Democracy – Keeping The Bastards Honest
I was invited to read this poem for Senator Alyson when the Democrats lost the election and the party disbanded. They were the party where Don Dunstan famously stated ‘keep the bastards honest’. The honest brokers are extremely important in politics as the public will never know.
The Democrats was a peoples party and mostly… Continue reading
The Power of Gratitude
If I was to ask you to tell me the first thing that comes to your mind when I say ‘power’. I doubt gratitude would come to you. In fact, as a universal value, this is power and it is a clear feeling. Why do it? it feels good and when you feel positive, you… Continue reading
Mahatma Gandhi’s 5 Teachings To Bring About World Peace
I have been feeling lately I must post up Gandhi. I went to his Ashram in Ahmedabad in India last year. I was offered the unique opportunity to sit in his room with the spinning wheel. I once had a dream he came to me and I remember it being very dark, I could only… Continue reading
The Way of Peace: Inner Peace is the New Enlightenment
Peace Pilgrim was a woman who found inner peace. The way of peace is simple, literally. When you make the effort towards peace, profound changes will happen in your world. Many speak of the enlightenment as intellectual, in truth it has always been spiritual. Our true nature is spiritual, it is to be in harmony.… Continue reading
Purpose of the State: Protecting the Common Good and Keeping the Peace?
“Man, in the state of nature uses reason to determine moral law. The only rule in the state of nature is the law of nature.”
This is an excerpt from below. For clarification for those not men, I read Man as humans. My understanding of the above is that when humans return to their true… Continue reading
Peace Education Inspires Values, Freedom and Greatness
Ralph Waldo Emerson asserted 150 years ago that “Character is higher than intellect”. Aristotle saw character as the amalgamation of virtues, described by Benjamin Franklin as the prerequisite for the enjoyment of freedom. When we do not, the price we pay is legislated loss of freedom.
Peace is universal values is freedom.
A quote by… Continue reading