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TGIF and Happy Autumn! Yesterday was the Equinox and Wednesday was the International Day of Peace, which is one of the reasons why we had this month's CONNECTING WITH KRISTINA on September 21st. Thanks to everyone who attended! You can see some clips here with more to come on IG and YouTube, so be sure to follow or subscribe if you haven't already ;) Scroll down or click here for info about this and past gatherings and stay tuned for the next one in October.
Even if you didn't make it to the gathering, it's a good time to think about: Where do you need more balance in your life? And by balance, I'm not talking about work/life balance necessarily, but more how are you balancing your time and energy - between yourself and others, exercising or working and resting, fun and your to-do list, spiritual and material focus etc...
Because the more we have balance and equanimity in our individual lives, the more we contribute to peace in our world, and therefore the world at large. With a lot happening on the international scene this week, and the first time the UN General Assembly was back in full force in person after a couple years, today's PGG is one that touches on these themes.
Today's PGG Video of the Week asks if you are going to be a peacemaker or a troublemaker, and this week's Instagram posts is food for thought about the society we want to live in. For today's PGG Vibe of the Week the peace-loving Libra that is John Lennon and his heart opening anthem to humanity, Imagine.
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Your Peace of the Pie
A version of this essay published as a PGG note on September 24, 2021
Growing up I always wanted to work for the UN; I soon realized the day-to-day reality of what that meant didn’t quite align with my skills and vibe (as well as the organization being corrupted in many ways by many parties to be a shell of what it should and could be …).
This means that every year at this time, my neighborhood is flooded with security and traffic as world leaders come together, stating their positions publicly on a variety of issues and making deals behind closed doors as they wine and dine and schmooze with one another.
This all happens on high-up governmental levels, but we need to remember that it’s we, the people, who actually make up our nations and have more power than we realize to create our own realities on the ground, human to human. We can’t wait for, nor should we rely on, someone outside ourselves to create peace and harmony.
As the song says, “Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me.”
With all the ways that we have been seemingly separated over the centuries by race, ethnic origin or nationality, religion, political ideology, sexual orientation, etc., now mainstream and social media are constantly sowing and stoking new categories of “us versus them.”
In addition to the usual ones used to divide and conquer noted above, last year medical status was added to that list with vaccinated and unvaccinated; and they are heating up polarizing issues such as abortion, gun control and LGBTQ and voting rights ... However you may label or be labeled by any of those - or perhaps just the umbrella of a "liberal" or "conservative" - all could be perceived as more than derogatory depending on who is using which label in what context and tone. This is scary territory.
We are at a time where we must be hyper-vigilant and monitor our perceptions: check in with yourself to see if a particular label makes you consciously or subconsciously dehumanize another. This could also include other nationalities, people abroad who are quite distinct from the governments making decisions for them that might be affecting us.
No matter what "side" you are on, division, segregation, discrimination, other-ing, scapegoating and/or ostracizing one group of human beings over another is never the way to go, as history has shown many times over. I pray we don’t repeat it once again.
Looking for a way to wage peace not war within? Give me a buzz and I’ll be the diplomat who helps you see all sides of yourself clearly in order to negotiate an internal treaty for a higher purpose, that benefits you and the greater good!
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