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Buddhist wisdom.

lodha — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:39:09 GMT

Do not go after the past,
Nor lose yourself in the future.
For the past no longer exists,
And the future is not yet here.
By looking deeply at things just as they are,
In this moment, here and now,
The seeker lives calmly and freely.
You should be attentive today,
For waiting until tomorrow is too late.
Death can come and take us by surprise--
How can we gainsay it?
The one who knows
How to live attentively
Night and day
Is the one who knows
The best way to be independent.

-Bhaddekaratta Sutra

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Hello peacelovers

daDa — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:13:40 GMT

Hi peacelovers,

As a new member, I'm writing to introduce myself & share a little bit about my beliefs. I believe it's one of the top priorities of humanity to attain a shift in global consciousness such that war, along with starvation, torture, genocide, and the like, becomes obsolete. I don't know that war will ever be eliminated altogether, but striving toward that goal would be a worthy project of an enlightened humanity.

This belief depends on the idea that humanity can become enlightened, and I think we have to embrace that idea because the alternative is the utter destruction of the human-supportive biosphere. Earth would survive her rejection of us, but she would be seriously damaged and would take some eons to recover and flourish again (albeit without homo sapiens). So we've got to learn peace, but I think it will come about (if it does) as a benefit of global enlightenment rather than as a goal in itself.

I am a convinced Quaker, and I feel much resonance with Buddhist philosophy and practice, both largely because of the prominence of non-violence in these ways of thinking and acting. I was also much influenced by Gandhi's "experiments with truth" (a nice description of his life's work as well as the title of his autobiography). So... thank you for welcoming me to your community, and I look forward to joining in the conversation.

Best wishes,
daDA

lodha wrote:
> Hi,please introduce yourself and kindly share
> things and your views with us. At last welcome to
> the family.
> daDA wrote:
>
> > daDA has joined your tribe, peacelovers
>

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quote for the day.

lodha — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:09:13 GMT

"The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

- R. G. Ingersoll

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Quote for the day/breathing.

lodha — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:16:51 GMT

Focusing on the act of breathing clears the mind of all daily distractions and clears our energy enabling us to better connect with the Spirit within. ~Author Unknown

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quote for the day.

lodha — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:56:19 GMT

"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security."

Gail Sheehy

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:48:30 GMT

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to
become the best that you are capable of becoming.
--John Wooden

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A break.

lodha — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:54:35 GMT

I am taking a short break for few days .Until then take care friends.

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:19:26 GMT

Success is to be measured not so much by the
position that one has reached in life as by
the obstacles which he has overcome.
--Booker T. Washington

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:56:09 GMT

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions,
never know too much to learn something new.
--Og Mandino

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:07:17 GMT

Dream no small dreams for they have no
power to move the hearts of men.
--Goethe

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:30:01 GMT

"Hope never abandons you; you abandon it." -George Weinberg

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:41:20 GMT

"To build your confidence, repeat over and over, ‘I feel happy! I feel healthy! I feel terrific!’" -- Brian Tracy

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quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:20:10 GMT

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
--Albert Einstein

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:24:25 GMT

"Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change in attitude."

Katherine Mansfield

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:54:43 GMT

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall. --Nelson Mandela

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Quote for the day

lodha — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:27:54 GMT

It is our duty to proceed as though the limits
of our abilities do not exist.
--Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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JOke for the day

lodha — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:18:43 GMT

"I considered atheism but there weren't enough holidays."

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What is your say?/Shoot out in a college.

lodha — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:55:55 GMT

Another shoot out in USA , in the university campus in DeKalb, west of Chicago,killing five.

I wonder when will Americans will agitate against the ban of weapons.

I thing America is hit even worst by violence with in the country then by terrorism it claims.

Infact India has lost more people in terror attacks then in comparison to any western country.

When will you fokes unite.

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:30:23 GMT

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one
thing until you get there.
--Josh Billings

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Start Where You Stand By Berton Braley/Motivation.

lodha — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:37:42 GMT

Start where you stand and never mind the past,
The past won't help you in beginning new,
If you have left it all behind at last
Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through;
This is another chapter in the book,
This is another race that you have planned,
Don't give the vanished days a backward look,
Start where you stand.

The world won't care about your old defeats
If you can start anew and win success;
The future is your time, and time is fleet
And there is much of work and strain and stress;
Forget the buried woes and dead despairs,
Here is a brand-new trial right at hand,
The future is for him who does and dares,
Start where you stand.

Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid,
To-day's the thing, to-morrow soon will be;
Get in the fight and face it unafraid,
And leave the past to ancient history,
What has been, has been; yesterday is dead
And by it you are neither blessed nor banned;
Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead,
Start where you stand.

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Daily Wisdom

lodha — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:36:08 GMT

"Who is more important, you or others? The conclusion is clear; even if minor suffering happens to all others, its range is infinite, whereas when something happens to me, it is limited to just one person. When we look at others in this way, oneself is not so important."

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Bumper sticker .

lodha — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:33:14 GMT

"America needs a faith lift "

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Homage./Gandhiji

lodha — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:44:17 GMT

We peacelovers pay our Homage to Mahatma Gandhi.

Let peace and non-violence prevail.

Om Shanti Shanti hi

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Humour for the day.

lodha — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:31:46 GMT

It Will Pass

A student went to his meditation teacher and said, "My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I'm constantly falling asleep. It's just horrible!"

"It will pass," the teacher said matter-of-factly.A week later, the student came back to his teacher. "My meditation is wonderful! I feel so aware, so peaceful, so alive! It's just wonderful!"

"It will pass," the teacher replied matter-of-factly.

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:21:49 GMT

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

William James

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:06:07 GMT

"If, before going to bed every night, you will tear a page from the
calendar, and remark, 'there goes another day of my life, never to
return,' you will become time conscious."

-- A. B. Zu Tavern

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:58:08 GMT

"In dreams begins responsibility." -
William Butler Yeats

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Letting go of the past

lodha — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:36:24 GMT

Our lives are weighed down with past memories and expectations from the future. How can we let go of all that clutter and live life spontaneously? We feel burdened not because of our present but because of the past hanging around our neck like a heavy stone.

Osho gives some useful tips for separating psychological memories from the factual ones. It is good to remember that mere facts never burden us. The memory of our name or phone number is not a burden but a psychological memory of an insult or even a felicitation can become a hang up.

Interestingly, many of us tend to forget facts but we tend to remember and dwell upon psychological memories.

Osho points out, "Memory has technical uses. You have to know how to drive, you have to know where your home is, and you have to recognise your wife and your children. But those are not psychological hang-ups. Factual memory is useful. It enhances life, facilitates it. But if you come home and you look at your wife and think of all your past experiences with her then that is a psychological hang-up. If she was angry with you in the recent past, then that memory can cloud your eyes. If she was nasty or sad, then it too can colour your perception. Psychological impressions change your way of looking and perceiving her as she is standing in front of you at this moment. You are no longer looking at her but at someone who doesn't exist. You are looking at a ghost, not at your wife. And she may also be looking at you in the same way. Drop the past each moment. Just as you clean your house, clean your inner house of the past. All psychological memories have to be dropped. Just keep factual things and your mind will be very clean and clear."

Soon you will find that there is a new light in your life - the light of here-now, the Present.

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Thought for the day.

lodha — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:10:39 GMT

It is not a question why we are Sad, it is an answer to why we don't
choose to be Happy.

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please view and vote for my bumper sticker campaign at Brickfish :)

Elizabeth — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:23:00 GMT

Hey all, it's Liz here. Well I'm trying to win this scholarship competition, where you have to design a bumper sticker. Here is the url for you to check it out:

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The more votes I get, the better I do. Please take some time quickly to review and vote for my bumper sticker, maybe I can win with your help!

Peace
Liz

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:08:20 GMT

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our today; to do the little parts of our work with more force than ever before."

Stewart Johnson

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Talking the talk

Sequioah — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:19:13 GMT

Wasn't sure where to post this, I hope no one minds what resides in my mind about now.
It's about peace and how
I got a slice of it today
and ate it too.

How to become it and how to be one with it. What do we do with the world and how do we deliver to it such a fine slice of a peace of mind, when so many try and decry the way that we want to fly?

All I can do is put out to the world what came and went through my head before the whirlwind of the world's winds send me to bed without supper, sick in the head for the pains that I see, staining the souls and the soldiers alike, each wanting to never see hurt again, but pent up with pain in their brain and shells that make hells in each others hearts like cells in the rain.

I got a slice of peace in my heart today, away from the shoulds and the woulds and the coulds and the wannabes and gottabes. My brain got rear-ended it seems, and my drive line was crooked. I think today I got to the right shop and straightened it out. I don't know where I'll fly to now, but I know I won't be going in circles any more. For the first time in my life the coast is clear and the skies are a little bit brighter. With a weight off my soul so nice and so free how do I bring that to world hurting so freely, bleeding so deeply.

A world redefined has got to be mined for the good in its soul not sold to the world,
for what we just now saw for ourselves but are trying to outline in something besides chalk on the walk. It has to mean something this journey we take, but solving it all is not in our hands, we can maybe at least help understands this thing that we see before us, this thing that abhors us, ignores us, the thing we adore more and more the further away we stay from the way we want it to be.

Where is the peace for the world that we heard we could find if only we were not blind?
If I can see myself more clearly now, maybe the thoughts and the love inside me for the world and the faces inside it can be heard more clearly, expressed more sincerely, to help redefine the face of the world, so that someone some day will have peace of mind.

I may never see the world at peace with itself, but I can take the slices of hell on earth I see and shake up the mediocrity, add velocity, and add my piece of peace to the world for the next ones in line to find...and pray everyday that they build on it, get their fill on it...and leave behind a bigger peace than I...

I may solve nothing, go nowhere, hear no one, but it matters to me that I tried. That I spoke instead of just dying inside.

One slice of peace to go, please. I have a delivery to make.

Thanks for reading.

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:07:15 GMT

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
--Helen Keller

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:06:30 GMT

If you're quiet, you're not living.
You've got to be noisy and colorful
and lively. --Mel Brooks

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:01:50 GMT

When we wake up in the morning, we have two
simple choices: go back to sleep and dream,
or wake up and chase those dreams.
--Author Unknown

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:51:48 GMT

Success doesn't mean the absence of failures it means
the attainment of ultimate objectives it means winning
the war not every battle. --Unknown

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:08:26 GMT

"Everyone Loves a Compliment"
--Dale Carnegie

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:45:29 GMT

"The only thing that stands between you and what you want from life is simply the will to pursue it and the faith to believe it is possible."

Unknown

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:24:53 GMT

"Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to."

Lao-Tzu

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:16:19 GMT

"Prosperity is not just having things. It is the consciousness that attracts the things. Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just having money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things."
-Eric Butterworth

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:02:25 GMT

"The greatest things on earth have been done little by little."
Thomas Guthrie

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Quote for the day

lodha — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:21:10 GMT

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Lao Tzu

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:35:37 GMT

We must accept finite disappointment,
but we must never lose infinite hope.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:02:50 GMT

"Faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don't have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move."

Betty Eadie

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:50:53 GMT

"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal."

Elbert Hubbard

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New live chat room for our non profit to be

Elizabeth — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:19:54 GMT

Hey there, just wanted to drop another note about our tribe at http://tribes.tribe.net/alchemicalnurserycommune

This is a discussion forum we set up a couple months ago for a long term goal and vision we have for a wholly sustainable urban style eco commune and healing arts center/ nature conservancy. There's a whole lot to the vision, and a whole lot more to the process of planning, networking, and finding just the right people to hop on board and help make it happen...

Maybe you are one of those people!

Come check us out! We have just set up a chat room which we will be using for our board of directors meetings online, and the non profit website can be found at: www.luminist.org/alchemicalnursery

Love and light
Liz

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Hello Kindred Spirits It's So Good to See You Here! :)

badthing — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:58:06 GMT

I invite you all to visit my internet website. It's called Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet Newspage:

http://non-violentplanetnewspage.blogspot.com/

I just added a forum and I am debating with pro-gunners and boy do I need some people like you to come there and help me.

I look forward to talking with you about non-violence and peace.

Peace, Love, Understanding and Respect,
Badthing/Marilyn :)

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Exams.

lodha — Sun, 13 May 2007 00:40:40 GMT

Hi, friends. Tribe ,from moderators point of view will be active from 23rd may onwards.

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Global Prayer Project

psytrancedancer — Sat, 12 May 2007 16:31:41 GMT

AN ONGOING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

Global Prayer Project

Prayer, Meditation & Discussion with James & Salle Redfield (The Celestine Prophecy)

A Free Live Gathering - every other Tuesday

Join with thousands in a guided prayer meditation to uplift our world...

http://www.celestinevision.com/globalprayer.html

This event is held TWICE MONTHLY – Every other Tuesday.

Next Event:

Tuesday, May 15
8-9 pm Eastern (US)

Accessible via Teleconference
& Live Streaming Internet

The Global Prayer Project offers guided prayer, meditation and discussion. For the past eight months, thousands of people from all faiths around the world have participated via telephone, Internet and small groups.

During this experience, the group focuses upon crisis conflicts around the globe, as well as on people who are experiencing grief, conflict, or needing inspiration with the group. The one-hour call happens every other Tuesday evening and has grown to thousands of eager participants just through word of mouth and web invitation.

Feel the Energy, as people gather from all around the world, connect together, and envision a better world. Something special happens when we are connected electronically via telephones and internet. We can literally feel the boost and clarity of everyone's intention.

For more information, visit: http://www.celestinevision.com/globalprayer.html

“Our twice-monthly gatherings have been making a powerful difference, both in people’s individual lives and the world at large,” said Redfield. “Many participants have written us saying that the energy generated from this network of participants is ‘indescribable.’ Millions of people know that prayer works and we are happy to continue and expand this healing circle of focused intention at a time when people are looking for ways to make a difference.”

“Imagine a million people focusing prayer together on a particular crisis situation in the world,” Redfield continues. “Research shows that the greater the number of people praying together, the more powerful the prayer and the greater the level of energy felt by the participants.”
_______

To connect via Telephone:

Call 1-646-519-5883
PIN: 2230#

The phone line will open at 7:55pm EDT. Call the number above and follow the directions. Once you are connected to the call, please say your name and where you are from, and then press *6 to mute yourself so the noise level will be kept to a minimum. Each participant will be responsible for their own regular, long-distance phone charges.
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To connect via Live Streaming Internet

Go to www.live365.com/stations/celestinevision?site

Please be aware that if you connect through the internet, you will not be able to speak -- you will only be able to listen, but there are no long distance phone charges.
_______

To hear recordings of past gatherings
Go to www.celestinevision.com and click on Audio Files.
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Please pass the word on to your friends who might be interested in joining us, and ask them to join our mailing list at www.celestinevision.com so they can be notified of future gatherings.

If you can't join us, please hold a supportive prayer vision for the world at that time.

Let's see how large we can grow, and how much difference we can make...

Blessings,
James Redfield
Salle Merrill Redfield

EXTENDING PRAYER FIELDS

For centuries, religious scriptures, poems, and philosophies have pointed to a latent power of mind within all of us that mysteriously helps to affect what occurs in the future. We are now finding that this prayer power is a field of intention, which moves out from us and can be extended and strengthened, especially when we connect with others in a common vision.

-- Eleventh Insight

http://www.celestinevision.com/insights2.html

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:21:24 GMT

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament -- disarmament follows peace.

Author: Bernard M. Baruch 1870-1965, American Financier

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Labyrinths of Peace looking for Volunteers

BU* — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:20:25 GMT

Hi All,

Well to intoduce myself I am a healer and transgendered priestess
as well I am a student studying spiritual activism
on that note
I am co-fascillitating an event called

Labyrinths of Peace: a multidimensional Prayer Circle
using the ancient, worldwide phenomenon as Labyrinths for healing through the act of prayer and peaceful resonance
during the event we will be using Labyrinths in two ways
1 a temporary Labyrinth made on the floor
2 finger paper Labyrinths to trace with the finger and used for the guided vizualization/meditation style prayer

we are looking for volunteers
help with the floor Labyrinth (no experience neccesary)
publicity/getting the word out on this FREE event
persons unable to attend on site and willing to participate through prayer simultaneously during the event
event flow fascillitators
and persons to attend (share, learn, and co-create)

feel free to contact me personally if you feel so inclined
Peace, Love, and Equality
Unicorn*

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:58:01 GMT

God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.

-Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:00:39 GMT

If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.-

Mary Pickford

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hello i am NEW.

krystle — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:38:45 GMT

My name is krystle i am happy to find a group that has to do with peace.... I hope to meet like minded people. peace and love kryslte.

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Hindu wisdom.

lodha — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:52:12 GMT

Even if you have nothing,
It is hard to find that contentment
Which comes from renunciation.

I accept nothing.
I reject nothing.

And I am happy.

-Ashtavakra Gita 13:1

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Quote to disagree.

lodha — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:49:14 GMT

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.-John F. Kennedy.

I certainly disagree with Mr.Kennedy.

If I were to look for the enemy
it is inside me.
Peace leads to peace
blood leads to blood.
No one trust anyone,because one is not trusting self.
Wars are no more for rights,but to make your wrong ,your right.

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A Season for Nonviolence - 64 Ways in 64 Days

lodha — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:29:29 GMT

These principles for nonviolence were adapted by the Denver Area Task
Force for: A Season for Nonviolence - January 30-April 4, 1998

Inspired by the 50th & 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi
and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1 -- Today, I will reflect on what peace means to me.
2 -- Today, I will look at opportunities to be a peacemaker.
3 -- Today, I will practice nonviolence and respect for Mother Earth by making good use of her resources.
4 -- Today, I will take time to admire and appreciate nature.
5 -- Today, I will plant seeds--plants or constructive ideas.
6 -- Today, I will hold a vision of plenty for all the world's hungry and be open to guidance as to how I can help alleviate some of that hunger.
7 -- Today, I will acknowledge every human being's fundamental right to justice, equity, and equality.
8 -- Today, I will appreciate the earth's bounty and all of those who work to make my food available (i.e., grower, trucker, grocery clerk, cook, waitress, etc.)
9 -- Today, I will work to understand and respect another culture.
10 -- Today, I will oppose injustice, not people.
11 -- Today, I will look beyond stereotypes and prejudices.
12 -- Today, I will choose to be aware of what I talk about and I will refuse to gossip.
13 -- Today, I will live in the present moment and release the past.
14 -- Today, I will silently acknowledge all the leaders throughout the world.
15 -- Today, I will speak with kindness, respect, and patience to every person that I talk with on the telephone.
16 -- Today, I will affirm my value and worth with positive "self talk" and refuse to put myself down.
17 -- Today, I will tell the truth and speak honestly from the heart.
18 -- Today, I will cause a ripple effect of good by an act of kindness toward another.
19 -- Today, I will choose to use my talents to serve others by volunteering a portion of my time.
20 -- Today, I will say a blessing for greater understanding whenever I see evidence of crime, vandalism, or graffiti.
21 -- Today, I will say "No" to ideas or actions that violate me or others.
22 -- Today, I will turn off anything that portrays or supports violence whether on television, in the movies, or on the Internet.
23 -- Today, I will greet this day--everyone and everything--with openness and acceptance as if I were encountering them for the first time.
24 -- Today, I will drive with tolerance and patience.
25 -- Today, I will constructively channel my anger, frustration, or jealousy into healthy physical activities (i.e., doing sit-ups, picking up trash, taking a walk, etc).
26 -- Today, I will take time to appreciate the people who provide me with challenges in my life, especially those who make me angry or frustrated.
27 -- Today, I will talk less and listen more.
28 -- Today, I will notice the peacefulness in the world around me.
29 -- Today, I will recognize that my actions directly affect others.
30 -- Today, I will take time to tell a family member or friend how much they mean to me.
31 -- Today, I will acknowledge and thank someone for acting kindly.
32 -- Today, I will send a kind, anonymous message to someone.
33 -- Today, I will identify something special in everyone I meet.
34 -- Today, I will discuss ideas about nonviolence with a friend to gain new perspectives.
35 -- Today, I will practice praise rather than criticism.
36 -- Today, I will strive to learn from my mistakes.
37 -- Today, I will tell at least one person they are special and important.
38 -- Today, I will hold children tenderly in thought and/or action.
39 -- Today, I will listen without defending and speak without judgment.
40 -- Today, I will help someone in trouble.
41 -- Today, I will listen with an open heart to at least one person.
42 -- Today, I will treat the elderly I encounter with respect and dignity.
43 -- Today, I will treat the children I encounter with respect and care, knowing that I serve as a model to them.
44 -- Today, I will see my so-workers in a new light--with understanding and
compassion.
45 -- Today, I will be open to other ways of thinking and acting that are different from my own.
46 -- Today, I will think of at least three alternate ways I can handle a situation when confronted with conflict.
47 -- Today, I will work to help others resolve differences.
48 -- Today, I will express my feeling honestly and nonviolently with respect for myself and others.
49 -- Today, I will sit down with my family for one meal.
50 -- Today, I will set an example of a peacemaker by promoting nonviolent responses.
51 -- Today, I will use no violent language.
52 -- Today, I will pause for reflection.
53 -- Today, I will hold no one hostage to the past, seeing each-as I see myself-as a work in process.
54 -- Today, I will make a conscious effort to smile at someone whom I have held a grudge against in the past.
55 -- Today, I will practice compassion and forgiveness by apologizing to someone whom I have hurt in the past.
56 -- Today, I will reflect on whom I need to forgive and take at least one step in that direction.
57 -- Today, I will forgive myself.
58 -- Today, I will embrace the spiritual belief of my heart in my own personal and reflective way.
59 -- Today, I will enlarge my capacity to embrace differences and appreciate the value of every human being.
60 -- Today, I will be compassionate in my thoughts, words, and actions.
61 -- Today, I will cultivate my moral strength and courage through education and creative nonviolent action.
62 -- Today, I will practice compassion and forgiveness for myself and others.
63 -- Today, I will use my talents to serve others as well as myself.
64 -- Today, I will serve humanity by dedicating myself to a vision greater than myself.

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Ya want peace?

Parvati — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:48:34 GMT

The problems of material existence--birth, old age, disease and death--
cannot be counteracted by accumulation of wealth and economic
development. In many parts of the world there are states which are
replete with all facilities of life, which are full of wealth and
economically developed, yet the problems of material existence are
still present. They are seeking peace in different ways, but they can
achieve real happiness only if they consult Krsna, or the Bhagavad-gita
and Srimad-Bhagavatam--which constitute the science of Krsna--or the
bona fide representative of Krsna, the man in Krsna consciousness.

In other words, only by the mercy of God will there be peace.

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Invitation to a Peace Symposium

Sheena — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:06:24 GMT

INVITATION TO A PEACE SYMPOSIUM establishing the
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR THE MIDDDLE EAST (TRCME)

At Galillee / Bethlehem

August 6-12, 2008

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE SYMPOSIUM

ON

Ending The Wars, Making The Peace

And announcing the formation of an

ECOCOUNCIL OF THE MIDDLE EAST

This gathering is open to all whom have the long term interests of peacemaking in Israel and Palestine and particularly in finding a solution to the cultural and religious aspects of the conflict. It is being held in both Israel and Palestine to make it possible for participants to come both from both sides of the dispute.

The Sea of Galilee is a sacred place for both Jews, Christian and Muslims, and Bethlehem is also an important spiritual centre for all sides.. Among other participants we hope a number of Islamic scholars, Sufis, Rabbis, Kabbalists, Christian clergy, Christian mystics, Bahais, secularists and peace activists from both contemporary Israeli and Palestinian society as well as internationally will be in attendance.

With the peace process in the Middle East having stalled for too long, having moved so far, it is the hope of this symposium to encourage a healthy debate between both Israeli and Palestinian peace thinkers, activists and spiritual leaders, so as to vision together a long future for both Israel and Palestine, and one which will be beyond the threat or fear of violence.

We also intend to launch at this gathering a new body, an Eco-Council for the Middle East which will serve as a forum for representation of all those interested in the ecology of the wider Middle East region: with the Sea of Galilee dying, fishes depleted, and global warming effecting our weather patterns, we have an increasing ecological responsibility to end our conflicts and feuds, and pursue ways of peace, justice and harmony.

All those who have thought for the long term sustainability of our environment, who love and care for this magical and mysterious part of the world, and who have the protection of our sacred places at heart, and who have specific news of environmental issues and campaigns in their part of the world, are invited to attend or send representatives.

Hosting the meeting is Dr Thomas Daffern, Director of the International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy and founder of the Global Green University.

If you are able to attend, or send a representative, or if you can help with the administrative work involved in establishing the new TRCMI, or if you can help with funding, or prayer work. ,please contact:

The International Institute Of Peace Studies And Global Philosophy,
Llanerfyl, Nr. Welshpool, Powys, Wales, SY21 OER, Tel/Fax. 01938 820586 (m) 07951 600959 Email:iipsgp@educationaid.net Website:www.educationaid.net

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Hindu wisdom.

lodha — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:29:51 GMT

A jubilant heart rejoices upon seeing
those who give without scoffing or scorning.

Deprived of beggars, this vast and verdant Earth would
become uncharitable, a ball for the play of wooden puppets.

-Tirukkural 106: 1057-1058

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Zen for you.

lodha — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:30:26 GMT

The non-action of the wise person
Is not inaction.
It is not studied.
It is not shaken by anything.
The sage is quiet
Because she is not moved,
Not because she wills to be quiet.
Her quietness is the mirror
Of heaven and earth
The glass of everything.
Emptiness, stillness, tranquility,
Traceless,
Silence, non-action:
This is the level of
Heaven and earth.
This is the perfect Tao.

- Chuang Tzu

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Buddhist wisdom.

lodha — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:59:59 GMT

A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.

Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.

-Sutta-nipata, translated by H. Saddhatissa

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Zen for you.

lodha — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:40:03 GMT

Just come to see that everything is passing on,
That nothing in your mind remains
The same for even the span of a breath.
If you see like that for even a moment,
Then for that moment you are free.

- Ji Aoi Isshi

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Zen for you.

lodha — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:27:40 GMT

The truth of Zen,
Just a little of it,
Is what turns one’s
Life of monotonous,
Commonplace actions,
Into one of art,
Full of genuine inner creativity.

- D.T. Suzuki

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Hindu wisdom.

lodha — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:51:48 GMT

But he who is truly wise
Always sees the absolute Self.

Celebrated, he is not delighted.
Spurned, he is not angry.
Pure of heart,
He watches his own actions
As if they were another's.

How can praise or blame disturb him?

-Ashtavakra Gita 3:9-10

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Hindu wisdom.

lodha — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:16:52 GMT

Hidden in the cave of the heart,
Leave pain and pleasure far behind.
Those who know they are neither body nor mind
But the immemorial Self, the divine
Principle of existence, find the source
Of all joy and live in joy abiding.
I see the gates of joy are opening
For your Nachiketa.

-Katha Upanishad

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Buddhist wisdom.

lodha — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:46:15 GMT

You should make your observations yourself,
You should not be the man of someone else,
Not in the dependence on another should you live,
Nor go about making a trade out of holiness.

-Udana Sutta

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Thought for the day.

lodha — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:30:45 GMT

I like the dreams for the future better than the history of the past.

-Thomas Jefferson

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Zen for you.

lodha — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:27:59 GMT

Zen meditation is not physical culture, nor is it a method to gain something material. It is peacefulness and blessedness itself. It is the actualization of truth and wisdom.

-“The Practice of Meditation,” Zen Master Dogen

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buddhist wisdom.

lodha — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:10:53 GMT

Whose minds are well-developed
in the factors of self-awakening,
who delight in non-clinging,
relinquishing grasping--
resplendent,
their effluents ended:
they, in the world,
are Unbound.

-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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buddhist wisdom.

lodha — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:06:22 GMT

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Whose minds are well-developed
in the factors of self-awakening,
who delight in non-clinging,
relinquishing grasping--
resplendent,
their effluents ended:
they, in the world,
are Unbound.

-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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oneliners

lodha — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:02:46 GMT

A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco, wrapped in paper, fire at one end, fool at the other.

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Buddhist wisdom.

lodha — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:59:36 GMT

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Budhist wisdom.

lodha — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:31:40 GMT

As rain seeps into
an ill-thatched hut,
so passion,
the undeveloped mind.

As rain doesn't seep into
a well-thatched hut,
so passion does not,
the well-developed mind.

-Dhammapada, 1, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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One liners

lodha — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:50:00 GMT

All fingers are not alike,
If you cut bigger ones to make all equal it is communism,
If you stretch smaller ones to make all equal it is socialism,
If you do nothing to make all equal it is capitalism.

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Love hurts! how do i get over it?

tina — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:20:22 GMT

I am in the habit of writing down my feelings and thoughts because it helps me get things off my mind whenever I'm in a situation, the down side of that is that no one else sees it especially the people you are writing about so they never get to know exactly how I feel. What I am about to put down I wrote a couple of weeks ago, guys please have a read and tell me what you think, all criticisms welcome but please don't insult me to the extreme. I suppose what I'm looking for is sympathy really. Anyway here it goes:

About a year and half ago I met a guy who started asking me out I didn’t like him because he had been bedding my best friend and two of her friends, I thought I didn’t want to be another number in his queue, I wanted my own man not everybody else’s. We became friends anyway and started talking all the time and hanging out then I started to become fund of him and started liking him, he and my best friend assured me that there was no more random bedding going on, I was encouraged and started dating him.

A few weeks down the line I found out he was married and I immediately tried to end the relationship but he would not budge, he told me that he was unhappy in his marriage and that he was going to start a divorce process because he wanted to marry me, I liked him enough to marry him but I was not convinced about the whole divorce issue. Moreover I didn’t want to be the cause of any broken marriage as I wouldn’t like that to happen to me, I encouraged him to talk with his wife and to try and make things work but he said it was me that he wanted. I told him I had to see a divorce certificate or whatever it is called before I can believe and agree to be his wife.

A couple of months went by and it didn’t seem like any thing was happening or that anything would happen, his wife had started calling and threatening me on a regular bases, I kept telling her nothing was going on and that we worked together (lies!). I started to panic and looked for a way out before I get hurt physically and mentally, I had been a on holiday the month before and I met someone, we had been talking on the phone and on the Internet, I liked him and thought that stating a relationship with him would help me get out of the present one.

I started telling my boyfriend that I wanted out but he thought I was joking he would dismiss my every mention of finishing the relationship for the sake saving his marriage, then I told him I had met someone else and that I liked and wanted to be with that person, to make it worse and to make it seem real to him I said it while we were making love, I wanted him to understand the seriousness of what I wanted. He laughed it off and told me the other guy just wanted to use me to get a visa to England but I refused to take that excuse I just wanted it to all end. I was under pressure from his wife and it didn’t seem like he was doing anything about it, I figured out he was just frustrating her so that she could ask for a divorce but from where I stood and from a woman’s point of view it wasn’t going to happen, she loved him and she married him and there is a child, I would have done the same as her (fight to protect my family).

I loved this man but the circumstances surrounding our relationship was greater than I could take I wanted him but someone else already had him and wasn’t going to give up without a fight, I don’t believe in fighting over a man and I had made up my mind that whatever happened between us was going to come from him, if he really loved me then he would not create a situation where I would have to fight, so I took all the phone calls, threats and abuses from his wife but I wasn’t going to fight back, I tried to support him best I could. I soon came to the point I could not handle any more, I was still talking with this guy in another country and used him as a solace, I found my peace talking to him he gave me something else to think about and I decided the best way to end my present relationship was to show my boyfriend how serious I was about us ending it by going to see this other man.

I spoke to my best friend about it and she said the only sure way to find out if I really like this guy who is millions of miles away was to go and see him and spend time with him as the calls and emails could go on for years and when I finally meet him I may not like him, moreover my sisters knew him and one of them had told me that he wasn’t all that in-fact he was very arrogant and annoying, I thought I would have to decide for myself. Here comes my dilemma, the one I love cannot be mine because someone else has him, the one I’m trying to be with my sister does not approve of, and I always trust her judgement. I needed a holiday anyway so I was going to take the opportunity to find out, so I booked a ticket and left.

My boyfriend looked for me all over and was very angry when he found out I had left, I on the other hand saw this guy and had second thoughts, I liked my boyfriend but I reminded myself that he was married and was not going to leave his wife for me, his friends had told me so after I had a surprise party for him on his birthday. Everyone realised how serious we were getting, and on two occasions two of his close friends independently sent messages to me telling me to be careful giving me reasons for their thought which I believe made sense. I was really hurt, some girls started to tell me how he likes too many other girls and if I thought I had him I was wasting my time, every time he went out, I got phone calls telling me what girl he laid or tried to lay the night before, that hurt me allot but I said nothing to him.

With all the excitement of meeting this other guy and anger towards my boyfriend, I thought even though I don’t like this guy now I could like him latter, after all I dint like my boyfriend when I first met him. On the first night we had sex, it was mechanical, it was not love making, I had gone to sleep and then suddenly I felt him on top of me, there was no foreplay there was nothing, I didn’t like it, I thought about my boyfriend all the time, I thought what would happen in our relationship now, I told myself I wanted it to end but maybe not quite like this, I had regrets but I wasn’t going to tell anyone that. I did not trust this guy, he was not expecting me, it was a surprise visit yet when I asked for protection he had some in his wallet, I didn’t trust him at all. The next day, confusion had the better of me, I felt guilty and dirty, I’m now at crossroads I want my man back but I cant have him, I didn’t have him in the first place someone else did, my head told me this was for the better, my heart said otherwise. The next day we had sex again this time it felt like an obligation, I had come this far so why not, it was the same procedure very mechanical, I could not even kiss him and that convinced me this man isn’t mine I don’t want him. I made up my mind that night it was not going to go any further and as for my boyfriend, well it wasn’t meant to be, that’s over too, maybe I need a break from men now, I’ll go back to England and achieve all the things I dream about, if the right man comes along someday then I’ll try again, right now I’ve had enough.

I had to wait a couple more days to collect my suitcase which the airline had forgotten somewhere, I spent a lot of time with my other friends and the guy I came to see, but the more I saw him the more angry I grew at my self, the moment I got my suitcase I boarded the next flight to the town where my sisters lived. I was very happy when my boyfriend called me one early morning saying he had arrived the same town I was in, I told my sisters to expect him, had he really come to look for me, maybe we are meant to be together after all I didn’t get to see him for another week, but I was convinced fate has brought us together again, I really loved him and I wasn’t going to let him slip again, I didn’t care about his wife anymore, if he has come this far after me then he means everything he says to me but I was still scared. We boarded he same flight back and as soon as we landed England his wife started calling me again she know somehow that I was in the same place as him, that freaked me out and I asked to be taken straight home as opposed to my best friend’s house like we had planned. He was angry too but I did not see his side of the argument, I thought he was angry at his wife and the fact that I had replied her messages, I did not know it was because of what I had done.

I did not see him for several weeks, I begged for forgiveness for what I thought was wrong, we got back together and started having a lot of problems, I could see he was not happy but I did not know why, he kept asking me if I had slept the other guy and I maintained that I had not, I was afraid of loosing him, if I told him he would leave me and I will never forgive myself, he always told me that what he didn’t know would not hurt him so I used that as my back up. Two months latter I got pregnant, I was physically sick all the time, when I told him he was happy, but my thoughts were what next, I wanted him to marry me as he had promised, he had wanted a baby since I met him and now here it is. He came with me to the hospital and the doctors confirmed it, my problems had become bigger, his wife and kid, me, what will happen to us all, he seemed undecided, he loves his wife and he loves me too, I have always believed that no man would leave their wife for anything so I was now the side dish, of course he would like me to have the baby but he cannot marry me, I did not want him to marry me just because I was pregnant, but because he wanted to, I don’t want to trap anybody and I don’t want to be a single mother. My education was mostly affected, I was always sick in the mornings and in-fact most of the day, I wasn’t going to my lectures. He told me to give him a week to think about what to do, in my books there is no thinking, its either he wants me or he doesn’t and the answer was clear to me it was the latter. I booked an appointment for a termination before I my life gets destroyed any further, I thought of a woman he had told me about, he was dating her longer than he knew his wife but nothing came of it. I thought its all well and good me having a baby, its just going to be a question of him paying maintenance for his child and telling everyone he has a child somewhere. I was given an appointment for two weeks latter, I hopped and prayed that he would come and I would tell him and that he would discourage me and tell me he is ready to go and speak to my parents but he never showed. I cried everyday I wasn’t eating because everything I ate came back out, I wanted him to come but he kept promising and not showing up, I was convinced this was it, he’ll never comeback now, then he tells me he knew about the appointment, I don’t know how he found out but I was glad he did, he said he was disappointed and I didn’t give him the time he asked for but a week had passed and he didn’t say anything how could he have come to that conclusion.

He asked me not to go to the termination but that wasn’t what I wanted to hear, I wanted him to tell me he was ready to go and see my parents, anyway we went to the appointment. After that I was in pain all the time physically and emotionally, I thought he didn’t love me, if he did he would not have let me go through with it, I missed my baby, I didn’t know you could miss something that didn’t exist, I wished things were different, I wanted that baby too but the circumstances didn’t seem right, had I made too haste a decision? All sorts of thoughts were going through my mind. He accused me of having an affair with my course mate, the poor boy didn’t know my relationship was crumbling and he was one of the reasons, he tried his best to help me but I could no accept his help, I felt so alone, so unwanted. Then I found out that my boyfriend had been visiting my sister and that he had tried to sleep with her, what pain! I wanted to die, I wished for death. I had suspected it and had cautioned him all the time but I didn’t think he would ever carry it out, he had been sending her love messages to her phone. I cried even more this time I wasn’t sure what I was crying for, was it for my lost child, was it for my broken relationship, was it for everything I had been through? Yes that was it, it was for that reason. I loved my ex and cried a lot when we broke up, I loved him so much it hurt but he didn’t return my feelings, I remembered how he told me that if he had a choice it would not be me he married it would be another girl, but that didn’t stop me, I then put my present boyfriend in the same scenario, I had told him I wanted out and even went off with another man but that didn’t stop him, so he really did love me, but what are we going to do about it.

I finally admitted to him that I had slept with the other guy when I went on holiday, it really hurt him as I had expected. He told me that he hadn’t said anything when I got pregnant because he wasn’t sure the baby was his, if I had lied about this, how many more things have I lied about so far. That was like a knife not only through my heart but through my soul, it broke me, I had been shattered to pieces, a broken vessel I could see pieces of me all over the floor, it cannot be put together anymore. How could he have said that, I wept, I wept. To top it all he then proceeded in his anger to say that it was all a game, ever since we came from that holiday he didn’t trust me anymore, I asked him why he kept sleeping with me, he said well if I wanted to play the game then he was up for it, he thought I was playing the game too, but I wasn’t, he proceeded to tell me his game plan, he was going to deny the baby until it was born and then maybe we could determine by paternity tests if it was really his, he was going to get my sister pregnant and destroy my family. I had never heard such evil in my life, this man is conniving, he has no soul, but I’m sure he does because I’ve seen it before, the only thing is he has the ability to switch off his human side when he wants to an right now he has switched off, he is mean. Once again I prayed for death, life isn’t worth living anymore, what kind of life is this, I’ve heard how evil people can be but I have never experienced it. It was over between us, he said he could not forgive me but that he loved me, he tried to make love to me again, I was now even more confused than ever, how can you tell me all these things and still want to make love to me, he would not use protection as usual, I reminded him what I just went through and I was afraid of getting pregnant again but he wasn’t listening. Was he really in love with me? Was he still punishing me? I stopped and asked him “is this just sex?” he shut me up and I let him, I was too weak, too confused, too broken to fight anymore.

Now I’m even more alone, I can’t confide in anyone not even my sister, the older one has her marriage to think about, the younger one is being chased by my man, the other one… well I didn’t want to drag her in. This is my cross I have to carry it alone. For days I cried none stop, at uni people started to notice, my lectures would call me aside and ask me, I wasn’t doing any work in class or pre class I just mopped around. I really loved this man and I believe him when he says he love me but how do we go beyond this point, I had done him wrong and I was too blind to see his pain, I wanted him so much and went about getting his attention the wrong way, I have gone too far in this relationship to stop now, I wake up every morning thinking what could have been and what can still be, should I leave him to his decisions or should I fight to get him back? I’ve heard the saying if you want something that bad you should go for it and put up a fight if you have to, but what if really he cannot forgive me and I get him to get back with me and he starts treating me badly and starts sleeping with everyone else because I had done this one bad thing, can I handle it then? What will I be able to do? I’ll just be in more pain than I am now. He is bad evil and conniving, yet I still want him. I pray to God for help, I have to be patient but I seem not to have that at the moment. My sister has seen the other side of him and is convinced his no good for me but don’t I already know that? However I’m done with listening to other people, its my turn to listen to myself now and do what I think is best for me, it may be wrong and may lead to further pain and tears but at least I would have tried and I would have done what I wanted to do not what others tell me to do.

As I said, this was a few weeks ago, since writing this I have some worth moved on, I still love this guy maybe because of the things we have been through together, I was his outlet, someone he could talk to about things that were going on in his life, but I think its best for me to stay away. We still talk but I fear and he has apologised for the things he said, he said he was very hurt and wanted to hurt me back, he would never have slept with my sister he just wanted to put a message across. But guys how believable is that, is he saying it just to clear the records or does he mean it? What about the situation with his wife, word has it they are actually on a divorce process and he blames it on me, how is it my fault? I didn't ask him to come after me. I recon the will sort it out and everything will be just fine eventually and I will meet someone nice in due time but somewhere inside him I still want him back. Am I selfish bitch or am I a Love rat? What do you think?

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How to build confidence and peace of mind

lodha — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:19:08 GMT

Eight tips to help you push through the fear and self-doubt.
By Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

- There are few of us who escape feelings of fear and self
doubt as we go about our life. Not to worry! We can all learn how to create within us a wonderful sense of confidence and peace of mind as we face all situations in our lives. My book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway® is filled with very powerful tools to help us push through the fear and self-doubt in order to create a beautiful and satisfying life. Here is a taste of just a few of these tools...

1. Build your sense of trust in yourself. Your first task is to build the trust that whatever happens in your life, you can handle it all. Right now, think of something about any area of your life that is bothering you and repeat to yourself ten times the important words, "Whatever happens, I'll handle it." I suspect you will immediately begin to feel a sense of peace within your being. These are important words to have when the "what if's" come up. "What if I lose my job? I'll handle it." "What if I get sick? I'll handle it." "What if something happens to my marriage? I'll handle it." And what does "I'll handle it" mean? It means, "I'll learn from it. I'll grow from it. I'll make it a triumph!"

2. Do your very best, then let go of the outcome. To help you let go, develop the trust that "It's all happening perfectly." This calming affirmation is a shortened version of: "I've done my best, but even if things don't go the way I want them to go, I will simply find a way to be enriched by whatever life brings me. I will learn and grow from it all. Therefore, it truly is all happening perfectly." Repetition over and over again of this wonderful affirmation, will definitely quiet the negative chatter of the mind and help you let go of the outcome. Peace at last!

3. Stop complaining. Complaining is a big clue that you are not taking responsibility for your experience of life. Instead of seeing life's obstacles as problems, see them as opportunities, opening the door to growth. When you can control your reactions to whatever life hands you, you have the upper hand. You now have a choice: You can create your own misery...or you can create your own sense of growth and wellbeing. That's power! Every time you have the opportunity to stretch your capacity to handle the world around you, the more powerful and confident you will feel.

4. Yes, "Feel the fear and do it anyway." Often we think, "I'll do it when I am not so afraid." But in reality, it works the other way round. The "doing it" comes before the fear goes away. The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it. Action is the key. Once you have done something you have feared a number of times, guess what happens...the fear of that particular situation goes away. And it's then time to further expand the comfort zone and move on to the next situation you fear. That's what growth is all about. And as your confidence builds, it will become easier and easier to "feel the fear and do it anyway!"

5. When making decisions, adopt the "no-lose" philosophy. The "no-lose" philosophy tells us that "I can't lose - regardless of the outcome of the decision I make. I look forward to the opportunities for learning and for growing that either choice gives me." Remember, if you learn through your "mistakes," there are no mistakes! In this way, the "no-lose" approach to decision-making guarantees that all your decisions will be the right decisions.

6. Know that you count. Know that your presence makes a difference. If you don't understand this very important fact, act as if you do make a difference! Just keep asking yourself the "act-as-if" question in all areas of your life: "What would I be doing if I were really important here?" Make a list and then take action. Soon you will "live into" the realization that you really are important.

7. Commit 100% to all areas of your life. That means when you are at work or with your family and friends, or meeting new people, or volunteering in the community...or whatever...give it all you've got, holding nothing back. When you commit to giving 100%, your sense of focus, excitement, participation, enjoyment, fulfillment, and happiness come alive. What a glorious feeling that is!

8. Say "thank you" a lot. Saying "thank you" is a wonderful way to make important connections in all areas of your life. The words "thank you" can also help you appreciate and focus on all the good that is around you, thus helping you release any feelings of anger and resentment you may be holding. You can see why the words "thank you" are two of the most powerful words ever spoken.

If you, step by step, begin incorporating into your life these tips, your sense of confidence and peace of mind will grow and grow. Remember: there is plenty of time...but now is definitely the time to begin!

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Quote for the day.

lodha — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:42:31 GMT

Children have neither past nor future;
they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.

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Zen for you.

lodha — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:33:19 GMT

Your search among books, word upon word, may lead you to the depths of knowledge, but it is not the way to receive the reflection of your true self.

When you have thrown off your ideas as to mind and body, the original truth will fully appear. Zen is simply the ex-pression of truth; therefore longing and striving are not the true attitudes of Zen.

-Dogen, "The Practice of Meditation"

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Zen for you.

lodha — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:34:07 GMT

Better than a thousand hollow words
Is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow verses
Is one verse that brings peace.
It is better to conquer yourself
Than to win a thousand battles.
Then the victory is yours.

- Dhammapada

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Non-violence

cupofzen — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:03:06 GMT

Is non-violence easy to practice?

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Zen for you.

lodha — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:37:23 GMT

If you want to be free, get to know your real self.
It has no form, no appearance, no root,
No basis, no abode, but is lively and buoyant.
It responds with versatile facility, but its function
Cannot be located; when you look for it you become
Further from it. When you seek it
You turn away from it all the more.

- Rinzai ( d.867?)

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Buddha's wisdom.

lodha — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:49:00 GMT

On hearing the teaching ,the wise become perfectly purified ,like a lake deep ,clear and still.-Dhammapada.

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Daily Zen.

lodha — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:28:40 GMT

Wanting nothing with all your heart, stop the stream
When the world dissolves, everything becomes clear.
Go beyond this way or that way
To the farther shore where the world dissolves,
And everything becomes clear.
Beyond this shore and the farther shore,
Beyond the beyond,
Where there is no beginning, no end,
Without fear, go.

- Dhammapada

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Loving Each day.

lodha — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:27:15 GMT

Ask for your spouse's help. An honest appeal for help is
difficult to deny.

When someone comes to me and asks for my help in clearing a
situation, I usually look at the situation and endeavor to
assist that person, even if I'm the one who has caused the
irritation.

When I have presented my point of view, they often find out
that there was no need to be irritated.

- John-Roger
(From: Sex, Spirit and You, p. 61)

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thought for the day.

lodha — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:13:46 GMT

Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are
and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return,
the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will
finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for
you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence."

-- Og Mandino, Author

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Loving Each day.

lodha — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:22:50 GMT

Material abundance may be more accessible if you are
internally balanced.

Part of this balance involves being at one with what is
going on in the present. This does not necessarily mean
liking it or even preferring it, but accepting it without
judgment.

- John-Roger
(From: Wealth & Higher Consciousness, p. 64)

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Its 2007

lodha — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:00:48 GMT

Happy New year folks.

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Loving Each day.

lodha — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:56:46 GMT

Give love. Give silently. Don't tell people what to do.
Instead, just support them with your love.

That's the best gift of all.

- John-Roger with Paul Kaye
(From: Momentum, Letting Love Lead - Simple Practices for
Spiritual Living, p. 57)

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Loving Each day.

lodha — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 03:06:51 GMT

The whole spectrum of your life takes place within God, and
anyone who is residing in the power of love is never
destroyed, never separated, always free, always up, always
growing.

- John-Roger
(From: Living Love from the Spiritual Heart, p. 3-4)

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Thought for the day.

lodha — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:24:43 GMT

It is tradition, the accumulation of experience, the ashes of memory, that make the mind old. The mind that dies every day to the memories of yesterday, to all the joys and sorrows of the past--such a mind is fresh, innocent, it has no age; and without that innocence, whether you are ten or sixty, you will not find God.
-- J. Krishnamurti, Think on These Things

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Its Christmas.

lodha — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:10:04 GMT

Merry christmas and a Happy and prospersous new year folks.

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Thought for the day.

lodha — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:30:55 GMT

'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace -Buddha.

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something well worth 15 mins of your time

Shelly — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:32:31 GMT

http://cecio.krur.com/video/1969_puntadevacas.html
love light and laughter shelly xxx

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