God and conflict
Subtitle: a search for peace in a time of crisis
By: Philip M. Hellmich ; foreword by Lama Surya Das
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780615625904
Subjects: Children and war; Child soldiers; Peace-building; Humanitarian assistance; Meditation; Rehabilitation
Description: God and Conflict: A Search for Peace in a Time of Crisis ... is a raw, powerful and transparent journey into the heart of peacebuilding on inner to international levels. Hellmich is thrown into an existential crisis by Sierra Leone's bloody civil war as the villages he lived in as a Peace Corps Volunteer are sacked by child soldiers. He seeeks solace in a meditation practice that opens him to mystical experiences of profound love; all the while working on practical peacebuilding initiatives in Sierra Leone and other parts of Africa. Hellmich bridges the chaotic violence and the divine love in an authentic and skillful way that sheds light on the scientific and spiritual dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding. God and Conflict is a timely and inspiring story of moving from personal and global crisis to sacred activism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Foreword / Surya Das; title: Introduction; title: Section one: from Africa to yoga (Love during a coup d'état ; Homegrown in Indiana ; Africa: not in Indiana any more ; Reverse culture shock ; My first yogi ; Even deeper still: massage school ; Navajo Reservation ; Dynamite ; Pickinga spiritual path ; Yoga: the science of soul exploration).; title: Section two: Heaven and Hell on Earth (Africa: dream and nightmare ; Spirit of the Spring ; Dancing between worlds ; A Jewish yogi ; Mother, child soldiers, and Rambo ; Life is a bitch and then you reincarnate).; title: Section three: Transforming self and securities: moving towards oneness (Voice of the present: children and youth in conflict ; Societal healing: reweaving social tapestries ; Traditional African spirituality and conflict ; Common humanity: awakening compassion ; Leaky pipes).; title: Section four: Soul searching (Ervin Laszlo: a spiritual crisis ; India and the Divine Feminine ; Nepal and Kali: increase positive to overcome negative ; Kali: burning off dross ; Contemplatives: rooted in peace ; Soul mate: take two ; Women in Afghanistan ; The summer of peace).; title: Appendix 1: The peace continuum; title: Appendix 2: Tools for cultivating inner and outer peace.