Action grounded in personal and communal spiritual practiice

Thanks again to Dale Hess for his Monday morning missive. Among the items in his list is one that references Gandhi. The article is not short but for The Editor one part stood out:

Effective nonviolent political action does not spring from a vacuum; it grows out of daily living grounded in personal and communal spiritual practice, and in constructive service to one’s immediate and surrounding communities. Nonviolence on the political stage is only as powerful as the personal and community-based nonviolence of those who engage in it. The importance of the ashram experience flows from this understanding.

THE 2ND WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE & NON-VIOLENCE SCHEDULED FOR 2ND OCTOBEER 2019 TO 8 MARCH 2020 STARTING IN MADRID

From Ecumenics and Quakers

21.11.2017 – Madrid, Spain – Rafael de la Rubia

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The 2nd World March for Peace and Nonviolence was announced during the Conference for Nonviolence that took place between the 15th and 18th of November in Madrid, Spain.  It is scheduled to start on the 2nd of October 2019 (International Nonviolence Day) and end on the 8th of March 2020 (International Women’s Day).  The March will start and end in Madrid.

The conference was organised by World without Wars and Violence with support from PNND(i), the Peace Culture Foundation, WILPF (Spain), the Spanish campaign “Nonviolence 2018”, Ecologists in Action, Pressenza and the Spanish Peace Research Association among others and was held in several locations of the Spanish capital: from the symbolic Congress of Deputies to the more humble district of Vallecas, passing through the Madrid City Council in Cibeles Square.  The organisers’ interest was to introduce the subject of nonviolence in its various expressions in all social fields, from national, to city and neighbourhood level.  This will be strengthened by the development of the 2nd World March which will try to impact all sectors of society with the subjects of peace and nonviolence.

Global security was the subject tackled on the 15th of November, in the Clara Campoamor Hall in the Spanish Congress of Deputies, including the increasing risk of the use of nuclear weapons and its relationship to the recent Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons(ii) the ratification of which is currently underway in the United Nations but without Spain’s support.  In this session, Congress Deputy Pedro Arrojo(iii) announced that 50 colleagues from the Podemos parliamentary block had joined the PNND network.  There was also a meeting between Congress Deputy Pablo Bustinduy and Alyn Ware(v), the international coordinator of PNND, on the subject of how New Zealand managed to get and maintain a defence agreement with Australia and the United States which respected the decision of the New Zealand people to reject the presence of nuclear weapons on their territory.  Arrojo also announced the activation of an international network of parliamentarians to support the 2nd World March.

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Quaker Peace Action - Adelaide - to-morrow 12 July - 2.30pm-3.30pm - Torrens Parade Ground

This is the flyer for tomorrow's action in Adelaide, 

from 2.30 to 3.30 at the Torrens Parade Ground. 

Bring your peacemaking selves along.

Faith teachings on non-violence --- much needed teaching with the world as it is to-day

Faith Teachings on Non-Violence: Casey Multi-Faith Network

From March 17, 2016 19:00 until March 17, 2016 21:00

•  At City of Casey Council, Room 7, Magid Drive, Narre Warren

The Casey Multi-Faith Network invites you to:

Faith Teachings on Non-Violence | Panel Discussion 

Date: Thursday 17 March 2016       Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Casey Civic Centre, Room 7, Magid Drive, Narre Warren

Speakers from different faiths will present their religion’s teachings and offer an opportunity to ask questions. Faiths represented are: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism.

Everyone Welcome. Free Public Event. Tea/Coffee will be provided.For more information: info@caseymultifaith.org.au

The Quaran: 'If you go to the text looking for violence, you will find it. I go looking for nonviolence, and I find it!'

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Funny that! 
The same could be said of the Holy Books of the Jews and the Christians.