Return-Path: From: Lightweave@aol.com Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 23:55:20 EST To: Lightweave@aol.com Subject: Important MidEast Update Friends, Yesterday (Wed) I received the two following letters and felt it was important to share then with you immediately. One is about Jimmy Twymans (The Peace Troubador) meeting Today (Thu. Feb. 18th) with Sadaam Hussien a noon EST. The other is about the work of the Pentagon Meditation club vis-a-vis the present crisis. I don't know how much you know or what you think about quantum physics, but most of the research is proving what mystics have been teaching for thousands of years - we are all connected in a fabric of Unity in which even a thought in one part, affects the whole. This certainly validates our collective intention to create a forcefield of Light over the whole Middle East over the next few days as we envision a just and peaceful settlement of this situation. And while we are focusing, we might also ask for a little "God Intervention" to lower Bill and Sadaam's testosterone levels:) You are one of over 700 on our mailing list from scores of countries around the world. I know that many of you from outside of the USA must pay by the minute for internet usage. I will try to be sparing in what and how often I send info, but there will probably be a bit more over the next few days until this thing cools out. If you wish to be removed permanently from this list or just for these Mideast Updates, just let me know. If you wish to share your thoughts or feelings with the US President, his e-mail address is: president@whitehouse.gov The e-mail address for the US Secretary of State, Madelyn Albright, is secretary@state.gov Please feel free to share this information with your own network. Michael Lightweaver Network 2012 Asheville, NC. USA (Network 2012 is an international network dedicated to linking up "light workers" around the world for better communication and cooperation toward positive Planetary Transformation. It's all explained on our website at http://www.n2012.com) ------------------------------------------------ Press Release 2/18/98 "Peace Troubadour" James F. Twyman to meet with Saddam Hussein As part of a diplomatic "last ditch effort" to bring about a peaceful resolution to the crisis in the Gulf, American author, musician, and teacher, James F. Twyman, known as the "Peace Troubadour," is currently on his way to Baghdad, to personally sing the Muslim Peace Prayer and Peace Prayers of many faiths and speak about peace before Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The performance is set for Thursday, February 19, 1998 at 8pm Iraq time (12 noon EST). Twyman was in London, on his way to Dublin and Belfast to perform his Peace Concerts. He was on a major talk radio program in London speaking about peace and singing the prayers when, after the program, someone from the Iraqi Embassy in London called to speak to him. He had several meetings at the Embassy and on Sunday evening met with the Iraqi Ambassador to England and a visa was arranged. He left for Amman, Jordan on Monday and was then taken by government car to Baghdad for the meeting. It is Twyman's fervent desire that people all over the world be inspired to pray for peace at the same time that he is performing the peace prayers for President Saddam Hussein. Through this focused intent, we can make a difference In the summer of 1995, while on a concert and teaching tour of Croatia and Bosnia, Twyman was taken into the mountains along the borders of these two countries. There, he met a mystical group called the Emissaries of Light. Their peace work has been going on for over two thousand years. Their teachings include methods to transform fear into love. The Emissaries spent their days praying for peace in those areas of the world where there was extreme conflict. Through this focused intent, they worked to make a difference in world peace. Twyman became known as the "Peace Troubadour" after composing music for the peace prayers from twelve major religions of the world. He first performed these prayers in the homeland of St. Francis in Italy. "It is when the world seems the furthest away from peace, that it is closest." Says Twyman, in his book The Emissary of Light, written upon his return from war-torn Bosnia and Croatia. "It is time for humanity to accept responsibility for what it has created," quotes Twyman of the Emissaries. "Each one of us has the power to become an emissary of light and make a difference for peace." Twyman states that the Emissaries, taught him that a major shift is happening on our planet and that it is now time for the mystics and the peacemakers among us to come forward to help people awaken to heal themselves and the world. ------------------------------------------------ Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 8:52:05 AM From: lorwin@visuallink.com Subj: Intervention in Iraq - Spiritual Defense Option To: Lightweave@aol.com Subject: "INTERVENTION IN IRAQ - NEW DIPLOMATIC OPTION" Date: Feb. 3,1998 From: Peacemakers International & The Pentagon Meditation Club Contact: Edward Winchester PO Box 2536, Winchester VA 22604 [540] 888-8460 FAX: [540] 888-9182 e-mail: edwin@visuallink.com or: lorwin@visuallink.com For Immediate Press Release: copies sent to White House, Congress and others. [Note: Pentagon Meditation Club (PMC), The Pentagon, Wash. DC (founded1976) for spiritual renewal inside the Pentagon]. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ - SPIRITUAL DEFENSE OPTION USA Today (Friday, January 30, 1998) reported that French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine with Madeleine Albright at his side said, "All options are open on Iraq". How open really is the United States Administration to exploring options for peacemaking with Iraq? After months of political and diplomatic maneuvering, there is still one option that has not been explored. That is, the Spiritual Defense option, an idea pioneered at the Pentagon in the 1980’s. The first test of the Spiritual Defense idea was officially sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Lorton Correctional Facilities in Virginia (1980-1983). Drawing on ideas from Quantum Physics and Unified Field Theory the Spiritual Defense option involved a simulation to demonstrate the use of prayer/meditation to facilitate peacemaking in a hostile environment. Each cell block had the code name of a country in the Mid-East. The demonstration produced impressive results that were reported to the Secretary of Defense by the Government of the District of Columbia. A second project initiated at the Pentagon, which aimed to demonstrate Spiritual Defense (1986 to 1988), culminated with a delegation of Soviets participating in the 1988 Annual National Prayer Breakfast. For the first time in history a dozen Soviets joined with over 400 US military and civilian personnel all praying together for an end to the cold war in the Pentagon’s executive dining room. At that prayer meeting the Soviets presented their proposal for military exchanges. A few months later the Pentagon Meditation Club, which was responsible for the demonstration project, served as facilitator for getting this idea officially adopted by the US Secretary of Defense and the Soviet Minister of Defense. In July 1988 the Pentagon announced a US-USSR Military-to-Military Exchange Program, a major breakthrough in cold war relations between the US and USSR. Now, Sadam Hussein calls for a Jihad, a holy war to end the cold war between Iraq and the United States and its allies. The response from the United States side is unfortunately to prepare for a military confrontation instead of a holy war. United States military personnel are not trained in the art and science of spiritual warfare. Consequently, Spiritual Defense is still an open option for negotiations and peacemaking with Iraq. The Pentagon needs to organize a Spiritual Defense Force For the United States by mustering spiritual warriors for the Jihad declared by Iraq. Before the Defense Department leads another a military charge on Bagdad, and when all else has already failed, try the Spiritual Defense option. Spiritual Defense works! Only God can transform relations between Iraq and the United States. The war option is an unnecessary evil. War will bring evil consequences for everyone concerned. Write: c/o: Edward Winchester Peacemakers International / Pentagon Meditation Club PO Box 2536, Winchester VA 22604 [540] 888-8460 FAX: [540] 888-9182 e-mail: edwin@visuallink.com or: lorwin@visuallink.com ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Michael; I received an e-mail copy of your article entitled "Can We Shift The Energy In The Middle East???". I was happy to know that many others are interested in praying and/or meditating for peace concerning the Middle East troubles. Below you will find an article entitled "Spiritual Defense: White House Under Siege" [one of a no. of articles I will be forwarding to you] written by Edward Winchester who founded the Pentagon Meditation Club (PMC), at The Pentagon, Wash. DC., 22 years ago. A number of these articles have been e-mailed to the White House and to Capital Hill, with no response. We are asking everyone to send these articles to as many friends as they can. Edward Winchester has been an advocate for peace issues and especially for prayer and meditation for the past 22 years. During this time he has been lecturing, researching and taught meditation in The Pentagon, to many Government Agencies, and on Capital Hill, prisons, churches and to the general public. Inside the Pentagon men and women came together to meditate during their lunch hour or on their own time. At one time Edward had 1 1/2 % of 17,000 people doing meditation inside the Pentagon, which was an enormous task. . He introduced the Spiritual Defense Initiative Program to bring spiritual renewal at the Pentagon and to help reduce stress and to be used as a management philosophy for positive decision making and for spiritual and mental and physical transformation etc. Not too many people know that during Persian Gulf War with Iraq, Edward Winchester led a "CALL FOR PRAYER & MEDITATION" which he believed would cause a profound transformation, to help ease tensions and bring about peace in the that Mid East Crisis. Once again Edward Winchester is asking for a world wide "CALL TO PRAYER & MEDITATION" to bring peace and healing not only to Iraq, but more importantly for our own Nation, our leaders and our people. For we cannot hope to heal Iraq and the world unless we begin to heal ourselves. Please join with us in this CALL TO PRAYER & MEDITATION FOR WORLD PEACE. We are mystified as to why most churches are not asking for a "call to prayer". We challenge all ministers and clergy too, to this call for prayer and meditation for a peaceful resolve both with Iraq and our country. Even though Edward Winchester is retired from the Pentagon in Wash. DC., he is still active with the PMC. He recently got permission to put the Pentagon Meditation Club on the internet & the World Wide Web. Edward will be writing articles on meditation (& prayer). He will be discussing the hows and whys of meditation, how meditation causes structural changes in the brain and effects the body and the mind. The latest scientific and medical research. He will talk about how their is no such thing as a good meditation or bad meditation. The history of how meditation came not just from from the East, but also how it came down through Christianity and was lost for a time. And why it was a guarded secret kept in the comfines of the abbeys and monasteries for centuries. And much more! Over the years Edward has found that most people who meditate really don't understand the mechanics of doing the meditation process. So there will be an open forum for questions and answers. We are are excited about this and need all the support (financially and otherwise) and prayers we can get from everyone. We would also like your response and suggestions for the open forum, we hope to put together very soon. Thank You and Many Blessings. Lori Winchester ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Subject: Spiritual Defense: White House Under Siege Date: January 1, 1998 From: Edward Winchester, (Founded the Pentagon Meditation Club, Pentagon, Wash. DC., 22 years ago). Contact Edward Winchester at: Pentagon Meditation Club/Peacemakers International PO Box 2536 Winchester, VA. 22625 edwin@visuallink.com or: lorwin@visuallink.com [540] 888-8460 FAX 540-888-9182 Spiritual Defense: White House Under Siege Citizens throughout the United States are being mobilized to form a Spiritual Defense Force. The strategic objectives for this peacemaking initiative at the outset are to: create a unified force field of love and compassion; provide spiritual nourishment and enlightenment for the Office of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the United States, his family, and White House staff; and a prayer (peace) shield for the protection of the entire country as preparations are made for war with Iraq. The Office of the Secretary of Defense officially chartered the Pentagon Meditation Club (PMC) in 1976. The PMC is a private association of military and civilian personnel who meditate so that all elements of society will be influenced to live in harmony, love, and peace. Through regular daily prayer and meditation members of the Spiritual Defense Force contribute to the transmutation of all manifestations of Evil and Spiritual Darkness that cause suffering and distress to mankind, and which is the ultimate cause of all forms of warfare. The mission of the citizens Spiritual Defense Force is to consciously seek to experience in their daily lives the presence of God, the Author of Life and the Source of Peace. Then participants in the Spiritual Defense Force are better prepared to serve God, their families, their communities, and their country. Edward Winchester founded the Pentagon Meditation Club, at the Pentagon, Wash. DC., 22 years ago. Contact: Edward Winchester Pentagon Meditation Club/Peacemakers International Write to: PO Box 2536 Winchester, VA. 22625 edwin@visuallink.com or: lorwin@visuallink [540] 888-8460 FAX 540-888-9182