Where to meditate? – 5 ideal and idyllic spots
What is meditation? Is it related to religion; Buddhism or Hinduism? Or is it just a mental exercise? A question which leads to ambiguous state of minds in society and still creates vagueness and uncertainty in the present era. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, meditation is defined as “the act of giving your attention to […]
Finding contentment in the midst of the Anglophone crisis
It’s not only a gunshot that kills people during crisis. Sometimes people may die because of too much worry which leads to adverse health conditions. It’s alright to worry, but worrying too much about circumstances we cannot control is dangerous to our health. Fear from gunshots I come from the minority English speaking region of […]
Know Your Core Values To Change Your Actions
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your core values are.” Roy Disney The content of our mind is shaped by our values, and all actions are a reflection of how we perceive our world. Priorities and reactions in life are determined by what we value. Regardless of whether we acknowledge our […]
Do you believe in unconditional love?
Unconditional love is the kind of love we can give unlimitedly without conditions; it is the presence of loving kindness in life for life. In the first years of life, we learn that love is conditioned; used as a reward for good behaviour. Over time, we face relationships in which we doubt whether we are […]
Alafia II Fellowship: warm welcome, great impact
Everything that comes to an end marks in some form or another the beginning of a new. Alafia fellowship II has been an amazing, refreshing, and impactful event gathering 25 participants from 18 countries in Ivory Coast from 12th to 14th of September. In the following lines, I give an account of my experience hoping […]
Beyond Happiness, Above Rainbow
I remember way back while in high school, I would get sick just from worrying. I had a harsh inner critic that challenged most of the things I did and planned to do. It was very easy for me to appreciate and admire others but seldom did I find anything I did good enough. Even […]
NO To Pessimism
In my language Kirundi, we say “Ntawutanga ico adafise” which means, you cannot give what you don’t have. This is similar to how Peace Revolution project envisions peacebuilding with its PIPO (Peace In – Peace Out) concept, putting emphasis on cultivating inner peace first before spreading peace to the outer world. I have been receiving invitations to […]
Connecting to Inner Peace Through Victoria Falls
As a global traveller, when I reach a destination that ignites my happiness, a rush of inner peace sweeps over me. Such a place is the top of Victoria Falls on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border in Africa. In the dry season, you can literally stand on the edge and watch water from the Zambezi River fall […]
4 Ways You Can Use Inner Peace for Sustainability
Climate change is rapidly becoming a big problem of our time. It creates and exposes vast inequalities, and it also threatens the delicate physical conditions needed for life to flourish. For peace and harmony to thrive on Earth, we must address the impact we’re having on the only home we’ve ever known. But how? Climate […]
Where Is Your Center?
In the midst of work storms of the modern world, we normally forget where our mind is centered. The mind is at ease when it locates itself at a single point, however our peace or distress largely depends on where the mind actually rests. Different centers Imagine it is the weekend and you have promised […]