Saturday, May 28, 2011

[GMW #2224] Robert Muller - Love -- A Love For Life And For Creation



[GMW #2224] Robert Muller - Love -- A Love For Life And For Creation
Friday 27 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500

From The Third five Hundred Ideas And Dreams
For A Better World
ANNEX

The Cleanest Mile on Earth*

One must never miss fulfilling one's dreams.

Editor's Note: I worked on Wall Street for eight years.  Owned a small firm that did research for mutual funds and acquirers of companies.  There were some dark, desperate days.  I found a book in the library, Most of All, They Taught Me Happiness, that helped me through.  Recently I wrote the author, Robert Muller, asking for permission to quote from his books.  He wrote me back two beautiful letters and the essay that follows.

When I think of Robert Muller, I think of the state of mind a few of us are somehow able to live in.  It is best described as Love — a love for life and for creation.  It is the life that revolves around an appreciation of beauty, of friendship, of nature.  Life abundant, but life based on material simplicity.  Robert Muller is an inspiration to me.  - Rodcrick W. MacIver

*From HERON DANCE, a magazine devoted to the search for meaning of life and inner peace, August 1995.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
"We are given one blessing:  love, which cannot be taken away from us.  Only love, and all the joys will be yours, the sky, the trees, people, and even yourself." - Leo Tolstoy

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Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.


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There are never enough "I love you's."
-- Lenny Bruce

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[GMW #2223] A World Union Of Nations



[GMW #2223] A World Union Of Nations
Thursday 26 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500
~ Idea 1493 ~    12 August 1998

I recommend that the 16 nations of the European Union and others interested in following the same path should form a new group in the United Nations and work together in the light of their experience towards the creation of a World Union of all nations.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
"Love is the force that moves and holds the heavens and the stars together."
Dante, The Divine Comedy

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References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.

"Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves."
- Edwin Way Teale

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[GMW #2222] Creating Institutional Arrangements For Democracy In The World



[GMW #2222] Creating Institutional Arrangements For Democracy In The World
Wednesday 25 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500
~ Idea 1478 ~    28 July 1998

In its efforts to strengthen world democracy, the Panel of Personalities of UNESCO on this subject should give consideration to world public opinion polls and peoples' referenda. 

Also there is no office in the UN System which follows the fate and functioning of democracy in the world.  The Panel should recommend that this should be corrected. 

Democracy in the world is of such importance that institutional arrangements must be created for it.  Perhaps the UN Trusteeship Council which has completed its mandate could be replaced by a Council on Democracy.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
Love must start at home.  How can we love others if we do not love ourselves and our next of kin?

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References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.

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Making a Case for Mindfulness

Adversity introduces a man to himself.
- Albert Einstein -


Making a Case for Mindfulness

Growing numbers of attorneys are embracing some form of practice to achieve mindfulness. Their reasons for doing so are varied, but chief among them are stress management and improved mental and physical health. This is a hopeful shift, given the well-known Johns Hopkins study which found that lawyers are more prone to depression than members of any other profession. In the most recent study, Harvard researchers found that practicing a form of mindful meditation for as little as 30 minutes a day for eight weeks resulted in measurable changes in the brain regions involved in learning, memory, emotion regulation and stress. Charles Halpern, a trailblazing public interest lawyer notes that a growing openness to the practice of mindfulness "is making us more skilled and effective as lawyers, more focused, more active listeners, better at helping our clients and serving justice, and doing it in a way that is sustainable."
 { read more }
Submitted by: Lavanya

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Talk with a few coworkers today about how they manage stress. { more }

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

[GMW #2221] Effective Earth Government - Orderly, Beneficial Management Of The Earth



[GMW #2221] Effective Earth Government - Orderly, Beneficial Management Of The Earth
Tuesday 24 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500
~ Idea 1477 ~    27 July 1998

My God, how George Washington would be shocked if he saw the present mess in the world and the lack of vision and leadership of the US to bring about progress in the orderly, beneficial management of the Earth, possibly through a United States of the World.  Yes, he would not even see an effort to transform the United Nations born on American soil into an effective Earth government.  Where is the resurrected US George Washington today?

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
As the eye encompasses in one glance millions of bits of information, so must our heart encompass in one stroke the wondrous complexity of life and Creation.

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References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.


Photo Credit: Troy MasonLocation: Lake Wenatchee State Park, WA
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
-- Jack Kerouac

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

[GMW #2220] Learning To Be Careful Managers Of Our Planet With Global Consciousness




[GMW #2220] Learning To Be Careful Managers Of Our Planet With Global Consciousness
Monday 23 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500

~ Ideas 1455 to 1466 ~    5 to 16 July 1998

I have been invited to attend again a Findhorn conference in England but am unable to go.  To support the advocacy work of that splendid environmental organization, I reproduce here the following text:


Transcript of short talk by Robert Muller
to the Ecovillages and Sustainable Development Conference
in Findhorn, in October 1995

In my 40 years in the UN, I have seen three very basic changes.  From 1945-70 the UN was focused on humanism and humans; on avoiding war, on preventing children dying, and on The Declaration of Human Rights.  The Charter of the UN does not mention the Earth.  Why?  Because in our belief the Earth was limitless.  This continued until the late 60's when poets like Rachel Carson and advanced countries like Sweden began to notice that something was wrong with nature around us.

A completely new period of history thus started with the First World Conference on the Environment in Sweden in 1972.  There was continuation of the preoccupation with humans, but also a new preoccupation with the world around us.  It was only in the late 60's that we realized that we had a population problem, because the fertility rate continued at about the same level, while the mortality rate was declining.  The population explosion intensified the problem of the environment.  In 1980 we began to get warnings from climatologists that something was going wrong with the world's climate.

As a result since 1980 we have entered a third period – from now on the Earth is number one, and humanity is number two.  Humanity is number two because we wish humans to decline on this planet.  And we have begun to question the consumption of resources by Western countries which is 30 times the amount consumed by developing countries.  Believing that the world was unlimited, we started with the discipline and science called economics, (from Greek, oikonomos, the management of the home), before ecology, (the Greek, oikologos, the knowledge of the home).  We began to manipulate the home before we knew what we were manipulating.  Economics should have been and should become a sub-science of ecology.

The prospect of the third millennium has an incredible effect.  Humanity is preparing itself for a new millennium and century.  I have pages and pages of events which will take place even beyond the year 2000.

There is reason for optimism.  Humanity is really trying.  But we are only in the kindergarten of the global age.  We have not yet learned to be the careful managers of our planet.  We are still its exploiters.

I have just attended the Gorbachev meeting on the State of the World in San Francisco, and  I have gained a lot of hope.  They had the courage to get some of the best world experts to look into the state of the world and into the future, to create a vision of the society we want in the next millennium...and then do it.  They want to implement the population plan, support simple and frugal lives, and get multinational corporations to acquire global consciousness.  This gives me hope.  From a pessimistic young man, when I entered the UN immediately after World War II, I have become an optimistic elder.

Let me give you some very specific recommendations and ideas:

Idea 1455    Create a World Association of Eco-Communities to be NGO-accredited by the UN.


Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
Love is our only salvation, the only cement and uplifting force that holds us upright in the mysterious, fathomless universe. 

Love is our voluntary, conscious, willful endearment with life, with the Earth and with the positive flows of the universe.

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References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.


Photo Credit: June Marie SobritoLocation: Larchmont, NY
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Robert & Barbara Interview On Cable TV


Dearest Good Morning World readers,
 
Recently the Unity Foundation's POSITIVE SPIN TV program included an interview with Robert and me in their weekly half hour.
 
I thought you would enjoy this interview. 

  • "Dr. Robert Muller and his wife Barbara Gaughen-Muller are interviewed by Dave Wass of the NEXT STEP .
    In this inspiring interview Dr. Robert and Barbara Muller share their dreams for a better world."

I just viewed it and it is so lovely to see Robert so vibrant and happy with his dreams for a better world.
The times are listed below.
 
Love to all our readers,
Barbara Muller


Air times for the "Positive Spin" television program with Robert and Barbara's Interview
On FreeSpeech TV
DISH Network (Channel 9415) and DIRECT TV (Channel 348)

Saturday, April 21st 11:30 AM (PST)
Sunday, April 22nd 3:30 AM (PST)

Monday, May 16, 2011

[GMW #2219] Dreaming True - A School For World Peacemakers Friday 20 May 2011



[GMW #2219] Dreaming True - A School For World Peacemakers
Friday 20 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500
~ Idea 1453 ~    3 July 1998
I often dreamt of heading:

- a school for heads of state
- a school for world peacemakers
- a school for world happiness, cooperation, love and the art of living

At least the second dream came true.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
A reader wrote to me:
"We must all teach this lesson:
- like begets like
- war begets war
- peace begets peace
- hate begets hate
- love begets love
- and ever has and ever will."

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References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.



Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

- Margaret Lee Runbeck -

10 Keys to Happier Living

Happiness matters to all of us. And by focusing our time and energy on things that have been shown to consistently bring happiness, each of us can live rich, rewarding lives. The recently launched project, Action for Happiness, has identified practical actions that anyone can take in their everyday lives -- not only to help boost their own happiness but also to contribute to building better, more positive environments in their families, relationships, workplaces and communities. { read more }

Be The Change

Experiment this week with some of their 10 Keys to Happier Living. { more }


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[GMW #2218] Nurturing A New World Compatible With Disarmament, Ending War, Cooperation At World, Regional & Local Levels, And Love For Humanity And Earth




[GMW #2218] Nurturing A New World Compatible With Disarmament, Ending War, Cooperation At World, Regional & Local Levels, And Love For Humanity And Earth
Thursday 19 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500
~ Idea 1452 ~    2 July 1998

Disarmament talks have lasted for more than 150 years and the situation is worse than ever.  Perhaps it is time to recognize the plain truth that disarmament is incompatible with national sovereignty. 

Disarmament requires a new world order.  There can no longer be any doubt about that. 

Please people, join a world government or Earth government group.

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
Einstein asked Freud: "I have not found an answer to my search for peace in my sciences.  Did you find one in your field?"

Freud: "Yes.  Love for the nation, e.g. for the United States, put an end to wars and conflicts between states.  Love for all humanity and for the world will put an end to international wars."

Indeed, the love of country has succeeded in binding people at the national level. 

The great new historical challenge is to
develop love among all Earth inhabitants and
for the Earth herself:

 peace on Earth and with the Earth.

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References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old. --Rosalyn S. Yalow


Good News of the Day:
"If you ask any solar engineer in the world, 'Can anyone make, install and maintain solar power in a village?' they say it's technically impossible. And if I say a grandmother is making it who is illiterate, he can't believe it, it's beyond his comprehension," says Sanjit "Bunker" Roy. A social entrepreneur and founder of the Barefoot College, Roy has been championing a bottom-up approach to education and empowering rural poor since 1972. Turning grandmothers into solar engineers is one of his favorite pastimes. [ more ]
Submitted by: K. Desar

Be The Change:
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[GMW #2217] United Nations Fully Supported By Host Country




[GMW #2217] United Nations Fully Supported By Host Country
Wednesday 18 May 2011, Editor: Easy
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Idea Dream - Robert Muller's Ideas 1001 to 1500
~ Idea 1449 ~    29 June 1998
Since the reforms implemented by the new UN Secretary General at the request of the US Government still did not satisfy the US Congress which turned down again the payment of its legal financial obligations and back dues to the UN, I suggest to the Secretary General to put an item on the agenda of the UN General Assembly or Security Council, asking that
the seat of the United Nations be transferred "to a more faithful and financially committed country".
~ Idea 1450 ~    30 June 1998
Isn't it strange that the President of the US and other western leaders found close to 10 billion dollars within 2 or 3 days to relieve the crisis of the South Korean stock exchange market and the US continues to refuse to pay its contribution and backlog of payments of 1.2 billion dollars to the United Nations. 
In what kind of a world do we live?

Robert's The Miracle, Joy and Art of Living,  
Volume II Chapter 5 - Of Love
We need more than a world vision (Weltanschaung).
We need a world love (Weltliebe).

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References: Earth Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Rights of: Children, Women, Indigenous People
To Be Written: Rights of Nature, Birds, Animals, Fish, etc.


Photo Credit: Edison FarmerLocation: near Tavares, FL

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WORD FOR THE DAY
We must slow down to a
human tempo and
we’ll begin to have
time to listen.
Thomas Merton
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Come build a Bench of Dreams with us!
Link To Help This Project
 
Peace visionary Robert Muller initiated the concept of Bench of Dreams.
To dream, sit facing the magnificent view, holding a pebble in each hand. Throw one in the bay, and keep one to remember and manifest.

Fausto and I presented this Bench of Dreams concept and were selected along with 40 artists to participate in The SEAT Project, an art installation curated by land artist Topher Delaney.

The exhibit will be on display for a year starting June 23rd at the piers of Fort Mason National Park in San Francisco.

Since there is no funding at all for the building of the seats and benches, artists have to secure their own funding.

With FundRazr and your help, we will raise the money to buy building materials and cover other expenses like insurance.

Facing the San Francisco bay, our bench is an interactive piece, a very simple wood structure with two open copper lined containers on each side filled with pebbles.

We would be very grateful if you decide to support us!

Along with the thousands of visitors expected to Dream on our bench, we hope you can come and share this experience.

May your special Dream come true!

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