The theme of the new moon meditations is strengthening the hands of the group of world servers.The meeting will include a brief talk, discusson and meditation with the goal of clarifying group thinking about the solution to major world problems.
The meeting will be held in the library of our offices at 120 Wall St., 24th floor; it will include a brief talk on the theme A Call to Disarm, group discussion and meditation. Please call or email us prior to the meeting. We can also register you automatically for each meeting if you let us know of your interest.
Theme: A Call to Disarm
Theme: A Call to Disarm
This misappropriation of human resources is one of the most pressing problems confronting humanity at this time. Nowhere is this misappropriation more glaringly apparent than in relation to the arms race. Total arms sales for 2016 totaled $31 billion, yet this situation receives scant attention from the media or the public at large. As we all know, if the money currently spent on arms was turned towards rebuilding the shrine of human living, our world would be a vastly different place. Let us use the spiritual atmosphere being set up in the planet in the approach to Wesak—using the energy of Taurus which governs the group of world servers-- to turn the group gaze towards the creation of a thoughtform of solution to this pressing problem.
Questions for reflection and discussion:
What more can we do, as members of the heart center of the group of world servers, to contribute towards ending the arms race?
The following articles and extract provide overviews of the Problem:
The Guardian, Feb. 2017.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/20/global-arms-weapons-trade-highest-point-since-cold-war-era
United Nations Meetings Coverage and Press Releases:, 2017 Session.
https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/dc3693.doc.htm
Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses http://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/2017-conference-to-outlaw-nuclear-weapons_avkumar_041116
EU Conference Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference, February 2012
http://www.iiss.org/en/events/eu-conference/sections/eu-conference-2012-7b70/keynote-address-bf8d/hans-blix-1a03
Crux, March 2017 https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2017/03/28/pope-francis-calls-elimination-nuclear-weapons/
(please email us any comments or ideas you might want to share and we will read them at the meeting).
