Let us remember for the moment that wars are not just country against country but also governments against its very own people. There are wars against drugs, wars against poverty, wars against hunger, wars against terrorism and even wars against wars. Fights break out between brothers, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters and employers and employees. Hatred and anger is expressed on the road, in the grocery store and even shopping at Christmas time.

This begs the question, how can we stop fighting across borders when we are unable to stop fighting in our own living rooms? It is important to understand that peace, world peace or the “peace movement” is not just about ending war and global conflicts even though this has been the peace movement’s main “battle” for years.

The “peace movement” has been going on since I can remember. I was born in late 1963; some of my most vivid memories of childhood are from the late sixties during the Vietnam War. My Aunts and Uncles participated in marches, sit-ins and even peace prayers at that time. And still today this goes on as we trade in one conflict for another. None of these tactics seem to work in the long term. Forty years later we are still at war, anger still rages in the streets, parents discipline their children for fighting and shoppers are killing for the best price.

Although it has been scientifically proven that peace prayers do have some affect on the global community, lowered crime rates and unexplained ceasefires, this is yet only a bandage not a cure. Temporary moments of peace are encouraging but we need a longer term plan not short term fixes.

Friends, we have a choice to make. We can ask or petition God to bestow peace upon the Earth and simply continue to wait until He/She gets around to it. Or we the can take the matter into our own hands. Every one of us can adopt the personal responsibility of consciously and deliberately creating for ourselves, each other and our children a world where peace is the way. The only way! Right here, right now and within our lifetime.

This task is not as daunting as it might sound. We do not have to create the peace we are looking for as it already exists. Where is it you ask? Take a look inside and there you will find it nestled safely within each and every one of our very own hearts. The peace movement is truly not about making things change outside of ourselves; it is about moving ourselves into that place of peace that already exists within each one of us.

If we stop screaming and fighting so much, take a pause from the chaos of life for a moment, sit down and take in a big resounding breath we will remember that place of love and peace we were all born from. Believe it or not it is still within us all. All of us!

Now that we are all here remembering and standing before this palace of blissful calm and peace, let’s move in. Move yourself into the peace palace with all of your belongings. There is plenty of room for All. This is the peace movement or the moving into peace. We are all now surrounded by peace, it is all around us. We have moved in, taken up house. We are all sharing space in the palace of peace.

Next, take in another one of those resounding breaths and breathe it in. Let us all take in a few more deep breaths and fill ourselves with the peace that surrounds us. Breathe here for a while as we replace, or exchange, our inner air with the breath of peace. Fill yourself up! Now, peace is within us all. The palace of peace dwells with us as we dwell within it.

The peace movement is complete because we have moved into peace as peace has moved into us. Welcome my friends to the New World. Remember to be kind and gentle with yourselves and others fore the path we are now on is as a razors edge. We shall lift each other up as we slip and fall fore we will surely slip and fall.

To adopt a few words from our Beloved President Obama, we must all be vigilant in upholding the values we believe in. Living in this state of peace does not make us weaker it makes us stronger. Go in peace not just in words but in deeds and be an example to all of those who would dare to thwart you from this path.

My Friends, these are extraordinary times we live in. Change is all around us. Vibrational energies are waiting for us to simply align ourselves with them. Peace IS at hand. With our very next breath peace will be realized. Our children’s children will live in world where there will only be memories of hatred and war, silly stories talked about on the playground. As one by one we move into the palace of peace we change the world.

Peace Be With You!

FaceBook appears to be a central online meeting place where like-minded people and friends can keep in touch with each other no matter where they are in the world. I don’t know much about the power of FaceBook but I do know what happened to me, and my family, when I logged on.

After I set up my account I went looking for Brother Draco. He had told me that everybody we knew was on FaceBook so I checked out his huge list of friends. He was so right. Everybody we knew was on FaceBook. So I did it to see what would happen, I added Draco as my first friend. That is when it all began. As I started to invite others as friends people started to ask me to be friends. I couldn’t add them fast enough. My wife and daughter were sitting at the table with me and I started to exclaim how all the people we knew were here on FaceBook. When I started out my wife made comments like I can’t believe you are doing that. We had spent quite some time keeping ourselves away from this type of online stuff.

However, as I started to talk out loud about the people that I was adding as friends and that were adding me as friend she started to get excited about the possibilities that FaceBook might have for her. Next, our 14 year old daughter wanted to participate as well. By the end of the evening we were all adding friends and chatting with our friends online on FaceBook, all across the country. At one time the three of us were all chatting with Draco at the same time.

Remember, we are fairly isolated in our off-grid home on our forty acres. We usually have to travel great distances to be with community. Sometimes we forget how much we miss our tribe and how much our tribe misses us. We also forget how important it is to stay connected with the people you love. Without their loving influence upon you one is ultimately incomplete. You can actually forget who you truly are. I think that has happened to us from time to time. Then we get in our car and drive to a tribal gathering, hang out with beloveds and come back home remembering how huge and beautiful life is.

What is the power of tribe? The power of tribe is uplifting. The power of tribe reminds you of who you are. The power of tribe encourages you to achieve your highest vision and to help you manifest your dreams. The power of tribe includes you in a like minded community that reminds you that you are not alone.