Change the Story, Change the World
"All major world religious traditions carry the same message: the message of love, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment, self-discipline - all religious traditions. So these are the common ground, and common practice. On that level we can build genuine harmony on the basis of mutual respect, mutual learning, mutual admiration." Watch video
The award-winning Dalai Lama Film Road to Peace premieres in Scotland November 2016 with a very special Q&A tour. Screenings will take place in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Oban and at the Universal Hall right here in Findhorn 27 November! "In a world dominated by suffering and violence, how can we create peace in our lives? This film embarks on an extraordinary journey with one of the most celebrated humanitarians of all time, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. The Nobel Peace Prize winner … Watch video
How the Simple act of Walking can bring us Inner Peace. Findhorn Fellow and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, Satish Kumar, commemorates 50 years of Resurgence with a pilgrimage from the source of the Thames to Oxford. In 1962, Satish walked 8,000 miles from India to Washington D.C. for peace. Watch video
"~ Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu ~ in these times of conflict and apparent separation, we offer this beautiful mantra as a reminder that, whoever we are and whatever beliefs and ideals we may carry, in the dimension of compassion and forgiveness, we are all One - don't give up on these basic qualities - they inspire us to rise in love and diminish fear. We pray for the light to illuminate the inherent goodness in all of us, regardless of political and religious ideals. All is Love. Share this … Watch video
"In a world torn by conflict—in a place where the idea of peace has been abandoned—an energy of determined optimism emerges. When someone is willing to disturb the status quo and stand for the dream of a free and secure world, who will stand with them? "Disturbing the Peace is a story of the human potential unleashed when we stop participating in a story that no longer serves us and, with the power of our convictions, take action to create new possibilities. "Disturbing the Peace follows … Watch video
Findhorn Fellow and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine, Satish Kumar, walks for peace.... "World renowned peace activist Satish Kumar took his final step in a gruelling 50-mile walk to mark International Day of Peace yesterday and to launch the Resurgence Festival. "80-year old Satish reached the Oxfam shop at Broad Street after embarking on the walk just six days earlier from the source of the River Thames near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. "He completed the walk ahead … Continue reading
"We all want to see Peace in the world, but why isn’t the world more peaceful? Join us on a journey into one surprising solution to the Global Peace Deficit. Interviewing leading experts and scientific researchers, we learn how our inner peace is directly related to peace in the wider world. "Then on September 24th at 4pm Pacific/11pm GMT, join us for a WORLD PEACE MEDITATION at thousands of locations around the world where we can show the world how we can #BETHEPEACE" Learn more by watching … Watch video
"Last night, I dreamed of walking. In a thousand bodies, through hundreds of city streets, suburban neighborhoods, rural roads, industrial zones, wild and forgotten spaces. "We walked to be the peace we yearned to see. We could not wait for politicians to end the endless, borderless wars. We ended it with our footsteps. We announced with our bodies that we would not wait for authorities to fix our communities; we would heal them here and now. We walked to be present with one another, to break … Continue reading
Barbara Marx Hubbard, Findhorn Fellow, futurist and evolutionary biologist, energises the UN Forum on the Culture of Peace with her inimitable visionary thinking. Although addressing enhancing the synergy between the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the goals of the UN Culture of Peace, Barbara's vision could be applied to all sectors of society.... "Inherent in the Culture of Peace Movement is the vision of a new world. The story of nature is that it goes from disorder to higher … Watch video
The Metta Center for Nonviolence explores what happens when we drop the old story of separation, competition and violence, and start over from a new story perspective that sees the human being beneath the label of terrorist. Watch video