From the riotous streets of Burma to a prison cell in Vietnam, from the bombed-out streets of Belfast to the refugee camps of Palestine, Hunt travels across the globe to report from the battlefronts that continue to shape the world. In the end he reveals what it means to remain steadfast to a vision of compassion, to be a leader, and to preserve peace in day-to-day lives.
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From the riotous streets of Burma to a prison cell in Vietnam, from the bombed-out streets of Belfast to the refugee camps of Palestine, Hunt travels across the globe to report from the battlefronts that continue to shape the world. In the end he reveals what it means to remain steadfast to a vision of compassion, to be a leader, and to preserve peace in day-to-day lives.
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If I could personally hand a copy of this book to everyone I've ever known and demand that they read it, I would.
Scott Hunt travels around the world and talks with the peace leaders of several countries that have had horrible internal and external conflicts in recent decades. Some of these ares are not places the US media is in the habit of covering.
He speaks with Aung San Su Kyi from Burma, who has been under house arrest for nearly 20 years. She has an amazing positive outlook and sees her house arrest as just one of the tasks she must do as part of her work. On her peaceful nature and how it is cultivated she stated, "If you are haunted by any kind of fears, then certainly you cannot say you're at peace, even if your surroundings are peaceful."
He talks with the Dalai Lama who reiterates his respect for all religions, "Buddhists do not own the universal truths; we can only offer the results of a very long reflection."
The Isreali peace activist Uri Avnery calls for a change in the perception that , "Those who think there can be peace are called crazy, naive, stupid..."
The Vietnamese peace activist Thich Quang Do discusses with Hunt how western values change a culture, but don't necessarily bring peace. Hunt: "There are karaoke bars, modern discos, many shops; lots of people have motorcycles and drive around looking quite happy." Quang Do: "That is not freedom! That is not real freedom. Freedom is the ability to openly express one's ideals openly without being controlled."
The Costa Rican ex-president Oscar Arias calls for a disarming of the world. He says people who can't envision a world without violence, "abandoned the vision of humanity in which spiritual and ethical considerations are finally elevated above selfish desires."
There are more interviews, and an amazing amount of insight. The one thing that all the interviewees independently agree on is that peace is not the absence of violence. It is an active state of mind that doesn't allow violence to create fear and domination.
