Peace Pilgrim spent twenty eight years of her life walking across the United States, spreading her ideas about world peace. It is unclear how many miles she walked by the end of her journey, having stopped counting at the 25,000 mile mark.
Born Mildred Lisette Norman, Peace Pilgrim was a pacifist, vegetarian and peace activist who set out on her walk for world peace on January 1st 1953, from Pasadena in California. A regular speaker on the subject of peace at churches, universities and local and national radio and television stations, when she set off the USA was in enmeshed in the Korean War. By the time that she died in a car accident in 1981, the Vietnam War had also come and gone.
Peace Pilgrim was an example to us all of the commitment and fortitude needed if we are to one day see a world at peace.
12seconds for Peace is very happy to present a video in honour of Peace Pilgrim in our 'Leaders and Teachers for Peace' series.
Paci
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Monday, 10 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Debby Rosenberg
12seconds for Peace is having peaceful thoughts today after receiving this wonderful video from Debby Rosenberg. Again, we come back to discovering the roots of where peace in the world must begin: with ourselves. Once we can cultivate internal peace then perhaps there is a chance that we can bring peace to the world around us.
Debby is a poet and photographer and maker of the occasional video. In her own words:
"My outlet is artistic expression, sensing the new era of enlightment will be further progressed via the multidimensional arts. Currently, a cultural creative utilizing artistic expression, knowing the multidimensional arts contribute to global change within the mindset of humanity."
You can find ot more about Debby and her work here.
Nyein chan yay
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Debby is a poet and photographer and maker of the occasional video. In her own words:
"My outlet is artistic expression, sensing the new era of enlightment will be further progressed via the multidimensional arts. Currently, a cultural creative utilizing artistic expression, knowing the multidimensional arts contribute to global change within the mindset of humanity."
You can find ot more about Debby and her work here.
Nyein chan yay
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Sunday, 9 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Abdullah Turan Özşahin - 2
Another great video from Abdullah Turan Özşahin from Turkey kicks off the start of our second compilation '12seconds for Peace - Ten Minutes Later'.
Abdullah's wonderful little video really asks a very pertinent question and one that we really need to be asking ourselves. When we make a comparison between living in peace and the alternatives to peace - is it really so hard to see which is the most preferable?
And of course the bigger question is: Why on Earth are we allowing to persist in the world, the conditions that DO exist, when we have it easily within our power to bring peace to all?
Mina
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Abdullah's wonderful little video really asks a very pertinent question and one that we really need to be asking ourselves. When we make a comparison between living in peace and the alternatives to peace - is it really so hard to see which is the most preferable?
And of course the bigger question is: Why on Earth are we allowing to persist in the world, the conditions that DO exist, when we have it easily within our power to bring peace to all?
Mina
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Saturday, 8 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Mother Teresa
12seconds for Peace presents another video in our series 'Leaders & Teachers for Peace'. This time with the inspiring words of Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa, an Albanian Catholic nun, was born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Üsküb of the Ottoman Empire. At the age of 12 she had already decided that she wished to commit herself to her religious calling and joined the sisters of Loreto as a missionary at the age of 18; never again to see her family.
In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, and for over 45 years did all that she could to alleviate the suffering of the poor, the sick, orphaned and dying. The Missionaries of Charity's expansion took it throughout the rest of India and then on to the rest of the world.
In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Noble Peace Prize and by the time of her death in 1997, the Missionaries of Charity had 610 missions in 123 countries.
Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
Her most profound and insightful comment relating to the desire for peace in the world came when she was invited to go on an anti-war march. She said: "I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there."
Peace
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Mother Teresa, an Albanian Catholic nun, was born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Üsküb of the Ottoman Empire. At the age of 12 she had already decided that she wished to commit herself to her religious calling and joined the sisters of Loreto as a missionary at the age of 18; never again to see her family.
In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, and for over 45 years did all that she could to alleviate the suffering of the poor, the sick, orphaned and dying. The Missionaries of Charity's expansion took it throughout the rest of India and then on to the rest of the world.
In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Noble Peace Prize and by the time of her death in 1997, the Missionaries of Charity had 610 missions in 123 countries.
Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
Her most profound and insightful comment relating to the desire for peace in the world came when she was invited to go on an anti-war march. She said: "I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there."
Peace
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Friday, 7 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Trance Drummer
Today's video for 12seconds for Peace is a very special one, as it marks the end of our first compilation and brings our collection of 12 second videos up to a full 10 minutes.
It is also a very beautiful video from Trance Drummer, and a perfect end to a long journey of four months to get to this point. But this is not the end! Although we shall soon be releasing '12seconds for Peace: The First Ten Minutes', work is now underway on our second collection and the first of the videos for this are now in and will be coming to you shortly.
Thank you to everyone that has contributed to this first of many 12seconds for Peace collections. Do keep your videos coming in. As the project grows, as it's name spreads, more and more 12seconds for Peace is going to be a force for good in the world. Join us. Join the growing band of people who are demanding and insisting on peace in the here and now for all of us!
'12seconds for Peace: The First Ten Minutes' will be released shortly. Watch for it!
Peace
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It is also a very beautiful video from Trance Drummer, and a perfect end to a long journey of four months to get to this point. But this is not the end! Although we shall soon be releasing '12seconds for Peace: The First Ten Minutes', work is now underway on our second collection and the first of the videos for this are now in and will be coming to you shortly.
Thank you to everyone that has contributed to this first of many 12seconds for Peace collections. Do keep your videos coming in. As the project grows, as it's name spreads, more and more 12seconds for Peace is going to be a force for good in the world. Join us. Join the growing band of people who are demanding and insisting on peace in the here and now for all of us!
'12seconds for Peace: The First Ten Minutes' will be released shortly. Watch for it!
Peace
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Thursday, 6 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Kelly Anne Tearney - 3
Another superb, and light-hearted video by Kelly Anne Tearney this time. Finally, peace makes the press!! Read all about it in this wonderful little video-vignette from Kelly. This marks the end of Kelly's amazing trilogy of videos for 12seconds for Peace but we want to express our gratitude for the work that she is doing personally to make the world a better place through her commitment, enthusiasm and passion for peace.
Please do go and check out Kelly's wonderful Peace Art site here.
Pau
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Please do go and check out Kelly's wonderful Peace Art site here.
Pau
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Wednesday, 5 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Siddhārtha Gautama (The Buddha)
12seconds for Peace is very happy to present another in our series 'Leaders & Teachers for Peace' with this very special video-vignette based around the profound wisdom of Prince Siddhārtha Gautama. Siddhārtha Gautama went on to become more widely known as The Buddha (The Awakened or Enlightened One) and is the central figure around which the philosophical belief system of Buddhism grew. The Buddha is also considered a prophet within other philosophical and religious systems of thought, thus his words have a deep resonance for many.
Nirudho
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Nirudho
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Donata Kalinauskaite - 3
Our final video in the trilogy from Donata Kalinauskaite is based around a quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower and once more, with the help of the music of Paul Collier has managed to imbue her work with so much passion and love.
As Donata so rightly points out in this video, true freedom is the ultimate reward in the search for peace. We all desire freedom just as much as we desire peace and the two are intrinsically interlinked; indeed they have a symbiotic relationship. Without peace - whether this is internal or external, we can never truly know freedom, and without freedom, we can never truly know peace.
Pasch
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As Donata so rightly points out in this video, true freedom is the ultimate reward in the search for peace. We all desire freedom just as much as we desire peace and the two are intrinsically interlinked; indeed they have a symbiotic relationship. Without peace - whether this is internal or external, we can never truly know freedom, and without freedom, we can never truly know peace.
Pasch
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Monday, 3 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Anirya
Today's lovely video from Anirya is all about the profound influence that a person at peace - a heart at peace - has on the world around it.
Time and time again, as we explore the notion of peace through the medium of the 12seconds for Peace videos, we are finding that no matter what the externally-focused demands for peace are, or where we wish it to manifest, their is a growing and urgent message that the truth of peace can only be found internally. Peace will come when we begin to embody peace in our daily lives, individually and collectively. Its energy can then impact and transform the outer world. So let us begin...
Many thanks Anirya for your lovely video.
Pakoj
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Time and time again, as we explore the notion of peace through the medium of the 12seconds for Peace videos, we are finding that no matter what the externally-focused demands for peace are, or where we wish it to manifest, their is a growing and urgent message that the truth of peace can only be found internally. Peace will come when we begin to embody peace in our daily lives, individually and collectively. Its energy can then impact and transform the outer world. So let us begin...
Many thanks Anirya for your lovely video.
Pakoj
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Sunday, 2 May 2010
12seconds for Peace - Hussam Salti
A fantastic and very pertinent video for 12seconds for Peace this time from Saudi Arabia made by Hussam Salti!
Hussam's video goes to the core of what it takes to make the world a better place: first of all before we do anything, we need to envision peace. We need to bring it into our hearts and minds as something that we truly aspire too. The law of attraction in action! Once we have peace in our hearts then we can feel motivated to make it happen in the external world!
Peng on
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Hussam's video goes to the core of what it takes to make the world a better place: first of all before we do anything, we need to envision peace. We need to bring it into our hearts and minds as something that we truly aspire too. The law of attraction in action! Once we have peace in our hearts then we can feel motivated to make it happen in the external world!
Peng on
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