Global Peace Meditation Day

Sunday, 20th May, 2007 - Sydney Australia

" Never before have so many people committed to come together on the same day to meditate for peace on our violence-prone and war-ravaged planet. We expect that this will influence both the meditators themselves, and their communities locally and worldwide"
Dr. Ervin Laszlo, (Nobel Peace Prize Nomination - 2004, 2005, 2006, Recipient Japan Peace Prize 2001)

This is a historic event - never before have so many people from different faiths and different parts of the world come together to meditate for peace at the same time. We expect up to 150,000 people, across 12 countries will participate in this synchronized event.

 

 

In 2007 the Australian event will be held in Victoria Park, City Road, Camperdown, NSW,

 

Victoria Park has hosted many peace events and has the capacity to support the 1000 people expected to attend.

The day will start at 11.00am on Sunday 20th May with the arrival of the World Peace Flame.

Participants in the event include;

Stephanie Dowrick: In June 2005 Stephanie was ordained in New York as an Interfaith Minister. She has for many years given talks and conducted retreats and workshops on a variety of spiritual, psychological and ethical issues and continues to develop this aspect of her work. She gives regular Interfaith services at Pitt Street Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street, Sydney, 2000.

She is profoundly interested in exploring how we can look more positively at ourselves, our utterly precious gift of life and the society we are collectively creating. This exploration drives her life and work. For more than two decades writing has been her main occupation. She is the author of a number of life-changing best-selling books, including Intimacy and Solitude, Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, The Universal Heart and Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials.

Isira Sananda: Isira Sananda is a global peace ambassador. Her role is to inspire humanity to reclaim their own greater potential of wisdom, love, peace and compassion. Isira is one of the modern world’s spiritual masters. She has been teaching meditation and inspiring self-realisation for over 20 years.

She is a leader and expert of human consciousness – an example to us all of our common human spirit, our uniting power of truth, wisdom of love and higher potential. Isira is inter-faith and inter-spirit. She speaks from the heart of all religions, and all are welcomed. Her teaching unifies science, religion, social and cultural differences, and personal development - in the context of peace within the collective whole.

Paul Wilson: Some people think of Paul Wilson as the businessman-author who wrote all those books with 'Calm' in the title and started the 'little book' phenomenon with the Little Book of Calm. Yet he is equally well known as a teacher of meditation, in the Eighties and Nineties he introduced millions of readers to its wonders.

He thrives in a number of worlds where life balance is longed for but seldom achieved - among other things he's a businessman, has served on many company boards, is corporate adviser and director of a medical research foundation.

Prof. Dr. Ervin Laszlo: Prof. Dr. Ervin Laszlo, founder and President of the Club of Budapest, was one of the first representatives in the area of systems philosophy and general theory of evolution. He published nearly 70 books translated into as many as 18 languages. In the course of his long academic career as a professor for philosophy, systems philosophy and future sciences, he worked in teaching and research at a variety of reputable universities in the US, Europe, and the Far East.

Dr. Laszlo serves not only as President of the Club of Budapest and head of the General Evolution Research Group, which he founded. He was the former President of the International Society for Systems Sciences, Advisor of the UNESCO Director General, Ambassador of the International Delphic Council, member of the International Academy of Science, the World Academy of Arts and Science and the International Academy of Philosophy, as well as either holding or held positions as a board member or extraordinary member of numerous international associations, including, at one time, the Club of Rome.

 

Local gatherings will be organised in many countries and cities worldwide. If you are unable to join us in Sydney check out the international register for a location close to you.

We are all happy to welcome you to the World Peace Prayer / Meditation Day