What is peace anyway? Peace of What? Peace Where?

Peace of Mind, Peace in the Middle East, and peace towards your neighbor. Maybe your idea of peace is within the city, or your family, or even in your marriage. And what if you don’t have peace or see peace in your life or on the planet? What then and how can we celebrate it? For that we must have hope, we must set a vision of peace throughout the planet in the forefront of our minds and in our dreams. We must be a stand for peace, working towards it everywhere, and want it for everyone. We must see it so clear that we can feel it coming. Let the joy of the vision of world peace be the place that you begin your celebration of it’s coming. And the more positive vibrational energy that you give towards celebrating peace the quicker it will come.

Meditation is a powerful way to strengthen the energy vibration of peace. The more people tuning into the energy of peace at once the stronger the energy gets, thus quickly causing transformational shifts in the surrounding area of collective consciousness. Hundreds, hopefully a thousand will gather at Yoga for Peace to meditate together for Peace. We hope that you too can give thirty minutes for peace and join in. We need your collective vision to strengthen the reality of peace. If you haven’t googled the benefits of meditation take a few minutes to, then analyze your day to see if you can fit a daily meditation or two into it. A commitment to meditate for peace is worth a celebration alone.

When we examine peace and what it means to live peacefully we find a list of qualities necessary to sustain peace: Courage, Love, Truth, Generosity, Compassion, Patience, Devotion. Establishing your roots in these seven pillars sets the foundation for the fruition of peace. Our ability to create peace is innate and becomes stronger as we exercise it. Meditation is a key part of the exercise, but reflection, and a keen honest observing presence of our thoughts, intentions, and words that are out of alignment with peace is a must. What brings us closer to living in the peaceful intention of our maker is what we should seek, removing any habits we have of that aren’t aligned with our peaceful nature. Celebrating peace is an affirmation in the belief in the possibility of peace.

We can Celebrate this coming of peace each awakened moment. Hold the vision of peace strong. Learn tools, techniques, products, and about your food to see how you can live more at peace with the planet and it’s occupants. Give up looking outward to find peace. Create peace in you. Let peace be a personal choice and celebrate that choice. Give up anger, greed, jealousy, prejudices, and the need to be right. Develop an attitude of love toward your planet earth mates recognizing the divine nature of peace within them. The more of us that commit to creating peaceful relationships the more peace in the world there will be. If tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands make a stand for peace, the vision of world peace can happen in a relatively short amount of time. Be the change you wish to see in the world are the wise words of Mahatma Gandhi. Celebrate the change, the presence of peace now, and watch it spread across the planet.

We can celebrate peace through food and drink, music and dance, drumming, yoga and mediation, random acts of kindness and giving, and through the strengthening of community and relationships to support each others journey. This is how we will be celebrating peace on August 12th at Yoga For Peace. We hope you can be with us and if you can’t be there we hope that you are with us in spirit. We will hold a peace meditation at 5:30pm Eastern Time that anyone anywhere can join to help strengthen the energy of peace. Share this with your friends or meditation groups. Be a part of the meditation in person or wherever you are meditate for 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm August 12, 2007.      Be the change….

Meditate once with the Master through a direct disciple of Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.

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• Silent meditation for 45 minutes

• Vibhuti for Meditation/Healing/specific purposes

• Individuals come up to Shivabalananda for questions and clarifications

Raw food potluck night has turned into my favorite night at Rising Sun Yoga. Sure the food is amazing and you can eat lots of good healthy raw food, but the coolest thing about the night is the relaxed atmosphere to chill and socialize. We are planning to have someone speak on antioxidants again. If you don’t have a dish don’t worry you can still come and sample dishes for just $5. All Welcome Please Join Us.

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August is here and with that comes a few things, The Yoga for Peace event and back to school shopping.

First, spread the word about the Peace event. Download a few flyers and pass them out to some local businesses, take a copy to your child’s summer class or ask your local library if you can post it on their bulletin board. Any amount of peaceful meditating is a good thing during these stressful times in America. Please don’t forget to join everyone at Ford Field on Sunday, August 12^th.

We are also going to collect school supplies for the kids of COTS. Watch for ads towards the middle of the month as many big chain stores advertise super low prices for crayons, markers, folders, pencils, glue sticks and back packs. While you’re picking up supplies for kids in your family, grab a few extra for children that are less fortunate. I’m sure we all remember how cool we felt when we went back to school with all our fresh new supplies and back packs ready to learn! Please bring your donations to the studio by August 24^th and I’ll drop them off at COTS.

Don’t forget about tax credits for home improvements and energy efficient cars. Things like new water heaters, furnaces and replacement windows are some of the things considered for tax credits up to $500. Also, hybrid, electric or other alternate fuel source cars will be considered but only until the year 2010. Just go to www.energystar.gov for more info.

I doesn’t matter what age you are, everyone regardless of their age can make a difference. Pick something that is important to you, children’s issues, the environment or education. There are so many ways you can raise money for your favorite charity. Go to www.charitynavigator.com to research organizations’ mission statements, what percentage of money goes to their services they provide or even find out how much their CEO’s make.

Thank you again for all your selfless giving and support!

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