Posted Fri, 09/25/2009 - 18:28 by Nathan
I wrote a message to President Obama today in praise of his diplomacy, which is making us safer for a LOT less money and time than mostly counterproductive war efforts.
Posted Sun, 08/09/2009 - 12:43 by Nathan
Creating world peace is a demonstration of something deeper-it's about our power to consciously create our lives, communities and world as art. We already use that power, but mostly unconsciously, and the result is our lives, and the world, exactly as they are today.
Posted Tue, 07/28/2009 - 08:59 by Nathan
You probably heard Nathan or Amber on NPR, Energy Talk Radio, or dozens of other programs talking about the new wave in peace.Our website is about to get a big upgrade! Give us your email address we'll send you updates on the movement--you are about to see programs for professionals, ordinary people, specific issues like Myanmar, Iraq and other war zones, and more about how you can create peace in your own life, send peace to friends, and much more.
Posted Fri, 05/15/2009 - 00:47 by Nathan
You may think you know what a revolution is-when the old order is
overturned for a new order. Read on to find out why yesterday's revolution of opposition is ineffective, and today's
revolution of creation is essential.
Posted Mon, 05/04/2009 - 20:08 by Nathan
Read this blog to discover
the cutting-edge, clear, clean concepts that generate a new economic model for
the world, and to find out what you can do immediately to apply these concepts
to help yourself and the world through your finances. If you are an accountant,
you will discover the unique, critical and immediate contribution you must make
to be the hero of our times.
Posted Mon, 03/09/2009 - 08:40 by Nathan
I was a guest on the Joe
Donahue Show, WAMC New York this morning. One caller, Chris, expressed an
opinion that we will never have peace so
long as we have religious extremism.
Chris was adamant on his point,
"I want peace, but we will never, ever have peace as long as there are religious fanatics, people who believe
they are right and everyone else is wrong." His exact words may have been
slightly different, but his view is quite common-it might even be your view.
Posted Sun, 03/01/2009 - 16:02 by Nathan
If anyone reading this is willing to create a contest for
the best P5Y video, please email info@p5y.org.
Creating art and media that supports co-creating a future of
political conflict free of aggression is incredibly important. I wrote this for
a young friend of mine, Shan, who wants to make humorous 60-second videos
promoting P:5Y.
Here is the basic media message of P:5Y:
Posted Thu, 02/26/2009 - 10:04 by Nathan
People often ask me and Amber about how to talk about Peace in Five Years
with their friends. We have whole sections of our book devoted to this
question--because when you speak about the future, and about what is important
to you, you are ten times more powerful. Speaking about YOUR vision of a world
where everyone is safe from war, and what you are doing to pull that future
into the present, makes you interesting, provovative and is a gift to everyone
around you.
Posted Wed, 02/25/2009 - 15:17 by Nathan
Do this assignment because you gain power and clarity over your relationship
to conflict, war, and peace. Do it because you will become free and inspired
about a future you want to co-create. You will spend 45 minutes total
completing this assignment. Find a quality, alone time with pen and paper, or a
computer, to write and reflect. Do this exercise all in one go, without
interruption. Use a timer to time the sections so that you don't invest more time
than you want to. If you have done Landmark work, you will notice this exercise
borrows from their insights.
Posted Thu, 02/05/2009 - 23:50 by Nathan
A friend voiced this frequently found opinion in an email today:
Until basic survival needs are met in these [poor] countries, peace isn’t possible.
Posted Sat, 01/24/2009 - 23:27 by Nathan
During the movement to abolish institutional slavery, there were those who wanted to improve the institution of slavery, to regulate it, to establish rules for the humane treatment of slaves, to limit the number of slaves, to tax slavery and so on. But what the abolitionists knew is that human slavery is intolerable as an idea, that the very root of slavery is wrong.
Posted Mon, 01/12/2009 - 23:17 by Nathan
Amber and I are in New York, staying at a friend’s apartment on the West Side. Today we welcomed Malcolm Clarke to afternoon tea. Malcolm won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subjects for his 1988 film You Don’t Have to Die. He’ has won other awards too numerous to mention.
Posted Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:02 by Nathan
Peace seems boring or wimpy while war is dramatic or macho. War is black and white, do or die, mission failed or mission accomplished. War is “take orders”, peace is “think and talk”. War is hot-headed, action-oriented, while we see peace as “slow down”, about options and talking. War is crisp, fact-filled communication, peace is vague, theory-filled discussion. War and its outcomes are immediate and obvious, whereas peace doesn’t have definite lines. War is urgent, exciting; peace is relaxed, reflective.
Posted Tue, 12/30/2008 - 22:38 by Nathan
Reader Wolf Halton commented:“We will have to help the military-industrial complex, with its thousands of jobs and millions in income, to find a socially acceptable outlet for its creativity.”Wolf is right–no one is left out of world peace, or it’s not world peace. Today, politically organized death and misery is still socially acceptable. By February 14, 2014, together we will make it illegitimate.
Posted Mon, 12/29/2008 - 22:32 by Nathan
World Peace: it's bland, idealistically hopeless, complicated, left-leaning, hippie boomer crap. Right?Wrong. Let's clear the air a bit, dust off some common sense, and rescue "world peace" from the deadly cultural morass where it is stuck in most people's minds.It is NOT:
Posted Sun, 12/28/2008 - 22:15 by Nathan
Marketing genius Eben Pagan and his friend Alex joined me, Amber, Amber’s brother Kan Lamat and and their mother Sally at our home tonight.Alex told a story of how a friend of his, Jeff, an internet marketer, show skepticism about peace in five years–Jeff was saying how it seems too big, too nebulous, and how he wants to focus on more tangible success in his life.
