The Peace Revolution

Paradigm Shift,World Peace through Inner Peace,Full Moon Meditation

Aug 4, 2009

A New Generation has taken the initiative to create World Peace through Inner Peace.

American poet Vachel Lindsay once wrote, “Change the fabric of your soul and your own visions, and you change all.” A new generation of Peace Rebels is doing just that – making their impact on this world – not by force or pressure, but by transforming their inner state of mind.

These are members (ages 16-30) of The Peace Revolution, a group of youths from all over the world who have taken on the mission to create a paradigm shift by initiating world peace through inner peace and broadcasting their message to all corners of the earth through their monthly Full Moon Peace Meditation.

Paradigm Shift and The Peace Revolution

Begun as a pilot project in 2008, The Peace Revolution is about making a new paradigm shift from self-interest and profit motive (hallmarks of the ME Generation) to self-development through meditation – a commitment to nurture the understanding that peace and happiness come from within and not from external power or material possessions.

In this sense, the initiative of the Peace Rebels is to break away from conventional wisdom which encourages man’s prerogative to seize every opportunity to become powerful and rich, often at the expense of others.

World Peace Through Inner Peace

Where has conventional wisdom led humanity? The current economic crisis is a perfect indication of where a market economy based on profit motive and personal gain has led the world – towards the worst global recession in human history.

The same motives for self-interest and personal rights have carved the world into warring zones. Terrorism is a form of cancer, the symptom of a body that has not learned the power of coherence.

Numerous studies have shown that meditation can bring the mind closer to the rhythm of body processes and ultimately to the rhythm of inner space. Good health and strong immunity in the body are bolstered when all biorhythms resonate with each other.

The body politic (of the world) is similarly constituted; it is sorely in need of such coherence; it has not learned the art of peaceful coexistence. This situation, however, can change when individual members of the Peace Revolution become actively engaged in spreading the experience of inner peace into communities all over the globe. The healing of the body politic begins with the coherence of each cell.

Full Moon Peace Meditation

The Peace Revolution started at the grassroots level in Thailand. It has plans to enlarge its network to embrace 208 countries by establishing branch movements and providing tools for peace endeavors.

One such endeavor is the Full Moon Peace Meditation that takes place worldwide every night of the full moon. Participants take part in this process wherever they are. By meditating at the same time (8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bangkok Time), every night of the full moon, they can use the power of global coherence to make world peace a reality. Studies have shown that the power of intention and purpose increases dramatically when many “gather together” in one mind.

The goal of the Peace Rebels is indeed a paradigm shift that takes man one step closer towards a coherent world. Here is more information about The Peace Revolution.

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