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PEACE LECTURE – Dr. David Hawkins – August 8th, 2009
101 Ways to Peace:
1 Let go trying to control and change others
2 Let go of wanting to get even
3 Let go of wanting to be right and make others wrong
4 Practice discernment (find the essence) rather than judgmentalism
5 Be modest with opinions – silence opinionation
6 Perfect diplomacy skills and gentility
7 Be gracious and considerate
8 Keep serenity as a goal
9 It is ok to be “wrong” or undecided
10 Calibrate options, be flexible
11 It is not necessary to have an opinion on everything
12 Avoid peace demonstrations
13 Remember that Socrates was short and ugly
14 Value wisdom over being right
15 Seek wise counsel (your spouse counts here)
16 Realize that you will influence others by what you are vs. what you do
17 Avoid activism and pedantry
18 Be grateful for your assets
19 Mankind has survived millions of years without your help (humility)
20 Be your own best friend
21 Be wary of ‘do-gooders’
22 Read Do-Gooders by Mona Charen
23 Let others win
24 Beware of unintended consequences
25 The innocent “idiot child” is present in everyone
26 Pray to see things differently – reframe/recontextualize
27 Accept that the majority of people calibrate below 200
28 ‘Judge not lest ye be judged’
29 All viewpoints are arbitrary
30 Renew thankfulness and gratitude
31 The mind is an “it” not a you – you are not your mind
32 Critics are a dime a dozen
33 Review ‘Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds’ by C. MacKay
34 Keep a sense of humor: cattle gas vs. gas of 70 million bison as cause of earth warming
35 Everyone assumes they are right and others are wrong
36 Seed to understand others rather than to change them
37 Serve God rather than the narcissistic ego
38 Seed to participate rather than to dominate
39 It’s ok to have faults
40 Avoid struggle for the moral high ground
41 Support others to find good about themselves
42 Concede to “what is” vs. “what ought to be”
43 Its ok to just “be” rather than “do” or “have”
44 Surrender your will to God
45 Let bygones be bygones
46 If you don’t have anything good to say about a person then don’t say anything at all
47 Realize mankind has been at war 93% of recorded history – world peace is unlikely
48 Acceptance – “So there you are”
49 Fatalism – “What will be will be.” Karmic Influences
50 Develop a peaceful nature. Be aware of the power of Nature.
51 See the beauty in all that exists
52 Value quietude
53 Let go of willfulness; silence the inner child
54 Practice the virtues
55 Recall “Peace on Earth, Good will Toward Men”.
56 Strive to be angelic vs. Luciferic
57 Practice “no attractions, no aversions” – Buddha
58 Accept the social roles of others
59 Study to understand others
60 The NDE is one of total peace
61 Only the ego is vulnerable; the real Self is eternal
62 Live in each instant, which is innately peaceful
63 Detach from control, the “witness/observer’
64 Practice meditation and contemplation
65 Differentiate wants from needs 66 “Wear the world like a light garment’
67 Differentiate appearance from essence
68 Be kind to all of life in all its expressions
69 Have pets and a garden spot
70 Decrease expectations of others
71 Mind your own business
72 Make a list of worries (helps to relieve pressure and prioritize)
73 Chocolate vs. vanilla is simply a choice
74 Differentiate emotional from spiritual viewpoints
75 Utilize logic instead of emotion
76 Ask for a miracle
77 Today is tomorrow’s yesterday
78 Talk it over with friends
79 Accept “worst-possible scenario”
80 Think about it tomorrow (Scarlett O’Hara)
81 Peace exists in the midst of war
82 Things could be worse
83 Life is transitory
84 You were created by God
85 Go on a worry diet
86 Give up trying to be happy and just BE happy
87 Give up being rich and famous
88 Walk the Labyrinth
89 Do the rosary
90 Spin the prayer wheel
91 Write a will
92 Take the life insurance
93 Watch TV’s Animal channel
94 Bury the hatchet
95 Give up being an adrenaline junkie
96 Quit when you are ahead
97 Let go of greed
98 Invoke your Buddha Nature
99 Live in the space beneath thoughts
100 Speak sanely to yourself in the mirror
101 Talk it over with your therapist/psychologist