My journey to Shambala, a place of peace

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letting go and finding peace
2007-05-19 09:35:00
My husband was telling me a story this morning about something tragic that happened to a child. He said that it had been lingering on his mind for the entire day to the point that it disrupted his sleep.  While he was telling me this, I could feel the darkness that had been burdening him ...
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poetry on canvas
2007-05-07 09:21:00
I came across this site called “Olivebranch Network” which is a blogging group consisting of mostly Iraqi bloggers. The posts are a way for them to reach out to the world in hopes of a better understanding of who they are and how they long for a simple life which includes what all humans deserve, ...
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messages in water
2007-04-27 05:44:00
Have you ever toyed with the idea of mental telepathy or wondered just how powerful your thoughts are? If so, you may find this Japanese Dr.?s research quite intriguing. Dr. Masaru Emoto has been researching the effect of thoughts projected on water by photographing water crystals after the water has been frozen. Although this research is ...
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a message of peace
2007-04-15 04:59:00
View my “Peace Flash” below. There is a helpless feeling that goes along with having family members living in a war zone and not being able to do anything about it. I have had a very difficult time coping with this over the years with my husband?s family living directly inside Baghdad. For my ...
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La vita è bella
2007-03-29 05:37:00
La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful), is one of my all time favorite films. I first saw it in 1998 after it won three academy awards. It left such an impression on me that I think back to it quite often, especially when facing difficult times in my life. Roberto ...
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the human peace sign
2007-03-16 05:53:00
In a time where listening to the news offers little hope of peace on this planet, like minded people will be gathering together in cities across the world to build a human peace sign that will literally light up the evening sky and radiate with love and compassion for all the world to see. I watched ...
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meditation
2007-03-13 05:06:00
I have been meditating for several years now and find it to be an incredible source of peace and comfort. At first it was hard to stop my busy mind from wandering, but in time and with a little patience it does become easier. There are many books on the market ...
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educating peace
2007-03-11 09:05:00
I came across a site called EPIC (Education for Peace in Iraq Center) which is an organization working for the human rights and humanitarian conditions of the Iraqi people. Having family in Iraq, this cause is dear to my heart. By diligently working to seek new ways to end the conflict, EPIC has ...
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about me
2007-03-11 05:20:00
I am American born from a small German town in Minnesota called New Ulm. My father is all German and my mother is both German and Swedish. My soul mate and the love of my life is my Iraqi born husband who I have been married to for twenty-seven years. Like all couples we have had ...

delicious peace
2007-03-07 14:57:00
I came across an article at Conscious Choice the other day about a coffee co-op in Uganda called the Mirembe Kawomera cooperative. The name means Deli cious Peace in the Luganda language. The cooperative was founded by JJ Keki, a coffee farmer living in Uganda. Keki literally went door to door to neighboring farmers and was able ...

the road to shambala
2007-03-06 14:54:00
In 1973 the rock band Three Dog Night released a song called Sham bala. I just heard it pop up again on an episode of the television series LOST. The lyrics to the song were written by American poet Daniel Moore who became a Sufi Muslim in 1970 and now goes by the name Abd al-Hayy Moore. What ...
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