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26 Jul 2003 @ 22:17, by Craig Lang

Earlier this evening, I made the mistake of cable-surfing past CNN. I saw some more news from Iraq - another ambush, and a few more kids getting killed. For a moment, it was just another piece of news, except that it stuck in my craw, like a stone stuck in my shoe.

I was also reminded of the notion that any of us are at most five links of acquaintance away from anyone else. And so, in a way, these foks could be my own cousins - stuck in a war for what? For the "New American Century"?, For a Haliburton reconstruction contract? The more I thought about it, the angrier I got.

Earlier in the day, I had seen a new sign in front of a neighborhood church: "Pray for our troops". I remembered this. But at about the same time, I remembered some of Eckhart Tolle's writings, and even some of my own comments about opposition and polarity. As I began to say a prayer, the thought came to mind - rather than just pray for the troops, pray for all of those involved. Pray for those who are fighting - on either side. And pray for the noncombatants stuck in the middle. Above all, pray that true peace will come to that part of the world.

I thought more about this after reading Ray's posting on the Nonviolence movement. It gave me hope that peace can come far sooner than I had ever imagined - perhaps even now. What a wonderful thing to hope for.

Perhaps it is possible after all: Real peace, Finding real solutions to the real problems underlying war. Getting to the root cause of war and solving it. Then there will be peace - real peace. So the message I got from this was to pray for peace, for friends and for enemies alike. A true, just, lasting peace - for everybody...
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27 Jul 2003 @ 07:42 by martha : peace
peace that one feels in their heart is the first step. Then it is easy to pray for peace for everyone. Better yet walk in peace each day. Each violent thought we have adds to the violence in our world. Each peaceful thought also adds to the peace in our world.
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You are right. Peace begins at home.
Thanks for the note
Namaste,
-Craig  

27 Jul 2003 @ 13:15 by vaxen : Pray???
I think a little more than prayer is needed, good sir!

A Mind Control Incident in Ohio:
An Exposé of the Foremost Threat
to Human Rights of Our Day—

The following events took place in a suburb of Cleveland (Maple Heights, Ohio) continuously from the year 1973 to the present. They constituted a real life Nightmare on Elm Street for this author (the victim of an awful organized criminal conspiracy). It was important to bring this incident to public attention because it reveals a new technology which constitutes a threat to freedom and democracy wherever they exist to an extent which must not be ignored. It is in the hands of vicious organized criminal cliques who represent a major threat to the health and safety of everyone on the planet. This is truly usage of the Internet as its founders at DARPA intended it--as a nerve network for the common defense. You are not being told the truth by the government or controlled press, who maintain a solid smokescreen. Another reason for presenting these facts is to promote bringing to justice vicious criminal elements who have committed atrocious violations against the human rights of their victims. There is much evidence they have committed serial crimes against numerous defenseless people, involving acts of torture, cruelty, and degradation.

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CL Note: Actually, I think that prayer is exactly the right place to begin - especially in cases such as this.
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