I Find Peace Like This
āAcknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.ā – Eckhart Tolle
How many times have you had that feeling of never-having-enough or never-being-enough? You would expect to be naturally wired for gratitude and not something that you have to practise, right?
Have you ever imagined meditation to be something complicated and possible only with lots of efforts? Probably Google and the cinematographic depiction of meditation postures might have had something to do with that.
Peace Revolution European FellowshipĀ 2014 edition, a 7 days Meditation Retreat for European Youth, took place in Lede, Belgium at Wat Phra Dhammakaya Benelux.
āJust let go. The less we want the more we get.ā
āOnce you dream the inner dream youāll never dream again.ā
In my residence, there were always some birds trying to build nests. Initially we didnāt mind having them around. But later on, they continue to appear more and more. They started to make our windows dirty and smelly. As much as we wanted to hear them sing, we needed them to return to nature. There were plenty of trees outside but we couldnāt just simply yell at them and say āHey, go back to the trees, will youā? They wouldnāt understand.
āNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has,ā reckons Margaret Mead. The Amani Revolution Tour is the living proof of Meadās belief. Between the 28th of March and the 30th of April, young leaders from six African countries came together, united by their commitment to transforming the ideal of building sustainable world peace into a tangible reality.
An african people once asked me what I was impressed the most coming to Africa.
For me, the things that impressed me were not wild animals, safari, nature or any things or sort.
