Title: THE EMERGING CANADIAN CULTURE OF PEACE PROGRAM
1- THE EMERGING CANADIAN CULTURE OF PEACE PROGRAM
- And
- THE CANADIAN PEACE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
2How many of you
- have had a personal experience of violence?
- are concerned with current trends in violence?
- doubt that governments (alone) will fix this?
- are concerned about your childrens future?
- believe you can help bring peace to the world?
- believe that your respective organizations can
help bring peace to the world?
3WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
- The most important life skills are not being
taught in schools or by parents (eg. Social
intelligence, conflict transformation,
relationship building, communications,
peacebuilding, etc.) - As a specialist in organizations, information and
leadership working in peace education for over a
decade, it is clear that, in the next twenty
years, were going to get the society were
creating now. But, we have it in our power to
build a better world a world with peace. - As Leaders in our Communities and Families with a
Peace Vision, if we want to increase our success,
- Take the time to look at what we are doing now,
and - What will we do in the near future, to make it a
saner and more socially intelligent place to live
for all of us? - What we must do is bring our leadership,
management social acumen to bear on Peace.
4The Context
- Historically, Canada has been in the middle of
the pack when it comes to Peace Education. - The bottom line there is a lot of opportunity
for improvement there is a lot of opportunity
for us and our respective institutions to make a
difference.
- Definition
- Peace Education, in simple terms, is learning
the attitudes, skills and behaviour to live
together successfully.
5- A major reason for the lack of peace education
resources there has been a lack of motivation
and action. - To those who proclaim an interest in peace, the
challenge is, Show me the money. It is not
there in any significant way.
6Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace
- I had difficulty getting the information that I
needed to do something to contribute to peace.
So I created my own Canadian Centres for
Teaching Peace, a virtual centre at - - Since incorporation in 1998, we have had over
3,000,000 visitors to the site, - We are currently averaging over 70,000 visitors
per month, from around the world, - We are the most active peace web site in Canada
and one of the best in the world (in plain
language, suitable for all readers),
7Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace
- We host National and several Provincial Peace
Education Conferences annually. - We host several email listservers, to provide
tools for communication, networking, dialogue and
information dissemination. - We have created a Canadian Peace Education
Foundation, to raise resources. - We have opened the first Community Centre for
Teaching Peace and Peace Café - The web site works for peace 24/7.
8- In the process, we have developed some
significant expertise in peacebuilding, peace
education and leadership. - We are pleased to offer our service to others.
- We try to model servant leadership we recommend
the book Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
- http//www.peace.ca/servantleadership.htm
9PEACE EDUCATION CONFERENCES
- Our peace education conferences are not like
other conferences. They fill a vital gap in
building a Culture of Peace, by focusing on root
causes, systemic change, and a long term
perspective with a bias for action now. - We do not employ a lot of keynote speakers
because we promote the wisdom in all our varied
participants in other words, everyone is a
keynote speaker. We have a bias for Open Space
Conferencing. - We believe we offer a lot of value to individuals
and organizations, while living within a
shoe-string budget. - While we wish larger numbers would benefit from
all the effort that goes into the conference (our
target is 500 participants this year), we
appreciate it even if we only get a smaller
number of people who share in a life changing
experience, and seeds are planted that truly grow
to make a difference in building peace. - This is the only venue where people get together
to work on a Canadian Peace Education Strategy.
I believe you know the need for a Canadian Peace
Education Strategy, to get peace education on the
Canadian Agenda, and to get peace education
integrated into all schools throughout Canada.
We need your knowledge to help lead peace
education throughout Canada in a most significant
way.
10Canadian Peace Education Strategy
- At our First Annual Peace Education Conference in
Canada, at McMaster University in Hamilton, we
developed a Canadian Peace Education Strategy - 1. to get peace education onto the Canadian
agenda in the near term, and - 2. to get peace education integrated into all
schools and curricula within the decade.
- Available online at http//www.peace.ca/conference
2002summary.htm - This is consistent with the Hague Appeal for
Peace Global Campaign for Peace Education, and
United Nations/UNESCO research. Ultimately, all
children need to learn peaceful means to manage
conflict and prevent violence.
11Peace Education Target Tasks
- Peace Education material on the Internet for
self-study (fastest) - Distance Learning Programs on Internet
- Hidden Curricula
- Formal Curricula (this takes a long time)
- University Chairs in Peace funded
- Provincial Conferencing
- Community Centres
- Carl Rogers, "The only learning which
significantly influences behavior is
self-directed, self-appropriated learning. - Give teachers the tools and they will get it in
the classroom. - In all Provinces.
- In all Communities.
12Canadian Culture of Peace Program
- At our Third Annual Peace Education Conference in
Canada this past November (2004), we gave birth
to a new Canadian Culture of Peace Program. - Its mission is to advance a Culture of Peace and
Non-violence, at home and abroad. - It is a National Culture of Peace Program linked
to the United Nations International Culture of
Peace and Non-violence Program for the Children
of the World (we are currently at the mid-point
of the Decade for a Culture of Peace). - We enjoy the benefit of UNESCOs valuable
research.
- www.cultureofpeace.ca
- http//www3.unesco.org/iycp
13Canadian Culture of Peace Program (CCOPP)
- The CCOPP is a Civil Society initiative, open
to everyone and all institutions in Canada. - It is an institution gathering people and
organizations who have accepted the common
purpose of building a Culture of Peace, and a
common discipline to guide the pursuit of that
purpose, to the end that each involved person
reaches higher fulfillment as a person, through
serving and being served by the common venture,
than would be achieved alone or in a less
committed relationship. - You can get more information at
14VALUES, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS COMPARISON
- CULTURE OF WAR AND VIOLENCE
- Belief in power that is based on force
- Having an enemy
- Authoritarian governance
- Secrecy and propaganda
- Armament
- Exploitation of people
- Exploitation of nature
- Male domination
- CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
- Education for a culture of peace
- Tolerance, solidarity and international
understanding - Democratic participation
- Free flow of information
- Disarmament
- Human rights
- Sustainable development
- Equality of women and men
15Our Pledge (Manifesto 2000)
- Because the year 2000 must be a new beginning, an
opportunity to transform - all together - the
culture of war and violence into a culture of
peace and non-violence, - Because this transformation demands the
participation of each and every one of us, and
must offer young people and future generations
the values that can inspire them to shape a world
based on justice, solidarity, liberty, dignity,
harmony and prosperity for all, - Because the culture of peace can underpin
sustainable development, environmental protection
and the well-being of each person, - Because I am aware of my share of responsibility
for the future of humanity, in particular to the
children of today and tomorrow,
16Our Pledge (Manifesto 2000)
- I pledge in my daily life, in my family, my work,
my community, my country and my region, to - Respect the life and dignity of each human being
without discrimination or prejudice - Practice active non-violence, rejecting violence
in all its forms physical, sexual,
psychological, economical and social, in
particular towards the most deprived and
vulnerable such as children and adolescents - Share my time and material resources in a spirit
of generosity to put an end to exclusion,
injustice and political and economic oppression
17Our Pledge (Manifesto 2000)
- Defend freedom of expression and cultural
diversity, giving preference always to dialogue
and listening without engaging in fanaticism,
defamation and the rejection of others - Promote consumer behavior that is responsible and
development practices that respect all forms of
life and preserve the balance of nature on the
planet - Contribute to the development of my community,
with the full participation of women and respect
for democratic principles, in order to create
together new forms of solidarity. - http//www3.unesco.org/manifesto2000
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19How to build a Culture of Peace
- Principles for CCOPP Conversations (CCOPP
Protocol) - Safety,
- Consequences,
- Acceptance,
- Mutual purpose,
- Patience,
- Difference,
- Empowerment,
- Action,
- Responsibility www.peace.ca/CCOPPprotocol.htm
20How to build a Culture of Peace
- CCOPP Stakeholder Web a network of stakeholders
that scrutinizes and attempts to influence
Canadas behavior with respect to peace and
violence. - CCOPPs role is one of catalyst, facilitator and
gap filler.
- Refer to http//www.peace.ca/CCOPPorganization2004
.htm
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22CCOPP Organizational Structure/Stakeholder
Groups
- Core Working Group
- Action Planning
- Education
- Marketing resource raising
- Government
- Media
- Business
- Religion
- Etc. See http//www.peace.ca/
CCOPPmanaging.htm
23Transformation
- The United Nations Culture of Peace Program tells
us that we need to transform all institutions
from a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace.
- Stakeholder webs are a powerful force for
transformation. -
- They actively investigate, evaluate, and seek to
change the behaviors of institutions (such as
corporations, governments, educational
institutions, religious organizations, NGOs,
etc.) to achieve better alignment with the values
and interests of their participants in this
case, a Culture of Peace.
24Personal Transformation
- Be the change you wish to see in others
Gandhi - If we want to change the world, we have to begin
by changing ourselves Dalai Lama - Your duty and mine is to bring about change by
personal transformation Deepak Chopra - In a sense, our old selves brought up in a
Culture of Violence must die in order that we may
be reborn to serve in a Culture of Peace, and
find peace within
25BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE WHAT WE LEARN FROM
FUTURISTS
- A better future is a future with peace
- "We need to adopt the mindset of most
professional futurists and become systemic
optimists - those who believe that life can get
better, but only if we fundamentally alter the
way we think and do things. We need to embrace
whole-system change."
26THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION
- Massive forces are transforming the 21st century,
driven by technology and innovation. - Our task is to understand and redirect these
forces toward a Culture of Peace and Non-violence
(much like a judo expert redirects the force of
his/her opponent).
27E-PEACE CULTURE CHANGE
- Our new media (computers, internet, real time
television, cell phones, etc) - drive new perceptions
- drive new worldviews,
- drive new understandings,
- drive new psychology,
- drive new relationships,
- drive new institutions,
- drive new culture.
28FUTURES STUDIES HIGHLIGHTS
- The new leader will be the collaborative catalyst
- Leadership will be shared
- Society will change
- We cant change the past or the present, but we
can change the future - The people who need the most peace education are
Peace Educators and Peacebuilders - Infiltrating works better than revolutionizing
29HIGHLIGHTS - The Prescription for Change
- work smarter not harder
- expose current paradigms (their strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) - cross pollinate new ideas and collaborations
- develop new tools and language
- craft a new narrative
- infiltrate all institutions, everywhere
- find opportunities for change
- support communities of fans
- recapture the spirit of the citizens and amateurs
who are good citizens rooted in amoré love and
passion. - Lever our power of information and social capital
for the common good be entrepreneurial
developing sustainable action - Champion peace and all its elements
30HIGHLIGHTS IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE
- Understand the future of power and force
- Look at nature stress creates evolution
- Dissatisfaction with the status quo is healthy
and necessary it is how we move to a higher
level - Civil society the real and future superpower
vs. no government wants to recognize people power
because it threatens them - The larger the network, the greater the value
- Transformational model starting with the
transformation of individual Peacebuilders and
the Peace Institution for the 21st Century
31HIGHLIGHTS IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE (cont.)
- Organic learning environments
- Internet/distance learning the most effective
education is self-learning - The greatest law enforcement challenge of the
information age positive ID of
criminals/terrorists, before they act, while
preserving civil liberties - Find solutions to the bad guys problems
32HIGHLIGHTS IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE (cont.)
- Importance of addressing systemic problems
- It is relatively easy to deal with technological
change the challenge is the social and
behavioural side - The importance of Social Intelligence
- The importance of Spiritual Intelligence
- There is a lack of public discourse about these
vital things
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34HIGHLIGHTS IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE (cont.)
- Total solutions and service (holistic)
- Transformation management vs. institutions that
do not know how to grapple with cultural change
(starting with the Peace Institution and Peace
Practitioners) - A new Social Contract ethics, accountability,
citizen involvement, collaboration, flexibility,
patience with its citizens and civil society
organizations, educational institutions,
business, media, religions, etc.
35How to build a Culture of Peace
- Filling in the Peace and Education Gaps.
-
- What we found in doing an environmental scan of
the peace industry in Canada and the world was an
information void, a leadership void, a resource
void, and an educational void preventing the
building of a Culture of Peace and Non-violence.
- Refer to http//www.peace.ca/CCOPPpeaceeducation.h
tm - Our purpose is
- 1. to fill those key voids, and
- 2. to build Social Intelligence (a simple
definition of peace education is teaching the
attitudes and skills for living together) - 3. to empower (knowledge is power lack of
knowledge is lack of power)
36Course examples
- understanding macropeace, or the big peace
picture, - how to teach peace (peace pedagogy),
- peace leadership and servant leadership,
- peace psychology,
- relationship building,
- critical and creative thinking,
- self-sufficiency, independence, cooperation,
competition, community and citizenship,
- www.peace.ca/macropeace.htm (see following
diagram) - http//www.peace.ca/servantleadership.htm
- http//www.peace.ca/peacepsychology.htm
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38Course examples (cont.)
- conflict transformation,
- open space technology (how to make every
conference and classroom open to maximum
participation), - having difficult and crucial conversations,
- peace education at the family level and good
parenting, etc. - How many of these courses are currently taught in
your schools?
- www.transcend.org/tpu/courses.shtml
- http//www.peace.ca/ost.htm
- http//www.peace.ca/CCOPPprotocol.htm
39A CONCEPTUAL MAP
- What is a Conceptual Map? This is a question
I'm going to answer in more detail with specific
peace examples to add to our big picture
perspective. - A conceptual map, broadly defined, presents the
relationships among a set of connected concepts
and ideas. It is a tangible way to display how
your mind "sees" a particular topic. By
constructing a concept map, you reflect on what
you know and what you don't know.
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43BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN OTHERS Gandhi
- Note 1 Peace Practitioners are thwarted when
they do not act on their values (eg. By being
perceived to act violently, damaging
relationships, etc.). - The burden is on Peace Practitioners to dispel
confusion and communicate clearly. - We do this through our behaviour. We are more
successful when we walk the talk, be peace
Peace starts with me. - Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
http//www.peace.ca/beingpeace.htm - Spiritual Intelligence and empowering
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45THE LEADERSHIP CRISIS DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY
- Note 2 We need a new leadership ideal
- Corrupt, unjust, exploitative, lying, violent,
cowardly leaders are to be shunned - Replaced by honest, just, truthful, transparent,
non-violent, brave, competent, committed, servant
leaders truly public servants with a social
purpose. - No more hypocrisy walk the talk
- Our responsibility for shared leadership.
46THE AHA MOMENT
- EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT
- LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT
- EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
- This is why it is so important to study
leadership and peace psychology.
47LEADERSHIP AND PEACE RECOMMENDED READING
- The Leadership Bibliography
- Servant Leadership
- Self Leadership
- The Leader Within
- Leadership Peace Powerpoint
- www.peace.ca/peaceleader.htm
- www.peace.ca/servantleadership.htm
- www.peace.ca/selfleadership.htm
- www.peace.ca/leaderwithin.htm
- www.peace.ca/LEADERSHIP20IN20TRANSFORMATION20OF
20THE20PEACE20PROFESSION.ppt
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50SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
- These two words succinctly and clearly capture
the essence of the purpose of peace education and
the Culture of Peace Program - Social Intelligence by its nature works to change
behaviours, forge values and incite institutional
transformations from the current culture of war
and violence to a Culture of Peace and
Non-violence. - Social Intelligence is readily understandable,
acceptable and supportable by most Canadians. - http//www.cultureofpeace.ca/CCOPPmarketingstrateg
y.htm - The Must Read Book www.peace.ca/socialintelligenc
e.htm
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52IMAGE VALUES OF A HIGHLY DESIRABLE FUTURE
- CULTURE OF WAR AND VIOLENCE
- Belief in power that is based on force
- Having an enemy
- Authoritarian governance
- Secrecy and propaganda
- Armament
- Exploitation of people
- Exploitation of nature
- Male domination
- CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
- Education for a culture of peace
- Tolerance, solidarity and international
understanding - Democratic participation
- Free flow of information
- Disarmament
- Human rights
- Sustainable development
- Equality of women and men
53IMAGE VALUES OF A HIGHLY DESIRABLE FUTURE (cont.)
- CULTURE OF WAR AND VIOLENCE
- Dysfunctional
- Unjust
- Illogical, irresponsible
- Cognitive dissonance
- No integration
- Unethical
- Inequity
- Uncompassionate/mean
- Disrespect
- CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
- Functional
- Just
- Logical, responsible
- Inner congruence
- Integration of self with others
- Ethical
- Equity
- Compassionate
- Respect
54IMAGE VALUES OF A HIGHLY DESIRABLE FUTURE (cont.)
- CULTURE OF WAR AND VIOLENCE
- Harm
- Selfish, individualistic
- Greedy
- Untrustworthy/paranoid
- Culture of Fear
- Culture of silence
- W.M.D. and WAR
- Etc.
- Etc.
- CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
- Good
- Empathy, cooperative service to others
- Generous
- Trust
- Safety and security
- Culture of dialogue
- No W.M.D. and NO WAR
- Etc.
- Etc.
55IMAGE PICTURE OF A HIGHLY DESIRABLE FUTURE
(cont.)
- CULTURE OF WAR AND VIOLENCE
- CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
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57SOURCE OF GROWTH (Social Development)
- "Leaders only change because they either see the
light or feel the heat." Martin Luther King Jr. - Emphasize the positive, asset building not the
negative, criticism, divisive (needs based) - Balance personal growth, growth in others,
organizational growth, worldly growth (Put your
mask on first before helping others.)
58PARETOS LAW
- The 8020 Rule 80 of the output (results or
ends) is achieved by 20 of the input (means).
Key to success of the high achievers. - As it applies to the Image of a Highly Desirable
Future State, peace practitioners can
significantly improve their success by increasing
their leadership, educator, social and
psychological skills, attitudes and behaviours
59Peace Movements have tried 3 ways to end war
- Activism
- Humanitarianism
- Personal
- Transformation
- Fails because protestors are not heard,
outnumbered and tend to violence - Fails because outnumbered, outfinanced by war
makers after the fact - Fails because nobody has really tried it
60Conclusions
- The Bad News it is not that we do not know what
to do, it is that we do not do it. - "The world is dangerous not because of those who
do harm, but because of those who look at it
without doing anything." - Albert Einstein - Most people simply do not know what to do
hence, we can be the Guide.
- The Good News in response, we have developed a
draft Canadian Culture of Peace Program Marketing
Strategy - www.cultureofpeace.ca/CCOPPmarketingstrategy.htm
- We are also working with the federal Department
of Peace Initiative to build a new relationship
with Governments - www.departmentofpeace.ca
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61Conclusions
- The Good News
- Since 9/11, the Iraq War and the Bush Doctrine,
there has been more Peace Education than ever
before in the history of mankind. - We have a map and are working to transform
individual Peacebuilders and the Peace
Institution/ Collective.
- The Good News
- Your leadership is needed to help build a better
world, a world with peace, and you can make a big
difference. - You can be more efficient and effective by
increasing your leadership, educator, social and
psychological skills, attitudes and behaviours
62SUMMARY
- The Canadian Peace Initiative (CPI) is a
process to simply provide the venues, support and
guidance to Open Space to Open Minds and Hearts
to Peace. - The CPI process is open, transparent, patient
and committed, drawing people from all walks of
life, freeing them from their stasis and
mobilizing them. - All members of the Culture of Peace movement have
to be leaders in their own right, drawing on
their own potential and inner strengths,
galvanizing, inspiring and energizing the peace
movement. Everyone is a peace leader and peace
educator. - Every day we must take ownership of ourselves and
our relationships we can do anything we set our
minds and hearts to we do no harm, expect and
demand no harm be done to us or others no one is
better than another we are critical thinkers,
finding our own truths education is our best
investment - Information and social contacts are our most
important resources. - Building a healthy culture is about building
healthy relationships we can do that. - As we take ownership of peace others will follow
because it will be uplifting and empowering, it
will be infectious, and lead to sudden, massive,
cultural change.
63- I hope that our evolving Canadian Model will
provide you with food for thought. - It is being used to feed into the development of
an International Peace Education Strategy - Look for Peace Cafés coming to your locale
- www.cultureofpeace.ca/GPPAC2005.htm
- www.peacecafe.ca
64YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR
UPCOMING CANADIAN EVENTS
- April 4-6, 2008 - Annual Summit on Departments of
Peace (Toronto) http//www.departmentofpeace.ca - October 3-5, 2008 - Second Canadian Culture of
Peace Symposium (Hamilton)
www.cultureofpeace.ca - November 20, 2008 Youth Peace Day (McMaster U.)
www.peace.ca - November 17-19, 2008 Annual Leadership and Peace
Workshop (McMaster U.) www.peace.ca - November 21-24, 2008 - Annual Conference For
Peace Education In Canada (McMaster) www.peace.ca
65Recommended Reading Peace in General
- THE HUMAN RIGHT TO PEACE, by Doug Roche
http//www.peace.ca/humanrighttopeace.htm - Peace, Conflict, and Violence Peace Psychology
for the 21st Century, APA http//www.peace.ca/peac
epsychology.htm - Social Intelligence The New Science of Success,
by K.Albrecht http//www.peace.ca/socialintelligen
ce.htm - Servant Leadership http//www.peace.ca/servantlead
ership.htm - The Practice of Peace http//www.peace.ca/openspac
e.htm - Difficult Conversations How to Discuss What
Matters Most http//www.peace.ca/difficultconversa
tions.pdf - Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When
Stakes Are High http//www.peace.ca/crucialconvers
ations.pdf - Crucial Confrontations Tools for Resolving
Broken Promises http//www.peace.ca/crucial_confro
ntations.htm - Peace Is The Way Bringing War and Violence To An
End, by Deepak Chopra
66Recommended Reading Personal Transformation
- Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh.
http//www.peace.ca/beingpeace.htm - The Book of Secrets Unlocking the Hidden
Dimensions of Your Life, by Deepak Chopra
http//www.peace.ca/bookofsecrets.htm - The Breakthrough Experience A Revolutionary New
Approach to Personal Transformation, by John
Demartini http//www.peace.ca/breakthroughexperien
ce.htm - The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, by Deepak
Chopra http//www.peace.ca/spirituallaws.htm - I Need Your Love Is That True? How to Stop
Seeking and Start Finding , by Byron Katie
http//www.peace.ca/isthattrue.htm - The Greatest Miracle in the World, by Og Mandino
http//www.peace.ca/greatestmiracle.htm - The Emotional Freedom Technique, by Gary Craig
http//www.mercola.com/forms/eftcourse.htm - Psych-K For Accelerated Personal Growth, by
Robert Williams http//psych-k.com/home.php
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68- In the process of all this, I have been
undergoing a significant personal transformation
a journey that I am pleased to share with you.
- In the process of seeking peace, we are likely to
give ourselves anxiety, pain and even depression
your mind can become a war zone. Stress is the
signal that its time to question your own
thinking. Seeking peace is how you lose the
awareness of peace. But you can only lose the
awareness of it, not the state. Thats not an
option, because peace is what we all are. Look
around you and you will find peace in many ways,
if you look hard enough celebrate them. The
spiritual secret that applies here is this what
you seek, you already are.
69- The U.N. Culture of Peace Program calls for the
transformation of all institutions from a culture
of violence to a Culture of Peace and
Non-violence. The first institution that must
go through this transformation is ourselves. As
Gandhi instructed us, be the change you seek in
the world. In a sense, our old selves (our
selves raised in a culture of violence and
reflecting it) must die in order that our new
selves - our selves living a Culture of Peace and
Non-violence may be born. We must truly be
Renaissance Men and Women. I suspect many of
you are also labouring with your rebirth. Each
of us has to find the actual experience of peace
and calmness on our own. The secret for doing
that is to free the mind. When it is free, the
mind settles down. It gives up its restlessness
and becomes a channel for peace. As the UNESCO
motto proclaims, Since wars begin in the minds
of men, it is in the minds of men that the
defences of peace must be constructed. This
applies to us as well as them. - I invite you to join me in this personal
transformation. A major goal over the next
period will be to strengthen our section of the
www.peace.ca web site on Building Peace at the
Individual Level.
70- I fully believe that the people who need the most
peace education are peace educators, peace
leaders and peacebuilders. One of our major
goals at Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace is
to help with the necessary personal
transformations to accelerate the personal
growth and wisdom of all peace educators, leaders
and builders, by supplying helpful information.
Since everyone is a potential peace educator,
leader and builder this means engaging
everyone. It truly takes an astronomical vision
to make a global difference. - I am very grateful that I have found my purpose
in life peace education. We all have our own
unique talents to bring to peace education I am
pleased to bring my unique leadership, management
and business talents to bear on this most
worthwhile cause. By teaching peace and wisdom,
our students can transform their lives and make a
difference teaching peace and wisdom. - Today, start to act as if your influence extends
everywhere you should know that it does.
71THE WISDOM I AM LIVING
- Higher Purpose - work for the welfare of the
whole world, by significantly reducing the human
cost of direct and indirect violence through
peace education, raising social intelligence,
true wisdom and self actualization throughout the
world. - Communion communicate and develop relationships
with everyone else in the world, to notify the
worlds farthest reaches of the purpose and
intention (above). - Awareness listen to understand, everything that
impinges on the purpose (above). Meditate on it,
adapt, remain flexible, respond accordingly. - Acceptance There are no enemies. Understand my
values and others values, and communicate with
myself and others accordingly. I am a genius and
they are also. Recognize every one as equally
important and interdependent. - Creativity think thoughts never thought before,
dance in a way never seen before. Continue to
solve the peace problem every day, in creative
new ways. - Being obey the universal cycle of rest and
activity. Live a balanced life. Sleep on it.
Meditate on it. Develop routines and cycles.
Live the Nature of Peace, and Peace of Nature. - Efficiency work smarter, not harder.
Prioritize. Seek value, including profit in what
is done. Benefits must significantly exceed all
costs. Stop doing things that are not
significant contributors to the purpose. - Bonding know that we are all fundamentally the
same. There are no outcasts. Extend the hand of
friendship to all. - Giving give and receive automatically, without
expectation, without hoarding. Give students of
peace your time. - Immortality pass on your knowledge, experience
and talents to others and become immortal by
leaving a legacy of peace education that will
keep on giving when you pass on to another
plain. Be remembered. - Exercise write your own "Wisdoms" page.
72Questions?
- Thank you
- Bob Stewart
- stewartr_at_peace.ca
- www.peace.ca
- A copy of this presentation is available at
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