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Teachers of Experiential and Adventure Methodology

Northeastern Illinois University, College of Education, Chicago, Illinois

PEACE

Here is information about TEAM's Peace work at NEIU.

Further down this page is a smaterring of
excelent reading material available through TEAM.

Below are links to pictures and events
at TEAM's Peace Circle.

Our Peace Labyrinth is now installed. Please come visit and walk the path. Click here to see pictures.
Our Peace Circle contains the Peace Pole planted as part of our T.E.A.M. 2000 Conference and the Peace Fire has been on campus since February 1996. Click here for pictures of our Peace Circle and Peace Pole.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited our Peace Circle on April 27th, 2004. Click here to see pictures.
Peace Poles are carefully hand-crafted monuments erected the world over as international symbols of peace. The purpose is to spread the message...May Peace Prevail On Earth. To read more about peace poles in an article by Dan Creely, Jr. published in The Ripple Effect click here. To go to Peace Pole Makers, USA click here (www.peacepoles.com).
Our Peace Firewas lit at the 1996 T.E.A.M. Conference. Coal bundles from each Fire have been carried and placed globally to help spread the energies of peace and non-violence. Our Fire is connected to peace Fires that have been burning for over 1000 years.
"May Peace Prevail on Earth"

...is the message of this Peace Pole. The four human languages bearing this message are Aramaic, Esperanto, Tibetan and Hopi. The cultures and ideals these languages represent symbolize the ever-present quest for global harmony.

On one side of the pole we find Aramaic. One of the oldest written languages, Aramaic has been the tongue of many great spiritual and intellectual ideas that have spread throughout the world. Across from Aramaic we find Esperanto, one of the newest languages. Specifically created to improve international communication, Esperanto literally means "hope". Together, these languages symbolize the joining of the old and the new, the past and the future, with the hope of an everlasting peace.

On two other sides of this peace pole we find the Tibetan and Hopi languages. The Hopi and Tibetans have, for centuries, prayed for and promoted peace, believing their ceremonies maintain an important balance and harmony in the world. Together, these two ever-present voices symbolize the collective call for a lasting global peace.

The final two sides of this peace pole represent the irreplacable presence of plants and animals on the Earth. These symbols are here to remind us to look beyond ourselves to find a complete and honorable respect for the importance of all life forms as we work, strive, and play for peace.

May this Peace Pole, planted in the Earth and pointed towards the Sky, help unite the voices of the Rooted Flora and the Wandering Fauna, the Feminine Hopi and the Masculan Tibetan, the Ancient Aramaic and the Youthful Esperanto, in Celebration of the diversity and Interconnectedness of all life.

Excellent reading available here:

Ripple Effect newsletter
Dance of the Starfish (HTML version) or (PDF version, use with Adobe Acrobat Reader, 193kb)
The Path with a Heart (HTML version) or (PDF version, use with Adobe Acrobat Reader, 74kb)
Lessons from the Geese (HTML version) or (PDF version, use with Adobe Acrobat Reader, 87kb)
Journey of a Sacred Fire: The Coal Bundle (HTML version). History of the Coals and a list of some of the places where the coals have traveled. (100 k - Approximately 30 pages.)