International Journal of Humanities and Peace articles from January 1 2006

International Journal of Humanities and Peace archives from January 1 2006

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... Dear Editor, After recently reviewing back issues of The International Journal of Humanities and Peace, I feel compelled to write this letter of praise and appreciation for those who have contributed so much of their lives toward...

Towards a global philosophy: key to peace.
January 1, 2006... In the Eastern tradition, philosophy is looked upon not simply as an academic exercise like economics, political science or sociology, but as a powerful tool for enlightenment, human welfare and inner spiritual growth. This implies that...

Babblefish: promoting world peace through global communication.(Website overview)
January 1, 2006... Introduction: The Essence of Babblefish Babblefish.com was conceived by Johnny Jaskot in 1996 to help people from all parts of the world, regardless of their language barriers, communicate over the Internet. Right from the start the...

Universities branch out: from their student bodies to their research practices, universities are becoming more global.
January 1, 2006... As never before in their long history, universities have become instruments of national competition as well as instruments of peace. They are the locus of the scientific discoveries that move economies forward, and the primary means of...

Academic boycotts-no!
January 1, 2006... If we could manage the global academy, the AAUP would issue an edict disallowing" academic boycotts." No scholars anywhere would then be ostracized because of their own writings or their national government's policies or be prevented from...

Nearly twenty one days to peace: on retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh.
January 1, 2006... Is the phrase, "peace in one's self, peace in the world" just pretty words to hear, or is it actually possible to perceive/live that experience? With that and other questions in my heart and mind I set out in June 2006 to attend a 21-day...

About wisdom and our inner being.(Excerpt)(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Adhi Budh... "Supreme Wisdom"... is a Sanskrit term [given] to the Unknown deity;... It means the absolute Wisdom... untold duration must have elapsed, before the epithet of Buddha was so humanized, so to speak, as to allow of the term...

Anonymous article.(university staff-faculty relationship)
January 1, 2006... Why is this article anonymous? Because staff members don't have the same protections you have. They call it rankism. It's an apt term to describe the class relations between university staff members and their faculty "colleagues." When a...

A poem by Jacqueline Holiday, Ph.D.(Poem)
January 1, 2006... Dr. Jacqueline Holiday, who recently received her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University. I chaired her dissertation entitled, A Heuristic Inquiry of Three Navajo Women in Educational Leadership. She...

Interview with Takeshi Utsumi, founder and V.P. for technology and coordination of Global University System (GUS).(Interview)
January 1, 2006... Can one man with limited resources accomplish remarkable things in global education? Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., is a passionately dedicated former Fulbright Scholar who has for some decades devoted himself to experimenting with and...

Reflections on wealth and poverty in Mexico poverty and wealth are relative concept.(REFLECTIONS ON WEALTH AND POVERTY IN MEXICO)
January 1, 2006... At a party I recently attended in La Misi6n, a man from a plush southern California neighborhood commented that he found the poverty in Mexico shocking and depressing. It is true there is a lot of poverty in Mexico, but one thing I've noticed...

Wealth and poverty in Mexico: poverty and extreme poverty are very harsh conditions.(REFLECTIONS ON WEALTH AND POVERTY IN MEXICO)
January 1, 2006... I read Mr. Cochran's article about poverty and wealth in Mexico and the United States, and I can see that the writer is sincere and is really making an effort to understand my country. I appreciate that, and I thank him for trying to reach out...

Shibui: A messenger of peace in nature, humanity and diplomacy.
January 1, 2006... Does not the sight of a single leaf, seen through a fence, capture your breath? In this split second of perception and veneration, motion ceases and mindfulness increases. This moment awakens one to enlightenment and wisdom. This moment is...

Transforming academic globalization into globalization for all.
January 1, 2006... Driving innovation and continuous improvement with regard to ecological, environmental and human sustainability is essential for win-win globalization. That calls for research on strategic and monitoring planning to manage globalization and...

Getting a charge out of backpacking.(backpack that converts energy into electricity)(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Talk about plugging along. Soldiers, emergency workers, or hikers toting heavy loads may soon don a new kind of backpack that converts energy from their strides into electricity. The souped-up backpack, which produces power from the up and down...

Peace education: viewpoints of primary school students about peace.
January 1, 2006... Rapid process of change plays a fundamental role in society's improvement. Attempts to compete with the innovations in society have brought about the necessity to educate the citizens in accordance with the changing needs of society....

The all at once.(Poem)
January 1, 2006... THE ALL AT ONCE The all at once reveals perfection in which the prose of time is the narrative of man, but the poetry of the eternal resides with God In the all at once the revelation of beauty is...

The elusive quest for peace in the horn of Africa: the regional attributes of Civil War in Somalia.
January 1, 2006... A major post-Cold War challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa is putting an end to internecine conflicts. Civil wars undermine human development and democratic governance. Africa's wars waste the Continent's scarce human and financial resources, help...

The continuing process of cultural adjustment.
January 1, 2006... Born and raised in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa, I moved to the United States of America to pursue my college education in 1998. A four-year journey filled with culture shock and adjustments to a new environment finally...

Plato writes on the dangers of writing.
January 1, 2006... Antisthenes, a student of Socrates, had a friend who complained that he lost his notes (hypomenmata). To this Antisthenes countered, "You should have inscribed them in your mind (psyche) and not on paper." (quoted in Thomas 1989, 33) Our...

The promise of technology versus the pastoral ideal: Ralph Waldow Emerson's conflict over the role of mankind in nature.
January 1, 2006... Ralph Waldo Emerson was among the first American philosophers to address the role of technology in the early development of the United States. His work "The American Scholar" has been called the intellectual Declaration of Independence and...

Chandalika, Dr. Rabindranath Tagore.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2006... Introduction to Chandalika Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a major voice of awakening in the Indian Renaissance. Besides being a prolific poet, novelist, playwright, journalist, musician, and mystic, Tagore was an innovative educator....

Making cranes with Kelley.(Poem)
January 1, 2006... MAKING CRANES WITH KELLEY This is how you make peace. Fold in half everything you treasure, then turn it again along each diagonal, the longest line you can form from a square. Make the next folds as...

Modern thought, ancient wisdom.(I See No Stranger: Early Sikh Art and Devotion; exhibition)
January 1, 2006... The story of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith, asleep near a mosque in Mecca with his feet pointed in the direction of the holy Kabba and the reaction of a Muslim cleric to that has been passed down generation for centuries. One...

Reflections on fear and unity and discovering the way to eternal peace.
January 1, 2006... If we are to find a way to peace, within our selves and amongst each other, we must find our way to a connection to and understanding of the reality within which we exist and of which we consist. While many might argue that humans already live...

Concentrated guidance: attention training gives kids a cognitive push.
January 1, 2006... A brief course on how to pay attention boosts children's scores on either intelligence or attention tests, depending on their age, a new study finds. The training may quicken normal brain development, says a team of neuroscientists led by...

Astrology and spirituality.
January 1, 2006... The thread of continuity which binds the various limbs of the Vedas is the underlying philosophy of Vedanta. Vedanta occupies a holistic and integrated perspective with regards to the sum of creation stating that all of life is intelligent and...

Meditation on the self and super consciousness.
January 1, 2006... Meditation is practiced in three stages: concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana), and super-consciousness (samadhi). Concentration is the focusing state of the mind. If you watch your mind, you will see how it is always wandering in so...

Love your parents; Shyam Sunder, Sri Aurobindo's action, pondicherry.(Short story)
January 1, 2006... A well known little story is making the rounds again under the above title. A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, and took a nap under...

U.S. congress okays highest civilian honor for Dalai Lama.(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Washington The U.S. House of Representatives has followed the Senate in passing a bill to confer the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor, on the Dalai Lama. The House Sept. 13 passed the bill which recognizes the...

Indian on top at UN.(Vijay Nambiar )(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Ban Ki-moon picks Vijay Nambiar as chief of staff. Vijay Nambiar, an Indian diplomat with experience within and oustide the United Nations, has been appointed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's chief of staff. Nambiar, 63, who...

McDonald's fries: not done yet $10 million settlement including $250,000 for Hinduism today--appealed.(McDonald's Corp.)
January 1, 2006... It was started by a Seattle lawyer, Harish Bharti, a vegetarian Hindu who makes a habit out of identifying the ingredients in purportedly vegetarian foods. He examined McDonald's French fries. Back in 1990, news reports appeared that started...

Iran, international law and nuclear disarmament.
January 1, 2006... Iran has been accused of secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Although Iranian leaders claim to be enriching uranium only for peaceful nuclear energy purposes, these claims have been treated with derision by the West. Despite the fact...

The human right to a nuclear free world.
January 1, 2006... I believe one of the most hopeful trends in the world today is the interconnectedness of the Human Family. Technology has made us interconnected, and trade and the movement of people have made us interdependent. Even in the last 10 years, the...

Recent developments in the nuclear fuel cycle.(Essay)
January 1, 2006... The purpose of this essay is to present an update on recent developments in the nuclear fuel cycle, in order to demonstrate that modern nuclear realities could and should be transformed into something that might bode well for the future of...

Deployed husbands, waiting wives; ACA member proposes existential group therapy model for military spouses.(Legal Humanities)(American Counseling Association )
January 1, 2006... There is an old saying that if the military wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued you one. Fortunately, today, the U.S. Armed Forces are beginning to recognize the direct correlation between a soldier's home life and job...

Living Dreams.(Poem)
January 1, 2006... Living Dreams I had a dream and it led to tomorrow. I followed the dream to tomorrow again. I could not catch up to that dream of tomorrow. It came near my grasp yet I missed it again. I need...

Nuclear power's sick legacy.(Legal Humanities)
January 1, 2006... April 17, 2006, Australia--The Howard Government, is embarked on another mendacious, ill-advised, and downright dangerous enterprise: transforming Australia into a nuclear-powered, uranium-exporting nation, deploying as a rhetorical fig leaf...

No baby is born with the urge to hurt someone; Hetty van Gurp: Brave Choices: Founder of Peaceful Schools International.(Legal Humanities)(Brief biography)
January 1, 2006... People who harm others do so because they have learned violence somewhere. Some believe that peacemakers are from picture-perfect backgrounds, people who skipped joyfully from one happy birthday to the next. The truth is that peacemakers...

About arthritis.(Disease/Disorder overview)
January 1, 2006... In ancient times gout was associated with people of wealth who could afford to indulge in rich foods and beverages. More than 2,000 years later, we know that gout is one of more than a hundred types of arthritis. You may also get gout called...

Tea Time (Tea and Cancer).(Interview)
January 1, 2006... Dr. Roderick Dashwood, Linus Pauling Institute Q: Much of your research is focused on tea and cancer. How did you get interested in tea? A: A study by my former professor from England, Costas Ioannides, reported that when rats were...

Lymphedema awareness.(Disease/Disorder overview)
January 1, 2006... I have lymphedema and I'm getting tired of hearing, 'It's not swollen too bad' or 'You can live with a little swelling.' Is there anything I can do to change the widespread ignorance about lymphedema among most healthcare providers? "(Question...

Nutrition: water, carbohydrates, glycogen, et.al.
January 1, 2006... When I was a child, one of my favorite stories was the old fable about "stone soup." There are probably as many versions of this fable as it is years old, but the one I like best goes like this: In a time of famine, a group of weary travelers...

"Santa Fe Epiphany.".(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Why do we always return to this Unique and spiritual place, Santa Fe? Forty-four years of being draw to The 'Land of Enchantment' and its people. Side trips to the nine Northern Pueblos Through Chimayo and up to Truchas. Following the...

Physical therapists say tottering on high heels puts women at risk for foot and back problems.
January 1, 2006... This Spring "fashion forward" women will buy footwear in a wild profusion of prints, patterns, and colors. Unfortunately, these eye-catching concoctions are rarely foot-friendly. That attractive pair of python pumps requires a balancing act on...

By the way, doctor.
January 1, 2006... With Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D., Editor in Chief of Harvard Health Letter Q. Is it possible to have one or more TIAs in the past four years and not have them show up in four MRIs? A.: Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are...

C-head wellness corner: Compassion fatigue.
January 1, 2006... It has been shown that when we are suffering from compassion fatigue, we work more rather than less. What suffers is our health, our relationships and our personal lives and, eventually, our clients. Working as a helping professional can...

Compression stockings: How hosiery can help circulation and leg swelling.
January 1, 2006... Compression stockings may never be considered the height of fashion. But when it comes to improving circulation in your lower limbs, they beat anything you might find on the runway. Blood flow Normally, muscle contractions in your...

What is bone?
January 1, 2006... Bone is living, growing tissue. It is made mostly of collagen, a protein that provides a soft framework, and calcium phosphate, a mineral that adds strength and hardens the framework. The combination &collagen and calcium makes bone strong and...

Balancing painful swelling with a desire to exercise.
January 1, 2006... For almost 20 years, the prevailing wisdom among most doctors has been that breast cancer survivors at risk of contracting lymphedema--a debilitating, irreversible swelling of one or both arms--should avoid most upper-body exercise or lifting...

Chronic vulvar pain: It can be helped.
January 1, 2006... Pain is not a sensation most of us want to face. But chronic vulvar pain--persistent pain in the area around your vaginal opening--can be especially hard to deal with. Not only have societal norms made it an awkward subject to talk about, but...

Study stirs debate about low-fat diet and reduction in disease risk.
January 1, 2006... At one time or another, you've no doubt heard that eating a diet low in fat can help protect you against everything from cancer to heart disease. But according to headlines earlier this year, a low-fat diet doesn't significantly reduce a...

How clean is your pool?(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... My neighbors told me that their kids seem to developing frequent attacks of diarrhea after going to day camps. Why? A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that dirty pools may be the answer. Reports from more than...

Embedded: A no-holds-barred report from inside a nursing home.(Essay)
January 1, 2006... It happened so fast it stunned me. At the age of 67, after one week in a hospital, I found myself in a nursing home. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised. We think nursing homes are just for old people, but that's not always true. Nursing...

On the Mother Divine.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... ON THE MOTHER DIVINE--Pasupati; Published by Sri Aurobindo Karmi Sangha Trust, Habra-Prafullanagar; 124 pp., Rs 75. This booklet of 124 pages is a translation, by the author himself, of his Bengali book entitled Ke ai Ma which proved to be...

The Indian Spirit and the World's Future.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... The Indian Spirit and the World's Future K.D. Sethna (Amat Kiran); Published by Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry; 185 pp., Rs 150 Sometime back a prestigious magazine featured an article in which India was likened to a film in which there...

Prophet-the Hatmaker's Son, the Life of Robert Muller.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... PROPHET-THE HATMAKER'S SON, THE LIFE OF ROBERT MULLER By Douglas Gillies East Beach Press, 2003 Santa Barbara, CA 93160 As IJHP Editor Vasant Merchant is wont to do, she asked me, Nelson Haggerson, a peacemaker who has contributed articles...

Nuclear Power is Not the Answer.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2006... NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE ANSWER by Helen Caldicott Nuclear Power is Not the Answer. Caldicott, Helen. Sept. 2006. 128p. New Press, $23.95 (1-59558-067-0) Caldicott's latest anti-nuke book searingly debunks the claim that the impending...

Sanskrit and Evolution of Human Speech, Based on Sri Aurobindo's Linguistic Theory.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... SANSKRIT AND EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SPEECH, BASED ON SRI AUROBINDO'S LINGUISTIC THEORY Dr. Samapadananda Mishra: Published by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, Pondicherry; 171 pp., Rs 125 Can you imagine a world...

We Will Not Cease.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... We Will Not Cease By Archibald Baxter, Eddie Tern Press, 1980, (Originally Published 1939) This classic New Zealand book is the first person tale of what befell a far labourer when he refused conscription during World War One. The...

Today is not a Good Day for War.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... TODAY IS NOT A GOOD DAY FOR WAR By David Krieger David Krieger speaks from the heart of a connectedness that knows no bounds. It embraces humanity, nature and the universe. The author stresses that we must team from the past, so that it...

Peace.(Short story)
January 1, 2006... PEACE Hasan Age: 17 Canada, British Columbia Watching the news on TV everyday, I realize that the idea of world peace will never become true. But, I'm fed up with countries fighting against each other. I've had it. I just can't take it...

Braiding Anamnesia: Imaginal Interpretations of the Gendered Body in Deepa Mehta's Earth and Urvashi Butalia's; The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India.
January 1, 2006... BRAIDING ANAMNESIA: IMAGINAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE GENDERED BODY IN DEEPA MEHTA'S EARTHAND URVASHI BUTALIA'S THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE: VOICES FROM THE PARTITION OF INDIA The 1999 film Earth, second in Deepa Mehta's Fire, Earth, Water...

Taima Mandala * (Front Cover Symbology).(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... TAIMA MANDALA * (Front Cover Symbology) This temple painting shows the balance and grace of the Buddha's Pureland--the peaceful kingdom always there beneath the nets of ego. Here everything shares in the perfect unfolding. All sound is...

Kujaku Myo Maha-Mayuri (Backcover Symbology).(painting)
January 1, 2006... KUJAKU MYO MAHA-MAYURI (Backcover Symbology) This is the finest existing example of a painting showing the Buddhist god Kujaku Myo-0 (Peacock King) devouring of serpents and conqueror of evil. The Mahamayuri came to Japan from India, the...

Peace is a Blossom.(Poem)
January 1, 2006... Peace is a Blossom Peace is a flower That grows on a bower. Peace is a seed Peace is a need Peace is a deed. Whether in a clover Or in a tower Peace is a flower. Peace is inner Peace is...

The Infinite Creator: "Muruga is Lord Siva in action"--Gurudeva, Dancing with Siva.(Poem)
January 1, 2006... The Infinite Creator Let me end the year As I began: with adorations to Thee. Creator--Form and formless Thou Art. But I adore best Thy Regal Form, sitting On Thy Peacock Throne With Thy Septre beside....