Contents
1.Harmony in Soul – Vitaliy Ivashchenko
2.Harmonious Cosmic Woman – Ada Aharoni
3.Harmonious Peace – Maria Cristina Azcona
4.Harmony Passes in Priority – Ammar Banni
5.Let Everyone Adorn the World with Harmony – Leonid Belyi
6.Everlasting Memoirs – Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy
7.Harmony Anthem with Love – Guy Créquie
8.Peace – Marietta Cuesta
9.Harmony is Born... – Zaure Hizatolla
10.Hymn to Holy Harmony – Takis Ioannides
11.Sonnet of Harmony – Dmitry Ivashintsov
12.Hymn to Harmony. Seek me, Harmony! – Ernesto Kahan
13.The Great City of Harmony. Oceans Meet – APJ Abdul Kalam
14.Rules and Visions. Ideals. Illusions – Dimitris Kraniotis
15.Peace. Peace from Harmony – José María Lopera
16.Harmony – Apostolos Paschos
17.Harmony of Twenty First Century – Y.S. Rajan
18.New Axial Period – Y.S. Rajan, Sudhamahi Regunathan
19.Come and Engender a New Humanity in Harmony! – Marie Robert
20.Harmony – Susana Roberts
21.Knowledge of Harmony – Katerina Semashko
22.Hymn to Harmony. The ABC of Harmony for Children – Leo Semashko
23.Harmony and Harmony – Subhash Sharma
24.Harmony Force, Which Keeps Us Alive – Lida Sherafatmand
25.Wisdom of Peace. Valley of Peace – Ram Krishna Singh
26.Harmony: Salvation for Russia – Svetlana Tsymbalist
27.From Chaos to Harmony – Yuri Tsymbalist
28.A Harmony Hymn – Laj Utreja
29.The Global Harmony Association – Nina Yudina
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I like that The ABC of Harmony isn't only scientific, but also the poetic book including poetry of harmony from many countries of all continents of the Earth. I think that one of the displays of world harmony is an art which forms the Spiritual Human. Poetry is the most democratic art form. The majority of sacred books of all religions are written in poetic form. There is a wonderful harmony of thought and feeling, of content and form in the best samples of poetry. Therefore it easily comes into soul being the first (after the Nature) school and the ABC of individual harmony (viiv.co.ua).
Vitaliy Ivashchenko, Professor of National Technical University "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Poet, Culture Honoured Worker of Ukraine.
Vitaliy Ivashchenko
Harmony in Soul
Live for today!
What was and will be let not bother you.
You'll be forgotten once you go into the blue,
As if you've never made your way!
Greet every dawn with brightest smile!
And the Almighty thank for who you've met!
Don't hang your head, don't whine!.. It is not over yet,
Inside your soul there's still a flame of fire.
Our values once have been outlined:
Our goodness, tenderness, our will and peace.
Live for today, let your heart sing at ease!
And then the sense of life in harmony of soul you'll find!
Vitaliy Ivashchenko: Candidate of Technical Sciences, Docent at The National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, organizer and artistic director of the Students Comedy Music Theatre of Amators.
Address: Kyiv, Ukraine.
Web: www.viiv.co.ua
E-mail: vivashchenko_at_ukr.net
Ada Aharoni
Harmonious Cosmic Woman
They tell us
you were first born
in warm ocean womb
caressed by sun fingers –
daughter perhaps
of the stormy affair
of two unruly atoms in love
maddened by the solitude
of eternal rounds
in the steppes of times
And your children,
lively descendants
of their stellar nucleus mother
dropped from the sky
in depths of ocean belly,
born of green and brown seaweed
and the laughs and cries
of a blue bacteria
Cosmic woman,
when you chose earth
as home for your vast roots
at the beginning
of the great human family,
it was for life, for harmony –
not for death!
Cosmic woman,
you, who were born of the nucleus,
from deadly nuclear mushroom –
save your chosen planet
save your children!
Prof. Ada Aharoni studied at London University, where she received her M. Phil. Degree in English Literature, and at the Hebrew University (Jerusalem), where she received her Ph.D. Degree on the works of Nobel Prize Laureate, Saul Bellow. She taught Literature and Sociology, at Haifa University, and at the TECHNION: Israel Institute of Technology. She is the Founding President of IFLAC: The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (Founded 1999). She published twenty six books and more than 150 articles.GHA cofounder. Tel.: 972 77 3202818
Address: 18 A. Amos Street, apt. 77, Nesher 36700, Israel
Web: www.iflac.com/ada, www.iflac.wordpress.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=2
E-mail: iflac_at_bezeqint.net
Maria Cristina Azcona
Harmonious Peace
Once upon a time a social group,
far away from this place
Started to fight one against the other
Without pause or grace
There was a diversity of opinions
So intense and rare,
That it seemed impossible
to find a way out of there
Anyway, by miracle it seemed,
One of them imposed
a sense of humor never seen
and everybody learned at the time
to discuss in a better state of mind
Peace arrives from harmony and it is time
To investigate and research
On harmonious personalities:
Harmonious sense of humor,
Harmonious sense of life,
Harmonious way of communication, and
Harmonious motives to continuous smile.
Maria Cristina Azcona works as an Educational Psychologist, Family Counselor and specialist in forensic psycho-diagnosis. She has obtained two university titles. Bilingual MCA poets for peace: founder, IFLAC South America and Argentina director among other honorary titles. GHA, co founder and member, UHE Vice president. The Love Foundation Argentina Director Being a well-known bilingual poet, writer and editor with many published books in Argentina, UK, and India, she has authored critical articles on fiction and poems, published worldwide extensively. She has been awarded literary prizes in international poetry contests in México, Argentina and India, also has been called Symbol of Peace and Muse of harmony. Is considered as Peace Leader by American Biographical Institute, and UNESCO has published her articles. Human DHS-NY Education team. Academician member. GHA Vice-President.
Address: María Cristina Azcona – Capital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Web: www.azcona.bravehost.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=36
E-mail: azconacristina_at_hotmail.com
Ammar Banni
Harmony passes in priority
These principles appreciate fraternity
Its charter promotes equality
Language of art, tolerance and liberty
Information ensures its diversity
Its spirit supports continuity
Science and letter grateful of its fluidity
Its prospects go with the current events
Its culture is haunted by all humanity
Its use is the pride of the personality
Its presence is in unlimited countries
No one can determine its qualities
Its support is the symbol of its fidelity
Its love sets ablaze my totality
Its expansion, I love, in particular
I work for peace with sincerity
My pen and paper are my only possibilities
I vary the voices and the productivities
I carry out this duty for our children with tenacity
This modest sacrifice reflects my solidarity
My means and my capacities are limited
This work is my modest generosity
Ammar Banni: Professor in Education and Human science, Poet-Author.
Mail address: Cite du 1er novembre / B.P 215, Guemar 39400, Algeria
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=288
E-mail: ammarbanni_at_yahoo.fr
Professional Profile:
1983-1986: Administrative chairman/Importation of the textile/Businesses of my father. Psycho-teaching in a college: 1986-1991
Today: Education's professor in college – since 1993
September 1981-June 1983: School Of Trade-Algiers CMTC business accounting
September 1986-June 1991: Continuous training in education. Psycho-educational in the college
September 1991-June 1993: Technological institute of Education. Education's professor in college. November-December 2006: National institute of /Paris-France Telecommunication.
Publications: Co-author: Peace from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org
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Leonid Belyi
Let Everyone Adorn the World with Harmony
We will never be different
Neither here, nor far
From this world we're visiting,
Riding our lucky star.
In our boundless universe
Our Mother, the Earth
Raised us, humans, in joyfulness,
Loved us all from the birth.
As we found a shelter
In the warmth of her arms,
To our vigorous brotherhood
Friendship gifted was once.
Our dreams inspire us
Be different and reborn
So now let everyone this world
With harmony adorn.
Leonid Belyi – Doctor of Philosophy, a member of the Crimean Academy of Sciences, Docent of the Crimean branch of the National Academy of Art and Architecture, member of the Global Harmony Association.
Adress: Simferopol, Ukraine.
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=398
E-mail: waitsv_at_mail.ru
Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy
Everlasting Memoirs
On the green hilltops
Blow the winds of peace,
Even in the steep valleys ….
Even in the twinkling stars too,
We feel something fascinating
Which douse our inner heart?
With the soothing chords of peace.
In the glowing brightness
There's the warmth of peace,
In the glowing moonlight too
There appears invisible peace,
The marvelous and alluring nature
Lures us with inexplicable peace,
How to emboss such lasting memoirs?
Absorbed in nature's beauty
Enveloped by nature's serenity
Why can't we humans exhibit
A positive approach towards peace;
Which shall bestow upon us
The golden rays of love and peace
Which awakens the quest for harmony.
Tholana Ashok Chakravarthy: An International Poet & Review Writer, composing poetry for the past 20 years, till date, he has the distinction of composing over 2000 poems, of which over 1500 are published in various magazines, literary e-zines, journals, anthologies etc., in nearly 60 countries across the world and translated into ten foreign languages. Conferred with Doctor of Literature, Commended with Universal Peace Ambassador, Chaired as Vice-President of Global Harmony Association, he is bestowed with the prestigious Honorary Adviser, Borneo International Open University.
Address: # 16-2-836/L, Plot No. 39, Madhavnagar, Saidabad, Hyderabad – 500059 (AP) India
Web: www.worldpeacepoetry.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=286
E-mail: tacvarthy_at_gmail.com
Guy Créquie
Harmony Anthem with Love
People of the remote cities
In osmosis with nature
Precision of its cycles
Make our beautiful blue sphere
A planet of harmony.
Connected like rings of life
Whatever then to be their nationality
The color of their hair
The pigmentation of their skin
The shape of their eyes
Let Us Help the young people of the five continents
To become principle of harmony
With a high spirituality
With the service of humanity, our Elder.
Our eyes should be impregnated
From all these varied continents
Their diversified beings
Of Which children of our cities.
In symbiosis with nature
The anthem of harmony
Is a call to the reason
The wisdom of our hearts
Intelligence of our spirits
The anthem with the love
In its harmonic magnificence
Is the formula of the universe
Those and those which breathe the emotion of it
Receive this sequence of agreements
Like a scented breeze
Without war, without hatred and fear
White clouds in the sky
One spring full with buds on the ground
Then, this information society
That of the harmony of the universal human love
Will Be that of our children builders of a future
That where the life will serve the life.
Guy Créquie, French Poet, opera singer and philosopher.
Address: 53 St. Auguste Renoir-69200 Vénissieux, France.
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=106
E-mail: guy.crequie_at_wanadoo.fr
Marietta Cuesta
Peace
Unattainable strange feeling
infinite eyes gently chimera
you are everywhere
the more I feel you, you get away from me
you carry painted the soul of pigeons
with messages of auroras and mysteries,
hands-touch-petals
almost touch it shatters itself
but we celebrate,
you crowned with gold, pearls and laurels
clothe you of laughter, dancing
harlequins
you go and then come
flushed oscillation and between crystals,
on the threshold of time, we wait for you
turning the four corners,
you are in the flag flying
in the sail that enjoy the wind
in pirouettes of a fish
in high hours ,
in this everyday sailing,
it is in your eyes when you see colors
in the harmonious hymn of flowers
in the wild fountain
godson of gaps and peaks,
in the iris and the looming bow
rounding the heavens
in our hearts with hope
as a flock of wild swans.
Translation into English by Susana Roberts.
Marietta Cuesta – poet, painter, writer and author of 17 books. Ecuador.
Web: www.artepoetica.net/Marietta_Cuesta_Rodriguez.htm
E-mail: marieta12_at_etapanet.net
Zaure Hizatolla
Harmony is Born...
In family harmony gets a start,
In care of kindred and beloved,
When our thoughts and prayers clear
Come from the truths that we adhere.
The streams of harmony, its springs
Will find their way among the hills,
Among the whispering canes that swing
Together with the fields they sing.
That harmony is like a rainbow,
The drops of dew that beam,
A way of an unlucky tear to its chance
An outline separating land and water like a fence.
That flawless harmony,
It has no more, no less,
It's like an equinox, that's blessed
Its humble wisdom solves the rest.
Though harmony in body has no face
We know its value, name, and place.
And when its Muse has fruit created,
The union of Yin and Yang is celebrated.
That harmony we all can feel, it's real.
It's all around us, just see and hear!
Its modest genius we talk about
Just find it in yourself or out!
Zaure Hizatolla: President of the GHA Kazakhstan, poet, writer, peacemaker.
Address: Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Web: www.stihi.ru/avtor/zaureha, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=492
E-mail: zaubox_at_gmail.com
Takis Ioannides
Hymn to Holy Harmony
Since I met myself from my youth age,
My fundamental target was
to curb my primary agony,
My precious soul
Was any moment in danger
To be lost,
My beloved body was really mortal
And Fragile enough
to be disappeared,
My soul was in conflict
With my body,
And both were fighting,
Against the brilliant Mother Nature,
And now as an adult,
I am still trying to reconcile
And convince both parties,
That their life
And coexistence occurred
by a holy miracle,
That these are not enemies,
But parties of the same body
Of the sacred monad,
United by the Law of Love,
With the challenge and chance
to gain the happiness,
by following the avenue
of the obvious and glary Harmony,
existed all around us.
Panayotis (Takis) Ioannides was born on 15 April 1955 in Kallithea, Athens, Greece.
Web: http://clubs.pathfinder.gr/LOVEandPEACE, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=138
E-mail: takis.ioannides_at_googlemail.com
Dmitry Ivashintsov
Sonnet of Harmony
Like a perfect shape that's formed by sphere,
Like the birds that spread their wings to fly,
To reach the harmony we strive,
Towards the alliance with universe we steer.
The clang of steel and fire can lead us to do wrong,
As the night gets darker
In this fight against each other,
Our hatred beats the gong.
They say what is to be, will always be
The day be changed by night
And so the time to turn back won't agree.
We're standing by this modern ark
That we call "Harmony", and here
Our bodies and our souls will finally embark.
Dmitry Ivashintsov: Professor, Honored Science Worker of Russian Federation, current member of the following Academies: Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Russian Academy of Engineering, International Academy of Ecology and Life Protection Sciences, scientist in the field of hydropower industry, poet, philosopher, culture specialist.
Professional interests: risk issues in the context of hydropower industry, human evolution, cultural studies. Chief research worker at All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering named after B.E. Vedeneev, Co-chairman of the International Association "Russian culture", Professor-emeritus at UNESCO department of Russian Institute for Cultural Research, Editor-in-chief of "Russian world" almanac; Chairman at Russian National Committee of Hydraulic Engineers. Main publications include: "Beyond the bounds of evolution of Homo Sapiens" (philosophy, article can be found at http://phenomen.ru/public/journal.php?article=68), more than 60 poems (http://www.stihi.ru/avtor/ivashintsov). Member of Honorary Advisory Committee of Global Harmony Association and co-founder of the "Peace from Harmony" web-site and Globaal Harmony Association in 2005.
Address: Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Web: www.russkymir.org, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=23
E-mail: ivashintsov_at_gmail.com
Ernesto Kahan
Hymn to Harmony
Sing, sing – brother – sing!
Let us fill our hands with
Thousand promises of peace.
Harmony… Harmony..!
A fresh breeze from the sea
Flying like a bird
Dancing like a bride
Talking the new words
In all towns on Earth.
Harmony… Harmony..!
Let liberate mankind…
Let opening the chains
Sing, sing – brother – sing!
For harmony and love…
For tolerance and life…
Seek me, Harmony!
In the rainfall,
where I should be,
writing to you, harmony
and searching for
answers to mysteries
under the essence of joy;
Working to earn my bread;
Mixing spices for our dinner;
with the young
in the roads of education
and the culture for peace
Yes, there I will be..!
In the sea of medicine…
In color…
In the never ending blue…
In philosophy...
In art...
In poetry...
Seek me there!
In the delicious forest of your love...
And you will find me!
Prof. Emeritus Ernesto Kahan. Tel Aviv University, Israel
1st Vice President of Global Harmony Association (GHA)
1st Vice President – World Academy of Arts and Culture
President-Israel Physicians for Peace and Preservation of the Environment & Former Vice President of IPPNW (Organization awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1985)
Co-Executive President of UHE Hispano-American Writers Union
Vice President-IFLAC (Intl Forum for Literature and Culture of Peace)
The GHA Highest Honorary Title: WORLD HARMONY CREATOR.
Address: Hanita 7/2, Kfar Sava 44405, Israel.
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=338
E-mail: ekahan_at_post.tau.ac.il
APJ Abdul Kalam
The Great City of Harmony
I heard Song of Unity in the streets
Of harmony in the island!
Ancient city of Penang
I walked and walked every step,
People of Malay, Muslims, Chinese, Christians
Together walked with me with
Pride and peace
The bell of St. George Church,
Gave the glad tidings with a message,
Forgive the human failing
Give and give the hope of success.
I entered the Kuan Yin temple
With fragrance, the message radiating,
Remove "I" and "Me"!
That will eliminate human ego.
What a beautiful reception
With a great music of
Nadaswaram recital in the
Sri Mahamariamman temple;
The temple gave a message
All places are our own, people of universe
Are our kith and kin.
The Teochew temple gave me a smile
With a message 'if you remove "ego"
Hatred will disappear;
In the great mosque participated in prayer
With a Quranic recitation
"Oh Almighty lead us the path of righteousness"
The Yap Kongsi, temple gave me
The welcome song "eliminate harted,
Violence will disappear.
In another temple Kho Kongsi led us to the path
Remove the violence in mind, peace in life will be filled with.
The Acheh Mosque gave us the message
Message of removing the pain
Of fellow human beings!
This is Almighty's Command!
When I completed my pilgrimage
The streets of Harmony of Penang.
Presented an integrated spiritual centre
With message to the Universe.
Every human being will give and give
The best of human societies will be born.
Poem composed on 30th August 2008 on return from my tour of Penang-Malaysia. For visiting the various religious places in the street of harmony there were number of cars, but seeing the large gathering of people, I walked with them to each place of worship.
Oceans Meet
"I am the Island of Rameswaram, dear friend,
Born out of the shining water of the Indian Ocean.
O my fellow Island, O my dearest friend,
What is your origin and where do you live?"
"Dear Ramy, they call me Formosa[1]
– the beautiful Island,
I live like a beautiful flower seeing the early sun-rise,
Sitting in the gardens of magnificent oceans of the Pacific,
As the deepest waves of the noble ocean scatter around me."
"O friend, my dear friend – Formosa,
I greet you with a heart brimming with joy.
My vast ocean embraces a land of ancient religions, culture and divine wisdom,
It is the soil where enlightened one – Lord Buddha once walked upon."
"O Ramy! You are indeed showered with blessings divine,
Garlanding around me are nations with billions of human souls,
It was, the land and the nation which I call mine,
That gave birth to the wisest sage, Confucius who shaped human thought in noble roles."
And then, the two great humble oceans prayed and prayed,
The two noble sages, then descended like angels upon the Sangam [2],
The magnificent oceans then with veneration asked the heavenly souls,
To glorify the earth with their wisdom like they did two millennia ago.
The waves of gracious smiles from them merged with peace into each other,
As they waited for the sages to ponder and illuminate with their knowledge.
The mighty oceans sat patiently with clasped watery hands,
As they swell and fell with each stroke of unfailing tide.
And then with the radiant sun shining behind them spreading day,
The sages smiled graciously as they began to say,
Their voice echoed from the horizon filling the anxious sky,
Time froze as the message of human glory and peace expanded to occupy the void.
The wisest sage, Confucius said,
"We are with two oceans who nurture half of humanity,
We came to the planet earth in the same century,
And gave the message of humanity and peace.
O enlightened one! O Lord Buddha,
Can you tell the world, how they can live,
With universal peace and prosperity for all?"
Buddha smiled with serene tranquility,
"God gifted humans with intelligence and the tool of reason,
It is for man to harness the might of the divine gift,
To prosper towards a life of goodness and truth."
The wisest sage, the holy master then agreed,
"O enlightened one! Your thoughts are unique,
Humans are indeed entrusted the great mission,
Of realizing with body, mind and soul – the God's vision".
Then our Island friends and the oceans which gave them birth,
Humbly joined their voices from the heart,
As they prayed and prayed again,
Beseeching the divines to give a message of human renaissance.
Again a deep silence engulfed the universe,
The cosmos seemed to be filled with energy,
The waves from both the oceans went violently high,
And gently touched the feet of divinity with beautiful shehnai [3] playing:
(O planet, what a past and what a present you possess,
And when they come together, greeting like us two seas,
They create the future, future of peace and prosperity for all)
"O wisest sage, Confucius! You have preached and preached to peasants and herders in Lu,
You preached the value of family life and that of righteousness in the heart,
And O enlightened one! Under the sprawling Bodhi tree,
You proclaimed – where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character".
The wise sage then said,
"Yes I will sing now!
When there is beauty in the character,
There is harmony in the home"
The enlightened one, the Buddha added,
"When there is harmony in the home,
There is order in the nation,
When there is order in the nation
There is peace in the world".
In chorus, the two great sages wise and enlightened,
Blessed humanity with the song of life righteousness,
For world peace and prosperity for all.
The Islands and the oceans rejoiced in unison,
The waves and winds joined to sing the song of life in Sri Raga [4],
Om Shanti! [5] Om Shanti! Then He-ping! [6] He-ping!
[1] Formosa : Taiwan
[2] Sangam : Confluence of two water bodies
[3] Shehnai : an Indian musical instrument often played in auspicious occasions
[4] Sri Raga : A Raga in Indian music
[5] Om Shanthi : Divine peace for the world in language
[6] He-ping : world peace (Chinese)
Poem presented at the XXX World Congress of Poets held at Taiwan, on 2nd November 2010.
APJ Abdul Kalam, b 1931, is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from 42 Universities and institutions from India and abroad. Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of Republic of India on 25th July 2002. After five eventful years he demitted office on 25th July 2007. The GHA Highest Honorary Title: WORLD HARMONY CREATOR.
Address: No 10, Rajaji marg, New Delhi-110011, India.
Phone: 011 23793601
E-mail: apj_at_abdulkalam.com
Web: www.abdulkalam.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=95
Dimitris Kraniotis
Rules and Visions
Life counts
the rules;
the sunset, their exceptions.
Rain drinks up
the centuries;
spring, our dreams.
The eagle sees
the sunrays
and youth, the visions.
Ideals
Snow-covered mountains,
ancient monuments,
a north wind that nods to us,
a thought that flows,
images imbued
with hymns of history,
words on signs
with ideals of geometry.
Illusions
Noiseless wrinkles
on our forehead
the frontiers of history,
shed oblique glances
at Homer's verses.
Illusions
full of guilt
redeem
wounded whispers
that became echoes
in lighted caves
of the fools and the innocent.
Dimitris P. Kraniotis is an award-winning Greek poet. He lives and works as a medical doctor (Internal Medicine specialist) in Larissa, Greece. He is the author of seven poetry books. Doctor of Literature by World Academy of Arts and Culture, President of World Poets Society, Universal Peace Ambassador, GHA Vice-President.
Address: 2, Panagoulis str., 41222 Larissa, Greece.
Web: http://dimitriskraniotis.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=313
E-mail: dkraniotis_at_yahoo.gr
José María Lopera
Peace
How frightening is the anger of the men who kill,
of the volcano which melts their feelings from within,
till it breaks their souls in its exterminating crater!
What a storm, what thunder, what a flash of violence
seeks death or mutilates people who are innocent!
Where is the light of the smile
which God bestowed on men to love?
Where is the light of dawn
which radiates harmony among men?
Where is PEACE, tell me, where?
Time becomes a scream in the seconds
which it takes for a shell to inflict the terror which you feel,
and, on exploding, in its acrid smoke you breath
the pleasure of feeling alive among the dead.
As a child, I knew the smell of my blood
in the horrific panic of the whistling bomb.
And I felt the tearing of my wounded flesh
and the lacerating fear, which time does not erase,
in the cry of my constant cursing of the war.
And you who speak so much of God,
whom so often you invoke against other men,
whom so much you worship to justify your actions,
into what base souls have you invited him?
Tell me, which is the race, which the country
that you wish to defend or impose
with fangs of fratricidal hate,
when not even the death of a tiny child
is justified by your fanaticism?
If God is the LIGHT of life in HARMONY
and eternal fount of LIBERTY supreme,
where is the PEACE he implanted in your spirit?
What seeds of hate are you planting there
that cut the wounded land with blades of death!
Peace from Harmony
Who knows of light, knows about spirit
and understands the perfume of the souls
knows the love through tenderness
that relieves the pain of those who suffer;
who knows the muses and loves
understands the sublime beauty
and a song bewitches them with harmony:
has the sun of a rose among their verses.
Translated by Susana Roberts (Argentina).
José María Lopera, Poet, writer, archaeologist and historian, journalist and translator. Address: Alora, Spain. E-mail: jmlopera_at_hotmail.com
Web: www.josemarialopera.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=442
Dr. Leo Semashko's comment.
This poem was included in the ABC of Harmony last. It was born in the joint work of the ABC co-authors from four countries: José María Lopera, author, – Spain, Susana Roberts, translator on English, – Argentina, Zaure Hizatolla, translator on Russian, – Kazakhstan, editor – Russia. Each such moment of collaboration in our ABC – is a small but important and necessary step in birth, in anguish and joy, a new, harmonious person – HOMO HARMONICUS! This human is unique in his/her ethnic diversity, and at the same time is identical into the global harmonious unity! And this is the most valuable. It's – birth, new, unprecedented, global harmonious identity of humanity and community of all his people!
Apostolos Paschos
Harmony
Harmony is like a true God,
The Creator of everything,
the best for every human
and philanthropy,
Harmony is a measure of excellence
between God and His beings,
in the whole Universe and its parts,
through-out the aeons of creation,
Harmony is the Love of God
to His beings,
existing amongst
God's faithful people,
Harmony comprises the celestial
God's symphony for the human,
for His own glory,
and for human's spiritual evolution,
Harmony consists of God's analogy
to His children,
and constitutes Creator's disposition,
for all human souls restoration.
Translation from Greek into English language by Takis Ioannides.
Dr Apostolos J. Paschos was born in the lands of Acropolis by the town of Metsovon of district Epirus of Greece. He owns degree of the Medical Section of the National Kapodistria University of Athens. He possesses the specialties of Pathology and this of nuclear medicine. He is superior degree Doctor of the Medical University of Athens and of the Medical University of Ioannina. He is writer, historical, poet, and researcher. He has written and published 14 books about Medicine-Philosophy, Historical, Social and Poetic. He has written 186 scientific studies.
Address: Metsovon, Greece.
Web: http://paschosgr.multiply.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=455
E-mail: takis.ioannides_at_googlemail.com
Y.S. Rajan
Harmony of Twenty First Century
(Fragments from the poem)
Seven previous stanzas of this poem explore various aspects of the current world: chaos, contradictions, conflicts, confusions, connections between them and the past as well as some resilience and hope...
8) Mother Earth crying
With her children consuming
Wastes amassing
Still it is the human
To find solutions
For sustained harmony
Between non-living, living
And the unknown many
High seas and outer space
...
9) Will twenty first century
Evolve the human
In search of a new divine
With science in full union
And ten billion humans
Living in a grand unison
With local traditions
In convergence with universal
And cultural diversity
Along with scientific unity
Cherishing individual liberty
In harmony with the collective
Opposites in symbiotic
And multiples in syncretic
Unity in diversity
And diversity in unity?
Y.S. Rajan has a proven track record of excellence as a Scientist, Technologist, Administrator, Organisation Builder and Leader, Diplomat, Academic, Writer and Poet. He combines a unique ability for original and innovative thinking with strong implementation skills. He has capability to network with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural groups. He has 7 books of poems in Tamil and 3 books in English. He has authored several books on topics of technology, economics, business management and self development and philosophy.
Address: No.524, "Nalanda", 14th Cross, 7th Main, ISRO Layout, Bangalore-560 078, India.
Web: www.ysrajan.com
E-mail: ysrajan1944_at_gmail.com
Y.S. Rajan, Sudhamahi Regunathan
New Axial Period
Violence of the silence
Wounds of muted indignation
Corpses of cowardly inaction
Numbed by material abundance
Opiated by organized spirituality
Deluded by altruistic imagery
Confused by scientific super-specialities
Threatened by mental inadequacies
Searching for an eternal tranquility
In virtues of peace and amity
Comforting in nature's diversity
From the oneness of human identity
Finding delight in simplicity
Conversing, sharing philosophy
Searching for loving innocence
Nurturing inspiration from the Presence
Entering a New Axial Period of actions
Heralding inner and outer fusions
Y.S. Rajan has a proven track record of excellence as a Scientist, Technologist, Administrator, Organisation Builder and Leader, Diplomat, Academic, Writer and Poet. He combines a unique ability for original and innovative thinking with strong implementation skills. He has capability to network with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural groups. He has 7 books of poems in Tamil and 3 books in English. He has authored several books on topics of technology, economics, business management and self development and philosophy.
Address: No.524, "Nalanda", 14th Cross, 7th Main, ISRO Layout, Bangalore-560 078, India.
Web: www.ysrajan.com
E-mail: ysrajan1944_at_gmail.com
Sudhamahi Regunathan is a writer who has traversed through the world of classical Indian dance, education, literature, religion and philosophy in her process of learning and writing. She was Vice Chancellor, Jain Vishva Bharati University, Ladnun, Rajasthan and is currently Member Secretary, Foundation for Unity of Religions and Enlightened Citizenship. She has authored and translated several books.
Address: A – 61, GULMAHOR PARK, NEW DELHI – 110 049, India.
E-mail: sudhamahi_at_gmail.com
Marie Robert
Come and Engender a New Humanity in Harmony!
Cradle of serenity where my body embraces freedom,
house of survival where the enlightened consciousness
is, at a smile offered, gentleness for an enchanting time,
harmony, Oh! my harmony, under the watchful eye of a thousand galaxies,
awake at concerts from water and celestial melodies
at the songs of birds perched at the top of a tree for felicity,
I give myself the right to cry and laugh, vibrate,
to live in tune with my requirements
in the eternal simplicity, perfect balance, the right to existence, the perpetual rebirth.
Eve resurrected, Isis reconciled, Eurydice found again,
my gluttony is dewdrop slipping in the early morning from the velvety skin of fruits.
I pick your sweet apple that God has engendered
and I dance through the flowery reeds the marvels of your energy under the rain.
My life in every breath regenerated, is a continuous flow of benevolent thoughts.
And you, traveler who meets me for the first time,
a pure joy shines in your eyes and you see who I am as I am.
your pleasure of communicating is gesture for a sacred book
brought like a peace sign at the resurrected dawn.
My brother, my sister, leave your fears!
Come with me and climb the mountain slopes,
behold the light of dawn, breathe the jasmine that blooms in the garden,
dance in paradise of fertile coral.
Come, together, we accomplish without vertigo
the sublime ascents and the dives that deliver
of gravities of contempts and unfulfilled vengeances,
purify the memory of the soul wounds and of cursed past.
To love ! Love yourself, Oh! my friend, like I love you.
Never say the words that aggress my weakness!
They are insults to the rays of the rising sun.
into the velvet of shadows, look for the dark side of the moon rising.
Together, together, we create in harmony forever
the new humanity, one that renews the spiritual material at the source of light
by weaving the silk reflections with fibers all shining of love,
the living light which expresses the gratitude of being
with the vastness of sky into the heart of the earth.
Marie Robert, artist and actor of peace, teacher and choreographer performer, writer, photographer, hiker and climber, has won several international awards. Messenger of Peace Culture at UNESCO and Ambassador of Peace in Geneva.
Address: 66 Clos des Charmilles, 74400 Chamonix, FRANCE.
Web: www.marierobert.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=467
E-mail: marieeau77_at_aol.com
Susana Roberts
Harmony
We must harmonize
our man – made systems
in four spheres
our big work of arts
in a new deep understanding
our economical, political,
nature and ecological
organizations
and resources
inside humanity walks
with paths of no destruction.
We must harmonize the inner awakening
and the empowered creativity of individuals
as a real force that will shape
our collective future
we must ensure all human activities
in our future global society
our universal spheres
founded in spiritual values
We harmonize my brothers!
Susana Roberts, poet, writer Argentine: Honorary Doctorate Litt by World Academy of Arts and Culture; Vice President IFLAC Argentina and South America; Honorary President Hispano American Writers; Embassadeur Universelle de la Paix-Geneve; Ambassador of Love Foundation; Honorary Member, Global Harmony Association. Prize by SADE Society of Argentine Writers, First Prize for translation IPTRC-China
Address: Rivadavia 622-Trelew-Argentine.
Phone: ++54 02965 428313
Web: www.iflacenarg.bravehost.com/Roberts.htlm, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=275
E-mail: roberts_susana_at_hotmail.com
Katerina Semashko
Knowledge of Harmony
The land, the water and the skyline
And the round dance of stars –
It has a voice and it can hear,
Now cold, then hot – alive.
Behold its presence,
It will show you how
To calmly, soberly reflect
And learn its origins!
Knowledge will call wisdom,
And wisdom leads to kindness.
In them you'll find the philosophy of dream,
Harmony and Beauty!
Katerina Semashko: born in 1993, a student of Medical College.
Address: Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
E-mail: katya_semashko_at_mail.ru
Leo Semashko
Hymn of Harmony
Harmony is the highest universal spirit,
It filled world with life and beauty,
Establishing consent, concord and measure,
Cherish melody, tact and fraternity!
Harmony is the creation energy,
Spring of love and peace,
A new light for knowledge,
Existence meaning and fullness happiness!
Harmony is the sun of peoples and nations,
Inexhaustible warm for soulful heat,
All needed language forgotten in wars,
We embrace and reborn in it!
The ABC of Harmony for Children
The ABC of Harmony for children can be simple
Like a starry sky above our heads
And complex at the same time being a sum of elements
Like an abyss of galaxies and stars.
The first letter of it is parents, family – people,
The love of mother and father towards their children,
The love between juniors and seniors, which creates concord,
Harmony in the family and absorbs it.
The second letter of it is intellect and knowledge: science, arts – information,
Faith and wisdom, tales and songs, books and broadcasts
With good cartoons, there you can find funny boys and girls
And when they sing and play together – this is harmony.
The third letter of it is strict, but necessary – organization,
It has different names: order, day schedule, code of conduct,
Management, laws, accuracy, requirements and norms,
And without them our children will be found in chaos and disaster as well.
The fourth letter of it seems to be the simplest one – things
Also the most comprehensible – our body and the objects around,
Starting with cereal, clothes, apartment, car,
Ending with house, city and nature – the place where we live.
Each letter of harmony consists of a number of different blocks.
The ABC of harmony should introduce children to those blocks
And teach them how to form words and deeds using them,
So that in children lives there would always be happiness and peace on Earth!
Leo Semashko, Philosopher and sociologist; Global Harmony Association (GHA) Founder and President since 2005. Address: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org Е-mail: leo.semashko_at_gmail.com
Subhash Sharma
Harmony and Harmony
Harmony and harmony
Say harmony and harmony
Harmony with nature
Harmony with creature
Harmony with mind
And harmony with matter, Harmony …
Harmony in relations
And harmony with nations
Harmony with thought
And harmony with action, Harmony …
Harmony with self
And harmony with others
Harmony with present
And harmony with future, Harmony …
Harmony with science
And harmony with conscience
Harmony in chaos
And harmony with cosmos, Harmony …
(Source: Arrows of Time: From Black holes to Nirvana Point, Subhash Sharma, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, 2001, p. 90)
Dr. Subhash Sharma is well known for his innovative experiments of teaching management concepts through poetic approach of "Corporate Rhymes". His books of "Corporate and Spiritual Rhymes" include, Creation from Shunya (1993), Quantum Rope (1999), Arrows of Time (2001), Market's Maya (2009) and Shunya Poems (2010).
Address: Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director, Indus Business Academy, Kanakpura Main Road, Bangalore 560062, India.
Web: www.ibainternational.org, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=453
E-mail: re_see_at_rediffmail.com
Lida Sherafatmand
Harmony Force, Which Keeps Us Alive
As the worlds turn inside,
The world of hell, where we want to die,
The world of hunger, where we don't get enough,
The world of animality, where we fear the stronger ones who bully, a jungle of animals,
The world of anger, where we fight for supremacy with aggression we move,
The world of tranquility, where we laze passive,
The world of heaven, where we enjoy desires satisfied, our houses bought, our jobs given,
The world of learning, where we search meanings; knowledge to learn and discover,
But we get lonely there,
The world of realization, where we find wisdom, reach insights, but we get lost in intellect,
The world of compassion where we feel the pain of others, do all to help,
But lose energy and sink with those who suffer,
The world of holiness, where we feel freedom inside, happiness in the realities of daily life,
A flow of pure life force or consciousness;
When in leadership, the holiness world
Leads the right sides of the other worlds:
In the world of hell, we understand the pains
And sufferance of people;
In the world of hunger, we drive for a better world;
In the world of animality, we strife to protect the weak;
In the world of anger, we fight for justice;
In the world of tranquility, we regain our energies;
In the world of heaven, we exhilarate being alive;
In the world of learning, we learn from everyone;
In the world of realization, we digest our experiences;
In the world of compassion, we devote ourselves for the happiness of all,
In the world of holiness, we reach the core of life, that harmony force which keeps us alive,
Bringing together the other nine worlds inside,
To lead and to live…
In the ten worlds inside, what travels we do,
What turnings we lead,
In the ten worlds inside, let's keep the holy world the leader of all inside,
For all the ten worlds, to turn alive
Exhilarating happiness, harmonious life…
With the worlds inside, turning exhilarating happiness, harmonious life…
Lida Sherafatmand, poet and painter, was born in 1977 in Iran. She lives in Malta since 1991 and has a base in Paris since 2006.
Web: www.lidsher.com
E-mail: lidasherafatmand_at_yahoo.com
Ram Krishna Singh
Wisdom of Peace
I always dreamt the world
as one and thought I belonged
but none let me live
my simple soul at home
with differences
they kicked me into exile
for their prejudices
forced me seek my nest
in myself
I share the wisdom
of peace and life in tune
with nature
Valley of Peace
Love leads to beauty
and vision with perfection
pillar of dust or
fleeting shadow can
turn light reveling
pure songs wrought out of
the clay blending joys
in naked passion seek signs
of self discovery
roving with delight
and perfume of fellowship
in valley of peace
Ram Krishna Singh, born and brought up in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, has been writing poetry in English for over three decades. He is a professor of English language skills and has published over 160 academic articles, 175 book reviews and 36 books, including 14 collections of poems. Dr Singh is one of the leading Indian English poets and critics committed to universal peace, humanity, and love. He is currently Head, Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad 826004, India.
Web: http://rksingh.blogspot.com
E-mail: profrksingh_at_yahoo.com
Svetlana Tsymbalist
Harmony: Salvation for Russia
Harmony is the core of the creation
The Maker's blood and flesh
His child and His breath,
The sacred light of Wreath.
The force of it is scapeless.
Perfection has no end.
In it has Russia found its redemption,
From fools and evil it can us defend.
Presenting us a revelation,
Unearthly beauty will expand
Dissolving gloom of the oblivion
Above this long time suffering land!..
Svetlana Tsymbalist – teacher, poet, a member of the Writers Union of Russia.
Address: Moscow, Russia.
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=480
E-mail: cymbalissimo_at_yandex.ru
Yuri Tsymbalist
From Chaos to Harmony
In the afternoon of life we turn to our cradle –
"Where do come from" the country, people and our kind.
Perhaps, the main lesson of life
Is the return to our cradle.
Tens, hundreds, thousand of distinctions,
Ideologies, religions, sects and tribes,
Shape us, the successors of the splendor
Proud civilizations of past times.
In that cradle we find our righteous years,
When the Almighty with Love has created the World
Has united people in Harmony with the Nature,
Has presented the laws of the Cosmos.
The result is rueful however. The chaos has come back.
The civilization is finishing its way …
After all the sensible Human being has turned
Into the consumer of currency and services.
Therefore, the light of Hope is important,
It was lit by the GHA only five years ago.
And let all the skeptics and illiterates be distrustful,
Yet on Earth there'll be a triumph of Harmony.
Harmony is in the cradle of the Creation!
And I worship aspirations of humans
To help people get the knowledge of that
Only Harmony has an absolute power on Earth!
Yuri Tsymbalist, born in 1938, a former colonel, poet, musician, composer, member of the Writers Union of Russia.
Address: Moscow, Russia.
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=480
E-mail: cymbalissimo_at_yandex.ru
Laj Utreja
A Harmony Hymn
Harmony grows fertile valleys;
Where the collective views grow lush and tall!
Though the saplings we plant may be small;
Together they'd grow to mutual accord and understanding all.
Someone has a birthday today;
It means much more than a happy day!
Within these words are hidden many thoughts;
That humankind share everyday!
It means we are brothers;
And be thankful for all we do together.
It means we are friends;
And that we care for each other.
We all come from the same spirit;
Shouldn't that alone be the reason to celebrate?
The spiritual culture that we orchestrate on this day;
Will create a song of harmony and reverberate!
Dr. Laj Utreja has worked in various capacities, as hands-on engineer, as technical leader in people management, and as CEO of a small business. He has been an ardent student of Sanatana Dharma for most of his adult life. His reverence for Bhagavad Geeta has in part motivated him to write his two books, "Who are we?" and "What is our origin?" He is founder of the Institute of Spiritual Healing (ISH). President, GHA-USA.
Address: 122 Foxhound Drive, Madison, AL 35758, USA.
Web: www.instituteofspiritualhealing.com, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=353
E-mail: ish0001_at_aol.com
Nina Yudina
The Global Harmony Association
The Global Harmony Association,
As a bee's beehive that honey gathers,
Connects virtually all
People of the solar planet.
Scientific power, light of spirit,
Have been presented as a bless,
With its diversity of language
Our gifted world carries progress!
Harmony nectar is in everyone,
Who is only born or has lived long,
And to understand to us is very important,
In harmony God created the World!
Neither for terror, nor for fight,
There is no place! Unlike for Goodness Light!
As our unity was always our might,
Only in Peace our love keeps shining bright.
Nina Yudina – Petroleum engineer, poet– award winner in the contest "Golden Penof Volgograd", member of Artists Union ofRussia,member offemalechamber choir"Lestvitsa".
Address: St-Petersburg, Russia.
Web: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=408
E-mail: nina_yudina_at_bk.ru
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