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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

 

[GMW #829] Decide to be peaceful

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[GMW #829] Decide to be peaceful
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Ending War

~ Idea 99 ~ 17 October 1994

Each human being should make this commitment to peace:

Decide to be peaceful
Render others peaceful
Be a model of peace
Radiate your peace
Love passionately the peace
of our beautiful planet
Do not listen to the warmongers,
hateseeders and powerseekers
Dream always of a peaceful,
warless, disarmed world
Think always of a peaceful world
Work always for a peaceful world
Switch on and keep on, in yourself,
the peaceful buttons,
those marked love,
serenity, happiness, truth,
kindness, friendliness
understanding and tolerance
Pray and thank God every day for peace
Pray for the United Nations
and all peacemakers
Pray for the leaders of nations
who hold the peace of the world
in their hands
Pray God to let our planet at long last
become the Planet of Peace
And sing in unison with all humanity:
"Let there be peace on Earth
And let it begin with me."
Robert Muller
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
One says: “Your insult does not touch me.” How right these words are! The body feels a pain because it is hit or touched, because I offer a resistance. The mind can retract, offer no resistance and as a result not be touched or hurt. This is an art of living to be developed and taught. It will render ineffective and suppress much mental and verbal violence. Socrates was a great expert and teacher of it.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

If people could have for the world and humanity the same love they have today for their nation, it would be the biggest step ahead towards world peace.
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"What is required for effective change is continuity of sincere effort to release and let go of inefficient thought patterns from the past...Sincerity means a deeper heart commitment to the task. "

-Doc Childre,
Freeze Frame
HeartMath.com


If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable.

Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart
gratefulness.org, WORD FOR THE DAY
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

 

[GMW #828] Examples of New, Up To Date, Modern World Education

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[GMW #828] Examples of New, Up To Date, Modern World Education
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Idea Dreams 6001-6500

~ Idea 6079 ~
UNESCO should convene a World Conference on so-called ‘alternative educations’ like the Montessori, the Gandhi, the Rudolf Steiner, the Robert Muller and the United Nations Schools. They should be studied as examples of a new, up to date, modern world education.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Life is a stupendous embodiment, incarnation, vortex of divine, cosmic forces.
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Only the unity of all can being the well-being of all.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

People should spend their lives doing good and avoiding evil. Think for a moment of all the good you can do over a lifetime. It is incredible. We are indeed instruments of God on Earth. We are the greatest living tools of cosmic good. We are all servants of the UN, servants of the Earth, and servants of Humanity.


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Dear Sir,

Montessori of Macon has had a small middle school since 1997. We are now ready to consolidate all of our efforts using the World Core Curriculum framework that was highlighted in The Namta Journal Vol.18, No.3 Summer 1993.

We feel that the cohesiveness of this framework and Montessori's vision for the adolescent supports our school mission "to Educate the Whole Child for a Whole World".

I would appreciate any contacts that would support our endeavors, especially teachers that are involved in the implementation of this curriculum in the adolescent level. They should contact Tanya Melville Education Director, Montessori of Macon, (478) 757-8927 or information@montessoriofmacon.org.

I am grateful for any assistance that can make peace a reality for our world.

Yours Tanya Melville
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Butterfly Graphic"The child is not like an oak tree born as one growing stronger and taller, but like a butterfly in a constant state of metamorphosis."

-Dr. Maria Montessori

Montessori of Macon's five-year strategic plan, developed by the Board of Directors during the 2003 - 2004 school year, addressed the need to accommodate the school's projected increase in enrollment. At present, Montessori of Macon has 93 students. The projected growth of the school will bring this number to 200 - 250 students, which will double current current classroom space requirements.

In January of 2005, the Montessori of Macon community met, and after careful consideration of various options, voted to build a new facility. The structure will be approximately 12,000 square feet, and will be located in a setting which will be conducive to our outdoor curriculum. In accordance with our core value of stewardship of the earth, our mission will be to utilize "green" construction materials and techniques wherever possible. A community and sense of place will be created which will inspire and promote our mission to educate the whole child for a whole world.

This "Future Vision" section of our website will be devoted to news of our plans, and of the Capital Campaign which will be necessary to realize our vision.

Parents and staff are currently volunteering for several committees which are working enthusiastically on various aspects of planning for our new school.

As a part of our Future Vision, we are already focusing our attention on ecologically sound practices within our school and in our homes, including:

  • Limiting paper waste by disseminating information via email and online
  • Recycling of paper, aluminum, and plastic
  • Packing school lunches in re-usable containers

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by Dr. Robert Muller

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Monday, November 28, 2005

 

[GMW #827] Retired Generals & Admirals For Peace & Other Miracles

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[GMW #827] Retired Generals & Admirals For Peace & Other Miracles
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Peace

~ Idea 4200 ~

Mrs. Eirween Harbottle, the widow of General Harbottle who created the International Association of Retired Generals and Admirals for Peace wrote me a letter informing me of several of her activities but complained of her perennial problem: the lack of funds. In my answer to her I had this remark:

"It is natural that people and movements like ours have little money. If we had we would be on the other side of the fence. It has been like that throughout history.

When I see that my self-published nine volumes of 4000 ideas sell poorly, I smile with happiness, because it gives God and the saints an opportunity to do a miracle.

The miracle is that they are a goldmine of ideas and excerpts on innumerable world subjects. They are tantamount to hundreds of books.

Please start also a thousand ideas and dreams for world peace, including those you remember from your dear husband Michael. His soul will come during the night and relight them in your mind and heart. Ask him to do it.

Saints can be active only when solicited, prayed for."
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
The world always needs and produces fighters for the ‘underdog’ I was born a fighter for the planet, for humanity and for the individual underdogs of nations. The power of nations is totally out of proportion with the natural hierarchy of values of a planet.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

Many people look for hope and inspiration from the United Nations. However peace starts in your heart and mind, not in a meeting of the United Nations.
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Friday, November 25, 2005

 

[GMW #826] Nations & Religions Have No Right To Call For Inhumanity From Their Members

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[GMW #826] Nations & Religions Have No Right To Call For Inhumanity From Their Members
Friday 25 November 2005, Editor: Easy | RobertMuller.org | Contact | Subscribe | Unsubscribe |
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Peace

~ Idea 738 ~17 July 1996
After a speech to a group of Elderhostels visitors to the University for Peace, a member of the group told me that conscientious objection to military service was gaining ground in the US and in the world. I answered that I would go beyond that concept:

I was claiming the fundamental human right of every human being not to be trained to kill and to kill other human beings, not in the name of a nation or a religion nor of any other group.

These groups have no right to call for inhumanity from their members.

They have the duty to make peace with peaceful non-violent methods. That duty should be included in a Universal Declaration of Human Duties.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Life is to do something so beautifully that you can be proud of it. This should apply to all humanity.
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Humanity cannot be proud as long as there are wars and conflicts, atomic arms, hunger and unbearable injustices on this planet. The UN reflects the pride and shames of humanity.
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Have the courage of your dreams. Dreams always come true if you remain true to them. They seem to grow like children.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

New views, even if they are right and timely, are called heresies and are bitterly fought by the opponents of change. Thus the UN is called a heresy by isolationists and is bitterly fought by them.
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Thursday, November 24, 2005

 

[GMW #825] Finding Happiness Whereever You Are

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[GMW #825] Finding Happiness Whereever You Are
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Planet Of Hope

You do not have to go very far to find happiness. You can find it wherever you are.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience the extreme happiness of being alive. Each day is a resurrection, a new birth.
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To live happily, live hidden. Be an extension of God in quietness, in the stillness of your soul.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Retirement is the grand pay-off period. What a joy it can be to repay life and society for all they gave us!
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

If the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation or any other foundation in the world convened people from around the globe in one place to study and confer on all the world's problems, issues, challenges, discoveries, plans and dreams, they would receive worldwide acclaim. Well, this is exactly what the United Nations and its specialized agencies do, but rarely is the UN congratulated or offered financial support. On the contrary, we are criticized, placed on the defensive, harassed by investigating committees, accused of bureaucracy and of spending too much.
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If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable.
Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart


- Gratefulness.org

"What is required for effective change is continuity of sincere effort to release and let go of inefficient thought patterns from the past...Sincerity means a deeper heart commitment to the task. "

-Doc Childre,
Freeze Frame

- HeartMath.com
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

 

[GMW #824] Yearly UN Peace Prizes

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[GMW #824] Yearly UN Peace Prizes
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Ending War

~ Idea 1244 ~ 6 December 1997

The Nobel Prize for Peace should be given in the year 2000 to the United Nations for its remarkable success in practically eliminating international wars.

The Prize should be used by the UN to create means and actions for the solution and reduction of internal ethnic and religious conflicts which still prevail in the world or to endow yearly UN peace prizes.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
There is great urgency to foster racial equality by every possible means, were it only to prevent that tomorrow when other races will be in command they will not turn against their former oppressors and say: “Now it is your turn to suffer. We will make you pay.”
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

Dag Hammarskjold and a UN journalist were walking back to their offices after a press conference by the Secretary-General. The journalist commented sadly:

"Isn't it a shame that the UN is not taken more seriously. Several newspapers are closing their offices at the UN. The questions put to you were so critical, so unfair. Several non-governmental organizations are also giving up."

Dag Hammarskjold stopped walking, looked sternly at the journalist and said:

"I do not see any problem. You and I remain, and as long as there is one person on Earth who believes and acts for the right course, there is no reason to despair."
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

 

[GMW #823] Establishing Useful World Priorities That Benefit Humanity & Nature

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[GMW #822] Establishing Useful World Priorities That Benefit Humanity & Nature
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Idea Dreams 6001-6500

I mention a few of what should be world priorities:

the care of the Earth, her waters, her air, her soils, her seas and oceans
to get rid of colossal expenses for militarism and armaments, especially atomic ones
an expected population explosion of three billion more people in the poor countries
climate changes, overbuilt cities, painful transportation systems, etc.

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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
To be lasting an artist and writer must be a prophet of good, hope and happiness He must deal with the essentials of life and give inspirational, uplifting, reassuring answers.
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Art must be a source of joy and hope.
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Art is spirituality. Art is thought. Art is imagination. Art is feeling. Art is action. Art is the highest expression of life, of being. Art and life must be one.
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Art encapsulates life. It makes our lives and dreams durable.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

Comment of a UN journalist:

"The situation is excellent for UN correspondents, because the international situation is getting worse."

Comment of a UN correspondent:

"Mr. Muller, we have it so good these days: there is Afghanistan, the war between Iran and Iraq, and lots of other troubles. I fear the moment when all this is settled. What will we do? Our bosses are likely to close our offices."

*Re: [GMW #821] A Code of Ethics and Shared Responsibilities

From Vicky Rossi,
Re: [GMW #821] A Code of Ethics and Shared Responsibilities

With regard the International Council of Human Duties, according to my research it does not seem to be particularly active right now. However, there are other Declarations of Human Duties. One in particular is very comprehensive. It was created by the Valencia Third Millennium Foundation under the auspices of UNESCO and it can be found at the University of Ottawa site http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/publicat/valencia/valenc23.html There is also a Declaration of Human Responsibilities by the Interaction Council to be found at http://www.interactioncouncil.org/.

I would also categorise the Earth Charter as a Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities even if it does not bear that name. The Earth Charter +5 conference was held in Amsterdam 7-9 November. Having attended the event, I feel uplifted by the way the ethical principals of the Charter are being implemented by people all over the world. Good Morning World subscribers might be interested in visiting www.earthcharter.org to see reports from that +5 event.

With best wishes as ever

Vicky
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Monday, November 21, 2005

 

[GMW #822] Transforming Parks To Peace, Human Rights and Ecological Parks

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[GMW #822] Transforming Parks To Peace, Human Rights and Ecological Parks
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Peace

~ Idea 2064 ~

The rose garden adjacent to the visitors' entrance of the United Nations in New York and the vast Parc des Nations of the UN in Geneva should be transformed into Peace and Human Rights Parks open to people.

Statues and busts of great peacemakers and human rights defenders should be erected on them, following our example at the University for Peace in Costa Rica.

The vaster Park in Geneva could also be made into an ecological demonstration center for the public.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
We had eyes, ears and brains long before we had passports and a nationality. Before being Americans, Russians, Chinese or whatever, we were human beings. The human society must be reconstructed on that fundamental truth.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

As the optimist-in-residence at the UN I say to an optimist:

"Global institutions are our greatest chance to turn the tide."

To a pessimist I say:

"There is no alternative to global institutions in the world of today'.

To a UN hater I say:

"Alright, I accept your criticisms. Let us then abolish the UN, but what would you create instead?"

If the people strongly supported the UN, governments could not say to me: "Mr. Muller, why should we do what your propose? Our people do not support the UN."
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From Connie: PEACE PRAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD:

Hindu Prayer for Peace

Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the Real.
Oh God, lead us from darkness to light.
Oh God, lead us from death to immortality.
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.

O Lord God Almighty may there be peace in Celestial regions.
May there be peace on earth.
May the waters be appeasing.
May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to all.
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
May thy Vedic Law propagate peace all through the world.

May all things be a source of peace to us.
And may thy peace itself bestow peace on all.
And may that peace come to me also.


Buddhist Prayer for Peace

May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wildernesses - the children, the aged, the unprotected - be guarded by beneficent celestials,
and may they quickly attain Buddhahood.


Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace

We pray to God to eradicate all the misery in the world:
that understanding triumph over ignorance,
that generosity triumph over indifference,
that trust triumph over contempt, and
that truth triumph over falsehood.


Jainist Prayer for Peace

Peace and Universal Love is the essence of the Gospel preached by all the Enlightened Ones.
The Lord has preached that equanimity is the Dharma.
Forgive do I, creatures all,
and let all creatures forgive me.
Unto all have I amity, and unto none enmity.
Know that violence is the root cause of all miseries in the world.
Violence in fact, is the knot of bondage.
"Do not injure any living being."
This is the eternal, perennial, and unalterable
way of spiritual life.

A weapon, howsoever powerful it may be,
can always be superseded by a superior one;
but no weapon can, however,
be superior to non-violence and love.


Jewish Prayer for Peace

Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, that we may walk the paths of the most high.
And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares, and our spears into pruning hooks.
Nations shall not lift up sword against nation - neither shall they learn war any more.
And none shall be afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.


Shinto Prayer for Peace

Although the people living across the ocean surrounding us, I believe, are all our brothers and sisters, why are there constant troubles in this world?
Why do winds and waves rise in the ocean surrounding us?
I only earnestly wish that the wind will soon puff away all the clouds which are hanging over the tops of the mountains.


Native African Prayer for Peace


Almighty God, the Great Thumb
we cannot evade to tie any knot:
The Roaring Thunder that splits mighty trees;
the all-seeing Lord up on high who sees
even the footprints of an antelope on a rock mass here on earth.
You are the one who does not hesitate to respond to our call.
You are the cornerstone of peace.


Native American Prayer for Peace

O Great spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you;
To your messengers in the four winds, and
to Mother Earth who provides for your children.
Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect, and to be kind to each other, so that they may grow with peace in mind.

Let us learn to share all good things that you provide for us on this Earth.


Muslim Prayer for Peace


In the name of Allah the beneficent, the merciful. Praise be to the Lord of the Universe, who has created us and made us into tribes and nations that we may know each other, not that we may despise each other.
If the enemy incline towards peace, do thou also incline towards peace, and trust God, for the Lord is the one that heareth and knoweth all things.
And the servants of God, most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in Humility, and when we address them, we say "PEACE."


The Baha'i Prayer for Peace

Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home
to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew upon the soil of the human heart,
and a fruit upon the tree of humility.


Sikh prayer for Peace

God adjudges us according to our deeds, not the clothes that we wear;
That truth is above everything, but higher still is truthful living.
Know that we attain God when we love, and only that victory endures in consequences of which no one is defeated.


Christian Prayer for Peace

Blessed are the Peacemakers
for they shall be known as the Children of God.
But I say to you that hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
To those who strike you on the cheek offer the other also, and from those who take away your cloak, do not withhold your coat as well.
Give to everyone who begs from you, and of those who take away your goods, do not ask them again.
And as you wish that others would to do you,
do so to them.



ABOUT JAMES TWYMAN:
James Twyman often says that the foundation of his work is found in the peace prayers from the twelve major religions of the world. On October 28, 1986, the leaders of these religions came to Assisi, Italy, the home of St. Francis, to offer the prayers of peace from their traditions. In 1994 James took those prayers and in less than two hours arranged them to music. He has performed the prayers around the world to tens of thousands of people.

http://www.emissaryoflight.com/_.aspx?content=peaceprayers&t_t=6

If it is to be, it's up to me, and you, so "It's Up To Us"!!!


Robert Muller To Be Honored For His
Lifetime Dedication to World Peace and Global Education


The New York Open Center
Cordially Invites You To Our
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

6:15 Cocktails
7:15 Dinner, Awards and Dancing
The Boathouse at Central Park
Entrance at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue
RSVP by November 17th using the enclosed envelope
or by phone 212-219-2527 ext. 102/103
or e-mail gala@opencenter.org.

Note: Car and taxi traf¥c are permitted in Central Park until 7:00 pm.
Throughout the evening, there will be a Trolley and an Open Center van at
72nd Street and Fifth Avenue shuttling guests to and from the Boathouse.
Please see enclosed card for more details, including parking information.

Honoring

Joan Bokaer
Outstanding Contribution to the Analysis and Coverage of
the Religious Far Right

Dr. Fu-Kiau Bunseki, PhD
Foremost Scholar in America of Central African Traditional Philosophy

Dr. Robert Muller
Lifetime Dedication to World Peace and Global Education

21st Anniversary
Gala Awards Celebration

Dr. Robert Muller devoted a 38-year career to the United Nations,
focused on world peace. During his tenure, Dr. Muller was called the
ÒPhilosopherÓ and ÒProphet of HopeÓ of the U.N. He retired in the position
of Assistant Secretary-General in 1986. Dr. Muller has made extraordinary
contributions to global education through the development of a World
Core Curriculum, for which he earned the UNESCO Peace Education Prize
in 1989. There are 34 Robert Muller Schools around the world. In addition,
he is Chancellor Emeritus of the UN University for Peace in Costa Rica. In
recognition of his achievements, Dr. Muller received the Albert Schweitzer
International Prize for the Humanities, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Man of
Vision Award. He has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.


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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

Please rate this book on Amazon. (Paperback - 2005 - $12.95)
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Please make checks payable to Amare Media LLC. Each copy $12.95, plus $3.99 for shipping and handling.For all orders shipped to California, please add $1.00 (7.75% Sales Tax)
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In praise of Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness: "When people ask who made a difference in your life, besides my family and Jerry, I always answer Robert Muller, since 1984 when I first heard him speak with his global perspective and joy. Most of All They Taught Me Happiness will show you how being happy may even be a life saver."
- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Friday, November 18, 2005

 

[GMW #821] A Code of Ethics and Shared Responsibilities

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[GMW #821] A Code of Ethics and Shared Responsibilities
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Religion & Spirituality

~ Idea 301 ~7 May 1995
The United Nations has done a great work for human rights.

But the time has also come to raise the question of human duties and responsibilities.

I am glad that an International Council of Human Duties has been created in Trieste, Italy, under the chairladyship of Professora Rita Levi Montalcini. The Declaration will be submitted to a youth conference in San Francisco on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter.

I signed the Declaration with delight. I recommend that the UN celebrate in 1998 the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and begin work on the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities.

DECLARATION OF HUMAN DUTIES
a code of Ethics and Shared Responsibilities
(The Trieste Declaration)

IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY HUMAN BEING TO:

1. respect human dignity as well as ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.

2. work against racial injustice and all discrimination of women, and the abuse and exploitation of children.

3. work for the improvement in the quality of life of aged and disabled persons.

4. respect human life and condemn the sale of human beings or parts of the living human body.

5. support efforts to improve the life of people suffering from hunger, misery, disease or unemployment.

6. promote effective voluntary family planning in order to regulate world population growth.

7. support actions for an equitable distribution of world resources.

8. avoid energy waste and work for reduction of the use of fossil fuels. Promote the use of inexhaustible energy sources, representing a minimum of environmental and health risks.

9. protect nature from pollution and abuse, promote conservation of natural resources and the restoration of degraded environments.

10. respect and preserve the genetic diversity of living organisms and promote constant scrutiny of the application of genetic technologies.

11. promote improvement of urban and rural regions and support endeavors to eliminate the causes of environmental destruction and impoverishment which can lead to massive migrations of people and overpopulation in urban areas.

12. work for maintenance of world peace, condemn war, terrorism and all other hostile activities by calling for decreased military spending in all countries and of the proliferation and dissemination of arms, in particular, weapons of mass destruction.

signed on 7 May 1995
Robert Muller
Chancellor
University for Peace

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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Creation is beautiful if we love it and ugly if we hate it. Beauty is often a child of our mind. We can be co-creators with God of the beauty of our planet, of Paradise Earth.
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If everyone on Earth would sweep in front of his home we would have a clean planet.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

The UN is a heroic organization: it tackles the most intractable problems of humanity: peace, justice, disarmament, human rights, racial equality, hunger, illiteracy, the environment, equality of the sexes, epidemics, drugs, violence, etc. As all heroes, it deserves at least some encouragement and love from the people.
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Robert Muller To Be Honored For His
Lifetime Dedication to World Peace and Global Education


The New York Open Center
Cordially Invites You To Our
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

6:15 Cocktails
7:15 Dinner, Awards and Dancing
The Boathouse at Central Park
Entrance at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue
RSVP by November 17th using the enclosed envelope
or by phone 212-219-2527 ext. 102/103
or e-mail gala@opencenter.org.

Note: Car and taxi traf¥c are permitted in Central Park until 7:00 pm.
Throughout the evening, there will be a Trolley and an Open Center van at
72nd Street and Fifth Avenue shuttling guests to and from the Boathouse.
Please see enclosed card for more details, including parking information.

Honoring

Joan Bokaer
Outstanding Contribution to the Analysis and Coverage of
the Religious Far Right

Dr. Fu-Kiau Bunseki, PhD
Foremost Scholar in America of Central African Traditional Philosophy

Dr. Robert Muller
Lifetime Dedication to World Peace and Global Education

21st Anniversary
Gala Awards Celebration

Honorees for 2005
Joan Bokaer is the founder and director of TheocracyWatch. Her
expertise on the fundamentalist, Pentecostal and Evangelical churches led
her to a public mission to inform and raise awareness about the agenda of
the Religious Right in US government. She is an educator, a nuclear disarmament
and environmental activist and the founder of Eco Village at Ithaca
(New York), a model of innovative approaches to ecological and social
sustainability.

Fu-Kiau K. Bunseki, PhD is a highly distinguished scholar of African
culture and a seminal ¥gure in exploring and revitalizing the Bantu-Kongo
tradition. He is also the author of numerous books. Dr. Bunseki has been a
visiting lecturer at many universities including TuftsÕ Department of Anthropology
and YaleÕs Department of Black Studies. He has consulted for Oxfam
America and the Boston Zoological Society.

Dr. Robert Muller devoted a 38-year career to the United Nations,
focused on world peace. During his tenure, Dr. Muller was called the
ÒPhilosopherÓ and ÒProphet of HopeÓ of the U.N. He retired in the position
of Assistant Secretary-General in 1986. Dr. Muller has made extraordinary
contributions to global education through the development of a World
Core Curriculum, for which he earned the UNESCO Peace Education Prize
in 1989. There are 34 Robert Muller Schools around the world. In addition,
he is Chancellor Emeritus of the UN University for Peace in Costa Rica. In
recognition of his achievements, Dr. Muller received the Albert Schweitzer
International Prize for the Humanities, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Man of
Vision Award. He has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
*

Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

Please rate this book on Amazon. (Paperback - 2005 - $12.95)
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Please make checks payable to Amare Media LLC. Each copy $12.95, plus $3.99 for shipping and handling.For all orders shipped to California, please add $1.00 (7.75% Sales Tax)
To order from Amazon: Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
In praise of Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness: "When people ask who made a difference in your life, besides my family and Jerry, I always answer Robert Muller, since 1984 when I first heard him speak with his global perspective and joy. Most of All They Taught Me Happiness will show you how being happy may even be a life saver."
- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Thursday, November 17, 2005

 

[GMW #820] First Cabinet Meeting of the First Earth and Humanity Government

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[GMW #820] First Cabinet Meeting of the First Earth and Humanity Government
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Ending War

~ Idea 4501 ~
First Cabinet Meeting of the First Earth and Humanity Government

Start with meditation and prayer

The President:

1. The Minister of Happiness and Hope will address all the peoples of the world promising them happiness and giving them hope.

2. Announcement that all productions and sales of armaments are stopped, yielding the world savings of a half a trillion dollars which will be used for the hungry, the homeless and other social services.

3. All currencies exchanges are frozen at the current rate until a world currency is created.

4. All armaments, nuclear bombs, etc. will be destroyed by the militaries for whom new employments will be found starting with the creation of a World Police Service, incorporating all current national police forces, and of a World Environment Service.

5. Appeal to all newspapers, medias, radios and television not to broadcast any bad news.

6. Newspapers should limit themselves to a maximum of ten pages.

7. All national parliaments should meet forthwith and review their agendas to bring about proper world government.

8. All religions of the world should join in common prayers with their people for a peaceful, just, happy humanity and well-preserved Earth.

9. Toy manufacturers must stop immediately the production of war and violent toys. Existing stocks in all toy shops, wholesales and factories in the world are to be destroyed.

10. Appeal to people to avoid unnecessary travels, automobile driving and damages to the environment.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
If only all peace movements and world good causes groups would know how much they could achieve if they supported and sought the support of the UN!

The environmentalists understood the importance of the UN. They brought their concern to the UN, obtained the first world conference on the environment in Stockholm in 1972 which changed the course of the world. Prior to the decision of the UN to convene the first world environment conference there was not a single Ministry of the Environment on this planet. Today, there is not a country without one.

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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

Moses gathered sixty of his disciples to appoint them as prophets, but two of them did not show up. They were already out educating the people. Moses exclaimed:

"Oh how I wish that all the people of Israel follow their example and became prophets!"

I express the same wish for the 5 billion people of Earth. Become prophets of the UN, of peace and of a better world. The result will be no wars, armaments or militaries anymore.
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"A good rest is half the work."

-Yugoslav Proverb - From HeartMath.com

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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

 

[GMW #819] Learning & Savoring Happiness - Part Of The Art Of Living

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[GMW #819] Learning & Savoring Happiness - Part Of The Art Of Living
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Planet Of Hope

It is usually at dawn, when I write, dream, watch the sunrise and am alone with myself, that I feel the deepest and most tranquil moments of happiness. Happiness in peace and also in action: the two must be practiced, learned and savored as part of the art of living.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
No nation has an absolute right to its wealth which comes from God and from the inventions and exertions of billions of humans all over the world for eons of time. Each nation must contribute in turn to the progress of humanity and to the wealth of this planet. It must receive an equal share of the returns but it cannot want all.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 7

Those remembered by humanity are people who gave their human brothers and sisters a sense of faith, hope, belief in life, elevation, beauty and pride to be human. Their recompense is normal
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Robert Muller To Be Honored For His
Lifetime Dedication to World Peace and Global Education


The New York Open Center
Cordially Invites You To Our
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

6:15 Cocktails
7:15 Dinner, Awards and Dancing
The Boathouse at Central Park
Entrance at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue
RSVP by November 17th using the enclosed envelope
or by phone 212-219-2527 ext. 102/103
or e-mail gala@opencenter.org.

Note: Car and taxi traf¥c are permitted in Central Park until 7:00 pm.
Throughout the evening, there will be a Trolley and an Open Center van at
72nd Street and Fifth Avenue shuttling guests to and from the Boathouse.
Please see enclosed card for more details, including parking information.

Honoring

Joan Bokaer
Outstanding Contribution to the Analysis and Coverage of
the Religious Far Right

Dr. Fu-Kiau Bunseki, PhD
Foremost Scholar in America of Central African Traditional Philosophy

Dr. Robert Muller
Lifetime Dedication to World Peace and Global Education

21st Anniversary
Gala Awards Celebration

Honorees for 2005
Joan Bokaer is the founder and director of TheocracyWatch. Her
expertise on the fundamentalist, Pentecostal and Evangelical churches led
her to a public mission to inform and raise awareness about the agenda of
the Religious Right in US government. She is an educator, a nuclear disarmament
and environmental activist and the founder of Eco Village at Ithaca
(New York), a model of innovative approaches to ecological and social
sustainability.

Fu-Kiau K. Bunseki, PhD is a highly distinguished scholar of African
culture and a seminal ¥gure in exploring and revitalizing the Bantu-Kongo
tradition. He is also the author of numerous books. Dr. Bunseki has been a
visiting lecturer at many universities including TuftsÕ Department of Anthropology
and YaleÕs Department of Black Studies. He has consulted for Oxfam
America and the Boston Zoological Society.

Dr. Robert Muller devoted a 38-year career to the United Nations,
focused on world peace. During his tenure, Dr. Muller was called the
ÒPhilosopherÓ and ÒProphet of HopeÓ of the U.N. He retired in the position
of Assistant Secretary-General in 1986. Dr. Muller has made extraordinary
contributions to global education through the development of a World
Core Curriculum, for which he earned the UNESCO Peace Education Prize
in 1989. There are 34 Robert Muller Schools around the world. In addition,
he is Chancellor Emeritus of the UN University for Peace in Costa Rica. In
recognition of his achievements, Dr. Muller received the Albert Schweitzer
International Prize for the Humanities, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Man of
Vision Award. He has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
*

Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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Please make checks payable to Amare Media LLC. Each copy $12.95, plus $3.99 for shipping and handling.For all orders shipped to California, please add $1.00 (7.75% Sales Tax)
To order from Amazon: Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
In praise of Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness: "When people ask who made a difference in your life, besides my family and Jerry, I always answer Robert Muller, since 1984 when I first heard him speak with his global perspective and joy. Most of All They Taught Me Happiness will show you how being happy may even be a life saver."
- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

 

[GMW #818] Contemplation Of Planets & Star-studded Heaven Each Evening

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[GMW #818] Contemplation Of Planets & Star-studded Heaven Each Evening
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Idea Dreams 6001-6500

Idea 6028
“What a progress it would be if in the current circumstances each of us would devote every evening three minutes to the silent contemplation of the planets in the endless, star-studded heaven.”

- A quotations from my compatriot Albert Schweitzer from Alsace-Lorraine, a province of France on the border with Germany.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Do not expect happiness to fall from heaven. Earn it, affirm it, cultivate it, treat it with loving care.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

I do not understand why people do not love the UN and make it the object of their concern and support. The United Nations and world unity must become the concerns of all people.
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From Barbara:

Hello Good Morning World,
Robert is to be honored at the 21st Gala Awards Celebration by the New York Open Center as in this forwarded announcement

Those readers who live in NY who may enjoy an end of year tax deduction and can meet Robert and I and his grandchildren all in one gala evening. Robert has a very special speech planned and no one should miss it!!
Thank you Easy and thanks..Love, Barbara



Dear Barbara,
Here attached is the beautiful Open Center Gala Awards Dinner invitation and reply card which describes the tickets, in PDF format. Thank you so much for circulating this Announcement. If you begin displaying it on your Good Morning World emails, please feel free to direct inquiries to gala@opencenter.org.
Many Cheers,
New York Open Center
www.opencenter.org
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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To order: Telephone: 800-727-2782 Email: Becky@ParaPublishing.com Fax: 805-968-1379 Mail: Amare Media c/o Para Publishing, PO Box 8206 Santa Barbara, CA 93118-8206
Please make checks payable to Amare Media LLC. Each copy $12.95, plus $3.99 for shipping and handling.For all orders shipped to California, please add $1.00 (7.75% Sales Tax)
To order from Amazon: Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
In praise of Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness: "When people ask who made a difference in your life, besides my family and Jerry, I always answer Robert Muller, since 1984 when I first heard him speak with his global perspective and joy. Most of All They Taught Me Happiness will show you how being happy may even be a life saver."
- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Monday, November 14, 2005

 

[GMW #817] Waking Up To Beautiful News Each Day

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[GMW #817] Waking Up To Beautiful News Each Day
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Peace

~ Idea 326 ~ 1 June 1995

Who on Earth will publish the first newspaper which will have only good news, or good news in the first pages, neutral, factual news and information in the middle, and bad news in the last?

Could not all the media of the world adopt such presentation and thus contribute to a better, happier, more peaceful, hopeful human society?

Does a family wake up and speak only about bad news?

Why should the entire human family do it and start every morning with depressing news?

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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
You must keep your entire human being clean and pure: your body, your mind, your heart and your soul. Keep all dirt away from your marvelous cosmic unit. Be a clear crystal of happiness on beautiful planet Earth in the universe
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

When I expressed surprise at this unusually kind treatment of the UN by the New York Times, Abe Rosenthal one of the chief editors, answered:

"Well, we thought that it was about time to say a little hello to our neighbor."

We should not spend so much time defending the UN. All our strength, hearts and minds should be engaged to devise new dreams and efforts for a better world and to make the UN succeed.
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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In praise of Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness: "When people ask who made a difference in your life, besides my family and Jerry, I always answer Robert Muller, since 1984 when I first heard him speak with his global perspective and joy. Most of All They Taught Me Happiness will show you how being happy may even be a life saver."
- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Friday, November 11, 2005

 

[GMW #816] Speaking From The Heart In Politics & Intellectual Speech

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[GMW #816] Speaking From The Heart In Politics & Intellectual Speech
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Religion & Spirituality

~ Idea 1902 ~
Delegates to the UN should use more often the word love in their speeches which are too political, too intellectual. Former Secretary General U Thant regretted that he seldom heard the word spirituality in UN meetings. I regret that I seldom hear the word love. Every UN delegate speaking should have before him a "heart stick" as the indigenous people have to remind them that they should speak from the heart. I use such a stick.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Watch your language: bad vocabulary engenders bad thoughts which engender bad actions. Good vocabulary fosters good thoughts and good actions. Your words are both your soul’s projections and horses.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

As a very old man and delegate to the UN, the French human rights fighter and Nobel Prize winner, Ren6 Cassin, was known to spend his weekends in his hotel writing dozens of letters by hand advocating his cause. Returning to the French delegation on Monday mornings, he would send these letters asking people to act upon his ideas. I have followed his example and think more people should too.
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Dear Robert and Barbara,
I was distressed to read of the fire in your garage but delighted with the outcome -- someone above is indeed looking over you.
Warmest regards to both of you,
Joanne


Dear Barbara and Robert,
Praise God that you are both ok. I will surround both of you in prayer for a quick recovery.
Sending showers of love, strength, peace, and healing your way
Debbie

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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

Please rate this book on Amazon. (Paperback - 2005 - $12.95)
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Please make checks payable to Amare Media LLC. Each copy $12.95, plus $3.99 for shipping and handling.For all orders shipped to California, please add $1.00 (7.75% Sales Tax)
To order from Amazon: Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
In praise of Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness: "When people ask who made a difference in your life, besides my family and Jerry, I always answer Robert Muller, since 1984 when I first heard him speak with his global perspective and joy. Most of All They Taught Me Happiness will show you how being happy may even be a life saver."
- Dr. Diane Cirincione, Co-Author, Change Your Mind Change Your Life.
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Thursday, November 10, 2005

 

[GMW #815] Joy And Happiness Are Yardsticks Of Our Life-Performance

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[GMW #815] Joy And Happiness Are Yardsticks Of Our Life-Performance
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Planet Of Hope

We are rewarded with joys and happiness for the way we live our lives. This is how nature and God recompense us. Joy and happiness are therefore important yardsticks of our life-performance. To dwell with the subject of happiness is to seek the real purpose of our life.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
As you go to rest or take a siesta, think that you have decided to live to the age of 100 and visualize all the long years your body, organs, heart and senses will still have to work. Result: a deeper rest and relaxation and the wise decision not to overtax your body.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

Do not be afraid to have a utopian idea, dream or vision for the world. Usually it is these dreams that work. Remember what Arthur Schopenhauer said:

"All truth passes through three stages:

First it is ridiculed; Second it is violently opposed; Third it is accepted as self-evident."
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by Dr. Robert Muller

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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

 

[GMW #814] Believing In Peace Makes It Now Possible

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[GMW #814] Believing In Peace Makes It Now Possible
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Ending War

~ Idea 1884 ~

The old generations never believed that peace was possible on this planet.

Youth believes it today and therefore peace will now be possible.

I hope that the first World Conference of Youth Ministers in Portugal will produce a comprehensive list of the beliefs of youth. These could be:

- there will never be any more world and international wars on this planet

- religious and ethnic wars will also vanish in the 21st century

- violence will be substantially reduced on this planet in the years to come

- we will see the birth of a proper Earth government in the 21st century

- a decent well-being will be assured to all humans on Earth

- the world population will soon be stabilized

- people will live more frugal, simple and happy lives, and our miraculous Earth will be respected, preserved and beautified to an incredible degree

- humanity will see a spiritual Renaissance and transcend itself into a spiritual union with the universe and time

- we will live in harmony and cooperation with the Earth, with each other, with the past and the future and with the heavens

- alcohol, drugs and smoking will disappear from this planet

- our planet will be demilitarized and denuclearized; its security will be assured by a proper world central security system.

- we will make it the most fabulous century of human history, the ultimate success of evolution, of the universe and God, the attainment of paradise to Earth

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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
We always expect a lot from life. But isn’t life also expecting a lot from us? Mustn’t we be of service to life, to our miraculous Mother Earth who gave birth to all of us?
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Memories are a second chance at happiness.
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I write only what I love. What happens to the fruit is not of concern to the tree.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

Each human wants to have a good conscience but seldom does one ask what he or she can do for a better world. This is why the question of peace is left to the United Nations without much public interest or support for the organization. I pity those who at their death have no answer to God's question:

"What have you done for peace and a better world?"
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

 

[GMW #813] Convening The First Climate Change Conference Of The UN

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[GMW #813] Convening The First Climate Change Conference Of The UN
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Idea Dreams 6001-6500

~ Idea 6058 ~

I am so happy to have convened in 1979 the first UN conference on climatic changes. I was criticized at the time for raising a problem which was not real.

Well, by the year 2000, it became a reality, vastly discussed in the world, especially due to the fact that so many people died as a result of unprecedented heat periods during the summer in several countries. Was it necessary to come to that for governments to wake up? Why did we lose 20 years?
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Having found it myself, I would like to help others to see the unlimited beauty and meaning of the incredible gift of life.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 7

No other institution on Earth should be looked at with less prejudice than the UN. If viewed with prejudice, you will never see the true image of our planet and of humanity.
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Dear Barbara and Robert,
Praise God that you are both ok. I will surround both of you in prayer for a quick recovery.
Sending showers of love, strength, peace, and healing your way
Debbie

Thank you, Barbara,

I just read you "Decide to be married" poem and was deeply touched. You are such a blessing and a treasure on this planet.

Love,
Judi


The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.

Jalaluddin Rumi - Word For The Day

Laughter is inner jogging. Norman Cousins - Word For The Day
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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-Vicki Robin, co-author Your Money or Your Life, founder Conversation Cafes.
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Monday, November 07, 2005

 

[GMW #812] Individual, Couple & Family Initiatives For A Better Environment

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[GMW #812] Individual, Couple & Family Initiatives For A Better Environment
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Peace

~ Idea 4191 ~

Many works for peace and a better environment are the result of individual, personal initiatives.

Cases of common work and initiatives by couples are also increasing in the world.

More initiatives could be taken by families.

This could be a great contribution to peace and to a well-preserved Earth. I wonder if during the United Nations International Year of the Family this was dealt with as a subject of substantial promise.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
What the world needs most is a profound, avant-garde commitment for life and for the Earth. They should be on the pedestal of our concerns. The next century should be declared the Century of Life and of the Earth. It should open with a World Year of Life and of the Earth.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

If only all of the people on this planet could decide to do something for a better world. Most people give up and consider the world hopeless. As a result, it becomes hopeless.
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Robert's records and books not harmed by Friday morning fire

Local News

Fire spares records, author's books

11/5/05

By HILDY MEDINA
Santa Barbara NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

A fire on Friday morning came close to destroying records and archives belonging to a former United Nations assistant secretary-general.

The records and 3,000 recently shipped editions of Robert Muller's book "Most of All They Taught Me Happiness," were spared in the garage fire at his Goleta home in the 7400 block of Evergreen Drive.

"Not a single (book) was touched," said Mr. Muller, 82. "My whole life has always been very complicated but very miraculous."

The author of 14 books, Mr. Muller worked for the U.N. for 38 years and helped coordinate the work of 32 specialized U.N. agencies and world programs. He received the Albert Schweitzer International Prize for Humanities in 1993 and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize numerous times.

Mr. Muller's detailed notes of his meetings with world leaders, as well as telegrams and letters dating back 40 years, are in three-ring binders neatly stacked on shelves several feet from where the blaze started. Many of his books are still in the boxes they arrived in three weeks ago.

The fire did destroy a wall, part of the roof, several pieces of art and various household items.

Barbara Gaughen Muller, Mr. Muller's wife, said that an hour before the fire was discovered, she smelled a burning odor coming from the garage but couldn't find its source.

They were preparing breakfast when Ms. Muller noticed smoke coming from the garage and went in to investigate. She said a common wall between the home and the garage was engulfed in flames.

"I'm a fireman's daughter. I knew it was an electrical fire, so I smothered it," she said.

Firefighters arrived shortly after Ms. Muller discovered the fire and had it out in 25 minutes.

Santa Barbara County Fire Department officials say the blaze was sparked by an electrical short in a wire attached to an automatic sprinkler timer.

"It was hidden behind some toilet paper," said Ms. Muller.

Two smoke alarms in the home had been disconnected a few weeks earlier because they kept going off during a dinner party. If the fire had occurred while the Mullers were sleeping, they might not have survived the blaze, fire officials said.

Mr. Muller, a French Resistance fighter who survived a Nazi prison camp, said he doesn't take his luck lightly.

"It's incredible," he said.

e-mail: hmedina@newspress.com

RAFAEL MALDONADO / NEWS-PRESS PHOTO

Robert Muller plays Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" on his harmonica after a garage fire in his Goleta home Friday was extinguished before it destroyed archives from his years with the United Nations.

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-Vicki Robin, co-author Your Money or Your Life, founder Conversation Cafes.
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Friday, November 04, 2005

 

[GMW #811] Remember this beautiful Earth is a paradise and each human being is a miracle

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[GMW #811] Remember this beautiful Earth is a paradise and each human being is a miracle
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Religion & Spirituality

~ Idea 1845 ~
In his last public statement in 1955 Albert Einstein said, "We appeal as human beings to human beings. Remember your humanity and forget the rest."

This is a very profound statement. In my last public statement I would say: "Remember this beautiful Earth is a paradise and each human being is a miracle."

Love of humans for humaneness and for this beautiful Earth must be the agenda of the next stage of our evolution.

Next will be to reach a total union with the universe and the eternal stream of time and do what is expected from us by God, by the Great Spirit, by evolution, by the universe, or whatever you wish to call it.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
To be a peacemaker is to ask God each morning; “What more can I do today for the good of the world?”
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

At the UN, many visitors bring us good ideas, a good heart, little projects, great projects, and their concern and love for the world and humanity.

I sometimes wonder what visitors are bringing to the Pentagon and military academies.
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Thank you, Barbara!

I just read you "Decide to be married" poem and was deeply touched. You are such a blessing and a treasure on this planet.

Love, Judi

A Miraculous Time in History

by Dr. Robert Muller

http://www.thinkingpeace.com/pages/Articles/Archive1/arts002.html
[An article about Robert's talk in San Francisco a couple of years ago.]

Dr. Robert Muller, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations, now Chancellor emeritus of the University of Peace in Costa Rica was one of the people who witnessed the founding of the U.N. and has worked in support of or inside the U.N. ever since.

Recently he was in San Francisco to be honored for his service to the world through the U.N. and through his writings and teachings for peace. At age eighty, Dr. Muller surprised, even stunned, many in the audience that day with his most positive assessment of where the world stands now regarding war and peace. I was there at the gathering and I myself was stunned by his remarks. What he said turned my head around and offered me a new way to see what is going on in the world. My synopsis of his remarks is below:

"I'm so honored to be here," he said. "I'm so honored to be alive at such a miraculous time in history. I'm so moved by what's going on in our world today." (I was shocked. I thought -- Where has he been? What has he been reading? Has he seen the newspapers? Is he senile? Has he lost it? What is he talking about?)

Dr. Muller proceeded to say, "Never before in the history of the world has there been a global, visible, public, viable, open dialogue and conversation about the very legitimacy of war." The whole world is in now having this critical and historic dialogue--listening to all kinds of points of view and positions about going to war or not going to war. In a huge global public conversation the world is asking -- "Is war legitimate? Is it illegitimate? Is there enough evidence to warrant an attack? Is there not enough evidence to warrant an attack? What will be the consequences? The costs? What will happen after a war? How will this set off other conflicts? What might be peaceful alternatives? What kind of negotiations are we not thinking of? What are the real intentions for declaring war?"

All of this, he noted, is taking place in the context of the United Nations Security Council, the body that was established in 1949 for exactly this purpose. He pointed out that it has taken us more than fifty years to realize that function, the real function of the U.N. And at this moment in history--the United Nations is at the center of the stage. It is the place where these conversations are happening, and it has become in these last months and weeks, the most powerful governing body on earth, the most powerful container for the world's effort to wage peace rather than war.

Dr. Muller was almost in tears in recognition of the fulfillment of this dream. "We are not at war," he kept saying. We, the world community, are WAGING peace. It is difficult, hard work. It is constant and we must not let up. It is working and it is an historic milestone of immense proportions. It has never happened before -- never in human history -- and it is happening now, every day, every hour, waging peace through a global conversation. He pointed out that the conversation questioning the validity of going to war has gone on for hours, days, weeks, months and now more than a year, and it may go on and on. "We're in peacetime," he kept saying. "Yes, troops are being moved. Yes, warheads are being lined up. Yes, the aggressor is angry and upset and spending a billion dollars a day preparing to attack. But not one shot has been fired. Not one life has been lost. There is no war. It's all a conversation."

It is tense, it is tough, it is challenging, AND we are in the most significant and potent global conversation and public dialogue in the history of the world. This has not happened before on this scale ever before--not before WWI or WWII, not before Vietnam or Korea, this is new and it is a stunning new era of Global listening, speaking, and responsibility. In the process, he pointed out, new alliances are being formed. Russia and China on the same side of an issue is an unprecedented outcome. France and Germany working together to wake up the world to a new way of seeing the situation. The largest peace demonstrations in the history of the world are taking place--and we are not at war!

Most peace demonstrations in recent history took place when a war was already waging, sometimes for years, as in the case of Vietnam. "So this," he said, "is a miracle. This is what "waging peace " looks like." No matter what happens, history will record that this is a new era, And that the 21st century has been initiated with the world in a global dialogue looking deeply, profoundly and responsibly as a global community at the legitimacy of the actions of a nation that is desperate to go to war. Through these global peace-waging efforts, the leaders of that nation are being engaged in further dialogue, forcing them to rethink, and allowing all nations to participate in the serious and horrific decision to go to war or not. Dr. Muller also made reference to a recent New York Times article that pointed out that up until now there has been just one superpower--the United States, and that that has created a kind of blindness in the vision of the U.S. But now, Dr. Muller asserts, there are two superpowers: the United States and the merging, surging voice of the people of the world. All around the world, people are waging peace. To Robert Muller, one of the great advocates of the United Nations, it is nothing short of a miracle and it is working.

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Thursday, November 03, 2005

 

[GMW #810] Training Ourselves Live Joyfully, Gratefully & Justly To Co-contribute To The Beauty & Happiness Of Our Planet

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[GMW #810] Training Ourselves Live Joyfully, Gratefully & Justly To Co-contribute To The Beauty & Happiness Of Our Planet
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Planet Of Hope

The human being is such a wonderful, God given instrument!
We can play on it the most moving and beautiful symphonies
or the saddest and most heartbreaking tragedies.

We must train ourselves to play on it joyfully, gratefully, and justly
in order to co - contribute to the overall beauty and
happiness of our planet.

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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Planet Of Hope, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Objects have a soul, objects have a beauty. Surround yourself with objects which speak to your soul and evoke beauty, good feelings and dear, precious memories. Discard those which have a negative effect. This too is part of the art of happy living.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 6

We want to change the world, but sometimes are not ready to change ourselves. Think of all your faults. Make a list of them. It is only after you have changed them that you can begin to reform the world. Since we have our own faults it is natural that the world should have its faults also, multiplied and magnified by 5 billion people. If I consider my faults as being natural, should I not consider the faults of the world as being natural too?
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
- Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
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-Vicki Robin, co-author Your Money or Your Life, founder Conversation Cafes.
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

 

[GMW #809] Providence Moves The Moment One Commits Oneself

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[GMW #809] Providence Moves The Moment One Commits Oneself
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Ending War
~ Idea 2600 ~

What a blessing it is that I worked so many years in the United Nations and can now live a free, wonderful life devoted to the first UN University for Peace created with my help in demilitarized Costa Rica. The ways of the Lord are indeed mysterious and wonderful. The last years of my life are a miracle which I could have never expected in my wildest dreams, especially not in the depth of the horrors of World War II. I repeat the great words of Goethe:

Until one is committed,
there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness.

Concerning acts of initiative and creation
there is one elementary truth
the ignorance of which kills countless ideas
and splendid plans:

That the moment one definitely commits oneself
then Providence moves too.

All sort of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Earth's Ecology, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
Do not underestimate letter writing: another human being will read you, might be moved and spread your message if it is an honest and beautiful one.
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Design your own letterheads and cards proclaiming your basic beliefs.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 7

Those in power program the people to believe they are powerless and unable to change the world. As a result, those in power remain powerful and the world does not change. Democracy, the exercise of the power of the people is not limited to elections every four or five years. Democracy is the daily exercise of power and communication, or networking with others. Networking is the new democracy.
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UPDATE ON TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FOR PEACE
AND INVITATION TO JOIN OUR GROUP

Dear Good Morning World

This mail is going to all the people that I have been in touch with since TIP (Technology Initiatives for Peace) was kicked off in April 2005. Some of you I know from my peace involvements. Some I have had the good fortune to meet in person, or speak with on the phone and others are just email and web/blog friends.

There have been lots of activities, lots of new ideas and we have made some very steady progress. The purpose of this note is to bring you up to date.

And very importantly our purpose here is to INVITE you to become part of the conversations to move TIP forward - at a brand new yahoo group called tip-conversations. The link to join the group is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tip-conversations/

Click on the JOIN button at the top right.

** The yahoo group and the website are open to all. So please share this invitation with others you may know might be interested **

Websites

The website providing the primary documents about TIP (the key concepts and call to action, appendices and additional information in the fashion of Q&A) are still hosted at http://www.infinisri.com/TIP

The Gandhi video produced by Italian Telecomm (won the "epica" award) is still such a draw. I have seen it a dozen times while showing to people; it continues to inspire me each time. The Weblog for TIP continues to thrive with quite a few wonderful resource and ideas there. The posts cover a wide range of facets of TIP. Some recent posts there are:

Main Idea

New technologies for promoting freedom, cooperation, human dignity, understanding and mutual trust are needed. Research in Information Technology, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology - needs the guiding hand of humanity striving for peace and harmony. TIP intends to plan and incubate a series of research initiatives that would spawn a new generation of technologies that serve our mutual cause. Eventually envision entrepreneurship and special investment funds for a broad range of technology initiatives. [From the TIP website]
...

Sri Sridaran

( For the full newsletter: http://www.infinisri.com/TIP/newsletteroct2005.htm
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

 

[GMW #808] To Live, To Write, To Work For World Wide Peace, Happiness & Mother Earth

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[GMW #808] To Live, To Write, To Work For World Wide Peace, Happiness & Mother Earth
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Idea Dreams 6001-6500

~ Idea 6021 ~

What are my main objectives and dreams for the rest of my life?

To live on a beautiful mountain, to write the fascinating stories of my life and to continue to work for world-wide peace, human happiness and the salvation of our marvelous natural Mother Earth.
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Daily Idea Dream Topics: Peace, Idea Dreams 6001-6500, Ending War,
Earth's Ecology, Religion & Spirituality


Robert's Golden Sayings
The UN is the convergence of all life forces on this Earth, an evolutionary cradle of new collective ways of life of the human race. It was born from the sacrifices of millions of humans who suffered and died from earlier more primitive political beliefs. And we are not yet over the hump! National sovereignty and the nuclear powers still stand in the way of a better future.
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My Testament to the UN
-A Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1995, Chapter 7

It is not so much socialism and capitalism which we must right, but militarism which infests almost all nations.

Rituals manifest a feeling of faith and togetherness. All religions understand this and incorporate rituals in their sacraments. Nations follow this example. Today we need world rituals to manifest our faith in humanity and in a better world. The United Nations has adopted many world celebrations and symbols which people should support.
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Good morning,

Look at this inspiring interview with Robert.
http://www.sgi.org/english/Features/quarterly/0510/feature9.htm

Love, Barbara

Most of All They Taught Me Happiness By Robert Muller
Selected Quotes and Related Comments
By Vicky Rossi

#10 Quotation from the chapter entitled “Of Simplicity”, volume 4 “Lessons from Other People”:

“(…) in my view it takes a lot of courage to be superficial. The man [or woman] who buries himself [or herself] in his [or her] speciality often closes his [or her] eyes to the more general streams of life and knowledge. His [Their] specialization can become resignation and an escape from the difficulties of grasping the total order of things. The world continues to turn, knowledge to expand, humanity to grow, while specialists keep on building protective walls around them. (…) We surely need specialists, for the march of science will proceed farther and farther into the infinitely large and small, but we need also generalists and universalists – that is, people who have the courage to know the essentials of all sciences and see the totality. Superficiality can be a duty. In any event, it is certainly a form of courage.”

My related comments:

Amongst the challenges faced today by the human race we are increasingly aware of the global impact of climate change, large-scale migration, and air, water and soil pollution. Is the human race not in the predicament it is today precisely because we have a lack of universalists, or at any rate because we continue to put the onus so strongly on the need for specialization? The universalist might, for example, have predicted that unrestrained development had the potential to lead to pollution of the atmosphere, which in turn had the potential to result in dramatic changes in weather conditions, which in turn have the potential to create, in the future, large numbers of “environmental” refugees, that is, people who migrate because of environmental difficulties.

Chemical weapons provide us with another contemporary example of how the absence of universalist thinking at the beginning has led to the difficulties of today. Beyond the issue of the pain and suffering that can be inflicted by these weapons, whilst the U.S. and the ex-Soviet Union were building up their stockpiles of nerve agent and mustard gas, there was most certainly little consideration given to the potential impact of the aging chemicals on the environment, how they could be safely destroyed in the future or the fact that they would become a security threat as a result of growing international terrorism. As such, the ex-Soviet Union produced 40,000 tonnes of chemical weapons and the U.S., in its turn, produced 32,000 tonnes.

Today, under the Chemical Weapons Convention, Russia and the United States have agreed to destroy all their stockpiles of chemical weapons by 2012. These destruction processes are underway but continue to be fraught with difficulties: the U.S., for example, has had repeatedly to temporarily shut down or postpone its destruction activities because of technical problems or protests from the general public living in the vicinity of the stockpiles; in Russia, shortfalls in available funds have also put destruction activities behind schedule. The lack of universalist thinking in the case of chemical weapons is evidenced in the fact that these weapons might have been reasonably easy to produce and stockpile at the beginning, but right now there is no chemical weapons destruction technology available which is 100% safe or efficient.
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Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
by Dr. Robert Muller

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To order from Amazon: Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness
In praise of Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness: "Robert Muller's extraordinary vision, courage and ebullience can't help but engender hope in anyone who hears or reads his words. How, you might wonder, can a man who, as an Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, was within the circles of power in the last half of the bloody 20th century have so much enthusiasm for human possibilities? Somehow he manages to see half full glasses as full glasses in the making. He has inspired my life as I read this book and allow him to do the same for you."
-Vicki Robin, co-author Your Money or Your Life, founder Conversation Cafes.
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