Endorsements and responses received from the various groups participating in the Global Interfaith Prayer Vigil are listed below. As updated prayer schedules are received, they will be posted here.
Father
Thomas Keating
St. Benedict's Monestary, Snowmass,
CO
“What is crucial about this global prayer vigil is that it is organized, conscious, and focused. It is important that we are praying for peace in communion with our counterparts in other faith traditions around the world.” -- Father Thomas Keating
Father Keating is inviting 18 monastaries in the Cistercian Order to join the vigil, and is promoting the vigil in other Cistercian monasteries around the world, as well as among practitioners of Centering Prayer through the Contemplative Outreach network.
Father Thomas Keating is a Trappist monk and a founder of the Centering Prayer movement, which seeks to revitalize the contemplative dimension of spiritual life. The Contemplative Outreach network promotes the practice of Centering Prayer, and has about 50,000 active members.
Thrangu
Rimpoche,
Kathmandu, Nepal October 31, 2002
"In these troubled time so many countries are experiencing war and famine. Many people have a troubled mind, either very violently disturbed or depressed. In order to counter these problems and to help pacify the tensions of a disturbed time such as this, it is necessary for every person with a mind of compassion to pray as much as possible for peace and try to keep their own minds happy and peaceful."
Prayers will begin on November 11, 2002 in Rimpoche's monasteries. They will be doing the Guru Rimpoche Practice and will be saying the Guru Rimpoche mantra.
Thrangu Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal is in the Karma Kagyu Lineage, with access to hundreds of monasteries. A great mystic himself, he is the principal spiritual teacher of the Karmapa.
Neeghani
Aki Innini
Leading Earth Man
Sagkeeng, Manitoba, Canada
As the Original Peoples of the Americas, we fully support the efforts for the Global Prayer Vigil for World Peace.
On November 9, we will be joining in this effort of global prayer. We will commence with a gathering of our people. We will take the children into the lodge and shelter them. We will begin with a Feast. We will be lighting the Sacred Fire to call on the spirits of the four directions we will bring out the Pipes, and call upon our ancestors for strength and guidance. We will erect the Sacred Tree of Peace which will stand for forty days and forty nights. Cloth offerings will be offered during this period by any who wish to offer their prayers. We will enter the Sacred Sweat Lodge which represents the womb of our mother the Earth, who helps bring back our true destiny. The Sacred Drum will be sounded to carry our voice of prayer into the universe—into all four corners of the world. We will sing our most Sacred Songs.
Prophecies tell us that the uncovering of the Truth will require the participation of all races of people joining in one spirit. The motivation of this effort will be of Love. In this time of crisis and division we must come together as human beings and embrace the values that unify us, the values that bring peace and love.
A very special lodge was constructed in the shape of a Turtle. The grandmother Turtle to Indigenous Peoples represent the Truth. According to prophecy, we have reached the time in our evolution as human beings for the unveiling of the Truth. The essence of Truth is freedom. We must free ourselves from the wars that divide us. Freedom is found in each of us living our true spirits, living from the heart.
The focus of our prayers must be for the children. We must put our faith in the future, which is our children. But we must go beyond this, too, and put our prayers into action. It is the responsibility of the spiritual people of the world to bring the children back to the center of our lives. The children need the support and mentorship of the spiritual people of the world. We need to create environments where we can truly love them, nurture them, and honor their distinctiveness. We must rely on the wisdom of the Elders of all peoples who can help steer our children to the Truth.
Neeghani Aki Innini (Leading Earth Man) is a shaman, mystic, and peacemaker in the Ojibway tradition. As a peacemaker, he has been to Israel to work with Palestinians and Israelis to bring understanding and reconciliation through prayer and ceremony. He is actively training young people in Native spiritual wisdom as peacemakers.
Venerable
Tenzin Palmo
Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery
Tashi Jong, Kangra, India
"It is essential at this time of great world conflict that the many spiritual traditions come together to pray for peace in the world to benefit all beings. We at Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in northern India are delighted and honoured to participate in the Global SOS Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace. May all beings be well and happy. May all beings be peaceful and at their ease."
-- Venerable Tenzin Palmo
Praises of 21 Taras: Beginning 12 November 2002, our Dongyu Gatsal Ling nuns (from Tibet and the Himalayan border regions) will perform and dedicate for world peace the practice of the "Praises of 21 Taras" twice daily until December 18, 2002, joining those of many faiths around the world in this important Global SOS Initiative.
Venerable Tenzin Palmo was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1964. After years of spiritual study and retreat, she moved into a high Himalayan cave, where she lived alone for 12 years practicing Buddhist meditation. She advocates spiritual training for women, and founded the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in northern India.
Tautra
Mariakloster
Cistercian monastery on the
Island of Tautra, Norway
Sr. Rosemary Durcan, Abbess
“The Trappistine nuns of Tautra Mariakloster join the prayer vigil for peace. We will hold this intention of Peace in our quiet meditation in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament these 40 days and will have a special prayer read before Vespers and Lauds each day. We will also curtail our diet. The Sisters are extending an invitation to those in their vicinity to join them in prayer and to their Lutheran neighbors through their local paper (Norway's state church is Lutheran).
We are dedicating our daily Vespers and Compline to this special intention of averting war. Our chapel is open to the public all day, but especially during the evening during these 40 days for anyone who wishes to pray especially for peace.”
--Sr. Rosemary Durcan
Prayer schedule:
Days and times that the prayer sessions
will take place:
Daily at: 5:05-6:05 AM (quiet prayer
before the Blessed
Sacrament), Vespers at 5:30 PM and
Compline at 7:30 P.M.
Introduced by :
World Peace Prayer
Lead us from death to Life, from falsehood
to Truth · Lead us from despair
to Hope, from fear to Trust, from
war to Peace. Let Peace fill our Heart,
our World, our Universe.
Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche How do we stretch our mind and how do we stretch our heart? We have to begin by uprooting our sense of self-importance, and the tendencies we have to protect and cherish only our self. We have to get into clear focus the fact that these tendencies are what make us confused, ignorant and unable to truly see and feel clearly what is happening with other beings in the world. After we get this into clear focus, we have to cultivate a sense of big heart. A big heart has room for all sentient beings. A big heart must be stretched to have room for all sentient beings. It is a big stretch, from having room and care for just one person, or a few people who are related to us, to having room and care for all sentient beings. Yet all beings are in need of happiness, all are in need of freedom from suffering, and they are no different from oneself. For that reason, one must find room for all sentient beings in one's heart. The Inner Net of the Heart initative provides an excellent opportunity for us to practice stretching our hearts and caring for other beings.
Additional Participating Groups include:
The Asheninka Tribe of Brazil is one of the most remote and traditonal tribes in Amazonia. Their traditional ceremonies have been preserved intact, and they are currently training hundreds of other tribes in the region, to restore and pass on the indigenous wisdom.
Red Cloud is the Chief and Shaman of the Cree of the Small Boy Camp in Alberta, Canada. The Small Boy Camp is a traditional Native American community in Canada that removed themselves from civilization in 1968 in order to preserve their language, traditions, ceremonies, and simple ways of life. Their prayers and ceremonies are fully in tact, and many Native people throughout North America have gone to them to recover the traditional knowledge.
Arvol Looking Horse is a Shaman in the Lakota tradition, and he is the carrier of the original peace pipe given to the Lakota Nation. This pipe was brought to the Lakota people by the legendary White Buffalo Calf Woman. For the past 10 years, he has been organizing World Peace Prayer Day in many locations around the world. He went to Iraq just before Desert Storm to try to stop that war.
Gangteng Rinpoche is the high lama of Bhutan, in the Nyingmapa lineage. He supervises over 25 monastic and retreat centers throughout Bhutan. Recognized by the late Dudjom Rinpoche as the ninth incarnation of Pama Lingpa, he is considered a national treasure in Bhutan.
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa
Hirota Roshi, Zen Master from Japan, is initiating Zen Monestaries all over Japan to engage in the peace prayer vigil.
Insight Meditation Community, Crestone, Colorado, devoted an all-day sit on Nov. 17 at the Sanctuary house yurt to this inter-faith prayer and meditation for peace vigil.
Danza
Azteca de Anáhuac is a pre-Colombian
Aztec ceremonial dance group, based
in Taos, New Mexico. Linda Vellarde
is the Malinztin (fire keeper) of
the group. Danza Azteca de Anahuac
has traveled and performed nationally
and internationally and for ceremonial
events. They are dancing with indigenous
peoples in Mexico during the prayer
vigil, and will be dancing specifically
for peace during the second and third
weeks of December.
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ADDITIONAL GROUPS PARTICIPATING
IN THE PRAYER VIGIL
Listed
below are responses we have received
from various organizations
participating in the prayer
vigil. We have included information
about
them and their prayer practices
in their own words. United
Religions Initiative
The staff of
the United
Religions Initiative
hub office
in San
Francisco
is invited
to share meditation
in the mediation
room in our office
every Monday
through
Thursday from February
1 - May 15.
There will
be at least
one person
and sometimes
three people participating.
In peace,
Sally Mahe
Dear friends,
We are a
small Zen
Buddhist
meditation
Centre in
the mountains
of Southern
Spain. We
will dedicate
our meditation
practice
time, that
is daily
from 7 to
9 morning
and evening
to World
Peace as
well as the
retreats
we hold on
the weekends
as well as
the Easter
retreat from
April 11
to 20.
Francis Shingan
Chauvet
Director of
Jiko An Zen
Centre
Open Way Zen
Community (founded
by Zen master
Hôgen
Daidô Yamahata)
18.460 Yegen
(Granada) -
Spain.
Ph: 958 34
31 85
Dear Friends
in Light,
The Peace
School
in Chicago
is happy
to participate
in this
beautiful
worldwide
movement,
and I apologize
for notifying
you so
late.
Our current
practice
is
in harmony
with your
Vigil,
and we
would
like to
share what
we are
doing.
Our way
is
non-religious
yet deeply
spiritual.
Six days
a week,
in our
classes
here at
our headquarters
and other
locations
in the
Chicago
area, we
practice
together
Peace
Breathing:
inhale
thinking "world",
exhale thinking "peace".
This may seem
to be a very
simple practice,
yet it connects
us
with the bright
energy of the
universe with
the focus on
true harmony
and peace for
all humanity.
Peace Breathing
was developed
by the late
founder of
The Peace School,
Grand Master
MyungSu Y.S.
Kim. The Peace
School is now
headed by his
son, Master
Charles Kim,
who like his
father has
devoted himself
to peace for
all our planet.
We are a
non-profit,
educational
organization
and as such
we shy away
from "religious" terminology.
Master Kim
teaches that
every human
being is a
small universe,
and every human
being is contributing
to the future
of our world.
If we breathe "world
peace" even
one time,
we are
helping
to bring
peace
on earth
that much
sooner.
Peace Breathing
is also
a moving
meditation
as it can
be
done while
walking,
driving,
cooking,
resting,
etc etc!
Thank you for
connecting
so many
groups
in the
spirit
of lasting
peace.
With infinite
gratitude,
Jennifer
Kim.
Contact info:
jenniferkim@peaceschool.orgAloha
from the
island
of Kauai.
We
are the
organization
called
CFAR. We
help people
with the
disease
called
alcoholism
by teaching
them how
to
use nutrition,
diet and
exercise
to control
their cravings
and depression.
This program
works very
effectively,
and has
helped
many people
to lead
normal
and happy
lives.
We are
not
a religious
organization,
but we
will be
very happy
to join
this
effort
for peace.
We will
use prayer
and visualization
every day
at
sunrise
and sunset.
May
the people
of Earth
finally
be at peace
with one
another.
AMEN and ALOHA
James C.Light
I
am joining
the prayer
vigil as
an individual
and have
sent
this to
my circle of
friends.
I pray
for world peace
and recognition
that all
life
is sacred.
M.E. Schneider
The Benedictine
Sisters
of Erie are
standing
in silence
for one
minute of prayer
for
peace
before the
Lord's
Prayer
at the end
of our
community
Morning and
Evening
prayer
in chapel each
day.
We have
a large PEACE
sign
on our
front lawn
with a
NO WAR
WITH IRAQ sign
on
the top
of it. We sponsored
an hour
of
prayer
for peace in
our
local
cathedral on
Jan. 19,
2003
over 500 attended.
peace,
sister marlene
Organization Development
United Religions Initiative
415 561 2304
Sisters
of St. Joseph
I will
be offering
a prayer
for peace
and joining
with thousands
across
the
world for this
enormous effort.
Mary Clark,
SSJ
Sisters of
saint Joseph
Circle of Divine Unity Foundation
Thank you for
your message
announcing
the “Inner
Net of the
Heart.” I
have been directed
by Devra West,
DD, PhD, spiritual
leader of the Circle
of Divine Unity
Foundation,
to
inform you that we
would be delighted
to join in, and
to be part of the Global
Interfaith Prayer Vigil.
We are also happy to
inform you
that a number
of
humanitarian and peace-promoting
organizations
that
come under the overseeing
umbrella of
the Divine
Unity
Foundations have agreed
to participate
in the Vigil.
The founder and creative
director of
these individual
agencies, designed
to inspire
the nobility
of
compassionate guardianship,
philanthropy,
higher
consciousness and human
values, is
Dr. Devra West.
Following are
names of the
agencies with
a brief
outline on each:
• Peace Promise Initiative, a non-profit world peace agency promoting peace and reconciliation in regions of conflict, notably orchestrating a major project presently in Israel which focuses on four primary areas of project endeavors, i.e. (1) women’s leadership; (2) peace education; (3) environmental issues; and (4) interfaith dialogue.
• Sacred Arts Institute, a school of higher consciousness bringing the wisdom teachings of Universal Premise into contemporary application, with two primary programs in the United States and Geneva, Switzerland, training thousands of students in world service and global guardianship
• Global Guardianship Foundation, proposed agency to establish a university for global guardianship, teaching new paradigms of business, economic, and environmental ethics and sustainability
• Ancient Traditions Fellowship, a guardian agency to cultivate global awareness and preservation of world sacred sites, fundraising through its sacred site programs and pilgrimages for the benefit of Himalayan monasteries and their orphanage programs, Jerusalem as a world heritage city, the Amazon rainforest, and other globally significant sites around the world
• Children of Light Foundation, a nonprofit organization offering spiritually based educational development for children aged five to fifteen years, including annual summer retreat and camp programs for the children and their families
• Millennia Mind, Inc., a corporate consulting agency committed to humanitarian and environmental principles for creative solutions to personal and planetary upliftment, and offering creative enhancement programs for the awakening of personal genius in the corporate, scientific, political, and performing arts sector. New concepts for innovative investment opportunities. Please note that you have our permission to list all of these entities on your website, along with the Divine Unity Foundation, as endorsing organizations that support your Interfaith Vigil program. As for the prayer schedule, it has been agreed that, for the duration of the Vigil, members of these organizations will participate in your program mainly through the following activities:
A) Sunday Group
Meditations with
Devra West from 9AM
to Noon at
the Montana Head
Quarters
B) Full Moon Meditations by the
Montana Circle Group
C) Fire Puja
Ceremony and
Mantra Chanting
for peace
every Thursday
between 8AM
and 9AM
D) Special
Peace Prayers
and Positive
Seed Thought
Formation Practices
offered by
the directors,
members,
students, and
world server
initiates of
the Sacred
Arts Institute
E) Individual
Prayers and
Spiritual Practices
for
peace offered
by members
and employees
of the
above-mentioned
organizations
Once again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of the Global Interfaith Prayer Village. Please let me know if you need more details or information.
In Love and Service,
Joseph A. Costantino, Ph.D, FRC
f/The Divine
Unity FoundationGandhi-In-Action
(GIA)
International
Group of Non-violent
Activists), India,
Dr. Arya Bhushan
Bhardwaj, spiritual
leader
Format or type of prayers during the
vigil: Gandhi's inter-religious (SARVA
DHARMA PRARTHANA)
Prayer schedule: Days and times
that the prayer sessions
place: From
1st Feb. to
12th Feb.2003,
every Morning
at
5.30
- Contact info:
(optional)Ansar
Ali, Co-ordinator.
GIA
• Religious
Society of
Friends (Quakers)
Dear Friends,
Thank you for
your encouragement
of all
faith communities
to participate
in the global
prayer for
peace.
My faith
community,
the Asheville
Monthly
Meeting of
the Religious
Society
of Friends,
has been
holding
regular
prayer vigils
on Wednesday
evening
5:30 p.m. and
will continue
to
do so.
Our prayer
is a 30 minute
silent
meditation
after the manner
of Friends
(Quakers),
followed by
30 minutes
of worship
sharing,
wherein
participants
relate their
plea for peace
to their
daily life
experiences.
Steve Livingston
<
plaeides@buncombe.main.nc.us>
Women’s
Dream
Quest, Grace
Cathedral
I
would like
to register
our circle,
the women of
the Women's
Dream
Quest, held
for 15 years
at Grace
Cathedral in
San Francisco,
CA
and
for 3 years
in Portland,
OR. We
will have a
daily practice
of lighting
a candle, attuning
ourselves to
our circle
and the circles
of all
groups
participating
in the vigil,
and praying
for peace.
Because walking
the
Chartres labyrinth
is a central
part
of our practice,
we will also
repeat the
attunement
and prayer
whenever we
walk a
labyrinth
during
the
time of the
vigil.
Thank you for your beautiful
initiative.
Hello to Will,
if you remember
me from
Germany in
1993
Judith Tripp
S.O.N. G. Order of Druids, Derbyshire,
UK
We are an Order
of Druids from
Great Britain,
centred in
and around
Derbyshire,
England but
with members
from
around the world. We
will light
a
candle each evening
at 7.30 pm
and begin with
our traditional
prayer for
Peace as used in all
our ceremonies,
walking to
each direction
to say 'May
there be Peace in the
North, May
there be Peace
in the South,
May there be
Peace in the West,
May there be
Peace in the
East, May there
be Peace Above
and May there be Peace
Below, May
there be Peace
Within and
Throughout
the
Whole World. As we
also work with
sacred sound
we will also
sing for Peace
to each of the directions.
This will be followed
by a period
of meditation.
I have asked as many
members as
possible to
begin this
evening.
This is a beautiful
initiative.
May we all
sing for Peace.
Thank you.
Madeleine Johnson
S.O.N.G. Druid Order
(Spirit Of the North
Gatherings)
"Follow a rainbow
trail, follow a trail
of Song, and all about
you there
will be beauty"
For those inspired
by the path of Druidry
8 School Close
Stonebroom
Derbyshire DE55 6LP
http://www.yewgrove.demon.co.ukTslagi
Cherokee Dance of Life
• Dear Ones
-- I have sent your
message on to everyone
I know and am making
copies for those
who are not on the
internet.
We will be doing
the Tslagi
(Cherokee) Dance
of Life, all 9 rounds,
everyday, especially
on Saturday at
Seabright Beach in
Santa Cruz CA, USA,
where many may join
us.
Blessings!
Robyn JonesAnanda
Kutir Meditation
groups
Fond Greetings
and Appreciation,
We will definitely
be joining
the Prayer
Vigil for Peace
All of the
thousand
or so people
in our Ananda
Kutir: OM's
HOME network
have
been contacted
about the Peace
Vigil from
Feb
1 to May 16th.
Each will be
encouraged
to participate
in whatever
way they
feel most comfortable.
We also have
an ongoing
group worldwide
called "GEM":
Global Earth
Meditation
that has been
meditating
at noon each
day for Peace
in the
World since
1997. They
will continue
to do so and
EveryOne
is welcome
to join us.
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/gem-meditation.
There is a
Peace
in Every
Language
page on our
OM's HOME:
Spiritual
Inspiration
website........
http://users.bestweb.net/~om/yoga/peace.html.May
Peace Prevail
on Earth! Having
received a
very powerful
inner prompting,
through
Holy Mother
Mary, to begin
Praying
for World Peace,
at the beginning
of October
2002, I
started praying
the Rosary
at least twice
a day morning
and
evening. I
am not Catholic
- but
felt inspired
to learn and
pray the
Rosary for
Peace: Peace
in the World,
Peace in the
Family
and Peace in
our Hearts.
The members
of our Ananda
Kutir:
OM's HOME Meditation
groups, on-
line and off,
were
also encouraged
to join in
their own
prayers for
world peace.
Soon after
feeling
the inner prompting
to pray for
peace early
in October,
I
read about
the Pope
declaring Oct
2002 to Oct
2003 as the "Year
of the Rosary",
adding a new
set of Luminous
Mysteries
and recommending
that people
pray the Rosary
for Peace:
Peace in the
World, Peace
in the
Family and
Peace in our
Hearts. Since
then, I have
learned
that throughout
history Holy
Mother Mary
has appeared
many times
encouraging
people throughout
the world
to pray the
Rosary
for Peace -
especially
at times when
war
seems imminent.
http://users.bestweb.net/~om/yoga/peace.html
May Peace Prevail on Earth!
Peace, Love and Harmony,
OM
(Beverly B. Ferguson)
Ananda Kutir: OM's HOME
http://omshome.comThe Theosophical Fellowship
OM NAMO NARAYANAYA
-- Narayan L Babin
Dear Friends,
I am writing to let
you know that The
Theosophical Fellowship
and Heart Flow Worldwide
share
your deep concern
for peace, and join
in the vigil. Ananda
Tara Shan (1946-2002),
our teacher, established
some time ago a 24
hour
Vigil for World Peace,
which many of our
members and friends
participate in.
In the call to action
for the vigil, one
of our members explained
how this
vigil works:
" The
Hierarchy has
called all
spiritual people
to action by
asking
us to
establish and
maintain a
global prayer
and
meditation
vigil around
the
clock. The
world needs
to be flooded
with light
and love
constantly.
What is
asked from
those who respond
to this
need is to
allocate a
half hour to
one
hour time slot
each day at
the same time
of day or night
for
the work. In
this half hour
to one hour,
meditate
and send prayers,
light and love
to trouble
spots around
the world to
help
bring about
peace."
We maintain
a roster of
those participating
in the vigil
on our website
http://www.theosophical.net.au/vigil.htm
so that those
who wish to
do so can "tune
in" with
others meditating
and praying
at that time.
Ananda also
wrote
many prayers
and mantras
dedicated
to peace, and
an Invocation
for World
Peace which
we use in the
vigil and
at other times:
New World Prayer - Invocation for World
Peace
Avatar of Synthesis, Lord of Justice
and Will
Maitreya Christ-Buddha,
Avatar of the
Heart through
the Spirit
of Peace
come forth
from the Heart
of God,
Let peace descend
on Earth.
Let peace descend
on humanity
for the world
has entered
into a new
phase
where Will
and Heart do
merge
and Justice
and Love shall
govern the
Earth
in the part
of humanity
which strives
to live by
the truth that
God is Good.
Feel the pulsating
Love of God
Whose Love
encompasses
all living,
in the name
of the
Son-Daughter
Who, like the
most radiant
starlight,
heal the
Earth.
Be healed,
Earth.
Be light, Earth,
and let it
be now! Thank
you for your
work in helping
us
to collaborate
and strengthen
the
efforts for
peace.
I have sent
word about
the Global
Interfaith
Prayer for
Peace to those
on our email
lists.
With love and blessings,
Mary-Faeth
Mary-Faeth Chenery
General Secretary
Heart Flow Worldwide
11 Table Hill Road (Post Office Box 300)
Daylesford, Victoria 3460 Australia
Phone: 61-3-5348-1275
Fax: 61-3-5348-1070
www.theosophical.net.au
www.heartflow.orgCeltic Wanderers
Dear Friends,
I have received an
invitation to join
the vigil by a sister.
I have already sent
out this invitation
to many
of my brothers and
sisters in
all walks of life.
I feel very strongly
that this vigil is
in tune with
the healing spirit
and I would like
to join it - at present
with two
other sisters - but
the circle might
expand.
We three are
set to start
on the 31st
of January,
Brigit's
eve in the
Celtic Tradition.
The three
of us have
a very strong
connection
to this holy
day
in both the
pre- and post-christian
traditions.
The
fact that your
vigil ties
in quite precisely
with Her quarter
of the
year has especially
moved our hearts.
We firmly believe
in the transformative
power
of the I AM
centre
of the
heart as the
door to a wholesome,
peaceful "WE" of
mankind, and
indeed all
Life..... we
believe in
the power
of
the Sun in
the heart to
make the
changes needed
today… We,
people of all
faiths, need
to weave exactly
what you are
uttering
your SOS call
for, a web
of free peace
through, and
with,
and for the
heart strings
of all people
and peoples,
upon which
the One
Healing
Spirit can
work her/his
miracles.
Be thanked
for initiating
this, and we
hope to be
good weavers
in this
work at this
cosmic
earth hour.
We will follow
it through
every saturday,
at the same
time,
until May
16th. In this
day, I
will make the
prayer on
the 16th -
Friday,instead
of the 17th.
In the victory
of light, in
the blessing
of love, for
the
free peace
for all life
on earth
Anneruth, Shulamith,
and Karunaa
INTO AFRICA - Viagens & Safaris,
Lda.
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INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THE
VIGIL
The following
individuals
are joining
the vigil,
many of whom
are also reaching
out to involve
others
in their local
communities
or church groups.
Kanawha Pastoral
Counseling
Center, Charleston,
WV.
I will join
by reciting
the World Peace
Prayer
and by sitting in silence.
Reverend Sky Kershner
Elder, United Methodist
Church
Director, Kanawha Pastoral
Counseling Center of
Charleston, WV
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Center.
We reach out to all
persons by providing
professional counseling,
education,
and consultation,
at an affordable cost,
in the context of a
spiritual understanding
of life.
16 Leon Sullivan way
Charleston, WV 25301
304-346-9689
www.kpcc.com
My schedule -
I will do this at 8am
Eastern Standard Time.
Daily.
• Thankyou for the blessing
of intention and beingness of your
web sight
Selamat Gajun! Selamat Ja!
(Sirian for Be One! Be in Joy!)
Samaria Astara
• We pray
for peace daily and
delight in consciouly
joining
with you in prayer
and by
being peace in all
our affairs.
Lovingkindness, Compassion, Understanding,
Great Peace, Health and Joy,
Heather Peck
• My name is Mariko(Chiaki)Arai/Japanese
one of the participant of the World Peace
Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual
Leaders.
I join the Global
Interfaith Prayer
for Peace.
Prayer of KOTOTAMA
(Word Spirit) and
also Prayer of the
Sun. I am translating
the
information into
Japanese and will
send other prayers
here in Japan.
I am a part of you;
each days, morning,
mid time ,evening
and nigh; I send
the seven
bénéditions
of the chaman ;
paix, santé, joie, lumière,
sérénité,
beatitude et amour.
with the sage, the
cedar
and the sweet grass.
flora des ondes
Warmest
regards,
Prayer of the Sun
Mariko Arai
• Francette DURRENS from
France, my heart is to prière
group for
the Paix( excuse
my english writing..)
Namaste ,
Francette,
Goodbye,
Quelle heureuse initiative. J'aimerai
participer à cette
veillée de prières dès
aujourd'hui.
Merci
Marianne Pignat
• I will pray the
Our Father and Holy Mary
and whatever prayers
and words
that will come to my
mind and heart.
May God bless you
all.
With love & light,
Irene
• Dear
peacefriends,
I´ve got the information about your initative today. It´s a need to appreciate you for this way to do something for worldpeace.
It suits me. I do the prayer for worldpeace "May peace prevail on earth!" every day.
And I feel the strong power, then more and more people do something like this.
We are one humanity and we feel it in our hearts and souls. I have the confidence that we can bring it out. I pray with you ... Thank you for the invitation.
With love
Kerstin Panknin from Naumburg in
Germany
• What
a great idea!
I have already
started my
prayers which
include the
Maha Mrityunjaya
Mantra, the
Gaiatri Mantra
and the Hail
Mary
for World
Peace. I will
put this intention
on
my personal
altar.
Jeanne
• The Great Invocation
Hello Friends,
As you know, we are living in a critical
time of global crisis which
demands
we creatively act to achieve
peaceful solutions to our problems.
Since its introduction by the
Lucis Trust (www.lucistrust.org)
in 1945,
The
Great Invocation has been translated
into more than 70 languages
and dialects. It is used daily
by
millions of people from all
countries, cultures, and religions.
We are reminded by the words
of The Great Invocation that
we humans
are
not
alone in our struggles to build
a new world of peace, justice,
love,
and
harmony. Through daily use
of
The Great Invocation we invoke
the
spiritual aid of our Elder
Teachers, our Planetary
Guardian Spirits, our Angels,
our Great Sages, our Revered
Ancestors,
and
so on. By reciting The Great
Invocation with thought and
dedication
we ask that the 'Coming One',
that great personage expected
by every
major
world religion, return to our
planet.
This Coming One - The World Teacher - is referred to by many names in the major world religions, among them 'the Christ', 'the Lord Maitreya', 'the Imam Mahdi', 'the Bodhisattva', and 'the Messiah'.
In the past few months, many organized
events of prayer and meditation have
been promoted via the Internet. These
have
no doubt had a profound
beneficial healing effect all over
the world. We must continue publicizing
these events and creating more of them!
Here
are two more
upcoming
empowering
events of
healing which
are worthy
of
note:
Feb. 9: The Great Experiment III
(www.emissaryoflight.com)
Mar. 3 - 8:
Gather The
Women (www.gatherthewomen.org)
Please publicize
these widely.
Whatever other
actions you
may perform
during
these events,
I would also
encourage you
to recite The
Great Invocation.
Thank you for
all you do
to heal this
planet. United
we are powerful.
Using
our love and
goodwill we
can positively
alter the
course of world
history.
Djwhal Khul,
a wise Teacher,
once said:
"The massed power
of goodwill, the dynamic
effect of
intelligent
and active understanding,
and the potency
of a trained and alive
public opinion, which
desires the
greatest
good of the greatest
number are
beyond belief.
This dynamic power has
never been employed.
It can today
save
the world."
Along these same lines, Edmund Burke
also once declared:"All
that is necessary
for the forces of evil
to win the world is for
enough
good men to
do nothing."
Towards a World at Peace,
Kosta
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Spirit of Goodwill
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