Energy Healing
Meditation Frees the Mind!
Meditation frees us from our attachments, addictions, and insecurities as we take pause to honor our true Nature, in self-awareness and spiritual unity.
Originating in the Vedas of ancient India, dhyana or meditation was expounded as one of the eight limbs of yoga, informed and informing the others, particularly pranayama or breath control and asanas or physical poses.
Essentially, the practice involves focusing on one’s breath, to free the mind of thought or distraction, allowing the universal consciousness to enter, introduce a state of bliss, and improve one’s inner calm and clarity.
Regular practice of meditation has shown to reduce stress; improve concentration and sleep; strengthen emotional health, physical immunity, and mental resilience; and shifts from old routines to mindful actions.
Connecting to a deep and meaningful reality is a Divine gift that can be accessed and practiced today in the way you choose from traditional rituals to attentive gardening.
Meditation: The Complete Guide – Patricia Monaghan and Eleanor G. Viereck - explores various forms of meditation from around the world, to Calm the Mind, Heal the Body, and Enrich the Spirit!
If you are interested in the origins and development of meditation, see the book by Mr. Lee and Chris Perkins, The History of Meditation.
Laughter is a proof of freedom.
Gloria Steinem
Welcome
Freedom is many things, to many people, at many points in time.
There is freedom from fear, want, control, dependence, mayhem, war,
and
freedom to be who you are, love whom you choose, and honor the Life you were given with authenticity, enthusiasm, responsibility to claim one’s freedom, to respect the freedom of all.
This issue we continue with the Hindu traditions of energy healing through Meditation and Yoga.
We also find freedom flowing through empowered resistance, in the Beloved Community and the peaceful resolution choices of Nonviolence.
We thank those who have inspired freedom through their gracious gifts of love and creativity!
The whole world is watching the mid-term election on November 3, 2026 in the United States. Sending love and prayers from Canada to the American people for a free, fair, safe and dignified election.
May we walk gently on the Earth and be good to one another.
VOICE: Freedom of the Mind, Truth and Reconciliation, Bread and Freedom
Empowered Resistance
Freedom shared is best expressed in the Beloved Community...
Originally conceived by Josiah Royce, an American philosopher and theologian, in 1913, the Beloved Community was an ideal society bound by shared loyalty to truth, mutual understanding, and agape or unconditional love of God and for one another. His vision was inspired by the Bible but included all of humankind as we are transformed in God’s love. It became the guiding principle of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, founded by Christian pacifists, and relevant today.
Howard Thurman, a scholar, mystic, and activist believed that the Beloved Community embodied harmony, which was enhanced by the members’ diversity, that is, where all religions, races, and ethnicities were respected and human dignity was affirmed. He emphasized that it begins with the human spirit and grows as each fulfills responsibility to create the Beloved Community.
The Beloved Community was given life by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the people of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King saw it as a realistic and attainable goal of their work toward a world free from racism, poverty, and war. A student of Gandhi, Dr. King, believed that the Beloved Community was realized in each of us through the knowledge and practice of nonviolence, which becomes a free and loving society committed to justice and peace.
John Lewis walked with Martin Luther King, firmly grounded in the principles of the Beloved Community, where he believed universal ideals could be applied to daily life. As a Freedom Rider, President of SNCC, and U.S. House Representative for Georgia's 5th CD, he stressed the moral elevation of humanity where values of honesty, integrity, generosity, and dignity prevail.
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Laughter is a proof of freedom.
Gloria Steinem
Welcome to Peace Press!
Freedom is many things, to many people, at many points in time.
There is freedom from fear, want, control, dependence, mayhem, poverty, war,
and
freedom to be who you are, love whom you choose, and honor the Life you were given with authenticity, enthusiasm, and responsibility to claim one’s freedom, respect the freedom of all.
This issue we continue with the Hindu traditions of energy healing through Meditation and Yoga.
We also find freedom flowing through empowered resistance, in the Beloved Community and the peaceful resolution choices of Nonviolence.
We thank those who have inspired freedom through their gracious gifts of love and creativity!
The whole world is watching the mid-term election on November 3, 2026 in the United States. Sending love and prayers from Canada to the American people for a free, fair, safe and dignified election.
May we walk gently on the Earth and be good to one another.
VOICE:
Freedom of the Mind,
Truth and Reconciliation,
Bread and Freedom
Energy Healing
Meditation Frees the Mind!
Meditation frees us from our attachments, addictions, and insecurities as we take pause to honor our true Nature, in self-awareness and spiritual unity.
Originating in the Vedas of ancient India, dhyana or meditation was expounded as one of the eight limbs of yoga, informed and informing the others, particularly pranayama or breath control and asanas or physical poses.
Essentially, the practice involves focusing on one’s breath, to free the mind of thought or distraction, allowing the universal consciousness to enter, introduce a state of bliss, and improve one’s inner calm and clarity.
Regular practice of meditation has shown to reduce stress; improve concentration and sleep; strengthen emotional health, physical immunity, and mental resilience; and shifts from old routines to mindful actions.
Connecting to a deep and meaningful reality is a Divine gift that can be accessed and practiced today in the way you choose from traditional rituals to attentive gardening.
Meditation: The Complete Guide – Patricia Monaghan and Eleanor G. Viereck - explores various forms of meditation from around the world.
Empowered Resistance
Freedom shared is best expressed in the Beloved Community.
Originally conceived by Josiah Royce, an American philosopher and theologian, in 1913, the Beloved Community was an ideal society bound by shared loyalty to truth, mutual understanding, and agape or unconditional love of God and for one another. His vision was inspired by the Bible but included all of humankind as we are transformed in God’s love. It became the guiding principle of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, founded by Christian pacifists, which remains relevant today
Howard Thurman, a scholar, mystic, and activist believed that the Beloved Community embodied harmony, which was enhanced by the members’ diversity, that is, where all religions, races, and ethnicities were respected and human dignity was affirmed. He emphasized that it begins with the human spirit and grows as each person fulfills his responsibility to create the Beloved Community.
The Beloved Community was given life by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the people of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King saw it as a realistic and attainable goal of their work toward a world free from racism, poverty, and war. A student of Gandhi, Dr. King, believed that the Beloved Community was realized in each of us through the knowledge and practice of nonviolence, which en masse becomes a free and loving society committed to justice and peace.
John Lewis walked with Martin Luther King, firmly grounded in the principles of the Beloved Community, where he believed universal ideals could be applied to daily life. As a Freedom Rider, President of SNCC, and U.S. House Representative for Georgia's 5th CD, he stressed the moral elevation of humanity where values of honesty, integrity, generosity, and human dignity prevail.
Sources
Josiah Royce – The Problem of Christianity
Howard Thurman – The Search for Common Ground
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – On Love: Essential Writings on the Beloved Community
Raymond Arsenault - John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community
Erich Schiffmann - Yoga - The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness
B.K.S. Iyengar – The Core of the Yoga Sutras
Thomas Merton Ed. - Gandhi on Non-Violence
Mark Juergensmeyer - Gandhi's Way: A Handbook of Conflict Resolution
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Strength to Love
Gloria Steinem - Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
Theodore Sorensen - Let the Word Go Forth: The Speeches, Statements, and Writings of John F. Kennedy 1947 to 1963
Albert Camus - Resistance, Rebellion and Death