Dear Reader,
(image) How can we find peace when our hearts are in turmoil?
The messages we receive, the goods we consume, the views we tap into, often provide a false sense of the world, a debilitating sense of impending doom at one extreme or a numbing illusion of comfort at the other. Given the current state of our political economic system – wherein corporate greed controls government rather than the other way around – we might easily lose heart.
Only by reaching out and connecting with loving kindness to the living beings around us and to the beauty of the Earth do we reconnect to what is real. And only in stillness can the quiet, wise voice deep inside each of us be heard. Touching this quality of peace in ourselves is essential in these times if we ever are to have peace in the world. What we take into our bodies and our minds has a direct impact on the quality of Life itself.
The next Kosmos Quarterly arrives on September 22. The theme is All Consuming! – what we consume and what consumes us. We are honored to share transformational thinking about desire, food and water, media, and more by Daniel Pinchbeck, Charles Eisenstein, Jesse Paris Smith, Li An Phoa, Stephen Jenkinson – and many others. Subscribe ‘in the gift’ | $0-$60 here.
Profile | Rick Ulfik and the Power of “We”
A Call to Global Unity
(image) By Rev. Deborah Moldow, Founder, Garden of Light
I first met Rick at the Interfaith Center of New York in the office of Diane Williams, who was organizing a program at the United Nations celebrating “A Season for Nonviolence” between the dates of the assassinations of Mahatma Gandhi (Jan. 30) and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4). I got to know Rick as a student of Rabbi Michael Lerner and a teacher of nonviolent communication. I was surprised to hear in 1998 that he was starting an organization called “We, The World.” Really? This lone fellow with a dream is calling his nonprofit “We, The World”? READ MORE
(image) Invitation from Rick Ulfik to Kosmos | 20th ANNIVERSARY INTERDEPENDENCE DAY PEACE PARTY
Will you join me and so many others at this amazing gathering to celebrate our first 20 years and help us launch our next 20? If you’re in NYC, I and WE hope to see you there! And it’ll be Webcast for everyone else! WEDNESDAY SEPT 12, 2018, 6:30PM – 9:30 PM
Church of the Village, 201 WEST 13TH STREET
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We, The World Joins with Groups Worldwide in September calling for Unity, Peace and Justice in Response to Global Tensions
(image) New York City, August 31, 2018 – We, The World (at http://WE.net) and organizations worldwide are taking part in programs and calls to action in September in observance of, and in alignment with, 11 Days of Global Unity September 11-21 and the UN International Day of Peace September 21. This emerging international movement consists of more than 3,500 civil society organizations in nearly every country that are presenting concerts, conferences, festivals, forums, marches, broadcasts and other programs in September to address local and global social, political, economic and environmental challenges to humanity and all life on Earth.
“The 11 Days of Global Unity aims at strengthening the ideals of unity and equality, diversity and oneness, harmony and compassion and, above all, at advancing the culture of peace. I welcome this remarkable initiative.” – Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury.
