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Letter Writing the Road to Peace
By Michael Boyajian
When I was a little boy I signed up with an organization that brought together people as pen pals. This was before email and people as pen pals would exchange letters via snail mail.
I was all excited as I checked my mailbox every day awaiting a letter from my new pen pal who at that point was unknown to me. Then one day a letter arrived from a distant land. It was from a Turkish girl and she enclosed a photo of herself in a swim suit.
Stamp Collecting: A Symbol of a Peaceful Unified World
By Michael Boyajian
When I was a kid I collected stamps from around the world. It was so remarkable seeing these small colorful works of art from around the globe. I recently started collecting them again because it is a relatively inexpensive hobby and a good substitute for actually seeing the world an endeavor these tough economic times make hard to justify.
What if the President were a Buddhist: A Direction Towards World Unity and Peace
By Michael Boyajian
With the Dalai Lama’s visit to the White House there is speculation that may lead us to wonder what the world would be like if the President were a Buddhist. He would surely realize that for the world to survive it must become unified so that world peace could therefore exist. This realization would be an awakening. When the Buddha was first asked what he was he replied I am awake.
By Michael Boyajian
There is a violent religious struggle now going on in the Muslim world as mainstream Islam and the West faces Islamic extremists. The struggle is as violent as the Reformation with the Islamic battle claiming far more Muslim lives than Western ones yet threatening all with calamity.
The violence will continue until world civilization advances to a new plateau. That advancement lies in the creation of a borderless world where power struggles including Islamic extremism are neutralized.