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At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love. ~ Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Click here to view our newsletter for 1-14-15. … read more

by Michael Nagler In the discourse that plays itself out on the nation’s bumper stickers there is a ‘dialogue’ (or at least a face-off) between two messages.  The first, and more familiar, is GOD SAVE AMERICA — not too prominent in West Marin, but we’ve all seen some.  The other is the reaction: GOD SAVE… read more

by Michael Nagler One of the things we’ve been saying and hearing about us lately is that what we are is as significant as what we do. Not that we’d find it easy to define what we are as a group; but it’s worth a try because the way people are forming new associations today… read more

by Shannon Wills To the Metta community, the random reader, the seeker of nonviolent Truth… I write to share with you a short story of what it feels like to be at Metta. I do not think you will be disappointed. Step inside the Metta office. Find a cushion for yourself among the books and… read more

by Chris Johnnidis Technology is often cited as “the solution” for the world’s problems: global hunger (better food distribution), conflict (better weapons), global warming (“energy-efficient” technologies), education (computers in every school!) just to name a few. At first I recoiled from this; can the answer to our deep human problems really be found in a… read more

by Erika Christie In Spring of 2007, just months before the “Saffron Revolution”, I spent four weeks traveling through Burma. Like hundreds of other travelers every year, in Mandalay I visited the home of the Moustache Brothers, the trio of comedians- two brothers and a cousin- of whom two were imprisoned with hard labor after… read more