Encyclopedia - Mediation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mediation - Common Aspects Of Mediation
Mediation as a process involves a neutral third party assisting two or more persons, or stakeholders, to find mutually-agreeable solution...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mediation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mediation - Global Relevance
The rise of international trade law, continental trading blocs, the World Trade Organization (and its opposing anti-globalization movemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mediation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mediation - Mediation In Business And In Commerce
The eldest branch of mediation applies to business and commerce, and still this one is the widest field of application, with reference to...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Peace Is Life, War Is Death
It was said of Prophet Mohammed that God wanted him to be an example of how to live peacefully among others like a simple man, to nurt...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Time To Rekindle Passion For Unity
In India, many civilisations have come together over the years, creating new patterns of universal oneness. Raja Ram Mohan Roy ushered...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Explode Spiritual Bomb Of Compassion
For Gandhi, non-violence meant an overflowing love for all humanity, a way of life that emanated from the very marrow of his being. Bu...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: Find The Oneness Beyond Duality
It is very easy to advise others. Only the one who suffers knows the extent of the pain. At the same time there is no difference betwe...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Politics Is Lowest Form Of Leela
In pre-Mandalised India of the seventies, Prof A L Basham, the author of The Wonder that was India, and I were colleagues at 'El Coleg...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Mahatma's Talisman Can Exorcise Anger
It is a paradox that Gujarat, the state which gave India her greatest son, Mahatma Gandhi, should defile his memory and what he stood ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Individual Will No Match For Mad Mobs
In the 60s, a communal riot shook a certain town. I was surprised, for it was a new settlement grown around a huge industry. The popul...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Let's Build A Temple To Tolerance
In the name of God we ask you, the blood-thirsty actors in the tragedy of India, to have done with it. You have had your day. And have...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Tolerance The Key To Lasting Peace
The gory massacre at Godhra and the subsequent retaliatory slaughter throughout Gujarat underlines how easily communal passions can be...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Drawing The Line - Loc To Infinity
There'sa crooked line drawn on land: One side of it is called India, the other side, Pakistan. People living on either side of this hu...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Universal Acceptance For Lasting Peace
On this day in 1893, Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago. At the opening address, Charles Bonney,...   » Read the article

Article - Ahimsa: Rooting For Ahimsa In Troubled Times
Now more than ever, we require those qualities that Mahatma Gandhi so remarkably embodied - qualities which are crystallised in the ph...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Waging Peace Through Constructive Images
Recently, this sentence stopped me short: "Before we can live in peace, we have to be able to imagine, to image peace." On s...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Compassion And Peace Go Hand In Hand
Buddhism advocates tolerance - to accept that there are differences in human experiences; that diversity is part of life, whether in e...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Give Peace A Chance - Don't Go To War
Wars happen when intolerance reaches epic proportions, when the reasons for war become greater than the sanctity of peace. Wars happen...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Double-edged Weapon Of Irrational Hate
First the chain of the Sabarmati Express was pulled to stop it near Godhra junction. Latching shut one of the compartments from outsid...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Self-destruction Of Vrishnis - A Replay?
Gujarat is the land of Krishna and his clansmen, the Vrishnis . Krishna'skingdom was Dwaraka. The recent events in Gujarat echo the st...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Haunting Images Of Innocence Lost
Gujarat today abounds in the victims of a demonic religiosity. Among them, two faces from a camp in Godhra refuse to fade out of our m...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Channel Destructive
The recent killings in the land of the Mahatma, the apostle of peace and non- violence, raises a very serious question. Is human consc...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Towards Universal Peace And Hope
Despite continuing conflict, prejudices that once seemed inherent in our nature, are giving way. However, frequently, organised religi...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Peace Is More Than No War
Most world leaders, international organisations and so-called peace summits tend to define peace in the shadow of war, as 'a situation...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Situation Vacant - Saviour Wanted
India needs rejuvenation. This rejuvenation will come only with the revival of our great Indian ideals. India needs shakti. For this, ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Take A Fresh Look At Patriotism
Today patriotism is a much-debated value, the protagonists and antagonists resorting to their own narrow interpretations. Rabindra Nat...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Community Efforts For Amity And Peace
Advocates of peace all over the world continue with their avowed mission. They are working towards creating greater awareness of the n...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Waging Peace With An Awakened Mind
    (See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Orient Your Life Towards Peace
The spiritual approach to peace-making is radically different from the worldly approach, said Jesus Christ. In the worldly approach, b...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Protect The Fabric Of Daily Life
Citizens everywhere today are demanding that their leaders make choices to advance the cause of peace. What is disturbing is the grote...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Universal Faith For World Harmony
Vision is the ability to see beyond the present; to be able to chart a map of the future. Is such a vision possible for a universal re...   » Read the article

Article - Mahavira: Non-violent Search For Supreme Truth
Mahavira, a great prophet and teacher, systematised the Jain doctrines and embodied them in a comprehensive constitution of the faith....   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Attain Peace And Joy
We are all subject to conflict and pain because people believe in different things - what is real for some is unreal for others. Natur...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Let Us All Unite For World Peace
In the perspective of Baha'u'llah's teachings, the greatest danger of both the moral crisis and the inequities associated with globali...   » Read the article

Article - Mahavira: Non-violent Search For Supreme Truth
Mahavira, a great prophet and teacher, systematised the Jain doctrines and embodied them in a comprehensive constitution of the faith....   » Read the article

Article - Ahimsa: Rooting For Ahimsa In Troubled Times
Now more than ever, we require those qualities that Mahatma Gandhi so remarkably embodied - qualities which are crystallised in the ph...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Renunciation Keeps Man, Nature Happy - Aparigraha
On September 22, 1931, two icons of the West and the East met in a humble tenement in London. Mahatma Gandhi impressed Charlie Chaplin...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Greed Is A Threat To Civilisation
On his release from prison, the great Nelson Mandela said: "Together we live in a global neighbourhood and it is not to the long-...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Revival And Revolution Ucover The Truth
There are four T's that need periodic revival. They are: Truth, Tradition, Trade and Technology. Time has a seeming effect on truth. T...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Darkness Before Dawn In Cycle Of Yugas
The Brahmakumaris practise Raja Yoga, particularly the trataka form of meditation in order to achieve union with God. It involves keep...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Price Of Leadership: Emulation And Envy
Leadership is a powerful construct. A leader is envied for the position and authority he enjoys. He receives adulation and is celebrat...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Cosmic Consciousness Is Well Within Reach
Does an enlightened individual need to remain caged in the body? Why not get liberated from the physical? For seven days, the Buddha g...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: The Core Values Of Humanity
Morality is neither an abstraction nor many-complexioned. There cannot be different sets of morality for politicians, business persons...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Peace Or Violence, Make Your Choice
Technologically we live in a borderless world. In reality, however, we exist in compartments, separated by walls of caste, religion an...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Conflict Resolution Begins At Home
If one were to explore the philosophical basis of normative ethics to examine where terrorism falls on the moral spectrum, it will bec...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: It's Time To Herald A New Humanity
The most important need of humanity today is to be made aware that its past has betrayed it. There is no point in continuing with the ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Krishna's Advice For Resolving Conflict
To be born a human being with the unique faculties of discrimination and choice is both a great blessing and a terrible curse. This is...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: War And Peace
The preamble to the United Nations Charter sums up the existential dilemma of today:   "Since wars begin in the minds of me...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Getting In Touch With Yourself
The ultimate solution to all problems - ecological, social and personal - lies within you. However, when you embark on that spiritual ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Do Not Be Driven By Sentiment
Why are wars waged? Why are some conflicts never resolved? All fanaticism, militancy, terrorism and war are flashpoints of ativada. An...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Cosmic Balance And World Peace
Until 3,000 years ago, all religions were pantheistic and polytheistic as Hinduism, Taoism and Shinto still are. They tolerated the re...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Why We Need To Get Connected To God
Yoga is now a universally sought-out medium and spirituality as a subject has become part of the curriculum of leading B-schools in th...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Creating A Global Climate For Peace
Even as we prepare to deal with the threat of war and conflict, we need to focus on the equally critical issue of the impact this has ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Way Of Peace: Love As Antidote To War
More than 50 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi offered a startling truth: "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way." To a country...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Shanti Alone Can Help Save Shakti
The world over, women continue to suffer community-sponsored injustice, whether they live in a secular or non-secular country. We can ...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Bound By A Common And Rich Heritage
Kabir, the inspired poet weaver of northern India, declared that there was neither Hindu nor Muslim, but only man as the embodiment of...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Man And Environment: A Symbiotic Bond
The tradition of sanctifying various trees and plants dates back to the Vedic period. Though wood as a fuel was a basic need and trees...   » Read the article

Article - Venus Transit: A Call For Global Oneness
Very soon the planet is entering into the window some believe is the entrance to the Golden Age; The Venus Transits of June 8 2004 and Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mediation: Encyclopedia - Mediation
Mediation consists of a process of alternative dispute resolution in which a (generally) neutral third party, the mediator, using proper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mediation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mediation - Mediation In Politics And In Diplomacy
Mediation is typically one of the most important activities of diplomats, and some people consider that it should be a relevant quality o...   » Read the article

Article - Animal Rights: God Of All Things
Animal Rights: God of All Things All creatures, big and small, are beautiful creations of God. Very often, however, we tend to either ig...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Quotes: Peace And Dialogue
Buddhist Quotes: Peace and Dialogue   It is my belief that whereas the twentieth century has been a century of war and untold s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mediation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mediation - Competence Of The Mediator
Numerous schools of thought exist on identifying the 'competence' of a mediator. Where parties retain mediators to provide an evaluation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mediation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mediation - Mediation As A Method Of Dispute Resolution
In the field to resolving legal controversies, mediation is an informal method of dispute resolution, in which a neutral third party, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-communism: Encyclopedia - Anti-communism
Anti-communism is the opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either an ideological or pragmatic basis. Anti-co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biome: Encyclopedia - Biome
In ecology, a biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region's physical environme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cosmopolitan: Encyclopedia - Cosmopolitan
Derived from Greek cosmos (the world) and polis (city), cosmopolitan describes something influenced by many cultures from around the worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behemoth Bicycle: Encyclopedia - Behemoth Bicycle
BEHEMOTH (acronym for Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine ...Only Too Heavy) is one of three computerized recumbent bicycles which Ste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcatel: Encyclopedia - Alcatel
Alcatel SA (Euronext: CGE, NYSE: ALA) is a global company, headquartered in France that provides hardware, software and services to telec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Worker Movement: Encyclopedia - Catholic Worker Movement
The Catholic Worker Movement was founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933. One of its guiding principles is hospitality towards th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Press International: Encyclopedia - United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic. W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global System For Mobile Communications: Encyclopedia Ii - Global System For Mobile Communications - Market Situation
More than one billion people use GSM phones as of 2005, making GSM the dominant mobile phone system worldwide with about 70% of the world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Community: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Community - Background
One day, after two millennia of prophesy that calls for the world to come to an end (Christianity), the biblical Rapture occurs, effectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-globalization And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-globalization And Anti-semitism - Concern Within The Political Left
One of the leaders of the anti-globalization movement, the Canadian writer and activist Naomi Klein, wrote in a 2002 article of her conce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thunderbird - The Garvin School Of International Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Thunderbird - The Garvin School Of International Management - History
Thunderbird: Truly Global in every sense From the first graduate school of its kind in the world, to the number one ranked international ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Government: Encyclopedia Ii - World Government - Democratic Federal World Government
Democratic federal world government is simply an extension of the idea of democratic federation to the global level. One exception is tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In The Netherlands: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In The Netherlands - Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 10.0 million (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers: 12.1 million (2002) Telephone system: gener...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sea Launch: Encyclopedia Ii - Sea Launch - Launches
The first demonstration satellite was launched in March 1999, and the first commercial satellite in October 1999. In total, Sea Launch ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Make Poverty History: Encyclopedia Ii - Make Poverty History - The Global Campaign
These national campaign groups work under the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) coalition. GCAP is a worldwide alliance commit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conscience: Encyclopedia Ii - Conscience - World Conscience
World conscience is the idea that with global communication we as a people will no longer be estranged from one another, whether it be cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geosynchronous Satellite: Encyclopedia Ii - Geosynchronous Satellite - Application
There are approximately 300 operational geosynchronous satellites. Geostationary satellites appear to be fixed over one spot above the eq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Bay Ontario: Encyclopedia Ii - North Bay Ontario - Media
North Bay Ontario - TV. 2 - CFGC-2, Global 4 - CBLT-4, CBC (formerly CHNB) 6 - CICA-6, TVOntario 7 - CBLFT-1, SRC 10 - CKNY, CTV 32 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usenet: Encyclopedia Ii - Usenet - Sociological Implications
The architecture of Usenet is sometimes characterized as anarchic or as civic/democratic. Some see it as a global community or collection...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usenet: Encyclopedia Ii - Usenet - Sociological Implications
The architecture of Usenet is sometimes characterized as anarchic or as civic/democratic. Some see it as a global community or collection...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Common Era - Support
Supporters of common era notation promote it as a religiously neutral notation suited for cross-cultural use. Arguments given for standar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - Transport - Transport, Energy, And The Environment
Transport is a major use of energy, and transport burns most of the world's petroleum. Hydrocarbon fuels produce carbon dioxide, a greenh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - Transport - Transport Energy And The Environment
Transport is a major use of energy, and transport burns most of the world's petroleum. Hydrocarbon fuels produce carbon dioxide, a greenh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public-access Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Public-access Television - Public Access Television
It is important to recognize that in the current national and global media landscape it is nearly impossible for average citizens to plac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cfs Alert: Encyclopedia Ii - Cfs Alert - Cfs Alert
The February 1, 1968 unification of the RCN, RCAF and Canadian Army to form the Canadian Armed Forces saw the Alert Wireless Station chan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timmins Ontario: Encyclopedia Ii - Timmins Ontario - Media
Timmins Ontario - TV. Channel 3: CITO-TV, CTV Channel 6: CLBT-7, CBC (formerly CFCL) Channel 7: CICA-7, TVOntario Channel 9: CBLFT-3, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public-access Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Public-access Television - Public Access Television
It is important to recognize that in the current national and global media landscape it is nearly impossible for average citizens to plac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balloon Satellite: Encyclopedia Ii - Balloon Satellite - Echo 1 And Echo 2 Balloon Satellites
The first such satellite was Echo 1, which was put in a 1600 km orbit on August 12, 1960 by the US. It originally had a spherical shape m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cave Diving: Encyclopedia Ii - Cave Diving - International Differences
The cave diving community is a global one. Cave diving practice can differ markedly by locality. While most cave divers in the US would b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran - Culture
Like all ancient civilizations, culture constitutes the focal point and heart of Iranian civilization. The art, music, architecture, poet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarnia Ontario: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarnia Ontario - Media
Sarnia Ontario - Radio. 1070 AM - CHOK, oldies 90.3 FM - CBEG, CBC Radio One 99.9 FM - CFGX, adult contemporary 106.3 FM - CHKS, activ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T-mobile: Encyclopedia Ii - T-mobile - The Netherlands
T-Mobile NL (formerly known as Ben Nederland) was taken over by T-Mobile International in September 2002, and rebranded as T-Mobile on 25...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sarnia Ontario: Encyclopedia Ii - Sarnia Ontario - Media
Sarnia Ontario - Radio. 1070 AM - CHOK, oldies 90.3 FM - CBEG, CBC Radio One 99.9 FM - CFGX, adult contemporary 106.3 FM - CHKS, activ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Globalism: New Age Dictionary On Globalism
Globalism - N A modern-day term referring to the need for a transformation from the present nation-state divisions into a one-world co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sri Aurobindo: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sri Aurobindo
Aurobindo Ghosh: (Sanskrit) A prolific Bengali writer and poet, pantheistic philosopher and yoga mystic, widely known as Sri Aurobindo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sri Aurobindo: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sri Aurobindo
Aurobindo Ghosh: (Sanskrit) A prolific Bengali writer and poet, pantheistic philosopher and yoga mystic, widely known as Sri Aurobindo (...   » Read the article