“Lying on my bed in the dark, listening to The Young Rascals, I would weave glorious fantasies that allowed me to fulfill in imagination what remained beyond my reach in reality. Visions of a demure maiden, whose blonde hair fell, in undulant waves, down to her waist, rose before my eyes. I would see her […]
Continue reading“What the poet ended up creating through her efforts was a sort of renaissance of the hippie movement. Huge numbers of young people took to the streets to protest against war, police brutality, racism, misogyny, and xenophobia. Massive recruitment campaigns signed up a new generation of voters. Even kids too young to vote got involved […]
Continue reading“Love is all-powerful. Hate can never withstand love. It is like a friable rock that gets worn away by repeated bathings of the ocean waves. A core group of people in a society dedicated to meditation and prayer, fully embracing love and acceptance, cannot for long be held off by the forces of hate and […]
Continue reading“Women, when activated by the heart, can move mountains. The women who heard Paz’s message carried it back to their families, spread it in their neighborhood gatherings, took it to their political rallies, and insisted on it with their elected representatives. They demanded that their nations move away from hostility and war and toward negotiation […]
Continue reading“Everything went still within their souls. Problems were forgotten. Thoughts stopped completely. Time stood frozen. There was a wonderful feeling of lightness and tranquility Their heads expanded outward, including first the cave only, but then, the heavens themselves. The friends felt as if they encompassed the entire universe. And then there was the light! Soft […]
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