Journey to Empathy: in mediation

Magic in MediationRole playing and case study of the use and impact of the transformational techniques that can literally move the participants through the looking glass into places that they never thought possible. There are many definitions of the nature of magic but I return to the techniques used by the followers of Zoroaster, the Magi, who were able to turn events to advantage by the conscious use of well intentioned will power. Compassion and Loving Kindness (Metta Bhavana) are the centr...

International Development

Deryk Houston: Opening Conversations for Peace

Deryk's Bio Download a .rtf file of the followingGo to a printer-friendly versionDeryk Houston resides in Victoria, B.C., Canada, and has exhibited internationally. He has mounted one man exhibitions in Canada, the USA, Scotland, Iraq, and the former Soviet Union. His work was featured in the documentary film "From Baghdad to Peace Country" by the National Film Board of Canada. He has completed ground art, earthen works in Iraq, Canada and Scotland, in support of children's rights. Deryk often...

The Will to Love

Metaphormosis

It's in Every One of Us

ONE

ONE is about our "oneness" on this planet. What we do effects everyone and everything for better or for worse. This video starts out with what we have been given, shows what violence to that system and its people can do but also shows our potential and creativity to make this a better world.This video was created by the dedicated volunteers of Beyond War in 1989 in response to the degradation of our environment and the persistance of war to resolve conflict.Beyond War is active again and looki...

Together We Can

Together We Can is a video about the Beyond War Movement in the 1980's and the context that it operated within. The possibility of nuclear war with the Soviet Union was real.A group of dedicated volunteers got together to insert a new possibility into the conversation, the concept of a world beyond war where conflicts are resolved without violence.Here is their story. Beyond War is active again and looking for dedicated volunteers and of course $ to spread the message and build a world beyond ...

No Frames. No Boundaries.

No Frames. No Boundries is a perspective from Russell Schweikart Apollo 9 astronaut, The video starts in the blackness of outer space.This video was created by the dedicated volunteers of Beyond War in the 1980's as a response to the threat of nuclear war.Beyond War is active again and looking for active volunteers and of course $ to move the world beyond war where conflicts are resolved without violence.For more information go to www.beyondwar.orgFor a complete text of Russell Schweikart's wo...

Idea Adoption

This is a video about how ideas are adopted in society. Very useful if you want to make a change in the world.This video was created in the 1980's by dedicated Beyond War volunteers as a response to the possibility of nuclear war.Beyond War is active again and looking for dedicated volunteers and of course $ to spread the word and build a world beyond war.See www.beyondwar.org for more information.Uploaded by Ken Trueba ktrueba@comcast.net