6 Aug 2022

Peace Is Simple

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 0

In today’s crazy, chaotic world, more and more folks find peace, inner and outer, nearly impossible.

There’s a famous story in the Bible about Jesus calming a raging storm while he and his disciples were at sea. Jesus was sleeping, and his terrified men awoke him. He simply arose and said, “Peace, be still!” A great calm descended over the sea, and all were safe.

Can creating peace be that simple? Merely saying, Peace, be still!?

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We’ve talked about peace many times over the years.… Read more

12 Mar 2022

The Hidden Power of Forgiveness

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, life purpose, peace on earth | 4

In today’s partisan, chaotic world, we rush to judgment and are slow to forgive.

In Tina Spalding’s book, Jesus: My Autobiography, Jesus says “Judgment is the biggest crime that can be committed against yourself and against others.”

How often do we even notice when we are judging? In our opinion, not often.

Spirit

One of the human traits we in spirit find fascinating is your reluctance to forgive.

When you perceive, in your limited vision, another has harmed you, you often focus on the “harm” and not on your part in creating that harm.… Read more

22 Feb 2020

The Strangest Dream

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 8

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One of my favorite historical figures is French writer and pioneer aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery. He once said, “War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.”

Back in 1950, folk singer and songwriter Ed McCurdy wrote the song, Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream. It’s an anti-war song. Ironically, 1950 was the year North Korea and South Korea went to war with each other.

That war eventually embroiled 21 other countries.… Read more

13 Jul 2019

An Ancient Culture of Peace

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 2

Peace of the Himalayas

We often speak of creating peace on earth. But how many nations and cultures truly promote peace among all the earth’s people? Perhaps they are looking for the key to creating peace in all the wrong places.

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The only way you can create peace on earth is to first create it within yourself. Many miss the importance of that statement. And yet you have the key to creating that peace within, almost literally at your fingertips.… Read more

1 Sep 2018

The Tremendous Power of Forgiveness

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 8

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. ~ Gerald Jampolsky, MD

I recently received some news about someone I knew well long ago. I’d lost touch with her over the years. The news, which did not surprise me, was about her deteriorating health. She was literally at death’s doorway. I’ll call her Joan (not her real name).

Joan had been carrying a bitter grudge against a family member for most of her life. She refused to have anything to do with this relative.… Read more

6 Apr 2018

Celebrating Diversity and Embracing Oneness

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 13

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower, United States president, 1953-1961

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If I asked you if you really wanted peace on earth, what would you say? If someone asked me that question, my answer would be “Of course I want it!”… Read more

27 Oct 2017

The Power of Oneness

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, Global oneness, peace on earth | 6

“That the message We Are All One, interrelated, interconnected and interdependent, with God/Life/One-another, is the one spiritual message that the world has been waiting for to bring about loving and sustainable answers to humanity’s challenges.” ~ Global Oneness Day 2017

As I’m sure many of you know, last Tuesday was the 8th yearly celebration of Global Oneness Day, sponsored by Humanity’s Team, founded by Neale Donald Walsch.

What follows is a bizarre true story of oneness, told to me many years ago by a dear friend who was there.… Read more

18 Aug 2017

Standoff at Charlottesville: Can Hatred Survive?

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 10

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia

Many years ago, I spent an idyllic summer at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. The small city was home to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Both served as governors of Virginia and also United States presidents.

Charlottesville, known for its long and colorful history, is in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia.… Read more

24 Dec 2016

The Greatest Gift: An Alternative To War

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 23

Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force . . . .If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr., The Christmas Sermon on Peace, December 24, 1967

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This has been a crazy time around here.… Read more

17 Sep 2016

Remembering September 11, 2001

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 6

The White Dove of Peace on Earth

In preparing to write this post, I was searching through some quotations on war. Here are several of my favorites:

Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come. ~ Carl Sandburg, American poet, writer, and editor
You can no more win a war than you can an earthquake. ~ Jeannette Rankin, first woman ever elected to the United States Congress, in 1916, from Montana
War may be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good.

9 Jul 2016

July 2016 Prayers for Peace

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 0

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Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace

During 2016, we will occasionally feature the peace prayers of the 12 classical world religions, and several other prominent peace prayers. Today’s post is the 7th of this series.

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In 2016 I believe we will see peace on earth, or at least more meaningful movement toward it. But when we look at our world, especially as reflected in the mainstream news media, peace on earth might seem like an impossible dream.

I’ve chased impossible dreams all my life.… Read more

11 Jun 2016

June 2016 Prayers for Peace

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 2

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Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace

During 2016, we will occasionally feature the peace prayers of the 12 classical world religions, and several other prominent peace prayers. Today’s post is the sixth of this series.

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I’ve chased impossible dreams all my life.… Read more

13 May 2016

May 2016 Prayers for Peace

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 2

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Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace

During 2016, we will occasionally feature the peace prayers of the 12 classical world religions, and several other prominent peace prayers. Today’s post is the fifth of this series.

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I’ve chased impossible dreams all my life.… Read more

8 Apr 2016

April 2016 Prayers for Peace

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 8

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Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace

During 2016, we will occasionally feature the peace prayers of the 12 classical world religions, and several other prominent peace prayers. Today’s post is the fourth of this series.

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I’ve chased impossible dreams all my life.… Read more

11 Mar 2016

March 2016 Prayers for Peace

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 8

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Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace

During 2016, we will occasionally feature the peace prayers of the 12 classical world religions, and several other prominent peace prayers. Today’s post is the third of this series.

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I’ve chased impossible dreams all my life.… Read more

19 Feb 2016

The Heart of Mother Earth

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 6

Love—love of God and fellow men. That is God’s formula for peace. Peace on earth to men of good will. ~ Richard Cardinal Cushing, 1895–1970

Taj Mahal in Agra, India

We’ve talked recently about James Twyman’s peace vigils and meditations around the world. He’s been doing this amazing work for many years. Well, he’s off on another peace and healing mission next month.

Here’s part of a news release James recently sent out:

Ten million people have already registered.

On March 11, 12 and 13, James Twyman and Unify.org… Read more

12 Feb 2016

February 2016 Prayers for Peace by John Cali & Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 10

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Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace

During 2016, we will occasionally feature the peace prayers of the 12 classical world religions, and several other prominent peace prayers. Today’s post is the second of this series.

As you know from our post last month, January 2016 Prayers for Peace, James Twyman, The Peace Troubadour, held his ISIS Prayer Vigil in war-ravaged Syria on February 1. He picked that day to coincide with the beginning of 2016’s World Faith Harmony Week.

After he got home, James emailed a summary of his trip to his mailing list.… Read more

15 Jan 2016

January 2016 Prayers for Peace by John Cali & Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 21

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Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace

There are 12 classical world religions: Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. Each of them has its own prayer for peace, despite the fact there have been “religious wars” for centuries.

World Interfaith Harmony Week was first proposed by Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2010. The United Nations unanimously adopted it. They decided to observe the first week of February every year as World Faith Harmony Week.… Read more

30 Dec 2015

Here’s How You Can Help Create Peace on Earth by John Cali & Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, peace on earth | 4

For centuries now we’ve tried everything else; the power of wealth, of mighty armies and navies, machinations of diplomats. All have failed. Before it is too late, and time is running out, let us turn from trust in the chain reactions of exploding atoms to faith in the chain reaction of God’s love. Love—of God and fellow men. That is God’s formula for peace. Peace on earth to men of good will. ~ Cardinal Richard Cushing, 1895–1970

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The Dove of Peace

Many of you are familiar with James Twyman, also known as The Peace Troubadour.… Read more