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We can enhance our feeling of inner peace by regularly taking time to quiet the mind, to reflect on inspirational ideas and to fill our beings with compassion and peaceful energies. We can be an influence for peace by radiating these energies out to the world and by holding positive thoughts for the peaceful resolution of difficulties.
Here we share three reflections.
 Prayer shared by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
in his Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1989
For as long as space endures,
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I, too, abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
- Shanti Deva
A prayer for the world
Let the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges,
the bitter hatreds held and nurtured over generations.
Let the rain wash away the memory of the hurt, the neglect.
Then let the sun come out and fill the sky with rainbows.
Let the warmth of the sun heal us wherever we are broken.
Let it burn away the fog so that we can see each other clearly,
So that we can see beyond labels, beyond accents, gender or skin colour.
Let the warmth and brightness of the sun melt our selfishness,
So that we can share the joys and feel the sorrow of our neighbours.
And let the light of the sun be so strong that we will see all people as our neighbours.
Let the earth, nourished by rain, bring forth flowers to surround us with beauty.
And let the mountains teach our hearts to reach upward to heaven.
- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
An invocation for peace
May the Forces of Light bring illumination to humankind.
May the Spirit of Peace be spread abroad.
May the Law of Harmony prevail.
May people of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation.
So let it be and help us to do our part.
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