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Universal Peace
"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes from within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the centre of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this centre is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made netween two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men."
Extract from the teachings of Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, 1863 - 1950
Turn of the century mumbo-jumbo or is there truth in this? It would seem from Barack Obama's recent speech in Cairo that perhaps the real essence of Black Elk's words are seeing a revival...
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