The Global Peace Meditation Project

Spiritual activism

There has been gradually starting to rise something new in the human minds during the 20th century, that can be probably in the Kuhn's spirit called a new paradigm. On the level of science a fundamental impulse towards a new conception of the world has been presented first of all by the findings of the quantum mechanics. These enclosures brightly manifested dependence of the results of the observation on the act of observation and watcher himself. However, independent on these scientific findings broader masses have come during the 70th to the persuasion that personal reality of man and also the physical world as such are primarily created on the level of thought. This conviction experienced its confirmation from the perspective of medical sciences in the sociological researchs of salutogenesis leaded by Aaron Antonovsky. This scientist has directly proved subjugation of the physical health and the human life span on the mental setting (he called it "The Sense of Coherence"). Farther, the next research work on the consciousness and unconsciousness have proved the existence of their miraculous collective character and thus a real inter-being of the live forms transcending the limits of matter and space (e.g. in the Rupert Sheldrake's morphic fields theory). It has also turned out, that human "collective unconsciousness" is under the thumb of different periodically actuating subtile magnetic and next forces, especially Sun.

All this gave rise the idea that human minds could have a hidden synergetic potential. Thus an important question came into the light of this world - if the man is able to affect certain "mankind psychic seasons" by the collective and coordinated ways. A surprising success met e.g. The Global Meditation Project conducted by The Academy for Research on Peace (this project lasted three and half year from December 1984 to June 1988 and had several millions of participants), or program Prevention of violent crime in Washington DC (this program took place from June to July 1993 and four thousands of active participants reached as far as 23 percentual criminality decrease). An exploratory organization Global Coherence Initiative recently works on Global Coherence Monitoring System which should help with the scientific prove of a direct confinement between the global magnetic fields on the one side and the man emited collective emotions on the other.

But it's also important to understand the finitude of the current scientific metaphysics reducting reality to the area of measurability. There is evergrowing number of people which naturally live and feel a mutual dependence and conditionality of all phenomenons and thus doesn't need any proof. And already this knowledge itself (in the current time of globalization also racionally understandable one) must directly lead to the essential refusal of violence as the conflicts solving instrument. Then initiatives of global peace mediations actually have their own metaphysic too - and this is the metaphysics of active nonviolence (Mahatma Gandhi).

It's also possible to look at the active nonviolence like on a certain "spiritual activism", because there is hidden a deep spiritual principle in its essence which has been articulated in various ways in all the religious traditions. It's faith that it's impossible to overcome the hate by hate; it's faith that hate can be overcome solely by love. Then according to these basis there is no possibility to set up any permanent better world only by the outer intervention which isn't guided by a profound transformation of the human consciousness. War and peace have always their birth foremost within our minds: There was a concentration camp inside of man before he finded himself in the concentration camp. In the philosophy of nonviolence do we find the actual enemy inside of us, so the real heroes worthy fight should be also shifted right here. If this fight stays unconscious, then it's projected on the outside to the hostility against diverse idea, ethnic and social groups. As far as we will once realize this it will unite whole mankind in a one sacred fight replacing all the outer depredation. Thus firstly it's important to find the real home inside of our heart - just be happy on our own. Another way we can't wish many happy retuns very effectively to others.

Sense of the meditation

Today we can check amazing lump of different initiatives coordinating and synchronizing peace meditation participants on the whole world (see references below). Because we consider this endeavour as highly noble and appreciate its potential, our object is to link up utmost number of open-hearted people into this project and join all yet separated initiatives in an one global effort.

But firstly we ought to stress that there can be no speech about something like manipulation. The major goal of this project is to shift consciously the Earth's (Gaia's) environment tune-up or the tune-up of concrete regions through the unification of thoughts force at the collective meditations, which we affect normally unknowingly. This affection can be simply compared with a meeting of two people. If the second one will smile on us he's also sending us a vibrations of positive energy by this act. Is that a manipulation? No. Though an impulse for a free usage is coming to us - we can use it for our own transformation (and repeat the smile), or (un)consciously ignore it. The collective meditation, which radiates the energy of love, peace and compassion, is a knowledgeable meeting on the spiritual level transcending the limits of matter and space. Then such a meetings on the global level doesn't necessarily need to "heal" the conflicts directly. However they can possibly change the wider context and atmosphere of the conflicts and so open a new room for various alternative nonviolent solutions.

Before we come over meditation itself it's important to take a stand towards personal spiritual/religious way too. Our initiative definitely doesn't advertise the New Age type of synkretism. We recognize the necessity to elect the one main way (and not only in the question of religion) which can be then important firm background for visiting and better understanding of other ways. On the other side it's also clear that truth isn't holded under any particular tradition or belief system. In fact there is a hidden unity behind the plurality of all the forms, guessable only by personal experience (and best through the regular practice). For that reason we cannot also refuse an eclectic sharing practised systematically and with bright consciousness.

Main sense of the Global Peace Meditation lies in the focus on that what is shared by the humankind.and transcends religions (but in spite of this it's also included in their essence). Hunger after happiness, permanent inner and outer peace, is common to all beings. Emulative materialism forces us on conviction that more for the second one means less for me. The power of love and mutual solidarity proves opposite - it's namely not coming out of things but from our bottomless hearts which can be reclaimed. E.g. Theravada Buddhism handles with "loving kindness" called metta. Universal metta is unselfish and absolutely unconditional love to all creatures. In the same way expands the mind its horizon by the Global Peace Meditation and gradually covers all the life forms. Therefore mind must be really open, flexile and adaptable in order to receive whatever being into the heart - not only the pleasant one but even all the hostile beings. Such a mind doesn't know the limits and expands into the "universal sense of love". Now we are already leaving the concept of body.

How to join ?

All the open hearts are sincerely invited to join the collective Global Peace Meditation. Most of the world's meditations take place regularly on Sundays at X o'clock local time. (Then imagine beatiful waves of peace and love diffusing gradually with the time lag all over the planet...) It's a question what role does play an exact time of meditation, above all the same day is obviously important. But because there has been already meditation initiatives practising at 9 pm we establish the meditation time on every Sunday at 9 pm local time. Of course we find it higly effective to go on with this "love and peace emission" every day, however Sunday is stressed just because of better coordination. We choose Wednesday 9 pm as the secondary peace meditation.

You can take a part individually at home or in a group. If you don't have any group for this kind of practice you can found it. How to do it? Primarily join with other group round the world or in your surroundings (see references below). We recommend especially beginners a group meditation where rises the collective energic field. Group meditation is also a great motivational motor and regularity basis for participants. In the form of meditation are you totally free. For inspiration you can check our proposal for Global Peace Meditation below. We request at least slightly advanced participants to remain in their meditation effort minimally for 15 - 20 minutes.

Please widen this meditation call - indeed only to those who will be able to accept it.

meditation time:

every SUNDAY AT 9 PM

secondary time:

every WEDNESDAY AT 9 PM

Global Peace Meditation

The main focus of this meditation are the waves of love and peace and beings as their object. It's important to emphasize, otherwise it can be slightly turned into a clean visualization exercising.

I feel myself in my inner center.
It is the center of my inner peace, my godlike brightness.
I feel radii rising from my inner center to all of the directions and joining with center of all the people who participate on this meditation.
I perceive luminous peace net spreading on the surface of the whole Earth.
This luminous net gives in motion, begins to rotate and creates the continuous sphere of light around the whole Earth. This light is the light of peace.
This rotating and opalescent peace sphere pulsates and extends in pulses to the whole universe. Thus Earth is the center and source of the unlimited peace. My center, my heart is the center and source of the world peace.
Spreading waves of peace are finding an answer by the cosmic entities and come back to Earth like a flood of love and wisdom.
These waves of love and wisdom purificate all the human hearts - also those disordered and confused one’s - and carry the last remnants of fear away of them thus they can shine by the light of peace too.
Thus I feel the light of cosmic peace rising from my heart and from all the people‘s hearts.
I perceive warm of love and wisdom descending on the Earth.
I keep this image and feeling for a while.
I realize again my center and persisting feeling of inner power and protection. I thank for that.

Global initiatives

We higly recommend to check these very interesting global peace initiatives and join them (especially the Global Care Room).

Peace Meditation crossroad:
www.peaceday.cz

Global Coherence Initiative - great global peace initiative based also on the scientific findings:
http://www.glcoherence.org

Global Care Room – the greatest meeting point for participants of coordinated Global Peace Meditation:
http://www.glcoherence.org/templates/gcp/e-mail/e-broadcast/online/globa...

The most coherent webpages coordinating the global peace meditations:
http://www.createglobalpeace.com

Global Coalition for Peace
http://home.earthlink.net/~coalition4peace/meditationpage.htm

World Peace Experiment:
http://www.openheart.com/peace/peace.html

Table of the World Peace Experiment Participants:
http://www.onlyloveprevails.org./wpep.html

Global Peace Meditation Group Meetups around the world (online map):
http://global-peace-meditation-group.meetup.com/

Hang out the white flag:
www.white-flag.info

International Day of Peace:
http://internationaldayofpeace.org

International Day of Non-violence:
http://www.nenasili.cz/en/

Recently running World March for Peace and Nonviolence:
http://www4.theworldmarch.org

Various kinds of peace prayers:
http://home.earthlink.net/~coalition4peace/GandhiPeacePrayers.htm

Used bibliography

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Skolimowski, Henryk. Účastná mysl: Nová teorie poznání a vesmíru. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2001. 360 s. ISBN 80-204-0918-1.

Sujiva. Meditácia pokojnej mysle – Mettá. Banská Bystrica: Kniháreň Ján Bernát, 2006. 144 s. ISBN 80-969014-4-3.

Sheldrake, Rupert. „Morphic Resonance and Morphic Fields“ [online]. Rupert Sheldrake, 2005 [cit. 2009-01-05]. URL: .

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Payne, Buryl. „The Power of Collective Thought“ [online]. Dr. Buryl Payne, 2009 [cit. 2009-12-28]. URL: .

Non-profit organizations

Brahma Kumaris
The Community for Human Development
Evolver