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Pixels for Peace

Pixels for Peace written by Dr. Susan Corso on 10/22/2007 11:05 am I got a lovely email this week from a man who is a Peace Tax Resister. In it, he suggested I spearhead a new website called Peace On. His idea is that our various and sundry War(s) on various and sundry themes—terrorism, drugs, obesity—aren’t working and he wondered about the notion of throwing a little peace on these matters to see if that might work better. Not so coincidentally, I’d been thinking about ways to use the world… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on November 7, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

MEGA-HYPOCRISY: "Peacekeepers" and Sexual Abuse

UN: 50 peacekeepers punished for sex abuses By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER GENEVA — At least 50 peacekeepers have received punishments ranging from reduction in military rank to eight months imprisonment for committing sexual abuses on United Nations missions since 2007, the U.N. said Thursday. The data were released after media organizations asked what measures countries were taking against peacekeepers accused of rape and other abuses in conflict areas such as Congo. The U.N. can investigate allegati… Continue

Added by Dr. Sergius Burnes on November 7, 2009 at 9:17am — No Comments

Peace begins at home

Peace begins at home written by Dr. Susan Corso on 10/15/2007 11:08 am Is there room in your home for peace? I’m really asking. How can we expect to create peace on this blessed orb if we don’t or won’t work to create peace in our own homes? Peace in our environment is a worthy objective. The way to allow it to come forth is for each homeowner to look with a curious, peace-discerning eye at his or her own home. Each corner, each room, each porch, sofa, chair, book, lamp, table, balcony, deck… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on November 6, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

natural costs?

Human nature is critical, being natural is supportive. To ask a god for something in prayer is critical but to praise is appreciation. Teaching response beyond the critical reflex takes a suggestive example that relaxes the authority appearance. Freedom to choose other than peace isn't natural, it is the desperate human being critical. How do we extend the peace of credit without trying to charge for indebted concepts? What came first? Exceptions were made before rules or we couldn't all be made… Continue

Added by Brad Flaharty on November 6, 2009 at 11:59am — No Comments

Setting the Bar for Peace

Setting the Bar for Peace written on 9/30/2007 2:23 pm Journalists this week didn’t even know whether to call the country Myanmar or Burma. Tens of thousands of citizens and monks rose up at last in response to the SLORC, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, the military regime that has been in charge of that country for decades, to demand the establishment of the democracy they voted for. The great icon of this movement for democracy in Myanmar is 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on November 5, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Peace to Spare

Peace to Spare written on 10/ 8/2007 1:09 pm By the time Katie posts this, I will be just days shy of fifty years of age. Like many of you, I’m sure, people have always asked me the standard birthday question: Do you feel different now that you’re X? I’ve been feeling different about this birthday for a long while. Half a century. My paternal grandmother is thriving at the one century mark as I write this. She makes me wonder what I want my next fifty years to be about. I’ve been dreaming abou… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on November 5, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Your Treasure, Your Peace

Your Treasure, Your Peace written on 9/17/2007 1:16 pm There is no greater disaster Than enemy-making For then you lose your treasure, your peace. Tao Te Ching, 69 The Tao Te Ching fascinates me. I have four translations of it in my library. Each of them takes today’s text into a different place. One mentions peace by name—the anonymous translation above. The others focus on enemy-making. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word enemy derives from Latin. The prefix in- means not,… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on November 4, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Peace in Iraq

Peace In Iraq written on 9/10/2007 11:35 am The long-awaited report from General David Petraeus on the ground in Iraq is due in the U.S. capital this week. Does anyone else hear his name as Betray Us? I don’t think that’s his intent. I think General Petraeus wants to tell the world the truth about the surge strategy in Iraq. He may not be allowed to do so. In recent weeks, much has been made of White House speechwriters tackling the General’s report to make it fit for public consumption. The t… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on November 2, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

An Astrology of Peace

An Astrology of Peace written 9/ 3/2007 12:07 pm Peacemakers come in as many varieties as there are people. On this holiday weekend, I decided to have a look at how different signs go about making peace. Try this. Aries Their key phrase is I am. I am committed to making peace wherever I go. Taurus Their key phrase is I have. I have a commitment to make peace with everyone. Gemini Their key phrase is I think. I think the thoughts of a peacemaker. Cancer Their key phrase is I feel. I feel that… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on November 1, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Peace Needs Love

Peace Needs Love Written on 8/27/2007 11:07 am “Peace—the word evokes the simplest and most cherished dream of humanity. Peace is, and has always been, the ultimate human aspiration. And yet our history overwhelmingly shows that while we speak incessantly of peace, our actions tell a very different story.” Javier Pérez de Cuéllar is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations. The words above are his. I agree with him. I truly believe that peace is the m… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 31, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

How to get to Peace Street

posted by Susan Corso on 8/20/2007 12:32 pm How to get to Peace Street I had a rough night last night. It happens sometimes. What it meant was that I slept in this lovely summer Sunday morning. Part of the previous evening I’d spent reading the new Ode. The words of my title are the title of a lovely article about Sesame Street and teaching peace to Middle Eastern children (see Exchange article). Then I thought, as I lay half in and half out of sleep, what if we all could live on Peace Stree… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 30, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

The Risks of Peace

written on 8/ 8/2007 5:11 pm The Risks of Peace Creating peace on this planet requires risk. Did you already know that? It surprises me that so many of us think we know what peace is. I’m not sure we do. I’ve been working with peace as a spiritual priority in my life for more than fifteen years, and I’m not sure I know what peace is. On the other hand, I definitely know what a chocolate chip cookie is, and I also know how to create one. Peace isn’t the same thing as that. There is no recipe… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 29, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

A Heretic for Peace

written on 8/13/2007 12:42 pm A Heretic for Peace Heretic is one of my top ten favorite words. When I was in seminary, several of my professors called me a heretic to my face. In the 1990’s! I was asking questions outside the quite tiny box of their dogma and it enraged them, but that’s another story. Heretic is a variation on a Greek word which means able to choose. Able to choose. A heretic is someone who knows that choosing is the principle activity required of a human being. A heretic do… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 29, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

The Inner Work of Peace

written 7/30/2007 9:49 am The Inner Work of Peace Many years ago, my life reached something of a drastic crossroads. My then husband and I had a son who died the day he was born, and we had some life-changing choices to make. The paths that we’d thought were going to be ours, it turned out, weren’t to be ours at all. We decided, in those inexpensive gasoline days, to take a drive. We found the vista of the open sea at the beach near our home relaxing and insightful. Our little red Subaru seem… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 28, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

One Step Toward Peace

written 7/23/2007 1:59 pm One Step Toward Peace I’m seeing it everywhere on the planet. All sorts of people are catching a bigger vision in all sorts of arenas. The most personal one I’ve had recently was about health insurance. A friend left her job for better opportunities. Because her last post was in academia, her insurance lasts till the beginning of this school year. She’s spent a lot of this summer getting all her various physical details checked, measured and serviced before her ins… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 27, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Oh, Osama

Written on 7/16/2007 10:33 am Oh, Osama This morning's news headlines brought word of a new video of Osama bin Laden that has been posted on the internet. I didn't seek it out nor did I watch it. I didn't need to. The press had done it for me. What I did instead was conjure up an image of dear Osama--not exactly hard to do--and I prayed with him. He's the general of an armed militia and he and his men need prayer. During that quiet time, Osama seemed to me to get younger and younger until I… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 26, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Universal Rights Diamond Jubilee

Universal Rights Diamond Jubilee “21 Solutions to Save the World” in this month’s Foreign Policy intrigued me so much that I bought the issue. Twenty-one of the world’s thinkers were asked what ONE thing they would recommend to change our world for the better. The first, Garry Kasparov, was a shadowy genius figure in my younger days. He was the world chess champion for twenty years. His suggestion is for a global Magna Carta. He says, “When democracies make nice with dictators, the world’s wo… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 25, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Phoning it in

“They’re not saying the iPhone will . . . bring world peace, but that it will do everything else,” Roger Entner, of market-research firm IAG. Apple’s new cell phone debuts June 29. The quote above is from this week’s American edition of Newsweek. I’ll need to apologize to the technowizards right away—this entry is not at all about the iPhone which did indeed debut this Friday. What intrigues me more is Mr. Entner’s pithy quote which, to my ear, pits “world peace” against “everything else.” This… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 24, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Wish I were...

Wish I were... "To think we can live without beauty is part of the craziness of our time." So writes J. Ruth Gendler in her luscious book, Notes on the Need for Beauty. When I read that sentence, I immediately paraphrased it in my mind, "To think we can live without peace is part of the craziness of our time." The author of the worldwide bestseller, The Book of Qualities, Gendler's new book is a paean to Beauty. In it, she goes deep, deep into beauty, what it is, what it isn't, how we get the… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 23, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Peace: One Person at a Time

Peace: One Person at a Time written on 9/23/2007 11:51 am Is anybody else dismayed at the United States Senate and their voted censure of MoveOn.org’s ad about General David Petraeus and how the White House used him to foment a political (not military) strategy? Followed quickly by yet another fruitless vote to end the war in Iraq? One of the things that has been burning me up over the pols and their antics is the all too frequent bandying-about of the phrase “the American people.” What Americ… Continue

Added by Dr. Susan Corso on October 22, 2009 at 4:05pm — No Comments

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