Steve Schappert being interviewed at the Peace Lights celebration at Madison Square in NYC for his ideas on using energy independence to create peace in the world. Founded in 2010 by Joumana Rizk, Peacelights is an organization dedicated to promoting inner and outer peace through an integrated approach that joins in-depth emotional education with vibrant social activism. Peacelights believes that conflicts large and small, whether within the individual or between nations, are fundamentally interconnected. At the core of this lies Carl Jung’s idea of “shadows” –those certain parts of our true selves that we deny, in order to conform to cultural expectations. These “shadows,” though hidden in the unconscious, give rise to persecution, shame, and victimhood, as we seek to eradicate in others what we have denied in ourselves, leading to different types of conflicts. Peacelights believes that by altering and working through shadows – both cultural and individual – we can advance peace at every level: in ourselves, in our personal relationships, and the world at large. We can become a network of lights shining brilliantly for peace.
“Dreams do come true if you push it through, past the pain and fear of being insane, you have to follow your love, let your wings spread like a dove… Be at peace and let the complications cease.” -Steve Schappert
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One love, One heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One Love)
Hear the children crying (One Heart)
Sayin’ give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Sayin’ let’s get together and feel all right
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One Love)
There is one question I’d really love to ask (One Heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me
One Love, One Heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One Love)
So shall it be in the end (One Heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
One more thing
Let’s get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One Love)
So when the Man comes there will be no no doom (One Song)
Have pity on those whose chances grove thinner
There ain’t no hiding place from the Father of Creation
Sayin’ One Love, One Heart
Let’s get together and feel all right
I’m pleading to mankind (One Love)
Oh Lord (One Heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let’s get together and feel all right
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict and the freedom from fear of violence. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal orinternational relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests of all. In international relations, peacetime is not only the absence of war or violent conflict, but also the presence of positive and respectful cultural and economic relationships. Via Wikipedia
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