John F. Kennedy: Secrecy is Repugnant & Citizens To Be Fully Informed
We appear to have lost our way and lost sight of the values that created democracy. Democracy is not a western notion it is an open and visible society that is unafraid of differences and advocates for independence and freedom. John F. Kennedy was a leader who subscribed to the founding fathers values… Continue reading
Obama Nuclear Summit: A Safer and Saner World?
http://icnnd.org/Pages/100412_washington.aspx
Nuclear Security: The Obama Summit and what Comes Next
Keynote Address by Professor Gareth Evans, to Fissile Material Working Group NGO Summit, Next Generation Nuclear Security: Meeting the Global Challenge, Washington, 12 April 2010
The context in which I come to nuclear security issues is not as a specialist on any one… Continue reading
John Muir: An Archetype of our Oneness with the Earth
Stop reading this go outside and breathe in nature. Then come back and reflect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir
John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914[1]) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in… Continue reading
United Nations: Harmony with Nature?
This will be a series of blogs highlighting our reconnection as harmony with nature. This information (below) is sections in a United Nations report entitled Harmony with Nature. I felt a deep joy when I read it as it identifies our fundamental oneness with nature. What you do to nature returns to the self. The… Continue reading
You Are One With the Universe There is No Separation
You are not your job, your role, you are much more than you imagine. You are intimitely linked to the universe, you are part of it not separate. So whenever you feel less than miraculous, think again. You are all of it, an integrated wholeness. We are just beginning to know this. Humankind is not… Continue reading
South Asia: Indus Alms of Balance or a Dividing Arms Range?
This is a long poem that I felt inspired to write after watching a documentary on Pakistan’s secret war. There were many faces to this war in Afghanistan.
In the poem I find myself going to the Indus civilisation for answers and I feel similar themes of sophisticated ancient civilisations with advanced technologies based on… Continue reading