Investing your
Spiritual Capital for Lasting Prosperity
Interview with Ernest Chu,
author of "Soul Currency: Investing your Inner
Wealth for Fulfillment & Abundance."
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27 minutes
Embracing Our True
Spiritual Nature
Interview with Rev. Keith Russell Lee, pastor of
Destiny Church in suburban Chicago & author of
"Power Faith and Living."
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28 minutes
Spiritual Awakening
Interview with Michael
Brown, author of "The Presence Process: A
Healing Journey into Present Moment Awareness."
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29 minutes
Native American Spirituality
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traditional healer & executive council member of
the Native American Leadership Alliance.
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29 minutes
Discovering Your Spiritual
Gift
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with Rev. Shinsei Hokama, retired pastor &
founder of Better Living Center in Los Angeles.
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28 minutes
Releasing Your Divine
Nature from the Prison You Have Built
Interview with Brooks
Palmer, author of "Clutter Busting: Letting Go
of What's Holding You Back.
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28 minutes
Transforming &
Healing the Ego-Mind
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with Eliza Mada Dalian, author of "In
Search of the Miraculous: Healing Into
Consciousness."
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28 minutes
Choices Which Influence Our
Eternal Happiness
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with Nadia Khalil Bradley, author of "Origins of
Truth: Words that Will Awaken You to the Truth
of Your Heart."
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27 minutes
A Daughter's Tragic
Coma Leads to Her Family's Spiritual Awakening
Interview with Carol
Freeman, author of "As the Eagle Cries: Sharon's
Journey Home."
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29 minutes
Spirituality Interview with Rev.
Dr. Don Peavy of McCarty Memorial Church of Los
Angeles, California.
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29 minutes
Hearing & Discerning Divine
Guidance Interview
with Nadia Khalil Bradley, author of "Origins of
Truth: Words that Will Awaken You to the Truth
of Your Heart."
Jesus Speaks to a
Muslim Woman
Interview
with Nadia Khalil Bradley, author of "Origins of
Truth: Words that Will Awaken You to the Truth
of Your Heart."
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28 minutes
A Mother's Spiritual
Rebirth with the Assistance of her Teenage
Daughter from the Spirit World
Interview
with Xandra Graviet, author of "Angel in
Disguise."
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29 minutes
How the Christian Gospels
Inspire Transformation Interview
with Dr. Alexander Shaia, founder of the Blue
Door Retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico & author of
"Beyond the Biography of Jesus: The Journey of Quadratos."
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27 minutes
Achieving Oneness
with God
Interview with Rev. Keith Russell Lee, pastor of
Destiny Church in suburban Chicago & Author of
"Power Faith and Living."
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23 minutes
Music as Ministry Interview with
Magdalene Millsap and Keith Williams of Sadoc
Christian Peace Family Church of Compton,
California.
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28 minutes
The Seven Core Life Skills of Awesome Leadership
Interview
with Dr. David Gruder, author of "The New IQ:
How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your
Relationships, and Our World."
The Role of
Religion in Reforming the U.N. Interview with
Dr. Antonio Betancourt, Director of the Office
of Government Relations of the Universal Peace
Federation, Washington, D.C.
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28 minutes
Cultivating a
Universal Worldview in a Sectarian Society
Interview with Imam Haitham Bundakji, Vice-Chairman of the Islamic
Society of Orange County, California.
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28 minutes
A Glimpse
into a Marine's Life on the Frontline in Iraq
Interview
with Staff Sergeant Justin Harding of the United
States Marine Corps.
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28 minutes
Good
Governance Interview with Mayor Keith McCarthy, former
Mayor and city council member of Downey,
California.
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28 minutes
Exorcism & Healing Interview
with Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, former Roman
Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia & founder
of Married Priests Now!
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28 minutes
Restoring Emotional
Balance
Interview
with Michael Brown, author of "The Presence
Process: A Healing Journey into Present Moment
Awareness."
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29 minutes
Natural Healing & Spirit
World Interview
with Gayokla Nichi, Native American traditional
healer & executive council member of the Native
American Leadership Alliance.
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28 minutes
The Art of Self-Healing
Interview
with Dr. Meredith Young-Sowers; executive
director of the Stillpoint Foundation & author
of "Spirit Heals: Awakening a Woman's Inner
Knowing for Self-Healing."
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27 minutes
True Love Brings Healing
Between a Mother & her Daughter in the Spirit
World
Interview
with Xandra Graviet, author of "Angel in
Disguise."
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28 minutes
The Mind-Body Factor in
Healing Diseases
Interview
with Dr. Meredith Young-Sowers; executive
director of the Stillpoint Foundation & author
of "Spirit Heals: Awakening a Woman's Inner
Knowing for Self-Healing."
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27 minutes
Pets as "Caregivers"
Interview with Rosalind Russell, director of the R
Star Foundation.
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29 minutes
Conflict Resolution
& Eliminating Resentment
Interview with Nat Nehdar, motivational public
speaker & human relations
commissioner of the City of Pasadena, California.
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28 minutes
Recovery Interview with Ron
Roberson, pastor of On-Fire Fellowship of
Montebello, California.
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28 minutes
Interfaith Harmony: Replacing the Obsolete
Paradigm of Separation & Division
Interview with
Felix G. Winston II, Chairman of the Interfaith
Council at California State University
Northridge.
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27 minutes
The Role of
Christianity in Interfaith Cooperation
Interview with Rev.
Dr. Jeff Utter, pastor of Bixby Knolls Christian
Church in Long Beach, California.
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28 minutes
One World Under God
Interview with Sufi
John Ishvaradas Abdallah, author of "A Sufi's
Ruminations on One World Under God."
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25 minutes
Interreligious Unity & Harmony
Interview with Rev. Dr. Nicolas Benson,
pastor of
First Summit Evangelical Church of Pasadena, California.
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28 minutes
Interfaith Cooperation
Interview with
Rev. Leland Stewart, founder of
Unity-and-Diversity World Council.
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30 minutes
Unlocking the
Mysteries of Christian Theology Interview with Dr.
Dietrich Seidel, Adjunct Professor of theology
at Unification Theological Seminary in New
York.
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28 minutes
What Does it Mean
to Be a Christian?
Interview with Rev. Dr. William R. Johnson Jr.,
pastor, Hashaway Community C.M.E. Church of Long
Beach, California.
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28 minutes
What Would Jesus Do
to Save Christianity from Its Moral Crisis? Interview
with Dr. Alexander Shaia, founder of the Blue
Door Retreat & author of
"Beyond the Biography of Jesus: The Journey of Quadratos."
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28 minutes
Understanding Islam
Interview with
Ibrahim Naeem, Islamic chaplain at the Veterans
Administration Hospital in Westwood, California.
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28 minutes
Unity: A Core
Principle of the Bahá'í Faith
Interview with Felix G.
Winston II, Chairman of the Interfaith Council
at California State University Northridge.
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28 minutes
Sikhism: Values of the World's
5th Largest Religion
Interview with
Dr. Piara Singh, Executive Director, Sikh Temple
of Los Angeles, California.
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28 minutes
In Search of Catholic-Protestant
Reconciliation Interview with Dr.
Dietrich Seidel, adjunct professor of theology
at Unification Theological Seminary in New
York.
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26 minutes
Sufism: The
Mystical Dimension of Islam
Interview with Sufi
John Ishvaradas Abdallah, author of "A Sufi's
Ruminations on One World Under God."
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28 minutes
The Remnants of a
Slave Religion in Today's African-American
Churches
Interview with Rev. Keith Russell Lee, pastor of
Destiny Church in suburban Chicago & author of
"Power Faith and Living."
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29 minutes
Islam in America Interview with Imam
Farid Hasan of the Islamic Center of Rialto,
California.
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29 minutes
Women in Ministry Interview with Rev.
Courtina Reid, senior pastor & Rev. Margaret
Tate, associate pastor of Christ Community Truth
Church of Los Angeles.
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28 minutes
Christian Racism Interview with Rev. Sterling Brown,
pastor of Greater
New Guide Baptist Church of Altadena, California.
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28 minutes
Brainwashed by Darwinism
Interview with
Aaron Kolom, author of "Brainwashed & Miracles:
The Perceived Mind-Set of the Secular Elite re:
Darwin-Evolutionism."
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28 minutes
The Unity of
Science & Religion
Interview with Dr.
Dietrich Seidel, adjunct professor of theology
at Unification Theological Seminary in New
York.
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29 minutes
Intelligent Design Theory Interview with Max
Johnson, specialist in theology & science.
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29 minutes
Celibacy & Married Priests
Now!
Interview
with Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, former Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia & founder of
Married Priests Now!
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28 minutes
Married Priests
Now! Interview with
Archbishop George Augustus Stallings Jr.,
founder of Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation of
Washington, D.C.
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25 minutes
Celibacy: A Bold
New Vision Interview with
Father Alan Phillip, Catholic priest at Mater
Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center, Sierra
Madre, California.
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28 minutes
The Second Coming of Christ Interview with
Archbishop George Augustus Stallings Jr.,
founder of Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation of
Washington, D.C.
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27 minutes
Is Rev. Dr. Sun
Myung Moon Fulfilling the Second Coming of
Christ? (Part I) Interview with Dr.
Tyler Hendricks, President of the Unification
Theological Seminary in New York.
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28 minutes
Is Rev. Dr. Sun
Myung Moon Fulfilling the Second Coming of
Christ? (Part II) Interview with Dr.
Tyler Hendricks, President of the Unification
Theological Seminary in New York.
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Living Life
Passionately for the Sake of Others Interview
with Nadia Khalil Bradley, author of "Origins of
Truth: Words that Will Awaken You to the Truth
of Your Heart."
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28 minutes
Integrity:
The Foundation for Living a Life that You Love
Interview
with Dr. David Gruder, author of "The New IQ:
How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your
Relationships, and Our World."
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28 minutes
Achieving Lasting
Happiness in an Instant-Gratification World
Interview with
Christine Hassler, author of 20 Something
Manifesto, life coach & personal growth
counselor.
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28 minutes
The Keys to Lasting
Happiness
Interview with Dr.
Piara Singh, Executive Director, Sikh Temple of
Los Angeles, California.
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29
minutes
Harmonious Living
Interview with
Robyn Busfield, self-actualization author &
teacher.
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28 minutes
The Heartfelt Joy in Knowing God Interview
with Michael Brown, author of "The Presence
Process: A Healing Journey into Present Moment
Awareness."
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28 minutes
Living in the Now
Interview
with Eliza Mada Dalian, author of "In
Search of the Miraculous: Healing Into
Consciousness."
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28 minutes
True Patriotism: Restoring Integrity to the
Fabric of Our Society & Nation
Interview
with Dr. David Gruder, author of "The New IQ:
How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your
Relationships, and Our World."
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25 minutes
Improving Your Health, Vitality & Well-Being
with Raw Foods
Interview
with Rod Rotondi, author of "Raw Food for Real
People."
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28 minutes
Creating
Fulfillment & Abundance with the Power of Love
Interview
with Ernest Chu, author of "Soul Currency:
Investing your Inner Wealth for Fulfillment &
Abundance."
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28 minutes
Clutter
Busting: Letting Go of What's Holding You Back
Interview with Brooks
Palmer, author of "Clutter Busting: Letting Go
of What's Holding You Back.
The Democratization
of Access to Money & Credit Interview with
Dr. Antonio Betancourt, President, World
Institute for Development & Peace, Washington,
D.C.
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28 minutes
Ten Ingredients for a Loving
Marriage
Interview with Mrs.
Carrie Donahue, author of "Love, Marriage and
Relationships."
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28 minutes
The
Family is the School of True Love Interview with Rev.
Dr. Walter Millsap, pastor of Sadoc Christian
Peace Family Church of Compton, California.
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28 minutes
Intimacy, Sex and
Spirituality in Marriage
Interview with Dr.
& Mrs. Dietrich Seidel, marriage & family
enrichment course instructors in New York.
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28 minutes
Principles for
Building a Happy God-Centered Marriage & Family
Interview with Dr.
Tyler Hendricks, President of the Unification
Theological Seminary in New York.
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25 minutes
Love, Romance &
Passion in Marriage
Interview with Mrs.
Carrie Donahue, author of "Love, Marriage and
Relationships."
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29 minutes
The Secrets of a
Successful Marriage
Interview with Dr. & Mrs.
Dietrich Seidel, marriage & family enrichment
course instructors in New York.
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29 minutes
Transcending the
Conspiracy of Low Moral Standards
Interview with Shawn McCarthy, student at the
University of California, Los Angeles.
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27 minutes
Israeli &
Palestinian Youth Shaping a Future of Peace in the Middle
East
Interview with OneVoice youth activists,
Palestinian Malaka Samara and Israeli Shani
Gershon.
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27 minutes
Practical Wisdom
for Meeting the Challenges & Opportunities of
the 20 Something Years
Interview with
Christine Hassler, author of 20 Something
Manifesto, life coach & personal growth
counselor.
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27 minutes
Empowering Young
People
Interview with
Nat Nehdar, motivational public speaker &
Human Relations Commissioner
of the City of Pasadena, California.
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28 minutes
The Freedom to Be
Your True Self
Interview with Shawn McCarthy, student at the
University of California, Los Angeles.
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28 minutes
The Drugging of
Children
Interview with Jeff
Griffin, Executive Director for the Western U.S.
of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
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28 minutes
Character Education
Interview with Father Pedro
Contreras, Catholic priest &
Director of the American Hispanic School in
Westminster, California.
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29 minutes
A
Vision for Today's Youth Interview with Rev. Dr. Cecil L. "Chip" Murray,
retired
pastor of First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles,
California.
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28 minutes
Strategies for
Transforming Gang Culture
Interview with
Khalid Shah, founder & Executive Director of the
Stop the Violence, Increase the Peace
Foundation.
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28 minutes
Reversing the
Downward Spiral of Gang Violence Interview with
Felix G. Winston II, Chairman of the Interfaith
Council at California State University
Northridge.
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27 minutes
Mentoring
Youth-at-Risk
Interview with
Kenneth Martinet, President & CEO of Catholic
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles, California.
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28 minutes
Waging Peace on the Gang Epidemic
in Los Angeles Interview with
Khalid Shah, founder & Executive Director of the
Stop the Violence, Increase the Peace
Foundation.
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26 minutes
Mentoring Children
of Prison Inmates Interview with
Kenneth Martinet, President & CEO of Catholic
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles, California.
Moral Relativism &
the Perversion of American Values Interview with
Dr. Antonio Betancourt, Director of the Office
of Government Relations of the Universal Peace
Federation.
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28 minutes
Psychiatry's Dangerous Agenda for America
Interview with Jeff
Griffin, Executive Director for the Western U.S.
of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
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28 minutes
Empowering Minority
Women
Interview with
Mrs. Nahid Kabbani, founder & President of One
World of Arcadia, California.
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28
minutes
Multiculturalism
101: A Korean-American Perspective
Interview with Jin Kwon
Kim, graduate student at the Unification
Theological Seminary in New York.
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28 minutes
Rehabilitation Interview with Rev. Dr. Nicolas Benson,
pastor of
First Summit Evangelical Church of Pasadena, California.
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28 minutes
The Vital Role of Women in
Achieving World Peace Interview with Mrs. Alexa Ward, National President and Mrs. Sheri Rueter, National Vice-President of the Women's
Federation for World Peace, U.S.A.
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26 minutes
Peace, Shalom,
Salaam Aleikum: A Song for World Peace &
Reconciliation Interview with
professional musicians Barry Fasman & Rick
Joswick including a studio performance by
singers Magdalene Millsap and Keith Williams.
One Global Family or the
Clash of Civilizations?
Interview with Dr.
Antonio Betancourt, Director of the Office of
Government Relations of the Universal Peace
Federation, Washington, D.C.
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29 minutes
Values for World Peace
Interview with
Father Alan Phillip, Catholic Priest at Mater
Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center, Sierra
Madre, California.
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28 minutes
World
Peace Begins in the Family
Interview with Rev.
Dr. Walter Millsap, pastor of Sadoc Christian
Peace Family Church of Compton, California.
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25 minutes
World Peace & The
Culture of Conscience
Interview with Rev. Dr. Nicolas Benson,
pastor of
First Summit Evangelical Church of Pasadena, California.
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27 minutes
OneVoice: A
Movement for Ending the Conflict Between
Israelis & Palestinians
Interview with Laurel Rapp, International
Education Program Manager with OneVoice in New
York.
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28 minutes
The Two-State Solution & The Way Forward for
Lasting Peace in the Middle East
Interview with China Sajadian, International
Education Program Manager with OneVoice in New
York. New!
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30 minutes
Middle
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Society of Orange County, California.
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28 minutes
Beyond Tolerance & Coexistence in the Middle
East: Creating One Family Under God
Interview with OneVoice youth activists,
Palestinian Rami Rabayah and Israeli Rotem
Yossef.
New!
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27 minutes
Israeli &
Palestinian Youth Shaping a Future of Peace in the Middle
East
Interview with OneVoice youth activists,
Palestinian Malaka Samara and Israeli Shani
Gershon.
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27 minutes
Achieving Lasting
World Peace Interview with
Rabbi Mordecai Waldman of Congregation Beth Tephilath
Moses Jewish Synagogue of Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
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28 minutes
Turning an Enemy
into a Close Friend
Interview with
two women from Haifa, Israel: a Palestinian, Nahid Kabbani &
her Jewish friend, Era Thompson.
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28 minutes
Restoring Mutual Respect
Between Iran & the U.S.A. Interview
with Nassar Zomorod, Ambassador for Peace with
the Universal Peace Federation.
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28 minutes
An American in Afghanistan Interview with
Lowell Mitchem, Ambassador for Peace with the
Universal Peace Federation.
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28 minutes
What is Jihad?
Interview with
Ibrahim Naeem, Islamic chaplain at the Veterans
Administration Hospital in Westwood, California.
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29 minutes
A Vision for Korean
Reunification
Interview with Dr.
Antonio Betancourt, Director of the Office of
Government Relations of the Universal Peace
Federation, Washington, D.C.
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29 minutes
The Winds of Democracy
Transforming Nepal Interview with
Parashu Ram Timalsina, Secretary General of the
Nepal Appreciative Inquiry National Network in
Kathmandu, Nepal.
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27 minutes
Will Global Climate Change
Bring Catastrophe?
Interview with Rev.
Dr. Jeff Utter, pastor of Bixby Knolls Christian
Church in Long Beach, California.
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28 minutes
Resolving the North
Korean Nuclear Issue Interview with
Dr. Antonio Betancourt, Director of the Office
of Government Relations of the Universal Peace
Federation,
Washington, D.C.
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29 minutes
Latino Immigration
to the United States of America Interview
with Jesus Montenegro, Director, Mexican Edition
of the Weekly Newspaper "Tiempos del Mundo."
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28 minutes
Origins of Conflict in the
Holy Land
Interview with Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal,
Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem.
Produced in London
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29 minutes
The Real Phenomena
Underlying the Theory of Reincarnation Interview with
Edward Hartley, Bromley Coordinator of the
Universal Peace Federation, U.K. Produced in London
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30 minutes
Power Vs. Moral
Authority
Interview with Prince Shwebomin, Crown Prince of Burma
(Exiled).
Produced in London
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30 minutes
Practicing Faith in
Politics
Interview with Lord Tarsem King,
member of the British House of Lords.
Produced in London
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30 minutes
The Mystic Core of
All Religions Interview with Dr. Joy Philippou, President of Body, Mind & Soul
International.
Produced in London
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27 minutes
Insights into Buddhism Interview with Rev.
Dr. Sumana Siri, founder & Executive Director of
the Global Buddhist Realist Movement.
Produced in London
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29 minutes
Islam: The World's
Fastest Growing Religion Interview with Dr.
Raheem Mohammad Abdul Khan, Vice Chairman of the
London Affairs Committee, Muslim Council of
Britain.
Produced in London
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30 minutes
The Challenges to
Racial Harmony Interview with
Professor Ian Hall, President of Bloomsbury
International Society.
Produced in London
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26 minutes
The Conscience of the
Nation Interview with John
O'Neill, National Co-Director of the Morality Forum, U.K.
Produced in London
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25 minutes
Frontlines in the
War on Porn: The Newsstand Interview with
Hamdy Shahein, entrepreneur & founder of HamdysPornFree.com.
Produced in London
Everybody today seems to be in
such a terrible rush, anxious for greater
developments and greater riches and so on, so that
children have very little time for their parents.
Parents have very little time for each other, and in
the home begins the disruption of peace of the
world.
All that we are is
the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks
or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a
man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness
follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
- Buddha
Shall I not inform you of a better
act than fasting, alms, and prayers? Making peace
between one another: enmity and malice tear up
heavenly rewards by the roots.
- Muhammad
“I
say to you, this morning, that if you have never
found something so dear and so precious to you that
you will die for it, then you aren't fit to live.
You may be thirty-eight years old, as I happen to
be, and one day some great principle, some great
opportunity stands before you and calls upon you to
stand up for some great issue, some great cause and
you refused to do it because you are afraid.
You refuse to do it because you want to live longer.
You're afraid that you will lose your job, or you
are afraid that you will be criticized or that you
will lose your popularity, or you're afraid that
somebody will stab you or shoot at you or bomb your
house.
So you refuse to take the stand. Well, you may go on
and live until you are ninety, but you are just as
dead at thirty-eight as you would be at ninety. And
the cessation of breathing in your life is but the
belated announced of an earlier death of the spirit.
You died when you refused to stand up for right.
You died when you refused to stand up for truth.
You died when you refused to stand up for justice..."
Don't ever think that
you're by yourself. Go to jail if necessary,
but you never go alone. Take a stand for that
which is right, and the world may misunderstand you,
and criticize you, but you never go alone. For
somewhere I read that one with God is a majority.
Walk with Him this morning and believe in Him and do
what is right, and He'll be with you even until the
consummation of the ages. Yes, I've seen the
lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll.
I've felt the sin breakers dashing, trying to
conquer my soul, but I heard the voice of Jesus
saying, still fight on. He promised never to
leave me alone, never alone. No, never alone.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
November 5, 1967
“When you are inspired by some great
purpose, some extraordinary project, all your
thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends
limitations, your consciousness expands in every
direction, and you find yourself in a new, great,
and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and
talents become alive, and you discover yourself to
be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed
yourself to be.”
- Patanjali (Hinduism)
Greater than the tread of mighty
armies is an idea whose time has come.
God created us to be born in
love, raised in love, live our lives in the midst of
love, and then die in the arms of love. So
everything—our birth, our life, and our death—
should give rise to gratitude.
From birth we find ourselves
sharing in the lives of our parents. We become
participants in their lives. Our parents conceived
us in love; in us they planted the flag of their
love. We live our entire lives in accordance with
the banner of our parents’ love. We should wave this
banner each moment of our lives by loving our
parents and our siblings.
The person who ignores the value
of each and every moment to love will lose what is
truly precious. Whether we win or lose is determined
in a single moment. Every historical victory and
every heavenly victory was determined in a moment.
Therefore, a great person lives his or her life
constantly aware of the precious value of each
moment, for every particular moment is uniquely
special. Such a person can be included in the ranks
of the saints, and even become a divine son or
daughter in Heaven and on earth.
From this perspective, it is
vital to understand how to live in relationship with
God’s will, in the contexts both of daily personal
life and of historical time. Before we talk about
our hope that God’s will be done and His Kingdom
come, we need to assess the degree to which we are
living in oneness with His Will.
The Bible records a 4,000-year
Providence of Restoration that includes Noah’s
family, Abraham’s family, Moses’ family and Jesus’
family. We see that the mistakes the members of
those families committed were not events extending
over a decade or several decades. Those who erred
did so in a single moment, and the error of that one
moment fated them and their descendants to a path of
indemnity extending over a thousand years of
history, and caused peoples and nations to fall into
a bottomless pit of destruction.
That reveals the seriousness and
importance of each moment of our lives. Even the
eternal Kingdom of Heaven cannot exist apart from
the single moment. Eternity does not begin when a
person dies; it begins when a person comes to know
Heaven’s will. If even a single moment should ever
be skipped, or if there should be even the smallest
hole in time, eternity will cease to exist.
As
people of faith, it is
good for us to dream of the eternal, but it is even
more important that we understand how to eradicate
evil and advance goodness in the context of our own
life in today’s reality. In other words, what
you should fear most is not the judgment that will
come in the Last Days, but whether you are living
each moment of your daily life in oneness with God’s
Will. You should be concerned about how your
life intersects with the course of God’s Will.
The truth is that the circumstances of our families,
societies, nations and world do not align with our
will. Therefore, we find ourselves dealing with all
manners of difficulties, and we struggle back and
forth across the turning point between good and
evil.
Every
single day we prepare and struggle to triumph over our
circumstances. Even in terms of our daily schedules, we
often experience that we cannot do all the things that
we planned to do in the morning. This is all the more
the case as we take on a greater public role. We find
that we need proportionally greater determination and
driving force in order to conclude each day of our lives
with victory. The days add up to become months, then
years. Ultimately, they add up to form our entire life.
Neither we nor anyone in history can escape the confines
of time. Individuals, families, tribes, peoples,
nations and the world move within one realm of time.
Each person has a certain purpose to fulfill during the
course of his or her life. A person will strive for ten
years, twenty years, or an entire lifetime in pursuit of
this purpose. The larger the purpose, the stronger must
be the person’s internal resolution and dedication. To
accomplish his or her purpose, a person must possess an
internal determination strong enough to overcome any
adversity.
While
living on earth, your every action and movement is
recorded on your spirit self, without exception and
with the public laws of Heaven as the standard.
Accordingly, you will enter the spirit world in the
form of your spirit self, which has recorded your
life on earth with 100 percent accuracy. Your
spirit will show plainly whether you have led a ripe
life of goodness, or a wormy, rotten life of
sinfulness. What this means is that God will
not judge you; you will be your own judge. If
a person is aware of this astonishing rule from
Heaven, would the latter days of that person's life
on earth be spent in selfishness and immorality,
succumbing to all the temptations of Satan in
pursuit of nothing but pleasure? No, rather
you should abstain form injuring and scarring your
spirit, even at the risk of your earthly life.
Please bear this in mind: Whether you are bound for
Heaven or Hell is determined by your thoughts,
speech and behavior in each moment.
This
does not imply, though, that the spirit leads its
own life or that it can express true love through
actions on its own. Your spirit self grows,
matures and finally becomes perfected only within
your physical body, through an earthly lifetime of
having actualized true love, bringing your mind and
body into a smooth unified relationship of give and
take.
Nevertheless, undeniably, your outer self and your
inner self are in a constant relationship of
conflict and struggle. How much longer will
you allow this fighting to continue? Ten
years? A hundred years? In contrast,
there is undeniably a proper order for all forms of
existence in the universe. This indicates that
God did not create human beings in this state of
conflicted disorder. You need to know that it
is your duty and responsibility as a human being to
dispel all
temptations directed at your outer
self, your physical body, perfect absolute sexual
morality and be victorious in
life by following the way of your inner self--your
conscience. Heavenly fortune will be with
those who lead their lives in such a way. They
will attain the perfection of their spirit selves.
The conscience takes
precedence before God, teacher and parents. God
raised the human body centering on original conscience.
The conscience existed before birth, your teacher and
before learning things. You have to do as
your conscience tells you to do. We have disunity
and struggle between our conscience and our body and
because of this we are unable to be God's children.
Before you wish to control the universe you should be
able to control yourself. Your body is the enemy
of the cosmos.
You should form families that God
will miss and yearn to return to after He has been
away. You should raise families to which He can come
freely as a parent visiting His children. This is
what it means to live in service to God. In such a
family, God is the subject over your conscience,
acting vertically. Following God as your vertical
subject, your mind stands in the position of
vertical subject over your body, bringing your mind
and body into unity. That is where parental love,
conjugal love, children’s love, and siblings’
love—in short, the four realms of love or the four
realms of heart—are perfected. Only in such a family
can the upper and lower, front and behind, left and
right be connected as one and spherical motion
ensue. This leads to God’s everlasting, model ideal
families and nations, and His peace kingdom.
If
only the entire world were filled with such true
families! It would be an orderly world where people
govern themselves by the heavenly way and heavenly
laws, with no need for lawyers, prosecutors or even
judges.
- Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon
"You have heard that it was said,
'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell
you: Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father
in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and
the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what
reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors
doing that? And if you greet only your brothers,
what are you doing more than others? Do not even
pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your
heavenly Father is perfect.
