A Book "Review: The 'New Middle East' by Shimon Peres (Part Three)

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Article Title: A Book "Review: The 'New Middle East' by Shimon Peres (Part Three)
Submitted by: Craig Lock
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THE NEW MIDDLE EAST by Shimon Peres with Arye Naor Published in Great Britain by Element Books Ltd 1993
"When you do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
- George Washington Carver (1864-1943)
Submitter's Note:
I am currently reading and researching a fascinating book, 'THE NEW MIDDLE EAST' by former Israeli Prime Minister and current President, Shimon Peres (with Arye Naor), especially in the light of current world events. So am sharing some thoughts and ideas of Mr Peres directly sourced from this book (the first three chapters). In "my little way" I'm sharing in the "spirit of just trying to plant tiny seeds, ideas of hope and peace in a current 'hot-spot' of the world, a tinderbox." Hopefully! Whether you agree with the words of Mr Peres written in 1993 or not, I hope you may find these points and notes as revealing and illuminating as I do in attempting to understand this highly complex and volatile region.
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A BOOK "REVIEW: 'THE NEW MIDDLE EAST' by Shimon Peres (with Arye Nao - Part Three)
"We can begin today by taking the first steps across the bridge of mutual co-operation and understanding among Middle East peoples. The journey ahead will be long, but the way is open. We need brave travellers."
- Shimon Peres, former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
The problems of this region of the world cannot be solved by individual nations, or even on a bilateral or multilateral plane. Regional organization is the key to peace and security and will promote democratization, economic development, national growth and individual prosperity. Establishing peace and security requires a conceptual revolution. Our ultimate goal is a regional community of nations with a common market.
Political stabilty: Introduce a new framework for the region that will provide the potential for economic and social growth, extinguishing the fire of religious extremism and cooling the hot winds of revolution.
Economics:
A higher standard of living is a pre-condition for mitigating the tensions among Middle Easten countries. As long as there is a gap betwen people's expectations and the opportunities within the socio-political system, there will be space for fundamentalism to develop.
Only a practical regional approach can fully exploit the potential for tourism and public communications in this rich area of the world, making the region prosperous for its people. Democratization Democracy is not only a process that guarantees personal and civil freedom, but is also a watchdog for peace, working to dispel the factors that underlie fundamentalist agitation. Ultimately only a democratic system will allow for long-term prosperity and economic growth, as well as national and personal security. There needs to be a predetermined two-phase peace process. Security - the prevention of war and the establishment of a secure, bilateral order - will be the dominant issue in the first, or transitory, phase. The process should be based on a timetable. I've heard it said that a pier is a frustrated bridge. Until now there was an Israeli pier and a Palestinian pier. We intend to build a bridge of time, a bridge of five years, that will connect the two piers and put an end to the frustration. Thus, the main aim of this first phase of the peace process is to decrease friction and eliminate the sources of hostility by establishing mutual trust and a willingness to consider the future. It is a transitory stage - a passage from one step to the next - in a journey with a clear destination. The principal goal is to establish a stable system of good neighborly relations.
Spinoza once said: "Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
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REGIONAL ECONOMICS
The concept of a regional economy involves the step-by-step establishment of a community of nations, much like the European community. However, these European nations did not negate their neighbor's right to exist.
The Middle East today needs courage and forethought, imagination and insight - novel ideas and creative concepts in building a brave new world.
David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of the State of Israel said that all experts are experts on what already was. We need experts on what will be.
In the Middle East we have a common enemy: poverty. And as the 'father of fundamentalism', poverty is a threat to progress, development, freedom and prosperity. And we have so much to gain, if only we know how to bridge the abyss of blood and tears - if we look forward in hope, not back in anger.
We can start by defining the ultimate goal and then work backward, establishing interim goals and allocating the proper tools to reacgh them. Open new horizons for people of the region. Strive for prosperiy, development and human rights.
The key issues are as follows:
1. disarmament
2 water
3 biotechnology
4 transportation and communication
and
5 tourism
Moving from a strategy of military superiority to one of economic cooperation will help us choose the correct path, and future generations will thank us.
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CHAPTER 5.
THE BASIS FOR SECURITY: A NEW WAY OF THINKING
Breaking that psychological barrier is the precondition for success in our quest for peace and prosperity in the Middle East. The two sides must learn to see each other as people to understand each other's desires and doubts, hopes and fears. This is not an easy task; but is essential for harmony and security.
There is no military answer to radical terorism. We live in a world of new problems and old strategies. It is simpler to fight an enemy than solve problems. Moving from a strategy of military superiority to one of economic cooperation will help us choose the correct path, and future generations will thank us!"
The words of Shimon Peres* (in 1993!)
* Shimon Peres is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and once as Acting Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until 2007, when he became President. He is also a former winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 * info from Wikipaedia)
"The peace of the brave is within us; but we are sill reaching."
- Former US President Bill Clinton at the peace signing ceremony between Israeli Prime Minister Yatzhik Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat on the lawn of the White House in 1993.
Sadly, things have got a lot worse in the Middle East since those "hope filled" days of 1993. The "prophecy", the vision, the dream has not come to pass... YET!
Still..
KEEP REACHING, BE BRAVE
Shared by "an arm-chair warrior just writing for peace" *
* or at least a more peaceful world
'just an ordinary person and writer trying to do something' ("rather impulsively and passionately") through the power of words and using the amazing technology of the 'net'.
"Let us not negotiate out of fear, but let us not fear to negotiate."
- John F Kennedy
"There can be no peace without reconciliation and there can be no reconciliation. without justice."
- Corazin Aquino (former Prime Minister of the Phillipines)
"If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness."
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, Twenty-Sixth President of the United States of America from 1901-1909, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
"Wars are poor chisels for carving out a peaceful tomorrow."
- Martin Luther King, Jnr
"Peace is the greatest weapon for development, that any people can have."
- Nelson Mandela
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"Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."
- inspirational words from John F Kennedy on the occasion of his inaugeration as President
"Let each one of us build bridges rather than barriers, openness rather than walls. Let us look at distant horizons together in a spirit of acceptance, helpfulness, co-operation and peace. Let our leaders look at the future with a vision - to see things not as they are, but what they could one day become."
"When people's hearts are filled with love, the world is overflowing with hope"
- craig
"Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tide and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."
- Teilhard De Chardin
About the submitter:
In his various writings, Craig strives to break down social, cultural, religious and economic barriers through trying to plant 'tiny seeds of hope' through sharing ideas and principles. He believes that whilst we should celebrate our differences, what we share is way more important than what divides us.
Craig's new work 'A New Dawn' is set in the Middle East: To attempt to find 'common ground'/principles between different religions and cultures and to try to make some difference in building bridges in an ever more dangerous, tubulent and uncertain world. "A passionate story (and stories) of inspiration: hope, faith, peace and especially love."
Craig is currently writing true stories of life in the Middle East. And as he writes, is posting extracts on his new blog
at craiglock.wordpress.com and
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The various books that Craig "felt inspired to write" are available at www.lulu.com/craiglock and http://www.creativekiwis.com/books.html
"Peacemakers who sow in peace, will heap a harvest of righteousness."
- James 2:18
"The peace of the brave is within reach. We are still reaching."
- Bill Clinton (at the signing of the peace agreement between Israel's Prime Minister, Yatzik Rabin and Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO on the lawn of the White House in 1993)
"Let us reach for the world that ought to be, that spark of the divine, that still stirs within each one of us."
- the words of Barack Obama in accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway

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A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever by Marianne Williamson
An Official Hay House Book Review
By: William Constantine
Typically, I am excited when a new book from Hay House comes for me to review; however, when I received Marianne Williamson's "A Course in Weight Loss", I was less than enthusiastic.
Now, I have all the reason in the world to want to shed a few extra pounds, but the last I checked reading about weight loss didn't drop the pounds. Unless, of course, the rest of the world and myself were totally in the dark about this weight loss miracle - and we were!
After about a week of delaying and deliberately ignoring the lush green hardback on my bookshelf - I picked it up and for the first time actually started reading it. Now, this is entirely unusual for me, as I typically read a few pages on receipt of getting a new book to review out of pure excitement - this book, as I said, was the exception.
Much to my surprise, it wasn't a book about how to loose weight; diet, exercise, etc. Instead, it was a book on how to reprogram your sub-conscious and conscious mind in the area of weight loss. Now, this book had captured my attention.
Like most people, I had tried diet after diet; high carb, low carb, no carb, no sugar, this one or that one but nothing seemed to work.
Why?
Because I hadn't changed the way I thought about food or weight loss. Even as an expert in Consciousness and Awareness field I had no desire to use "reprogramming" techniques when it came to weight loss. Nor, had I thought related the Law of Attraction to weight loss - instead, I just ignored the entire thing all together.
"I'll take a number 6, large, with a Dr. Pepper, please!"
I always tend to order the biggest thing on the menu and as if that wasn't good enough, I made sure it was super-sized.
I have helped countless people transform their lives, but was this the one area that I didn't want to transform for myself? God knows, the Law of Attraction was providing me based on my negative thoughts regarding weight loss and constant complaining about needing to loose weight, but never doing it the exact thing I didn't want - weight gain!
Yeah, by this point, my stomach looked like I was about ready to give birth to a healthy baby. But, in case you didn't notice, I am a man and well that was the furthest thing from the case. In fact, I would joke around and say, "I'm in the running to be the next Santa Clause."
Yet, the truth is, I was very unhappy with my weight and I knew it was unhealthy. I had taken one of those online BMI assessments and it claimed that I was Obese - we all know how unhealthy that was. Yet, my relationship with food was more like a marriage, but in honesty I didn't eat much.
I was, however, over-eating every time I ate - pasta and pizza were my weaknesses.
Within "A Course in Weight Loss", Marianne takes you through a step by step reprogramming and doesn't bash food or you for being over weight. In fact, she encourages you to establish a healthy "love affair" with food - not that difficult as I already had multiple midnight rendezvous.
I don't really want to reveal the science or miracle of the book, but it was definitely life changing for me as I have lost 10 lbs since I started the book. The vast majority of that weight loss was due to my new understanding of the body, mind, spirit connection with the sub-conscious and conscious mind as it relates to weight loss, relationships, etc.
I'm not saying that everyone should rush to the store and buy a copy because anything you attain in life first starts with the desire and vision to do so. You have to be hungry enough to want to change, are you?
I can tell you, I wasn't prior to reading the book. I was perfectly happy moaning about my man-boobs and pregnant stomach, but deep down, I knew I was truly unhappy.
So, I did a life overhaul and combined with Marianne's book and the "Eat this Not That" series (which has no affiliation with Hay House or Marianne) the weight has begun to melt away - mentally, spiritually, and physically.
If you have struggled with weight, diet and exercise and are standing on the edge of giving up and surrendering to food - I recommend that you pick up Marianne's book. I believe it will at least help you understand your relationship with food and may ultimately help you get rid of that spare tire.
Even, if you aren't looking to loose weight - I still suggest you read this book.
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A "Review" of the Book 'Bounce': How Champions are Made (by Matthew Sayed)

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Article Title: A "Review" of the Book 'Bounce': How Champions are Made (by Matthew Sayed)
Shared by: Craig Lock
Category (key words): Books, Bounce, Matthew Sayed. Success, Success Principles, Motivation, Inspiration, Sports Psychology, Sport, Mind, Mind Control, Positive Thinking and Positive Psychology (enough there now, craig!)
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A "REVIEW" OF THE BOOK 'BOUNCE': HOW CHAMPIONS ARE MADE
by Matthew Sayed, a journalist with the Times of London (and published by a division of Harper Collins)
Sayed maintains that It (success) is not about talent. It's about the transformational power of practice - the time and immense effort you put in to develop your skills. There is no short-cut to the very top, to become a champion. Practice is transformative, not only for the body... but in the mind.
The psychologist Ericson was right. To develop the complexity of skills takes many thousands of hours.
However, champions also need opportunity (or rather opportunities). Excellence is the consequence of thousands of hours of practice, but champions need skills to translate under pressure.
Belief in God liberated some champions to play great sport. Eg: "With God (or Allah) on my side, I couldn't lose."
- Muhammad Ali (and British triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards)
In other words, the 'placebo effect' transcends medicine:
"Positive illusion"
Champions also use mental tools, like:
Positive affirmations
and
Positive imagery
In summary...
Relevant and powerful is perceptual awareness (and not better reactions) that makes the difference in performance between elite sports-people... and that these skills are acquired, then developed over many years.
Finally...
Matthew Sayed suggests that BELIEF, rather than ability will determine our level of success. The central fundamental theme of this fascinating and compelling book hinges on a word BELIEF - that excellence depends on many hours of practice, rather than our innate abilities.
A glimmer of hope for me then...
perhaps!
In developing YOUR craft to the fullest with hard work, persistence, patience and especially PRACTICE, discover the champion in YOU!
Shared by Craig Lock
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
- Muhammad Ali
"One person with a dream can accomplish more than 100 others without one. If you have a burning desire, you can accomplish anything. The biographies of great men and women are full of stories of how they did seemingly impossible things because they had a dream."
- author unknown
" Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. "
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
" I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have."
- Abraham Lincoln
STOP. Enough there now, craig. Your "signature" is already longer than your article!
OK, then I'll just add a bit to the article
"He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.
Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become."
- James Allen
"No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you're lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high."
- Harriet Du Autermont
"Together, one mind, one life at a time, let's see how many people we can impact, encourage, empower, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials."
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