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Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness

From the Book: RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War published by Trine Day.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - I was sitting in full lotus, body wrapped in a blanket, mind rapt in deep stillness, breathing lightly, wisps of air curling into the infinite space behind my closed eyes.

My mantra had gone beyond sound to become a pulse of light in an emptiness that contained everything.

Resurrecting Insurrection

It’s become clear that we live in a reactionary era.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Endless war… endless despair. The USA finally elects a leader who pledges to bring peace, and he morphs before our incredulous eyes into a war president.

Fortress America continues to expand globally as prison, sweatshop, and fire base. After all our years as activists trying to change this country, how could it have sunk to this?

The Real War Heroes

From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War, published by Trine Day 2010.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - "That must be them." Petra took one hand off the steering wheel and pointed to a group of soldiers about two hundred meters away, standing along our road next to a high chainlink fence topped with barbed wire.

Traffic was light, but Petra said, "I don't want any other cars around." She pulled off the road and stopped. "Get everything ready."

RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War

Candid thoughts from Salem-News.com writer William Hathaway about his new book, and his life as a combat veteran turned peace activist.

(SALEM, Ore.) - We can reduce the stress humanity suffers under. We can create a society that meets human needs and distributes the world's resources more evenly.

We can live at peace with one another. But that's going to take basic changes. And I hope RADICAL PEACE points the way to some of those.