There is a deep longing for peace in our personal lives and the world and in every moment we help create that world by how we live.

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“I’d heard of music for money, music for fame, music for personal power, but music for God!”

“I had found the spiritual home I’d been seeking for most of my life. And if you listen to my music and lyrics, like “Peace Train” and “On The Road To Find Out”, it clearly shows my yearning for direction and the spiritual path I was traveling.”

“Stevens formally converted to the Islamic religion on 23 December 1977. In 1978, Stevens took the name Yusuf Islam. Yusuf is the Arabic rendition of the name Joseph. He stated that he “always loved the name Joseph” and was particularly drawn to the story of Joseph in the Qur’an.”

The thing that invites me and delights me in Yusuf’s story is the universality of peace to all spiritual practices. He was seeking peace, no matter his Swedish Baptist and Greek Orthodox parents, and at long last, he found it in Islam.
When we feel at home in our spiritual lives, we’re hitching a ride on the peace train.

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On 10.10.10 a thought experiment will take place and everyone on earth is invited to participate. Everything that exists was once a thought so…what if billions of us focused on peace, could that thought become a reality.? We are about to find out in the largest experiment of its kind ever conduced. Please sign on to this experiment if you feel so moved and share it with your network. At worst, it will put the focused thought of peace into mass consciousness and, at best, it could penetrate and shift the consciousness of this planet into the interconnected whole it is and perhaps bring about the flowering of a peaceful world that works for everyone.

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”…am I?

In 11 days, the Chaater for Compassion will be released to the world. This trailer provides a sense of what’s coming. Please consider joining me and NPD in alerting your family, friends and network to this important document and signing on as a participant. May compassion become the new preface to each and every action we take as individuals and organizations.

CHARTER FOR COMPASSION TRAILER from TED Prize on Vimeo.

Here is just one of the wonderful empowering videos you will find at the Charter for Compassion website-a great lesson-enjoy and apply.

Some people are worried about a flu pandemic. Perhaps we should refocus our minds and actions on co-creating an inner peace pandemic that sweeps the world. Here are the things we will need to embody and share. If you’re up for it, start right now and enjoy the knowledge that you are a peace maker spreading the most valuable gift you can be and share. Become a positive version of the atomic bomb showering everyone you meet with your silent gift. Here is a convenient list of symptoms that you may exhibit while sharing inner peace:

A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears, which are based upon past experience.

An ability to enjoy each and every moment.

A loss of interest in judging other people.

A loss of interest in judging yourself.

A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.

A loss of interest in conflict.

A loss of the need and even the ability to worry. (Please note: this is a very serious symptom.)

Frequent, almost overwhelming episodes of appreciation and gratitude.

Frequent attacks of smiling.

An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen

An increased susceptibility to feeling the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it back.

A feeling that everything is okay.

Be on the lookout for these symptoms. The hearts of a great many people have already been exposed to inner peace, and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it. Under the right circumstances, inner peace could reach epidemic proportions. This situation could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly stable condition of conflict in the world.

Saskia Davis