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Our values
The Dream of the
Good refers to the great continuity that we all live in - the ancient
experience that is being updated by the findings of modern science.
Another core meaning is athe experience that within all human beings,
irrespective of religion or cultural origin, there is a treasure of
great worth . A source of goodness, love and wisdom.
The UN and Manifesto 2000
The international decade for a culture of peace and non-violence for the children of the world, 2001-2010
The Dream of the good wants to promote the aspects of peace that have been elaborated together by the 20 contemporary Nobel Peace Prize laureates which form a basis for the UN resolution from 1998 on the international decade for a culture of peace and non-violence for the children of the world.
Respect all life.
Reject violence.
Share with others.
Listen to understand.
Preserve the planet.
Rediscover solidarity.
We are all victims of the violence in the world. - We are all part of the culture of violence. That is why all of us have to contribute to building a culture of peace and non-violence. At the same time we know that we now have unique prerequisites and tools to prevent violence, manage conflicts and build peace.
Since November 1998 Sweden has endorsed the three resolutions in the UN General Assembly on the international decade for a culture of peace and non-violence for the children of the world, 2001–2010. All member states are urged to take the necessary steps to ensure that the practice of peace and non-violence is taught at all levels of the respective communities, including education (UN resolution, 53/25, 10.11.1998).
According to the UN declaration and program of action (53/243, 13 September 1999), which is an important foundation document for the decade, a culture of peace and non-violence contains values and attitudes based on freedom, justice, democracy, the human rights of all, tolerance, solidarity, a culture where violence is rejected and one can prevent conflicts by influencing their causes and solve problems by dialogue and negotiation.
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The Good for Plato:
by Dr. Avery Solomon
For Plato Reality was the Good, the True and the
Beautiful. What did he mean by the Good? The good for all beings and
phenomena is to be yourself, to rest in your own being. We are ok and
good just as we are. When we know ourselves in that way, when we
realize that everything and everybody are what they are, we understand
that they are always real in Plato’s sense. The good is the wholeness –
holiness- of life. Also in the most ancient Tibetan writings reality is
described as the profoundly good and the state in which that goodness
is realized is called the “self realized nature”.
Plato used the sun
as a metaphor for the good. The sun shines on everything and everyone
indiscriminately. In a similar way the inner sun of the good shines in
all of us, and light up everything we experience. Just like the sun,
the good has a great radiance. It is not opposed to evil. It is beyond
the opposites. A person who has found it doesn’t need to make an effort
to act well, he/she is one with everybody so it happens spontaneously.
The
Good is both active and at rest, present everywhere. It is both beyond
everything and yet within everything. The good is friendly and gentle.
It is wholeness. Nothing is alien to it. Nothing is outside of it. It
is to be in harmony, in balance, to reunite with oneself. We cannot
become good. Goodness is our true nature. We can get rid of that which
prevents us from realizing the good, in order to reclaim what we
already are and always have been. Then we become aware of the timeless
dimension of our experience, at state, which makes it possible for us
to live in freedom and peace.
Avery Solomon is a matematician and philosopher
The Network of the Dream of the Good consists of educators, journalists,
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corporate leaders and others. Here you find parents and grandparents, our certified instructors and all the individuals who support our vision of more peace and quiet in the School.
“Moments of stillness should be a
daily routine, included in students’ as well as adults’ mental hygiene.” Vidar Vambheim, Associate Professor, University in Tromsö.
Vidar Vambheim, Associate Professor, University in Tromsö