We are all One
The blessing below was written by Pierre at the request of Humanity’s Team for Global Oneness Day 2016. Nine years later, amidst the crises and chaos existing in many parts of the globe, it is ever more important and urgent for all of us to communicate and...
When Life listens to our inner truth
Have you ever noticed that Life listens to us, but not always in the way we expect? It perceives what’s behind our words, our intentions and even our actions. It’s not what we say on the surface that she hears; it’s the energy and deep beliefs that...
Transforming Old Cement Bags into Solar-Charging Backpacks to Help Children Read at Night!
A local entrepreneur in Tanzania is clearing two hurdles in one leap by transforming old cement bags into backpacks that include a small solar panel to power a reading light. By clearing municipal waste and helping rural children study after dark, the bags won the...
Between the Notes: The Gift of Silence and Stillness
Sheryl Chard, Grateful Living Silence and its close ally stillness are paradoxical sources of life, beauty, and vibrancy. Br. David Steindl-Rast describes silence as something “not only as perceived by the ears, but also a quietness of the heart, a lucid stillness...
Accepting myself completely
The March blog is a translation of a text written by Pierre which he used to share with participants in some of his personal development workshops. As of today, I’ve decided to start/continue with the process of accepting myself totally, as I am, with no...
Our Cosmic Context
In her book Race and the Cosmos, Dr. Barbara Holmes expands the quest for justice and liberation to a cosmic level. Excerpted from https://cac.org/daily-meditations/our-cosmic-context/ Any community that we construct on Earth will be only a small model of a...
Historic Edinburgh Airport Runway Site to Become Vibrant Community With 3,000 Homes
For 102 years, an airport runway in Scotland witnessed the likes of The Beatles, Marlene Dietrich, and a slew of British Supermarine Spitfires touching down on its tarmac. But the airstrip, which began as just a humble line of grass, retired in 2018, and the plot of...
Accepting an invitation
You were not randomly chosen or forced in any way to show up on the planet in this form. It was not an accident, nor was it good or bad luck, or chance. It was an invitation from Grace. And guess what? You said, “I’m in!” You came here to learn as much as you were...
Love – the supreme authority
This blog is an excerpt from Pierre’s book Apprendre à s’aimer Available only in French, our translation “To love is to desire the true good for others and for oneself”. There is a reality in the universe that constitutes the ultimate Reality, a law that nullifies all...
Building Bridges for Radical Belonging
Rev. Ben McBride encourages us to listen to our hearts as well as those of our neighbors to build bridges and live out our belonging to one another: You don’t have to have anything to get started, really: just a will, which I believe is already within you, and a way....
Bees, a solution to the conflict between elephants and humans
Elephants regularly trample crops and pastures on their migration routes. In Kenya, a nine-year study has shown that fences fitted with beehives are a very effective way of keeping the pachyderms at bay; they also enable honey to be harvested, providing an additional...
Change Through Relationship
In this interview for the Daily Meditations, Sikh activist and author Valarie Kaur places love at the center of our ability to bring about wholeness in a divided world: What does it mean to return to a kind of wholeness where the way that we love informs what we do in...Why send love to dictators or leaders whose policies we disapprove of?
Luc Bodin, who shared Pierre’s blessing for politicians on his site https://bit.ly/49IE2Kj has a very good answer to the question below Q. Why send love to dictators or leaders whose policies we disapprove of? If we send them negative thoughts , we lower their...
A Letter of Gratitude to Pierre Pradervand
The January guest blog is in the form of a letter written by Mary Davis from Every Day Spirit. Learn more at everydayspirit.net. Dearest Pierre, Although you left our world on July 26, 2024, your love lives on through the countless souls who were graced by your...
The Art of Loving
By Pierre Malotiaux, Le Murmure du Coeur Love, as I feel it in the depths of my being, surpasses any definition one might try to assign to it. It is an infinite energy, a sacred breath that permeates every moment, every heartbeat, every movement of life. True,...
A look at the Rise of Nature Prescriptions
“It was a naturopathic doctor (ND) who handed me my first PaRx—a park prescription, sometimes called a ParkRx or NatureRx. I had exhausted all the treatment options with my family doctor and had turned to alternative medicine for answers. In addition to several...
Invisible blessings
Nicole Charest To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate the law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy....
A Blessing for Political Leaders
Hatsat Abiola, a Nigerian activist, says to us: “Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and be fully confident that if we connect light to light to light and join the lights together of the one billion young people in our world today, we will...
Tribute from Roger McGowen
This tribute to Pierre is a letter Roger McGowen wrote to Meena Compagnon Goll, which she shared on the evening of October 31st in Geneva. Yes, Pierre was very special to me, in ways that can never be explained. He took a young man sitting on death row without hope...
Doing Good
Whenever the opportunity arises to do something good for others, do not hesitate, do it. Tell yourself, “I want to make myself useful. I want to help those in need and in pain, and never mind if there is nothing in it for me and I am not rewarded for my efforts” And,...
The Growing Movement to Embrace Aging
May I drop the hectic and impossible challenge of keeping up with the Jones’, the latest news, the latest book “I just must read,” and the latest fashion of this or that. May they just fall by their own weight, and may I stand, in the simple elegance of one who has...
Imagine Something Better
Author Sarah Bessey names the need to be “for” something good, not merely “against” what is wrong: Imagining and contending for what you hope for in this world is one of the hardest and kindest paths I’ve discovered out here. In the midst of all this, don’t forget to...
Raising World Consciousness
Note: In recent years Pierre very often spoke and wrote about the great and urgent need to raise the level of individual and collective consciousness if we are to effectively handle/heal the many crises that plague our material world. The blessing below, from 365...
Expanding Our Images of God
Author Shannon K. Evans finds in Julian of Norwich a model for how to expand our images of God: To Julian of Norwich, feminine depictions of God were not radical, subversive, or rebellious. They were obvious, inevitable, and clear. She didn’t feel the need to defend...
The Angel of Nanjing
Mr. Chen Si, known as the Angel of Nanjing, has volunteered to patrol the Yangtze Bridge every day, and over a 21-year career, he has saved 469 people from committing suicide. One of the most famous bridges in the country, it is also the world’s most popular location...
Excerpt from “Keep Going or The Art of Perseverance”
Joseph Marshall III, Lakota writer, historian, teacher. “A young man asked his grandfather why life had to be so difficult sometimes. This is the old man’s reply. “Grandfather says this: ‘In life there is sadness as well as joy, losing as well...
Let Your Light Shine: The Path to Collective Healing and Love
Things are not always as they seem. And in our life, we may have the tendency to jump to conclusions or go by appearances. Yet, many truths are hidden and need to be revealed. Our inner guidance needs to be attuned to as it is not always obvious. Yet when we are open...
Charity creates 50 community orchards in city
Louise Brierley, BBC Midlands Today Community orchards are returning to Birmingham, with the aim of teaching people how to grow their own food and be part of the solution to climate change. They are being set up by the Fruit and Nut Village charity which started in...
To those I love and those who love me
When I’m gone, let me go!Let me go.For I have so much to do and see!Don’t cry when you think of me!Be grateful for the beautiful yearsDuring which I gave you my love!You can only guessThe happiness you’ve brought me!I thank you for the love everyone...
To Be In Awe – WISDOM from a 96 year old
What gives you a sense of awe? You might imagine standing on a wide-open plain with a storm approaching, or holding the tiny finger of a newborn baby. That word, awe – the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your understanding of...
Our life is like a river
Pierre’s final blog shares thoughts from his book Et ainsi coule la riviere (and thus flows the river) published in French in 2022. “It’s the positive energy we put into the events of our lives that ensures that, like the meandering river, we always...
The Power of Blessing with Anna Anderson
A message from Anna Anderson “I have decided to publish Pierre’s interview The Power of Blessing in Memoriam to honour and celebrate his life and his amazing work.It’s a combined two original parts, edited and remastered into one episode.” The description...
Mending the World
CAC teacher Mirabai Starr writes of Judaism’s affirmation of tikkun olam—human participation in the world’s restoration: There is a kabbalistic story in which the boundless, formless, unified Holy One wished to know its Holy Self, and so it contracted and poured...
Why Boston’s Wealthy Back Bay Said Yes, In Our Backyard
In a compelling tale of unity, Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood turns the tables on the NIMBY (“Not In My Back Yard”) phenomenon, welcoming a unique housing solution that offers much more than a roof over heads. The 140 Clarendon project, a retrofitted...
We are Here to Love
We are here to love and not to hate,To seek the paths of peace, not war,To forgive and not to avenge,To learn deep life lessonsFrom each other. We are here to learn the laws of Love,The laws of Wisdom,The laws of Truth,The laws of Justice,The laws of Goodness,The laws...
The Power of Right Thinking
Today I am going to share with you a story which shows the power of right thinking, e.g., blessing. When he was in his early twenties, my friend Mark decided to undertake a trip around the planet. At one moment, he ended up in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand. Each...
I choose joy over judgment, creativity over slumbering in the mundane, and kindness over criticism
by Mara Branscombe* Comment from Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com: The greatest gift we have received is the gift of choice, or what is also known as free will. We can choose to be kind, or not. We can choose to be loving, or not. It’s always our...
Five Grenoble (France) students to build a recycling center at the foot of Mount Everest in Nepal
Students at engineering or architecture schools, they are completing the plans for a project called “Tri-Haut pour l’Everest”. The aim: to build a recycling center at the foot of Mount Everest and help local populations combat the pollution caused by...
The Beauty of Service: How Serving the World Elevates Our Spiritual Experience
“We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll We are sharing below excerpts from a recent blog by Steve Farrell, executive director, Humanity’s Team. You will find a link to his full inspiring article (with a link to a free related webinar) at the...Thoughts to ponder
