My journey to Shambala, a place of peaceMy journey to Shambala, a place of peaceTake a break from the political realm and come with me on a journey A journey to Shambala, the place of peace. 
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a love story
2008-02-15 04:57:00 This is a very touching story about a soldier on his second tour in Iraq, who befriended and nursed an abused dog back to health. He named the dog Nubs because the poor thing had his ears cut off, apparently on purpose to make him more alert. After only a few months from taking ... More About: Love , Story , Love story , A Love Story
President Obama
2008-02-14 14:44:00 I have followed many presidential campaigns throughout the years, and never has a candidate so inspired me like Barack Obama . I sat and listened to Barack speak for the first time on Tuesday as he addressed 18,000 cheering supporters in Madison Wisconsin. The audience was electric and Obama had them on fire. One could ... More About: President
three cups of tea
2008-02-12 06:32:00 Three Cups of Tea is an inspiring story about the life and work of an ordinary man by the name of Greg Mortenson who has devoted his life to building schools in some of the most rural and often volatile regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan. And when I say devoted his life, I mean literally living ...
the stars on the other side
2008-02-06 14:53:00 The Stars on the Other Side I look at the stars up in the sky The same stars that shine on the other side My life is surrounded with harmony A plethora of food in my pantry Warm shelter for sleep I look again at the stars in the sky Indeed the same stars The heavens won?t lie My children have dreams More than the ... More About: The Other Side , Other Side
the power of love
2008-02-01 15:34:00 I have always believed that love is the most powerful force in the universe, that love is omnipotent and eternal, with no beginning or no end. God is Love and love is God. If you don’t believe in God, love to you may be the universe, the living source of energy that gives ... More About: Power
Listening to your Higher Self
2008-01-24 07:14:00 Every now and then, I come across something that stirs my energy. It feels as if I had reached across an invisible barrier between me and my higher self. My soul seems to have recognized something significant and cries out ?Stop! Look at that a little closer. There is something I really want ... More About: Higher , Listening
Choose to Love Life
2008-01-15 05:08:00 Thanks to Random Thoughts for posting this beautiful pic titled Bus Stop. What a whimsical delight by artist girltripped at deviantArt. I also loved the post Random chose for the the pic. How can we make the most of a stressful situation? By realizing that we have a choice as to how we react ... More About: Life , Love , Love Life , Choose
Recycle Your Holiday Cards
2008-01-04 15:36:00 Now that the holidays are over, what to do with all those pretty holiday cards. It is a shame to just toss them in the trash when you think of all the resources it took to create them. A search on the internet will deliver all sorts of crafty things to do with them. ... More About: Holiday , Crafts , Recycle , Cards
Lord I often wonder
2007-12-18 14:16:00 How is it Lord that my soul is so important to your heaven? How is it you’ve forgiven more then the seventy times seven? How is that a tiny star can be greater than the earth? How is it you’ve so dumbfounded man with the miracle of birth? How is it Lord there’s so many people in this world? With different colors, different features hair that’s ...
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni
2007-11-17 08:09:00 When I first picked up the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni, it was almost as if I was being drawn to it. A friend of mine had casually mentioned the book to me and soon an unusual chain of events led me to pick it up at a grocery store while heading to the ... More About: Kite Runner , The Kite Runner
Darfur
2007-10-04 15:23:00 The tragic events happening in Darfur are incomprehensible for me to even envision, and as a person that advocates peace it is something that I have languished over. How can I as a loving and peaceful human being allow genocide to take place in the world today? Over time, I have accepted the fact that as ...
the mandala, a symbol of peace
2007-09-23 10:48:00 When I was first introduced to meditation, I started by focusing on a Mandala, a sacred form of geometry which is intended to draw your focus to its center. The word mandala is a Sanskrit word which means circle. It comes from the word ?manda? meaning ?essence? and ?la? meaning ?container?. Together it becomes ... More About: Peace , The Man
advocating peace
2007-09-16 08:03:00 I first learned about Marla Ruzicka through Iraqi blogger Salam Pax after American troops invaded Iraq in March of 2003. Here was this young American girl literally going door to door inquiring about casualties resulting from U.S. and coalition military operations. Marla was a genuine peace maker and Iraqis soon learned to trust ... More About: Peace
the adhan
2007-09-08 14:53:00 In Islam, there is a song which sung five times a day to call those of Mulsim faith to prayer. This song is called the Adhan (or Azaan) and is sung by a servant of Allah called the Muezzin. In the early days of Islam, the Muezzin would climb the stairs of the ...
a human experience
2007-08-26 15:59:00 We are here as spiritual beings trying to live life in a human body. As the saying goes, we are not humans trying to have a spiritual experience, but spirits trying to have a human experience. For some, the transition comes easy. These souls embrace life without fear. These are the ones you will find challenging their ... More About: Human , Experience , Peri , Erie
Ajna
2007-08-07 05:22:00 I love surfing the net finding treasures like these. This beauty was created by Betool Fekaiki who is an Iraqi artist now living in the UK. If I were to give it a name, I would call her ?Ajna? representing the brow charka, the chakra of time, light and awareness. There is ...
poetry in sand
2007-08-05 16:14:00 This woman is amazing, her name is Ilana Yahav and she is a sand animation artist. A poet through her fingers, she tells her story while they dance in the sand taking you quickly from one scene to the next. You can see more videos on her website sandfantacy.com. More About: Poetry , Sand
?I am?
2007-08-05 14:30:00 I stand before thee completely exposed I have no name I have no country or race I have no religion or occupation I am neither male nor female rich nor poor educated nor uneducated I am neither husband nor wife son nor daughter father nor mother sister nor brother I am simply I am ~Deborah Abdulla We tend to make judgments on people by the labels they have given themselves or in ...
tidbit
2007-08-02 16:22:00 Thank you Salam Aldil at Iraq Blog Count for giving me the honor to be included as an Iraqi this week and posting my poem on his site.
a journey to Iraq
2007-08-02 15:17:00 I challenge you to take a journey to a place called Iraq . Do not be afraid, for in this journey war does not exist. If you imagine Iraq to be of mostly desert and camels, you are deeply mistaken. While looking upon these beautiful pictures, quietly send your thoughts of peace to this proud and ... More About: Journey
from the fishouse
2007-08-01 07:17:00 Stumbled upon a website called ?From the Fishouse?, an audio archive of poems. Here you can find brilliantly painted words from emerging poets and also hear the poet recite their own poetry. I love poetry readings. Sometimes I get so lost in the voice that I feel I may have missed the message. ... More About: Ouse
just a thought
2007-08-01 06:12:00 many a times i have stood over the sink peeling apples for an apple pie. I would always try to peel the entire apple in one long peel. it was never a chore to me and i would always get lost in thought as i peeled away. when i first read apple ... More About: Thought
the laws of my soul
2007-07-30 15:01:00 the laws of my soul there are three major types of laws that people will follow, the laws of the land, the laws of the church, and the laws of the soul if there should come a time when they are not equal, and I must choose one over the other I shall choose to follow my soul, for I can step ... More About: Laws , Soul , My Soul , The Law
?hush?
2007-07-28 22:18:00 “hush” as i sit in silent meditation swirls of incense burn beside me over and over the mantra repeats itself until my cluttered mind is clear of all thought make me an instrument of thy peace lord make me an instrument of thy peace like a white cell summoned to infection my heart is drawn to those in need of peace i hear brother ... More About: Hush
the gift of sight
2007-07-24 14:56:00 Was surfing over to Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore?s site on a quest for inspiration and was pleasantly surprised to find a video clip of a poetry reading. The poem so eloquently read by him was called ?Everyone is given their own set of Eyes?. As I sat and listened to the reading several ... More About: Gift , Sigh , Sight , The G
a sense of community
2007-07-23 15:08:00 I had the opportunity this past weekend to help frame a house with Habitat for Humanity. The owner of my place of work donated the funds to construct a house and invited all her employees to participate in building it. Most of us had no prior building experience, and I was not sure ... More About: Sense , Community , Sens , Unit
?Insalata Caprese?
2007-07-07 09:38:00 On my journey to finding peace within, I have been more in tune to the factors that diet and health play in ones overall peace of mind. I don?t need a scientific study to tell me that when nourishing my body with fresh fruits, bright colorful veggies, nuts and whole grains, that I just feel ...
find a good book without leaving your house
2007-07-04 23:22:00 There are days when I feel sort of melancholy in which I find it hard to leave the house to do anything. It is times like these that reading tends to be a good pick-me-up for me. But when leaving the house to find something to read is too much of a chore, I ... More About: House , Book , Find , Good , Ving
a hippo sings..a dog dances..
More articles from this author:2007-05-28 10:13:00 It is no secret that music can actually lift ones spirits to higher more peaceful levels. So can inspiring movies, poetry and books. Now, I normally would not put cartoons in the same class as poetry when it comes to inspiration, however when my son found this video clip on the web of a ... More About: Dances , Sings 1, 2, 3 |
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