My address to the peacemakers of Eldoret


  1. Our Kenyan leaders of the Pyramid of Peace are visiting Eldoret: Kennedy Owino [phone stolen] http://www.nafsiafrica.org, Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 http://www.peace-caravan.org, David Mutua +254 720 462 559. There will be a large peace meeting including the Catholic Bishop Cornelius Korir of Eldoret who gave refugee to 10,000 people. Special thanks to Kenneth Chelimo +254 722 809 690 and Wesley Chirchir Chebii +254 722 992 107 for organizing the meeting. There will even be a six foot pyramid of peace made of wood. See also Kenneth's reports:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2347
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2370
    I wrote the following address for them if they might like to use it. My greetings to all! Andrius
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    Children of God,

    Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

    You are children of God, for you do as God does. God is Creator, and you are co-creators. Make peace among us, the peace God makes in each of us, the day of rest within our hearts. I share with you my vision of peace. I ask you for your vision of peace, and also, your vision of justice.

    I call myself the Commander-in-Chief of the Pyramid of Peace. I am alone, far away, and I think of you. I was a child and I thought of you. I will grow old and remember you. I am the child of good fortune. I understood that my gifts and talents are not mine, but given to me, not for my sake, but to serve all. I take complete responsibility to love you that you might remake our world. As much as you wish, I command you to love your enemy, to take care of yourselves and your friends, and to be at peace. Love is a command of the Pyramid of Peace.

    I was alone, just as God is alone, just as you are alone, thinking my own thoughts. I thought, let us love those who are alone. Let us love the independent thinker. And so for ten years we have gathered in the Internet, in an Orchard of Thoughts, which is Minciu Sodas in my language, Lithuanian. We ask ourselves, What is your deepest value in all of your life? What is a question that you don't know the answer to, but wish to answer? What would you like to achieve? We share our thoughts freely, we do some work without pay, we openly grow in spirit, and so we know that we are true.

    Many of us are in Kenya. When the troubles began, we helped each other, and others as well, with enormous creativity. Dennis Kimambo and the community theater Repacted brought tribes together with peace meetings. Rachel Wambui Kungu of Peace Caravan led a peace mission on motorbikes and the youth opened the roads. Kennedy Owino and the Nafsi Afrika Acrobats built human pyramids made of acrobats from different tribes who embraced each other. The human pyramid is the image of our Pyramid of Peace.

    We knew that there could be genocide and we saw that we could stop it. We shared our money and our Kenyan leaders purchased cellphone airtime and sent that out to those who were alone, and isolated, and vulnerable, and stranded, and afraid. We asked them, Love our enemy, and we reached out to embrace those who want us to be alone, who want us to be isolated, who want us to be vulnerable, who want us to be stranded, who want us to be afraid, and we told them We love you and be one with us. We know that they are one with us because they let us post their telephone numbers so that all might love them. We call this our Pyramid of Peace.

    Peacemakers! We love you, even if you are alone. Take initiative. Share your creativity. Ask us and we must support you. We are building a Pyramid of Peace for all of our dreams.

    Do you know the story how our ancestors came together to build a tower from the earth to the heavens? As they built, the tower grew so large that the builders no longer understood each other, and that is why we have the many tribes.

    I think that we will understand each other when we build from the heavens down to the earth. I was told, What you believe is what happens. And I believe. Let us start with God, the one who is alone, the one who knows us all, the one who dreams even when we do not dream, and let us welcome God so that he walks among us, as if we are children. God is the top of the Pyramid of Peace.
    * Let us then take a step down to earth and add ourselves as the people who are alone, the independent thinkers, just as God is. Let us know ourselves, what is the deepest value in our heart, and we will shine like the stars in the sky, which see the whole sky, but each from its own place, and asking questions of each other, heart to heart. There is no shortage of land in the sky!
    * And then let us take a second step down and find each other in every village, and every neighborhood, in twos and threes and more, and say, we can live as a peace village. Let us learn from each other the beauty of our souls, and how we can share that with others with technology, and how we can bond with others through our work together, but especially to include all the people.
    * And then a third step down to earth, let us send those who truly wish to learn so they might go from village to village with their questions, and learn the wisdom of the independent thinkers, and bring forth a university for self-learning.
    * And then a fourth step down, let us come together as we do today, and hold festivals that transform our surroundings, so that even the greatest skeptic can say, I have seen and I believe that a new world is here to stay.
    * And then a fifth step down to earth, let us be stewards for every matter, every concern, so that those who care are those who come together to work in the associations.
    * And with a sixth and final step we might reach the earth, and every tribe, every nation, every culture, every language will help us understand how to unravel our conflicts and share our world and enjoy as we share.
    * Then finally, on this earth, in the peace of all who are alone, we may be one in justice, in a kingdom of heaven, where what we believe is what happens.

    I was a child, I am a fool, and the kingdom of heaven will be ours to share. You may know better. So, please, do better. I ask you, work for peace with your neighbors of all kinds. Share your thoughts. Learn how to use technology. Give work to the idle. Show us your leadership. I give you the authority I have and the authority I share.

    Let us do what we can now. I myself expect that in two or three weeks Kenyans will suffer again from the violence of an enemy who wishes to incite genocide. I command us, Love your enemy. How can we do this? Here is what I have learned engaging gangs in Chicago. Always look at everything from their point of view. What does this mean? Be straightforward. Be thorough, step-by-step. Be vulnerable. Let them win. Let them teach you. Stick to your principles. Have something to share. Practice this as I have, with one angry youth, and two and three and five and twenty. My plan is that we will prepare now and on the day of violence we will surprise our enemy with our love.

    You have surprised me with your love. Your creativity is greater than Eldoret, greater than Kenya, greater than our world. You are creating peace. I ask you to include us all in your peace.

    Andrius

    Andrius Kulikauskas
    Commander-in-Chief
    Pyramid of Peace
    http://www.pyramidofpeace.net
    ms@ms.lt
    +370 699 30003
    Vilnius, Lithuania



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