Greetings of love and gratitude from Judy Carman

ON AUGUST 6 PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WILL BE PRAYING FOR PEACE as the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is commemorated. From history.com we read “On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people…” Seventy one years ago, caring people were horrified by the bombing, and the words “Never Again” were heard around the world. The number of animals killed is not mentioned, but there were no doubt many thousands. The destruction of habitats and poisoning of water and air affected anyone who was still alive. The words of so many wise teachers continue to ring out—We cannot have world peace for people as long as human beings are exploiting and slaughtering animals in an endless war against them. Indeed, by ending the war against animals, we simultaneously bring an end to wars against people.

THIS WEEK’S PRAYER OF “NEVER AGAIN” FOR ANIMALS, PEOPLE, AND THE EARTH. As we draw near to this annual day of remembering these atrocities and longing for real world peace, we mourn, not only the terrible losses and suffering of the people and animals who lived there, but we also acknowledge the cruelty, violence, and selfishness that dwells in the human psyche. We give thanks that, within the heart and soul of humanity, there also dwells lovingkindness, nonviolence, and compassion. Deep within each one of us there lives a sense of kinship and reverence for all life that is longing to be set free. It is our plea, our prayer, our cry, and our vision that wars against people, animals, and the earth will very soon come to an end. We know in our hearts and our spirits that human beings can reach this revolutionary tipping point and evolve to become the new kind human, “Homo Ahimsa,” as I call us in Peace to All Beings. We have absolute faith that every big and little thing we do in Love never disappears but lasts forever. Cruelty and violence cannot survive in a world overflowing with Love. That is what we are creating day by day, prayer by prayer, action by action, book by book. The tipping point is near. The Love you bring to this work in your actions, thoughts, prayers, and visions is making it happen. .

As always, with tears of gratitude, I send my thanks to each of you, dear Prayer Circle members, for joining this circle of compassion and shining the Light of Truth for all to see, so that one day soon, all beings will live in peace together.

May compassion and love reign over all the earth for all beings everywhere. 
Thank you all for your devotion to truth, love, liberation and peace for all beings.
With Love, peace, and gratitude from Judy Carman, and greetings from Will, Madeleine, Tara and the Circle of Compassion team

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