April 2025 Blog Posts (14)

Negative emotions like anger, jealousy, and pride are blessings in disguise. When we are consumed by these emotions, we feel overwhelmed. Yet, there is a ray of light, of hope, if we search. This ray of light is the foundation for transformation. Transformation to an enlightened state, expressed by the Buddha, after attaining…

Photo: Lisa Maree Williams | Credit: Getty Images 2015

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

At 9:45 AM, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced…

HAPPY EASTER! Let’s celebrate Resurrection and Rebirth into a world where people can be free.

YOU RAISE ME UP

When I am down and, oh, my soul, so weary

When troubles come and my heart burdened be

Then I am still and wait here in the silence

Until You come and sit awhile with…

The Buddha was a genius at recognizing the source of our trauma and teaching methods to overturn it. When we encounter a difficult person spewing venom, we either retaliate with anger, or run away in fear. The Buddha taught us to cherish these encounters. For they offer a rich fabric allowing us to weave a beautiful mind and heart of…

Compassion is the heart of the path. Sometimes it is easy to generate. Often it is not. We are so entrenched and addicted believing our happiness comes from taking care of number one. To step out and be radical, thinking that our happiness comes from caring for others, takes some doing. Especially when we’re being bombarded by…

Reach for the sky. Always. Our tendency is to reach down, to narrow our focus and give in to our habitual negative self-cherishing patterns. Resist. Reach for the sky. Always. Become bigger, not smaller. Broaden your perspective rather than narrow it. Always. Our default, especially when facing challenges, is to draw the wagons around…

Shefqet Avdush Emini – An Icon of Contemporary International Art

Shefqet Avdush Emini stands as one of the most luminous and distinctive figures in contemporary art—a name that has left an indelible mark on modern painting and has become a symbol of abstract expressionism on the international art scene. With a long and rich…

Great News: The Network 'Peace for the Soul' stays Alive!

I contacted Ning, and they made me a very encouraging offer, which I accepted. After all, the network and all of you dear friends and members are very dear to me, even if many of you remain silent. But that can change if you're ready.

And the many interesting groups—it would be a shame to lose all of that.

So, dear friends and members, I look forward to your continued interesting contributions and comments, and…

Ning grants us, for how long, a farewell phase...

Thank you...Merci...

Hello everyone!

With a heavy heart, I've decided to give up the network. Ning raised the price without my knowledge, so I can no longer afford it. I'm also getting older, and health, when it's there, is a wonderful gift.

So, I wish you all the best.

Much love,

Eva

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"Malvhina". This beautiful sculpture stands in the centre of the town of Malvern, and was created by Rose Garrard in 1998.

She embodies many things important to Malvern's history and culture but the central concept is a trinity. Malvhina holds a kind of Celtic triskele in her hands from which pure Malvern water flows,…

Happening

Out of a seed in the ground

comes a flower. Miracle!

Out on the branch of a tree

come blossoms in spring.

Out from the blossoms fruit grows

delighting senses.

And an…