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THIS MONTH'S QUEST: Peace
Peace is more than putting an end to war. It means living in a way that the other person is as important as you. It means putting an end to war in ourselves. What we need is tenderness in the face of brutality.
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"Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."
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Peace Explore: Put an end to war in yourself.

Peace Pilgrim
"Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love"
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Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love… One in harmony with God’s law of love has more strength than an army, for one need not subdue an adversary; an adversary can be transformed.

When enough of us find inner peace, our institutions will become more peaceful and there will be no more occasion for war… No one walks so safely as one who walks humbly and harmlessly with great love and faith. For such a person gets through to the good in others (and there is good in everyone), and therefore cannot be harmed. This works between individuals, it works between groups and it would work between nations if nations had the courage to try it.

Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
 
Peace Pilgrim walked back and forth across the United States for nearly three decades, covering more than 25,000 miles, sharing her vision of the transformative power of non-ideological, simple love. She never told details of her life that she considered unimportant, such as her original name, age, and birthplace.
 
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How to Explore a Perspective
Relax, focus. Take a step back and look at the Perspective from all sides. Now, zero in at the center!
 
What is the Bias?
What assumptions does it make? Whose interests does it serve?

What is your Personal Experience?
How does it make you feel? How do your experiences, privileges, and personal interests affect your understanding of it?
Now, enter the heart
▶ Say something good about what you disagree with, even if there are flaws.
▶ Find causes, not symptoms. Ask what lies at the root.
▶ Have respect for people with different views, insights, and priorities!
 
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This is the opinion of Peace Pilgrim
Brother David...
"Look at evil with the eyes of a mother"
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Look at evil with the eyes of a mother

God is a word for that mystery with which we are constantly confronted…And we have the choice to either trust it or distrust it. That is what faith is called.
 
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How to Explore a Perspective
Relax, focus. Take a step back and look at the Perspective from all sides. Now, zero in at the center!
 
What is the Bias?
What assumptions does it make? Whose interests does it serve?

What is your Personal Experience?
How does it make you feel? How do your experiences, privileges, and personal interests affect your understanding of it?
Now, enter the heart
▶ Say something good about what you disagree with, even if there are flaws.
▶ Find causes, not symptoms. Ask what lies at the root.
▶ Have respect for people with different views, insights, and priorities!
 
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This is the opinion of Brother David Steiner-Rast
 
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What share do you have in the world’s confusion and wickedness?
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Reflection on Peace: What share do you have in the world’s confusion and wickedness?

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How peaceful are you? How much peace is there in your life? And how much conflict? When you are in conflict, do you use force or love?
Are you at war with yourself? Do you sometimes act with cruelty or brutality? In what ways are you narrow, superficial, fragmented? In what ways? Are you responsible for wars? What share do you have in the world’s confusion and wickedness?’
How do you get along with your parents, siblings, partners? How do you feel waiting in a supermarket line when there is an unexp
How do you lead your life? Do you participate in violent cultural activities, use respectful language? What would it mean to lea
Challenge
Put an end to war in yourself.
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Peace Challenge: Put an end to war in yourself.

Put an end to war in yourself
Understand your own role in conflict and aggression.
Admit your need for power, prestige, money.
Recognize your own brutality.
Atone as far as possible for the wrongs you inflict on others.
Don't participate in violent cultural activities.
Reduce indirect complicity in harm, such as overconsumption and greed.
Respect the sanctity of human life and all life.

“Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination of craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.” J. Krishnamurti


“War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our everyday life, is it not? War is merely an outward expression of our inward state, an enlargement of our daily action. It is more spectacular, more bloody, more destructive, but it is the collective result of our individual activities.” J. Krishnamurti
"You are caught by pleasure and the responsibility of pleasure, which is the family. But if you really loved the family, the children, if you really loved with your heart, do you think you would have a single day of war?" J. Krishnamurti, You Are the World, 69
“Without love, you are trying to find out what is the right thing to do, and your action only leads to greater harm and misery; it is the action of politicians and reformers. Without love, you cannot comprehend cruelty; a peace of sorts may be established through the reign of terror; but war, killing, will continue at another level of our existence.” J. Krishnamurti, Commentaries III, 170



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Reach the Heart of a Perspective
Topic: Visionary Cities Visionary Society Quest Society What is evil? Business Artificial Intelligence Age Visionary society Visionary citizen Give back the night War in Ukraine Conventional travel Freedom in society What is freedom? Poverty Work Government (plenty of content) Art The economy What is the self? Self & Spirituality Spirituality Entertainment Art as it is at present Creativity What is your calling? How to see Visionary economy Jiddu Krishnamurti’s view on Understanding Understanding Visionary government Democracy as it is now What is democracy? Professionalism (Organization Man) Loneliness The Pandemic The Great No Culture The purpose of art Should Pebble Mine be built? Suffering Alaska The slow-moving revolution in Venezuela Illegal Immigration Immigration Requests for Banks Transform Security Guards into Security Guides The industrial health care system Education at present Media Requests Requests for Religion Healing, not just curing Police Pledge Soldiers can fight for the good Education Education Challenges What is a meaningful cafe? Politics “Should I enlist?” Pros and Cons of joining the military. The American Military Is homelessness a choice? What is a deep, lasting solution to the conflict in Afghanistan? What is the nature of the conflict in Afghanistan? The War in Afghanistan Is the war in Afghanistan winnable? The Iraq War How can we make sports meaningful? Sports How should we interact with police? What is a good, helpful, meaningful police system? What is the nature of police and police operations in the United States? Police Pledge for Soldiers Should NFL Players be Required to Stand During Pledge of Allegiance? Are Tasers the right tool for police or a deadly mistake? Anchorage Offerings for travelers Travel (and Experience) Peace Organizations Conflict at Gaza Fence: The Great March of Return (Spring 2018) Love in the library Compassion Love Friendship Relationship Donald Trump What is the meaning of prison? What is the real reason for it? What is a just, decent prison? (Requests) Solitary confinement Prison Conditions. What is prison life like? Privatization of prisons Mass incarceration in the United States What is conflict? What is harmful culture? Causes of homelessness Homelessness Museums Songs about Israel and Palestine Gun Control The American military




 
How to Explore a Perspective
Relax, focus. Take a step back and look at the Perspective from all sides. Now, zero in at the center!
 
What is the Bias?
What assumptions does it make? Whose interests does it serve?

What is your Personal Experience?
How does it make you feel? How do your experiences, privileges, and personal interests affect your understanding of it?
Now, enter the heart
▶ Say something good about what you disagree with, even if there are flaws.
▶ Find causes, not symptoms. Ask what lies at the root.
▶ Have respect for people with different views, insights, and priorities!
 
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