Why Meditate?

Peace of Mind

There is enough material on how and why to meditate on the internet.  So maybe, I cannot offer anything new.  But maybe, I can offer an understanding of connections between how things work.

Mindfulness: How I Started Enjoying the Present Moment

Haifa Bamehriz on the way to Mooktawan Sanctuary in Thailand

When I was little, I had a habit of eating slowly, giving the food many bites that it somehow started to irritate family members. I was the last to finish my plate. I remember being scolded for this habit a lot and wondered to myself why is it that I eat so slowly?!

Peace Revolution in Sicily

Meditation session during Lets ACT training in Sicily

Between 3rd and 11th of November Peace Revolution was in Sicily, Caltanissetta to take part in “Lets ACT” training course organized by the Italian agency under the new Erasmus Plus program. Peace Architect Manuela Puscas and Peace Agents Cristina Matei and Matt Witt took part in the activities designed to explore the idea of social entrepreneurship […]

HAPPY: TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

Lithuania

At some point of life many of us encounter existential questions. We rush like crazy trying to find the answers right now, right here, always somewhere outside: in books, in advices, in money, work or parties. We fight to get these answers and become angry, unhappy, lost. Sometimes we even give up and go with the […]

How to Meditate in Seven Simple Steps

Light body

Have you ever imagined meditation to be something complicated and possible only with lots of efforts? Probably Google and the cinematographic depiction of meditation postures might have had something to do with that.

Africa, in Building Peace We Come as One

Amani Fellowship Peace Revolution

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has,” reckons Margaret Mead. The Amani Revolution Tour is the living proof of Mead’s belief. Between the 28th of March and the 30th of April, young leaders from six African countries came together, […]