Title: OT: FW: [globalnews] Meditation Focus #71: Preventing a New Gulf War and Shifting The Focus Towards Peace
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Hello,
What follows is the 71th Meditation Focus suggested for the two consecutive
weeks beginning Sunday, September 8, 2002.
Preventing a New Gulf War and Shifting The Focus Towards Peace
1. Summary
2. Meditation times
3. More information on this Meditation Focus
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1. SUMMARY
As we approach the first anniversary of a tragic event that has left deep
emotional traumas in so many humans and after a military campaign that has
tried to eradicate from Afghanistan those allegedly responsible for this
catastrophe, the country that has taken upon itself to lead an
international coalition to root out terrorists wherever they may be is now
facing the difficult task of convincing an increasingly skeptical
international community that one of his old foes, Saddam Hussein, is up to
ill intents and is feverishly striving to acquire some of the most
devastating and lethal weapons ever designed, and the means to deliver
them, so as to avenge the devastation visited upon his country during the
1991 Gulf War. Whether this threat is real and imminent remains to be
proven - according to Scott Ritter, a UN weapons inspector in Iraq for six
years, as of December 1998 when inspectors with the United Nations Special
Commission (UNSCOM) were pulled from Iraq prior to a heavy four-day U.S.
bombing campaign, 95% of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons
had been destroyed and the crippling trade embargo imposed upon Iraq since
1991 by the U.N. has certainly greatly hampered any possible re-armament
effort - but so far this has not stopped the hyping of this threat by
hawkish elements within the U.S. administration bent on even going it alone
to "finish the job" left undone in 1991 and effect a "regime change". The
military planning and armament build up around Iraq is already at an
advanced stage of readiness and the drums of war are beating louder every
day for what is portrayed to be an all-out military assault reminiscent of
the carnage that left over 200,000 Iraqi people dead (according to former
U.S. Navy Secretary John Lehman), including up to 3,000 civilians
(according to the Human Rights Watch organization) in the first Gulf War,
and with consequences that could reap apart the fragile political balance
of the Middle East and potentially bring about calamitous destruction for
millions of innocent people. Actually, it can also be argued that this war
has already begun just a couple days ago when 100 British and United States
war planes attacked an air defence base in western Iraq, apparently to
allow easy access for special forces helicopters to fly into Iraq to hunt
down Scud missiles before a possible war within the next few months.
It is worth mentioning also that according to reliable estimates by the
UNICEF, well over a million Iraqis, including some 500,000 children, have
died as a result of the U.S-led sanctions regime in place for the last
decade (a regime that has been described as the most draconian and
prolonged economic sanctions ever imposed by the United Nations), while an
estimated 5,000 to 6,000 children still die every month from various
preventable, sanctions-related diseases, a situation which led in September
1998 to the resignation of Denis Halliday, as head of the UN humanitarian
programme in Iraq, in protest against the morally indefensible consequences
of UN policy towards Iraq. In February 2000, his successor, Hans von
Sponeck, also resigned and both have since campaigned for the lifting of
sanctions on Iraq. "Smart Bombs" dropped by the U.S. 11 years ago targeted
water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, power plants, schools and
hospitals. As a result the overall deterioration in the quality and
quantity of drinking water has contributed to the rapid spread of
infectious disease. Raw sewage often flows into streets and homes. [World
Food Program] One-fourth of Iraqi children under the age of five are
malnourished. [UN Report, March 1999] There has been a 160 percent rise in
Iraq's infant mortality rate since 1991. Iraq has the highest increase in
child mortality during the period 1990-99 of 188 countries surveyed.
[UNICEF, December 2000] As many as 70 percent of Iraqi women suffer from
anemia as Iraq experienced a shift from relative affluence to massive
poverty. [UN Report, March 1999]
Please dedicate your prayers and meditations, as guided by Spirit, in the
coming two weeks, and especially in synchronous attunement at the usual
time for the next 2 Sundays, starting at 16:00 Universal Time (GMT), to
contribute in preventing the onset of another terrible war in the Middle
East through envisioning a positive, non-violent solution to the risks
posed by all modern weapons capable of inflicting massive death, such as
can be fostered by concerted actions by and humanitarian assistance from
the international community of all peace-loving nations. A special focus of
attention and peace-nurturing vibrations should be directed at the military
establishment of both the United States and England so as to anchor the
conscious will to question immoral policies and thus deny politicians the
use of military might towards inconsiderate ends. Likewise, similar
vibrations should be directed towards facilitating greater political
accountability in Iraq and more responsible and open stances so as to help
alleviate the fears of those who believe this country is planning violent
agression towards anyone or any other country. Finally, in so doing we
shall be assisting all the benevolent forces here on Earth and in the
invisible realms that are striving to shift the global balance of energies
towards the emergence of a world at peace where everyone will aspire to
serve each other, to love each other and to Be living, shining examples of
goodness and compassion, for the Highest Good of All.
This entire Meditation Focus is also available at
http://www.aei.ca/~cep/MeditationFocus71.htm
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2. Meditation Times
i) Sunday at 16:00 Universal Time (GMT) or at noon local time. Suggested
duration: 30 minutes with a special Earth Healing Focus in the last few
minutes.
ii) Daily, at the top of any hour, or whenever it better suits you.
These times below are currently corresponding to 16:00 Universal Time/GMT:
Honolulu 06:00 -- Los Angeles 09:00 -- Denver & San Salvador 10:00 --
Mexico City, Houston & Chicago 11:00 -- New York, Toronto, Montreal,
Asuncion & Santiago 12:00 -- Rio de Janeiro & Montevideo 13:00 -- Reykjavik
& Casablanca 16:00 -- London, Algiers & Lagos 17:00 -- Geneva, Rome,
Berlin, Paris, Johannesburg & Madrid 18:00 -- Athens, Helsinki, Jerusalem,
Nairobi & Istanbul 19:00 -- Moscow & Baghdad 20:00 -- Tehran 20:30 --
Islamabad 21:00 -- Calcutta & New Delhi 21:30 -- Dhaka 22:00 -- Rangoon
22:30 -- Hanoi, Bangkok & Jakarta 23:00 -- Hong Kong, Perth, Beijing &
Kuala Lumpur 00:00+ -- Seoul & Tokyo 01:00+ -- Brisbane, Canberra &
Melbourne 02:00+ -- Wellington 04:00+
(+ means the place is one day ahead of Universal Time/Greenwich Mean Time)
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