If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being, we can do it.                                    - Eleanor Roosevelt

Join the effort to Create Global Peace every Sunday!

It’s easy in today’s environment to feel powerless in the face of global political and economic forces, but there is something that we, as individual human beings, can do to affect change on a massive scale. By pooling our efforts of prayer, meditation, and conscious intent, we can transform the global consciousness into one that recognizes the inherent value of all living beings and seeks the spirit of cooperation and harmonious co-existence.

Repeated studies conducted by the Transcendental Meditationists have shown us that when a group of people meditate for the peace of a city, the crime rate of that city drops dramatically. In one example, a 1993 study conducted in Washington, D.C. with 4,000 participating meditators indicated a decrease of homicides, rapes, and assaults by 23% during the two-month period of the study.

Every Sunday, people like you from around the world are praying-meditating to shift the global perspective from one that enables war and domination to one that enables peace and balance. You can contribute to this effort by simply taking some time out of your Sunday to pray-meditate for global peace in your own home or, if you have the resources, by organizing a group prayer-meditation session in your community.  (Note: If Sunday is not a good day for you, there are many other groups meditating and praying every Saturday for the same cause.)

Please take a few moments to read through this site, particularly the information presented on our Why It Will Work page. Then, please set aside some time each Sunday to help change the world. Our Location page lists organized group sessions that have formed around the country. If you would like to join a group session but do not see one listed in your area, please feel free to organize your own and send us an email detailing your group’s location and time; we will post it for you. By signing up for the Create Global Peace initiative, you can receive a weekly email reminding you to participate each Sunday.

You CAN make a difference! Listen to the voices of the world’s prophets and sages regarding peace and prayer:

Jesus

Blessed are the peacekeepers, for they shall be called the Children of God.

Whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.

Mahatma Ghandi

What we think, we become.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Dalai Lama

Due to the fundamental interconnectedness which lies at the heart of reality, your interest is also my interest.

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting. If we maintain obsolete values and beliefs, a fragmented consciousness and self-centered spirit, we will continue to hold onto outdated goals and behaviors. Such an attitude by a large number of people would block the entire transition to an interdependent yet peaceful and cooperative global society.

Buddha

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Muhammad

Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers? Making peace between one another: enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots.

Do you love your creator? Love your fellow-beings first.

Maitri Upanishads (c. BC 800)

The wise should surrender speech in mind, mind in the knowing self, the knowing self in the Spirit of the universe, and the Spirit of the universe in the Spirit of peace.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

Mother Teresa

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

Chinese Proverb

If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.

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