Love in Action


The September 11 incident in the United States was a traumatic nightmare without warning for countless people around the world. As panic, fear, and helplessness gripped large numbers of people, initiates at various centers worldwide had already launched a love and relief activity based on Master's instructions. (For more details, please see issue No. 126.) For example, far from the United States on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, European initiates demonstrated their heartfelt love and profound concern by holding frequent group meditation and prayer sessions. Brief reports on the actions of love and relief by selected European Centers are given below.

 

Prague, the Czech Republic
Prague initiates met for group meditation three times instead of once a week. Initiates were asked to pray for world peace and spend more time meditating at home in order to elevate the positive energy on our planet.

Vienna, Austria
Upon receiving Master's message, Austrian initiates held several prayer-meditation sessions as well as a three-day retreat in hopes of uniting spiritual forces for the early realization of world peace.

Sofia, Bulgaria
Local initiates held a prayer-meditation session and increased the frequency of group meditation sessions, which began with a sincere, silent prayer for greater understanding among all people through peaceful means. The initiates plan to hold a retreat during the last weekend of each month.

Lodz, Poland
The Poland Center immediately notified all local initiates of Master's instructions upon receiving them. Group meditation sessions began with a prayer for global peace as well as love, wisdom, and mutual assistance and cooperation among all people, so that humankind will be free from fear, war, and other forms of violence.

Germany
In response to Master's instructions, initiates of the Munich Center gathered for four daily sessions of group-prayer and meditation on September 13-23. The Berlin Center held a one and a half day retreat in Uelzen, attracting initiates from across the country. The Hamburg Center organized a two-day retreat to pray for the victims of the US disaster, while the Dusseldorf Center held a two-day retreat on September 22-23, with a longer meditation session on Saturday. The initiates hoped that humankind could enhance mutual understanding in peaceful ways.

Dublin, Ireland

On receiving Master's message, the Dublin Center immediately passed the information on to all local initiates asking them to join in group meditation. Sessions were arranged for Wednesday and Sunday to pray for global peace and the 9-11 disaster victims.

Brussels, Belgium
Belgian initiates arranged an extra group meditation day on Sunday, September 16. It was exceptionally quiet that day and even the neighboring residents seemed to be affected by the quietude. At noon, initiates discussed Master's message and shared thoughts about the event. They also decided to hold an additional 'retreat day' monthly and to remit monetary contributions to the US to help the victims.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Local initiates held a two-day retreat during the September 29-30 weekend to pray for those who lost their lives in New York, Arlington, Virginia and Pennsylvania, and also for peace in the world.

Helsinki, Finland
Initiates in Finland met for group meditation on Sunday to pray for world peace.

Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenian initiates gathered several times for out-of-schedule group meditation sessions dedicated to world peace and social harmony.

Love in Action

* Merciful Master Extends Her Sympathy to Afghani Refugees
by Contributing US$100,000 for Their Relief
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Brotherly Love from Europe

* True Love Dispels Suffering
* Master's Gifts of Love
* Expenditures for the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association's "911 Disaster" Relief Efforts
* Expenditures for Various Activities in Formosa from July to August 2001
* Expenditures for Relief Activities for Typhoon Nari Victims in Formosa

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