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Developing A 'We' Consciousness In 2010

Natasha Dern | Posted 12.30.2009 | Living

Read More: The New Decade, Gandhi, Transformation, Collective Consciousness, Living News, Time Magazine, Inner Life, Spirituality, Living, The Inner Life, Living News

Enough of the 'Me' mentality! This has been the cause of so many societal ills and misfortunes. Let' make sure in this coming decade the 'We' consciousness guides the human story.

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Gifts for the Sea

Julie Packard | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Gandhi, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Funding Non-Profits, Nature, Gifts From the Sea, Julie Packard, Ocean Acidification, Plastic-Pollution, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Climate Change, Sustainable Seafood, Disposable Plastics, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Bags, Carbon Footprint, Connect With Nature, Green Living, Green News

A half-century ago, Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote Gifts from the Sea, bestseller in which she described what we as individuals can take away from our times of quiet reflection along the shore.

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Peace Is Not Enough: Thoughts on Obama's Nobel Speech

Carter Phipps | Posted 12.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Thomas Berry, Gandhi, Nobel Prize, King Ashoka, Michael Nagler, Conflict, Andrew Cohen, Nobel Acceptance Speech, Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace, Non-Violence, Barack Obama, Media News

Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10th, and his acceptance speech, a forum in which legendary statements are often made, was a bit of a...

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The Do Good Web

Lee Schneider | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Tiger Woods Affair, Adultery, MoveOn.Org, Tiger Woods, Forwardtrack, Charity Focus, Jimmy Wales, Vinay Guypta, Gandhi, Charity-Focus, The Giving Life, Living News

Swadeshi means self-sufficiency. It was a key part of Gandhi's strategy to free India from British rule. Today, there's a new kind of swadeshi with online social activism.

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Keep Your Eyes on the Peace Prize

Randall Amster | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Administration, Nobel Peace Prize, Gandhi, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King, Peace, Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech, Barack Obama, War, Politics News, World News

Almost 45 years ago to the day, Martin Luther King gave his Nobel acceptance speech, and flatly contradicted Obama's reasoning and conclusion that war is a necessary practice.

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Suketu Mehta: Bombay's Biographer

Christopher Lydon | Posted 12.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Thoreau, Indian Writers, Cities, Suketu Mehta, Bombay, Gandhi, Balzac, Bhagavad Gita, Authors, Martin Luther King Jr., India, Author Interviews, Bollywood, Books, Mumbai, Books News

Suketu Mehta's masterwork, Maximum City, did for Bombay what the immortals Dickens and Balzac did for London and Paris.

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Meatless Monday: Sleeping -- and Eating -- With the Enemy

Ellen Kanner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

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Okay, I'm going to out myself. I sleep with the enemy. I'm married to a carnivore. He was a carnivore when I married him, I was a vegetarian who ha...

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A Missed Opportunity: Human Rights in Asia

Jack Healey | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Dalai Lama, Obama Nobel Prize, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Human Rights, Obama Nobel, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Dalai Lama China, Tibet, Impact News

Our president is afraid of being seen in public shaking the hand of the Dalai Lama. Publicly acknowledging the Dalai Lama's cause would be type of change I hoped to see when I gave money to Obama's campaign.

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Why Can't We Just Say "Obama, We're Proud of You?"

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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The Nobel being awarded to Obama is the world saying loud and clear that the right wing zealots in the United States are out-of-line with everybody else on the planet.

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A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, President Obama, Abuse, Henry Kissinger, Sacrifice, United States, Prophecy, Pray, Bill Kristol, Gandhi, Weapons, Rush Limbaugh, Commitment, Desmond Tutu, Presidency, Peace, Prayer, America, Foreign Policy, Muslim, Nelson Mandela, Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize, Conflict, Martin Luther King Jr., Military, New York Times, Worldview, Israeli, Politics News

The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.

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Nobel Obama, Noble Gandhi ... and These Ignoble Times

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Nobel Prize Reactions, Obama Nobel, Media Criticism, Nobel Peace Prize, Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Media, Media News, Spirituality, Barack Obama, President Obama Nobel, World News

It may be true that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promise rather than achievement, but let us not forget that there is at least one point on which he has already proven himself -- civility.

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The Hamlet Secret: Joyful Living!

James M. Lynch | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Personal Transformation, The Hamlet Secret, Responsibility, Personal Growth, Hamlet, The-Hamlet-Secret, Personal Development, Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, Tikkun Olam, James M. Lynch, Gandhi, Happiness, Living News

Whatever the result, whatever happened, it is all your "fault" (read "responsibility"). By adopting this stance, you become empowered to take on any situation no matter what.

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The Radical Philosopher: Reflections on Gandhi's 140th Birthday

Mira Kamdar | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Greed, Gandhi, Nonviolence, Consumerism, Nuclear Weapons, Global Economy, War, Violence, India, World News

Were he alive today, I have no doubt Gandhi would be utterly appalled at the direction the world and his own country India have taken.

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Indian Politicians Begin Austerity Drive As Nation Faces Worst Drought In 40 Years

Rani Singh | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

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The Congress party and United Progressive Alliance President, Sonia Gandhi has commenced an austerity drive amongst her cohort of politicians.

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Obama Is No FDR

Eric Stoner | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King, Afghanistan, Protest, Fdr, Climate Change, Gandhi, Capitalism, Iraq, Barack Obama, G-20, Politics News

Rather than encouraging grassroots protest to help push the public debate and further a progressive legislative agenda as Roosevelt did, Obama is unfortunately publicly trying to quash pressure from the left.

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Care About the Earth? Four Simple Ways to Take Action

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

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It's officially Climate Week. In case you feel discouraged that you can't do enough, remember Gandhi's words: "Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."

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Obama's Gandhi Mojo

Catherine Ingram | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Gandhi, Nonviolence, Obama Mojo, Hillary Clinton, Mad Max, Barack Obama, Health Care, Living News

As a longtime student of Gandhian principles, I know that history has plenty of cases wherein intelligence, education, and kindness prevail over ignorance, fear, and cruelty. Whither Barack Obama?

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The Real Trouble With Obama's Back-to-School Speech

Bryan Farrell | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Cesar Chavez, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Drones, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama is clearly familiar with Gandhi's sayings since he borrowed one for his election campaign. So what doesn't he understand about the one that goes: "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"?

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Loved Twice: Mother Gives 20,000 Lbs Of Clothes To Underprivileged Newborns (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

For the past two years, Lisa has packed more than 20,000 pounds of kids clothes for underprivileged newborns living in and around Oakland, California -- Kids that would otherwise leave the hospital without the baby basics.

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An Inglourious Basterdization of History

Bryan Farrell | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

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There is a surprising truth about WWII: nonviolence, of the kind Gandhi practiced, was used successfully against the Nazis.

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How Would You Decide?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan Atkins, Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Ethics, Charles Manson, Forgiveness, Justice, Compassion, California, Manson Family, Sharon Tate, Parole Board, Living News

Isn't it up to God to forgive the truly horrible, like members of the Manson Family? Should we forgive all mass-murderers? Must we go that far?

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"Only God Can Save Us"

Jim Selman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Vision, Gandhi, God, Future, Martin Heidegger, Faith, Transformation, Living News

We need to commit ourselves to a vision bigger than is reasonable and go into action to clean up our messes and create the world we want -- a world that works for everyone.

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What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.

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Shannon's Story: Health Care and Our Need for Cultural Healing (originally posted in August 2009)

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

We in the United States have a health care system that creates (rather than eases) burdens for those battling critical illness. We have it all backwards.

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And the War Drags On: Hot Zones, Cold Logic, and the Challenge of Peace

Randall Amster | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Iraq War, Politics News, Military, Conflict, War, Environment, Woodstock, Gandhi, Conflict Resolution, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Despite the gains reflected today in the legal and cultural shifts, we are still embroiled in military conflicts that appear long-term and intractable.

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