Spirit of Ma'at: "Partnership with Angels" — Vol 4, No 2
How We Can Celebrate Peace Day
on September 21

by Billii Roberti


On September 7, 2001, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution to observe each year, on September 21, an International Day of Peace. The International Day of Peace is "a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities."

Koffi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, wrote that it is, "Twenty-four hours: to give relief workers a safe interlude for the provision of vital services; to offer mediators a building block towards a wider truce; to allow all those engaged in conflict to reconsider the wisdom of further violence."

Many leaders are suggesting that we come together in groups to celebrate this day, with the common aspiration of creating a world based on a peaceful, just, and sustainable future.

Using "Scientific" Prayer

In celebrating Peace Day, we might want to consider, as put forth in Gregg Braden's book The Isaiah Effect, about the "Lost Mode of Prayer," the criteria of the kind of scientific prayer that actually will achieve results. Most important of these is that we see the result as already accomplished. This is what Gregg calls feeling-based prayer — the prayerful attitude of "knowing that our prayer is already answered."

Gregg suggests that in praying for peace we:

  • Witness all events — those of peace and those that we see as the absence of peace — as possibilities, without judgment of right, wrong, bad or good, while at the same time giving thanks for our power to choose peace.


  • Release our judgment of the situation by blessing those conditions that have caused us pain. "The Blessing does not condone or consent to the event or condition," Gregg points out. "Rather, it acknowledges that the event is part of the single Source of All That Is."


Our own life also must become the prayer itself, Gregg says. For our petition to succeed, not only do we want to acknowledge that peace already is present in our world, but also we want to then live from the knowledge that what we have prayed for has occurred (see GreggBraden.net/lost_mode.php3).

Letting Others Know

Also, to extend our personal effectiveness, we might want to consider participating in the United Nations' central registry of Peace Day events. Even if you just invite a single friend over to honor this International Day of Peace, you can increase your impact by registering your activity at International Day of Peace Vigil.

Here is a list of other Internet information about Peace Day:

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