I take the vow. I support this 100%. I will send a link to all my personal friends, as well as display this link on my myspace. Peace, Gary Hickey

I take the vow. Namaste.

Is it possible to take such a vow and follow it without consequence? With out harm to ones self? Or harm to others? Is it violent to protect yourself with deadly force if faced by deadly force? The reason I ask this, is that I am in the beginning stages of a law enforcement career. How dose one take such a vow while walking right into the darkness of society shadow. I will no doubt face violence and I will need to protect myself and others through measures of self defense which can be violent. I felt this calling for very long time. I think it may be my purpose or darma, but I do not know for sure. I don't mean to sound so pessimistic. It's a wonderful thing to aspire to this non violence, however the world and reality I will face will be full of it. If I took such a vow could I do my job without risking my life or others? Can our society exist in peace without Police? If so, ....not where I live.

I think this is very beautiful and i'm fully committed! I think it ties directly into the messages you're conveying at your "Peace Is The Way" online Community located at - http://peaceisthewayglobalcommunity.org/. I've invited all the members and visitors of The Chopra Community online to take this vow. I've posted a link "front and center" for all to see to this invitation. I've also opened the network for public viewing of all pages, i'm not sure why I haven't done this before. sigh! Hugs, Lily S. The Chopra Community http://www.thechopracommunity.org

A Vow I think if our society progressed to the point of being able to live up to the standards of inalienable rights we espouse to possess, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we could not only greatly reduce the violent nature of our society, we could bravely enter the 21st century with a newfound sense of what being free truly means, and how peace on earth may be realized. Sadly, being that we want to have a capitalistic way of life, in that we sell our very time, our very selves, for money, why would it then matter how others spend their time or invest in tomorrow; as long as they are harming not others. But investing money in tomorrow does harm others because that time and resource would be better spent feeding a sister and brother today, just as the very act of selling a love song indicates we are at war with one another (some say freedom is not free, but when even love costs money we are all on the losing side in a zero-sum game); so peace is truly an empty concept in a capitalist society. Nevertheless, decriminalizing activities that are unjustly deemed crimes would go a long way in making our society less violent, freer, and consequently more peaceful. The primary activities of which I speak are

Ulrike Hintz I understand acknowledge your thoughts. I do have responses to them but I will hold them for now. Most people refuse to acknowledge or even talk about the shadows of society. As if it will some how protect them from experiencing them. As I said its a wonderful thing to imagine and aspire to a civilization that is all love and peace. I hope some others will post there opinions on this including Deepak. I noticed the Dalai Lama traveled with his own security team when he came to visit old sunny Miami a few years back. JET

I worked in law enforcement for over 30 years, and find that it would be impossible at this time for me to take such a vow, I have met people who are pure evil, I am sorry to say this so bluntly to such loving careing people, but there are people out there,who need to be dead! I wish it were possible, but someone has to be there to protect the innocents. Bill

Deepak and ALL I love this post. I wish I was at ANH conference. Unfortunately I could not make ti. What a wonderful opportunity to be part of Alliance for a New Humanity VOW.non-violence in my thoughts, in my speech and in my actions. When I read Deepak your post, at first everything went through my heart,mind and body. All of sudden lots of conversation started taking shape in my mind, for several minutes. All of sudden my body started to feel pain, intense pain , I started recalling the unjust situations, hurts from the past with people, with groups who say they are concious, but their actions say otherwise, feelings I have stuffed these last few years, I become overwhelmed with emotions, all of sudden the negative experiences of the past and suffering of these last few years started to flood in my heart and soul I started to read your blog again and again and again. All of sudden I went in a space of quiet, and then a thought came: and another thought!!!! The vow for me, is easy to say in a moment. It is easy to dream in my mind, I BELIEVE , when one takes a vow it is like you say a "sacred commitment " I have to feel it within my CORE first. Deepak when I take something on: I have to make a commitment for life. taking such a vow is easy at the beginning. I have to be commitment for life. I declare and take this VOW I Ashie Shahenool Hirji Nov 7th 6.35 pm CET take a VOW of non-violence in my thoughts, in my speech and in my actions. Deepak you ROCK Love to Arsenio, Ashok and Roberto Savio Mabel, Jorge at the conference. Love and peace Ashie I have an idea and will write when I get some time on the blog.

I would love to take the vow, but would like to know in more detail what it entails. If I use plastic that harms the environment, would that be considered violence? Is it enough to have an intention for non-violence? As someone mentioned below, what about eating meat? I would love further explanation so I can make sure that I can fulfill my commitment or vow. Thank you for initiating such a beautiful intention!

The vow of non-volience and one of peace is a beauiful vow, as I join the wave to do the best that I can where I am at in consciousness at this moment, as I strive to achieve higher states of love. Love, Char

One extreme is every bit as bad as the other. Turning the other cheek to injustice is every bit as wrong as slapping faces because not doing what you can to stop it builds it's power. Turning the other cheek to evil is the moral equivalent of bending over and spreading your cheeks. You comfortable safe people to cowardly, lazy or stupid to fight injustice appropriately are going to someday get what you deserve when the unjust finish taking over the world. In a worst case scenario wouldn't any man in his right mind do what ever he could including violence, to stop his loved ones from being raped and murdered? Were all victims of genetic engineering through religion that's been responsible for breeding the evil greed and jealousy motivated predators that slap faces for thousands of years. The Sodom and Gomorra scam has been used for thousands of years to create the homophobia used to manipulate self betrayal which causes the self loathing necessary for breeding a man who will kill and maim people he don't know or hate for money. It's self betrayal, sexual preference has nothing to do with it although that's what the scam creator's want's you to think. Violence is caused by injustice! The answer to ending injustice is not turning the other cheek or trying to eliminate all the evil people because the very act of trying to, turns you into one of them. The answer is to stop breeding them. It's time to blow away the insanity of the Sodom and Gomorra scam!

RGary, Ah, but you are wrong. Our minds and thoughts are what create our existence. If we have thoughts of peace, peace is created. If we have thoughts of violence, violence is created. It is that simple. It is defeated perspectives like yours and the 'eye for an eye' mentality that is creating our current reality. Violence begets violence. Whatever we put our focus and energy into...GROWS. Therefore, let's put our energy into peace. That is all Deepak is doing. There is a reason Deepak is THE DEEPAK CHOPRA and the President of the Alliance for Humanity...HE GETS IT. This is his life's dedication, and he has been writing about, and studying peace it seems for as long as he could formulate thought. Haven't you noticed that what we've done in the past i,e, war, violence, control, etc, has not helped? If we do what we've always done, we'll get what we've always gotten. Hence the state of our chaotic world. Just try this, and help us build the synergy of peace. Namaste, Krissy

Craig Jones, Ah but Craig, death is a beautiful event so for you to wish that on all the "bad" people in the world, you are actually doing them a favor without realizing it. I understand what you are saying, however, you need to know everything is in Divine Order. We may not understand events, yet we still need to have faith everything is exactly as it should be as there are no mistakes. This is hard for people to grasp, yet it is true. Souls choose certain journeys for their own singular expansion, and also for the whole. This is what advances us as a collective. Without contrast, there isn't growth. Some souls choose to incarnate with Spina Bifida, and some to commit crimes or be victims as well. While this seems unrealistic to some, it is true. We shouldn't judge another's journey as they wrote the script and chose the experience via a sacred contract. Again, it is not up to us to judge, yet we still hold compassionate space with love in our hearts for those who have chosen the harder lessons, because they sacrificed for us and our advancement along with their own. Namaste, Krissy

I took the vow! And my intent is to help have 100 million take the vow as soon as possible!

I just had to post it again for there is no escape. My Beloved Lord Love is the Womb of the Universe All is Born from it It is Fertile Mother Love reveals Life Father Love reveals Truth All from the Womb And to the Womb Ye shall all return Amen