When Patriarchy Becomes Toxic
When Patriarchy Becomes Toxic by Joumana Rizk As millions of us shake our heads in disbelief about the rise of Donald Trump as a candidate for the US Presidency, we have to ask ourselves as a culture, where is his appeal coming from. How can a country that stands for freedom and equality consider a man for a possible leader who is racist, sexist, and tyrannical? Let’s explore this through the 4th wave of Peacelights, the Wave of Relationships and […]
Friday Flicker (April 29, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from the song Nature Boy performed by legendary artists such as Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and David Bowie: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker: Earth Day 2016
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a shortened quote by Amma, spiritual leader and world humanitarian, to honor Earth Day 2016. Here is the full quote: “Nature is our first mother, she nurtures us throughout our lives. Our birth mother may allow us to sit on her lap for a couple of years, but Mother Nature patiently bears our weight our entire life. Just as a child is obligated to his birth mother, we […]
Friday Flicker (April 15, 2016)
“Recognize that the best possible time is the present.” Happy Friday! This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote by Debbie Ford, our dear teacher and mentor, whose work has been foundational for Peacelights. Debbie Ford, founder of The Ford Institute, is a powerful transformational coach, best known for her New York Times best-selling book, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers. Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (April 8, 2016)
Happy Friday! This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote we found to be inspirational by John Muir (environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States): “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
What’s a peacelight to do?
What’s a Peacelight to do? by Joumana Rizk I am deeply moved by the work of TalkIslam, a group of young Muslims from Australia. One of them, a poet, when faced with the horrors committed by his own people, dove into his wave of creativity. In response to the killings of innocent civilians in the name of Islam, he lit up his peacelight very brightly with the amazing video above, Nothing to do with my Prophet. When we watch the […]
Friday Flicker (April 1, 2016)
The Flickers are back! Every Friday, we will be posting up a new Flicker on our blog, as well as on social media so you can easily share it with your friends. The Flickers are photographs of our Connect for Peace street happenings, with quotes that we hope will be inspiring to you. Wishing you a great start to your weekend. Love, Joumana
The 4 Waves of Peacelights
Peacelights is an organization dedicated to promoting both inner and outer peace through an integrated approach that joins in-depth emotional education with vibrant social activism. It is a movement of like-minded people dedicated to ending the darkness by turning on their personal light of peace. A peacelight is a person who takes responsibility for shining his or her individual light of peace into the world. This expression may be big or small. It can take any shape. It can flicker […]
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