Acceptance of Diversity Leads to Unity
UNITY IS PEACE
The United Nations cited 400 years
before we reach equality,
Yet I ask what is equality?
Is it to be equal?
Yet no-one is equal,
For diversity is the greatest consistency,
Between and within the sexes,
For uniqueness
Originates within the self.
So what is the problem?
Are we speaking of a… Continue reading
R2P: Responsibility to Protect Civilians or Interventions?
This is a transcript of a Lecture by Gareth Evans on The Responsibility to Protect.
THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
… AND GONE?
2008 David Davies Memorial Institute Annual Lecture by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, University of Aberystwyth, 23 April 2008
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When the 2005 United… Continue reading
Roosevelt: A US Soldier of Freedom Still Relevant Today
The new Australian Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr reflected on his profound admiration for the United States. He has a personal interest in US history and he expressed his deep respect for Franklin D. Roosevelt. He called him a soldier of Freedom. I decided to learn more about him. I was to discover, indeed, he… Continue reading
Lao Tzu: Steps on the Path of Enlightenment is World Peace
Many years ago I found Lao Tzu’s book ‘Dao De Jing’ it means the Way. I was leaving a philosophy course in London feeling it was not what I was seeking. I saw a little obscure book, very thin amongst the books. I picked it up and read the sonnets, I felt an instant… Continue reading
Australian Politics: Meaningful Democracy Asks Real Questions Ahead of Time
This poem was inspired by the latest political intrigue here in Australia. I am not political at all, yet when I speak openly and question, people would assess I am, for they may determine I seek influence, when I don’t. Yet I am playing with my freedom of speech, to find my voice in a… Continue reading
Transformation from Negative to Positive is Violet’s Vibration
This is interesting. In my poetry I’ve written about the philsopher’s stone, discovering it through my poetry. Intuitively I knew it was about self transformation. The answers are indeed within us when we open to truth. We are surrounded by energy and we decide if we choose to open to positivity or negativity. We certainly… Continue reading