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“This moment that humanity is going through can be seen as a door or a hole”

Correction by the German-language editorial team dated September 18, 2024 regarding the publication “Hopi Indian Chief White Eagle: ‘This moment humanity is living through can be seen as a door or a hole’”. Pressenza published this profound and touching text…

World Humanist Forum-Asia: Connecting for Collaboration and Action

August 15, 2021. The World Humanist Forum- Asia was officially launched with the participation of over 105 individuals, many representing humanist organisms and other NGOs/groups, all sharing the same vision of a non-violent and non-discriminatory humane world, and working in…

The Gift: A recipe on asking for that which we truly need

On humanism and spirituality     As a student in an all-girls Catholic school, we all went to Mass every Friday. After communion, the priest encouraged us to pray for our intentions before ending the mass with a “going away…

Interview with COPEHU Peru: Education needs to respond to the sensitivities of the new generations

In the Peru of the bicentenary, new challenges are opening up and, in this sense, it is a new historical moment where rethinking education is a necessity for those of us who aspire to overcome violence. We know that the…

The social and internal force of nonviolence

Interested in the situations of social upheaval that are occurring in different cities around the world, some of our friends got together to reflect on non-violent actions. We approached the subject by identifying situations in which we feel violated; we…

The Fall

POETIC PROSE The world is in turmoil and that is clear to see. The world is in turmoil, because man is in turmoil. Two sides are at war. I see it, I sense it, I feel it. This register terrifies…

Listening, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Communication

I’m Siddhartha from India, member of the Dialogues in humanity global network. Together with other men and women that represent networks which act at global level, I’m part of the experiment of a Council of Wisdom of the Earth’s Peoples.…

The Barque of the Helpers and Guides

ESSAY by Trudi Lee Richards “If you believe your life will end with death, nothing you think, feel, or do has any meaning. Everything will end with incoherence and disintegration. If you believe your life does not end with death, you…

I’ll take care of it

POEM         If you don’t want to love I’ll take care of it I will love.   If you don’t want to smile I’ll take care of it I will smile.   If you don’t want to…

Poetry Community as a Well of Ginhawa (Well-being) in these Pandemic Times

TALK/PRESENTATION   My talk can be summed up in three things: First, the context and my experience during this pandemic time. Second, the Well of Ginhawa, and its related metaphors. And third, how I started and built this poetry community.…

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