James' new book, The Conscious Activist, is already topping bestseller categories. On December 9th it is being released and can be purchased with immediate shipment. Here is a short 5 minute audio excerpt, including a song James picked himself ("The General") to accompany this glimpse into one of the more striking accounts of his personal journey with Amnesty International.
What we see in the great teachings of the masters through the ages is that your consciousness modulates the energy around you. It's your consciousness that expands the energy or contracts the energy. So right there we have the primary map that says, wow, all of the show, all of the skills building has to relate to whether you're expanding or contracting your consciousness and, of course, what is it that expands and contracts your consciousness and particularly in difficult conflict situations.Ai
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Audio mp3/download from Saturday, February 16th live telecouncil with James O'Dea. A Q&A session and introduction to James' Upcoming Course, The Cultivating Peace Method.
The Cultivating Peace Method: A Course on the "nuts and bolts" of Peacebuilding
with James O'Dea --STARTS FEB. 20th!
Register/Info Here You don’t have to go to Rwanda or Syria to be a peacemaker. There are opportunities for you to cultivate and spread peace right where you are.
Prayer Vigil for Sandy Hook
With James O'Dea and Sister Jenna
Enjoy quotes from James O'Dea's bestselling book, Cultivating Peace coupled with powerful and inspiring images. To engage more fully with a global network of Peacebuilders go to the Cultivating Peace Facebook Page
Everyone is an Ambassador for Peace: Audio
Everyone an Ambassador for Peace: How a Shift in Consciousness is Changing Our World for Good and We Can Be Part of It
James O’Dea
on The Yoga Hour Online Broadcast
James O’Dea, former Director of Amnesty International’s Washington DC office and faculty member of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, joins Rev. Ellen Grace O’Brian from the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment for a breakthrough conversation about the transformation of global consciousness that is changing hearts and minds and bringing the potential for real peace to our doorsteps. Discover how it all begins with choosing peace for yourself and for everyone else. O’Dea writes: Choose peace as a compass for your inner life and for every relationship in the world, and you will get the biggest wake-up call of your life.
James O’Dea is a renowned figure in international social healing who has conducted healing and reconciliation dialogues for 20 years and was director of Amnesty International’s Washington, DC, office for over ten years. His work as co-director of the Social Healing Project led him to Rwanda, Israel/Palestine, and Northern Ireland. The lead faculty of the popular Peace Ambassador Training hosted by the Shift Network, James is also on the extended faculty of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and is its immediate past president. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Peace Alliance.
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A comprehensive roadmap for today’s peace ambassadors In providing theoretical and practical guidance for facilitators of deep dialogue between perpetrator and victim, O’Dea strikes deep chords of optimism even as he teaches us how to face “the heart of darkness.” His poetic, soulful voice calls readers to new ways to think about peace-building in our personal and professional lives.
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