Thursday, July 24, 2008

One Peace - Share the Silence

A cool event if you happen to live in or near Detroit:
One Peace - Share the Silence

We invite you to join us.

>Thousands of people are expected to gather in Detroit metro area. Celebrate the international day of peace.

One Peace is a multi-ethnic, large scale meditation and dialogue to be held September 21, the United Nations International Day of Peace. Held at the Eastern Michigan Convocation Center in Ypsilante, the event is expected to attract up to 10,000 people from the Detroit metropolitan area and across the country. It will be hosted by an interfaith, non-partisan coalition of local, regional and nationwide organizations in collaboration with Sarvodaya USA.

Primary speakers will be Gandhi Peace Prize winner Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, founder of the Sarvodaya Movement of Sri Lanka, and Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith of the 8,000-member Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California. Representatives from diverse religious and ethnic communities in Michigan will share the stage.

One Peace is but one of an expected minimum of 3,500 such events in 200 countries worldwide on September 21. Its purpose is to focus positive spiritual energy and commitment to the cause of peace in individuals, families, communities, countries and the world. Participants will be asked to become conscious of basic human needs that are the precursors to peace, and commit themselves to a better world. For more information: www.onepeace.us

Here is Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne speaking at Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI (October 2007):



Founder of What Is Enlightenment? Magazine, Andrew Cohen asks the founder of Agape spiritual community Michael Beckwith and his musical director Rickie Byars Beckwith "What Is Soul?":




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