The Trance-Formation of America

I have been thinking much, lately, about "Mind Control" since this is the etymological meaning of the word "govern" "ment[al]" or government - to "control the mind"... Contributing to this is my observation of a movement: I feel the world has found a little hope in the "campaign" or really MOVEMENT to make a Cabinet level Department of Peace in America.

After the Student Peace Alliance Conference I searched Youtube for Marshall Rosenberg's (Speaking Peace aka) Non Violent Communication. I found a great, long interview on Youtube with NYC's "Further down the rabbit whole" talk show host, Paula Gloria. After enjoying this fabulous interview, I then looked at Gloria's most popular show. #1 was about a topic so strange yet illuminating that I do not even know what to write about it. Go, find out for yourself.

See these interviews on the Conscious Media Network (CMN) internet tv show. One with Kathy O'brien and the other with Mark Phillips... and I promise it will answer many questions about the state of our world.

CMN has many wonderful interview indeed.

Enjoy:

http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm

"Students are held hostage by culture" - Visionary Principle

The NYT just came out with with an illuminating article about Yoga in schools. At one high school in Needham Mass, seniors are now REQUIRED to practice yoga.

This breakthrough synchronisticaly reflects the insight I had recently. That is, that "yoga is the proper activity of a human life"! I suspect the great, most famous Yogi, Gandhi, would agree :)

Click Here to enjoy.

I will now try to contact someone at the school to learn more about their innovative program. I wonder if students are required to learn the ethics of yoga? How about, how to reach Samadhi/Nirvana? Or how peace studies and Gandhi's legacy relates to this awakening?

Student Peace Alliance, Peace and Justice Studies Assoctation and Misc.

(Image From the Peace and Justice Studies website)
Its been a few weeks since my last post. Since then, I participated in the Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference held at Elizabethtown College near Amish country and Hershey PA. This turned out to be an intriguing conference, while I presented on my research with a paper called "...Sacred Model of Peace Learning..." about my study of progressive education, journaling, dialog and wholism. This paper should be available, now, on the paxeducare.org website. My only criticism of the conference is that it lacked wholistic studies as an aspect of the peace being studied... this is really a criticism of the entire field, in that very few college programs have yet to integrate this ("upper left quadrant" in the Wilberian integral model) level of scholarship - if any. Nonetheless, everyone I met with seems to be open to this pro-preace concept, including the author of a book called Citizenship Under Fire, presenting at the conference, and offering a chapter about the topic. She saw this idea of wholistic peace as a , or "the" solution as part of what this Israeli woman terms "expansive education." I skimmed her book and found it quite interesting.

The Peace and Justice Studies Association sells a book which is a guide to all the degree programs offered, at least in the USA, on the topic of Peace studies. Google that if interested!

In other events, Dr. Mary Lee Morrison and I were recently interviewed in the local access TV channel by a social worker who founded the social services/counseling organization "Hopeworks" here in West Hartford. Together, we discussed our work in the field of peace activism, current events and our understanding of these and new directions in education.














(Image from the Student Peace Alliance Website)
Finally, last weekend, I was very happy to attend the first annual Student Peace Alliance conference at Brandeis University. This was a fabulous event in which Mahatmas Gandhi's grandson spoke, Nobel laureate Betty Reardon and a host of other interesting leaders were present. It was exciting to meet the leaders of the campaign for a cabinet level department of peace, fellow student activists and organizers (such as Dot Maver whose book I have recently read, called "Conscious Education: Bridge to Freedom). I look forward to supporting this campaign more; researching it, envisioning the outcome, and working towards that......

I look forward to making this Student Peace Alliance venture more empowered, or "integral" as it begins to work with, perhaps, more theory and practice of multicultural and wholistic education. For example, I think proactive health education, or "new public health" (as the UN is calling this now) such as integrative nutrition, yoga, mindfulness training, etc, could be a strong asset... The word "govern" "ment" means control/govern of mind/mental and I do not believe peace will be realized until we, as individuals, start from within (educare, the root word of education has this meaning).

While in Boston, I met with Michael Munson who leads some 20 Body and Brain clubs affiliated with Dhan Yoga. This was a very nice meeting which we had planned for a long while. His group is working on some great projects such as supporting many new, inner city teachers through wholistic empowerment. I also got to meet with a new friend whose working on a masters degree in religions through Harvard and has been closely aligned with the integral movement. Overall, it was a very exciting weekend.

For anyone interested in the Student Peace Alliance and our work, or already in the group, I suggest you might want to look at this article, as I am:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Coalition_for_the_Decade

Also, you can check Youtube for some great videos of Marshall Rosenberg. Even the 1.5 hour video of him, on there, talking about corporate NVC (non violent communication) is, well , I think its enlightening! I highly suggest this work to one and all, and feel that Marshall is a model of how people must relate in the future peaceful world. Now, time to get the elite (mind control) forces (re: government) to joyfully realize this, practice it and move toward awakening peace consciousness here and now. I look forward to organizing with this group more...on to the governator.