Peace Month

Welcome to Peace Month. I hope you'll find joy & meaning here. I am anti-Militarist . I urge you likewise to tell your friends ...

For those embarking from today on a month of Ramadan fasting - Hearty Good Wishes! Take time to appreciate and to better understand our wo...

Today Ramadan begins in Sweden. Many will start fasting, most as a religious observance. Some might challenge Peace Month: a personal challe...

Peace Month assisted my becoming more deliberate; and fun-loving. Bravo! (synopsis)... In my case, the Peace Month Challenge was important t...

Thinking back to the Peace Month Challenge, my remaining strongest impression is empowerment. Choosing to persevere with fasting was calming...

This morning, for the first time in a month, I could drink morning coffee. I enjoyed a delicious buffet breakfast the last day of a one week...

At sunset today I was in Shibuya-ku, at the Tokyo Camii (Tokyo Mosque) for the end of Ramadan. Three Japanese friends joined me, hoping to s...

The end of Peace Month will reaffirm the commonplace in my life, bringing to an end a certain sobriety, dignity, even nobility. The Peace Mo...

Part of the challenge to doing Peace Month in tandem with Ramadan is the amorphous start & finish timing, both for the month overall and...

I'm amazed this month to see the importance of eating & drinking in my normal daily living. Not having a morning cup of coffee, not ...

Over one billion Muslims are fasting everyday for a month during this Ramadan. They do not eat or drink anything during daylight hours. For ...

It's a tragedy that many people become adults with no ability to listen to ideas they disagree with. Demonizing those with different vie...

Some otherwise advanced nations, such as the USA & Japan, brutishly execute criminals. This is wrong for assorted reasons. First, many o...

Poise and balance are best recognized when lost. Can we create balanced communities? Maybe not all people in the community will be balanced,...

A dynamic is generated between attention and perceived need, as wants & needs impose themselves on attention & consciousness. We...

Accept the challenge of Peace Month - you'll see a new world in new ways, even without leaving home. Perhaps you'll also grow to rec...

An hour after doing rigorous abdominal exercises yesterday, I had painful cramps; they continue somewhat today. Perhaps lack of food has con...

Our modern societies offer much leisure time, but depression and melancholy are all around us. People often lose sight of challenge, joy and...

I feel angst for the waste and needs of the world. Selfish and powerful people are certainly responsible for much suffering. Who are these v...

I'm still surprised that Peace Month brings quiet & composure in the midst of fasting. I truly expected more suffering. When breakin...

One of my experiences this month has been clearheadedness: during the day without food or drink, my body is not as usual processing assorted...

Peace Month is about half finished - today was the full moon. I'll certainly continue fasting & achieve the Peace Month Challenge, a...

Appetizing smells have been remarkable, not because they seem stronger during Peace Month fasting, but because I appreciate them more. They...

Fancy ideas are fine, but after 16+ hours without food or drink, walking around a city filled with delicious diversions, it's clear bein...

Some people are positively intrigued by Peace Month until they consider the parallels with Ramadan; then they become antagonistic. But these...

Peace Month is an excellent challenge. It is also a great way to focus attention on problems in our world and the gaps between people that r...

Peace Month has launched me on an unfamiliar & challenging path. I'm OK with major changes in routine; perhaps most people wouldn...

Who lives & works in my community? Who travels through? I live in the center of Stockholm city, and when going out of my house there are...

Suffering is easy to find. Many people suffer now. History reports all kinds of suffering; more occurred unreported. But speak of suffering ...

Assorted business this morning brought up some websites highlighting rigidity in my thinking. I found sites describing North American Indian...

Sneezing with a cold today. Ugh. My main observation today is surprise: at the end of daytime & fasting, though it's been about 18 h...

Today I must do something more active for Peace. What will it be? For the moment, my observation is about snacking & eating. After worki...

I had a sore throat today; gargled with gin (seeking the curative powers of the juniper berry) and uncharacteristically spit it out. These t...

Today my body was still slightly sore & dehydrated from competing in the Swedish Veteran's Athletic Championships on Friday. (Plus I...

The first day of Peace Month was Saturday, 22 August. Through most of the day I took part in a scholarly workshop on Japan / Korean relation...

Well, the Islamic Association in Stockholm has determined that Ramadan starts here on 22nd August. So tomorrow (21st) is a day of preparatio...

It's easy to say "Peace Month overlaps with Ramadan" - but when does Ramadan start? If you are Muslim, it's easy to know f...

I'm looking forward to this year's Peace Month challenge. Here in Stockholm it begins on the 22nd August 2009. For Peace Month detai...