Have you ever wanted to change the world but had no idea where to start?
Well a new international peace organisation for young people has just the answer.
LKPY: Loving Kindness Peaceful Youth is a non-religious, non-profit, charity organization that focuses on the natural goodness within all of us. It aims to create a space for young people to engage in developing peace for themselves, their communities, and the world as a whole.
The concept is simple. LKPY believes that peace isn’t just the absence of war...
They believe that peace lies naturally within us all and is our primary reason for existence...
As there Director, Shyla Bauer explains “LKPY is not about protesting wars, demanding weapon restrictions, creating borders and separation, making demands on politicians, going into war zones, or standing in front of tanks... Its simpler, its starts with you and me... and that’s why it can work!”
LKPY believes peace is about focusing on the positives not the negatives, and through cultivating the organic goodness within ourselves we can reduce the space for the weeds to grow. They do this with simple practices of breathing, slowing down, stretching, communicating and taking the time and space to regularly nourish our mind and body and from this space of feeling better and clearer within ourselves we can then best begin to help others.
The concept is simple enough, but how will it change the world?
LKPY believes peace is a constantly growing process: starting through ourselves and then emanating outwards to our families, neighbours and friends, to our community and our environment. They encourage peaceful communication through recognising similarities while celebrating our differences. They facilitate this through open discussions, through listening to inspiring people who have done amazing things, through learning about our environment and through volunteering, through getting up and getting out there, for doing what needs to be done to really benefit others.
We all want to make a difference. We all want to be happy. And we all what peace... LKPY just nourishes what is already within you and me!
