May Peace Prevail on Earth
I received a wonderful birthday gift from my old pal Sandy Lombardo, a peace pole. When we went to Kripalu Yoga Center in November we noticed their peace pole. A little research turned up Peace Pole Makers USA, www.peacepoles.com. The hope is that they will stand as a constant reminder of the necessity to wish for, work for, and live in the spirit of world peace at all times.Mine is printed in English, Italian, Tibetian, and sign, and there are over 300 languages available. Lets take up a collection and send one to our idiot president and he can plant it in the rose garden. I was pretty peaceful until I got to that last sentence, but Georgy could use a constant reminder.
posted by Junglechina at 1/10/2007 10:39:00 AM
7 Comments:
Marg,
I know the pole you are talking about. I had seen it outside the library in Edison. Actually the message in Sanskrit had got my attention.
Nanda
The Dead
i wish i could stick my finger
in the hole in Iraq and
stop the blood and
dam the flood
of tears
i wish i could use my hands
to shield the children’s eyes to
soothe their dreams and
calm their screams
and fears
i wish i could give my eyes
to help this blind man see:
the dead the dead
the dead the dead
the dead are dead
for years
I like your peace pole, Marg, it's like a reminder and a slice of hope right there in your yard. A little bit of light in the neighborhood.
very cool pole
but let's be real about the whole war and peace thang.
some cultures fight for religious reasons
some for nationalist reasons
ours, predominately for capitalist (materialist) reasons
we don't like what's going on in iraq, but gulf wars one and two are about the flow of oil, which is to say the blood--the life force of america.
so we can be all for peace but we're just wee-weeing into a headwind until we buy hybrid cars and drive them only when absolutely necessary, heat our homes to 60 not 70, be content with a walk around the block rather than a walk on some beach six thousand miles away that demands limos and jets and buses to get us there, and on and on and on.
we're fat cat energy hogs, we amuricans, and this tremendous exploitation of energy has consequences.
so yeah, i want me a peace pole too but i got a dozen or so other changes i'd like to see myself make also. will i make em? fuk, i don't know. it's tough. i did cough up the dough for more energy efficient lite bulbs. hey, it's a start.
There's a road map to peace. I'm with ya, Bill.
Well of course I do disagree about what constitutes the reality. Theres always been war and lotsa stupid reasons for fighting. So now its oil and energy. Anyone and everyone can hold a thought or make a change, on a very small or grand scale. Its not all or nothing. No I don't believe everythings going to get straightened out and be great, but I do believe in the power of positive thought. I think maybe tomorrow when I'm driving on 78 and some a_ _ _ _ _ _ cuts me off or drives over me,instead of wanting to retaliate I might try to have a better feeling about another human. Having this pole is not instead of doing something, its just a gentle reminder every time you look at it that it could start with each one of us.Be nicer, be kind, think of the other guy, have a litle hope about something, could peace begin from that?
Certainly!
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