some
way further its purpose."
Sarah Carson, photographer and world
traveler with her husband and friends. She has shown her photographs in
many international and American art galleries. I was introduced to her
when I directed an art museum in Waco, Texas by another photographer
that I respected his work and his judgment. A one person exhibition
followed of his work that showed the simple detail and majesty of travel
in one foreign country. In her copy of the newest book about her visions
on her travels, Montestigliano: A Tuscan Farm,
she wrote: ” I have always appreciated your encouragement and ideas.
Ciao, Ciao.” It is important that the photographer find the details that
is the essence of a life experience which can be shared through images
to the world. One carries peace in your heart when seeing is your
profession.
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Some moments in time have American
patriotism at its best- certainly, Pearl Harbor was one; Eisenhower’s
unbelievable broadcast on D-Day, when he told us that thousands of lives
would be lost in that final effort to eradicate Nazism; and then 9/11.
In this instance tolerance has no place and Americans rose to the
occasion and patriotism was overwhelmingly evident everywhere you
looked.
Bernard Rapoport is a
human being who reaches out his hand, his heart and his funds to help
the world toward understanding and peace. He has also been a close
friend for over 20 years, sitting in his office or a lunch discussing
“How do we solve....?” In the Peace Journey, he has been an important
fellow traveler. I remember his wise advice: “When you win all the
marbles, give some back, or you have no one to play with tomorrow!”
Click here for a speech that he gave to the
Business School of the University of Texas, February 22, 2002.
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I watched it for a few minutes and WOW. It is amazing
! It is awesome ! A CompuTech Tapestry Alive !! As if thousands of
Digital Games are being played in it simultaneously and automatically
!!!.
I felt as if I were watching 4th July fireworks sheer extravaganza from
top of the 44 -storey
PPG Inc Building. It is an eye-opener. Beautiful digital portrayal of
How Computer Works.
It is necessary that sometimes we get sneak peeks and peep below the
surface to see other incredible worlds like Joe has shown us in the Ming
Scrolls.
Bless you all.
Raj Bedi, RGHF
Vice Chairman 2006-2007
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"Jazz is a music of
freedom. Quite recently an American film was released about a famous
Cuban jazz musician, Arturo Sandovari, in which it is shown how
stealthily he was listening to Dizzy Gillespie’s performance on the
radio, and how his wife was warning him that it might be dangerous for
their family. Here we can also remember Benny Goodman's visit to Georgia
in the early 1960's, which has completely changed the thinking of many
representatives of young generation of that time."
Ketevan
Kinsurashvili, art historian, Republic of Georgian State University of
Theatre and Film, Tbilisi, Georgia full
article...
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"I
am reflecting very much these days about how chado,
the Japanese Way of Tea, can actually play its part in
promoting and supporting harmony, understanding and world
peace. Because more than ever, this is what is needed most
now, or as Dr. Sen XV, the past Grand Master, said: “Peace
through a bowl of tea”.
Chado:
The Way of Tea as a Practical Buddhist Path Towards Peace
Rev. Ryofu Pussel
Soto-Zen-Buddhism, Japan (fully
licensed monk/priest)
Urasenke Chado, Junkyoju (“Assistant
professor” of the Urasenke School of the Way of Tea, Kyoto, Japan)
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"Life never has moved
smoothly. Cataclysm after cataclysm has marked progress in human
affairs, but the significant fact remains that progress actually is
being made though it is difficult to see it during such turbulent times.
When the river of life seems to be running most smoothly, thunderous
cataracts may be heard pounding below if one has ears to hear them; but
the courses of great rivers are subject to the control of men when the
thoughts of men turn in that direction. Even so, the current of
international affairs will be subject to the control of men when men
become wise enough and earnest enough and courageous enough to control
it. To live in peace one with another is the greatest problem which the
Creator has ever left man to solve."
Paul P. Harris,
speaking at the Rotary International Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA
in June 1941
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"As a Rotarian for over 35 years (the last 19
with perfect attendance), a little less than half my age,
you would think after years of travel on World Campus
Afloat, Fulbright grants to Taiwan, Republic of Georgia (2)
and Mongolia, your point of view of the world would have
been fixed long ago."
View From the Stars: A
Rotarian’s Parallax Vision
Joe Kagle, Rotary eClub of the Southwest, USA
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