Desmond Tutu: Arizona the wrong answer http://ow.ly/1F4uh #SB1070 #legalizeAZ #AZ #AZMLB #AltoArizona #BoycottAZ # #UCDivest: Technical defeat but a Moral Victory http://ow.ly/1F3nq @norabf of #Flashpoints Pacifica Radio #UCBerkeley @isaacnoah @ysalahi # Tell @MLB to step up to the plate: Reject #SB1070 and move 2011 All-Star Game from #Arizona http://j.mp/BoycottAZ #AZMLBB #LegalizeAZ #p2 # RT @ONEworldcitizen:… read more
Posts by Metta Center
Question: I’m a senior at St. Paul Open School, in St. Paul Minnesota, whom you granted an interview a couple months ago. You were very kind and helpful. My History Day partner and I have started working on Satyagraha for our History Day project, and we have a clarifying question. In our project we talk… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-25
RT @sarahvangelder: An extraordinary piece in @yesmagazine on the State of the Earth by Rebecca Solnit http://bit.ly/dA3t9J #EarthDay # RT @ONEworldcitizen: Global warming ballot battle comes to Oakland: http://ow.ly/1BYC3 @EllaBakerCenter @GreenForAll #EarthDay # Joanna Macy and Jonathan Gustin speaking this Saturday April 24 in SF— http://ow.ly/1BXRi http://fb.me/wVGZOmlT # The Urbiculture movement making ripples of the… read more
Nonviolence is making waves
The ripples of nonviolence have made their way across the world this week: IN ZIMBABWE: Four women activists from the strategic non-violence organization ‘Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise’ (WOZA) were finally released, after spending six days in a Zimbabwean prison for protesting outside of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA). Reporting on the struggle… read more
Facing continued violence, Bhopalis are determined to use nonviolent means
The survivors of the Dow Chemical’s 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India, through a nonviolent campaign, are walking 800 miles to reach Delhi in order to remind Prime Minister Singh that he promised them an “Empowered Commission on Bhopal.” Determined to remain in Delhi until their needs are met, they hope that their presence will… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18
RT @yesmagazine: New problems may require old wisdom. @goproject documentary looks to indigenous leadership for answers http://bit.ly/aRgA0f # Letter from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to UCBerkeley: http://ow.ly/1y4Do Divesting is the right thing to do, to end occupation. #Palestine #… read more
Bramacharya
Brahmacharya is an ancient Sanskrit term that identifies one of the major yamasor norms of restraint for spiritual aspirants cited in the Hindu scriptures. It literally means God-conduct, but is normally applied to the vow or practice of celibacy. Gandhi, while still in South Africa in 1906, decided to take this vow. He understood there… read more
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the belief in a diet based on plants. Gandhi, who was a vegetarian all his life said that “all science based on the shedding of innocent blood was without consequence.” This theme has been taken up by many today who would replace, for example, dissection of animals with computer simulation. Many feel that… read more
Positive Psychology
Positive psychology refers to the scientific study of the emotions and states of mind that contribute to human empathy and community, as opposed to the one-sided emphasis on mental illness and dysfunction that have long prevailed in psychology.… read more
Negative Peace
A state in which there is not – or not yet – open conflict between state actors. All the tensions that break out in open conflict may still exist in such a state, which many people unfortunately confuse with ‘peace,’ just as nonviolence is often confused with non-violence or the mere absence of open conflict… read more
