Foundational goals
We are building an organization that turns financial resources into spiritual peace as peacefully, effectively and efficiently as possible.
Peace is a powerful yet broad and contested concept. Many have sought to contribute peace to the world. Some have been successful, others have failed. Yet, what is clear is that supporting and funding peace has been historically challenging.
The difficulty of funding
spiritual peace
Right now, if someone wants to invest $1B USD to generate returns, they can easily invest in the S&P or put their money with a wealth advisor who will meticulously invest their assets in an optimal way across various hedge funds and uncorrelated products.
However, If an individual or an organization wants to contribute $1B USD to the cultivation and enhancement of spiritual peace across the globe, we do not believe there is an equivalent vehicle through which such investment can be effectively made.
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A new approach
Our foundation strives to serve as an effective way to deploy capital and resources towards the proliferation of spiritual peace. Via slow but firm incremental steps and engaged in lateral relationships of mutual learning with practicing spiritual peacemakers and those partnering and donating with us, we can begin to develop expertise in how real-world peacemakers and leaders contribute to overcoming local, national and international conflicts. We can learn what contributions are most useful to help them achieve their goals. We can develop efficient and effective ways to measure tangible outcomes stemming from their spiritual peacemaking practice. We can better inform foundation donors and supporters of how their donations directly contribute to a measurable improvement in spiritual peace. And while all the above are ongoing, we can contribute to the funding, infrastructural support, and proliferation of concrete and virtuous spiritual peace practices and activities happening in the here and now across the globe.
Measuring spiritual peace
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Where does peace come from?
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# of narratives, oral histories and fables alive today focused on spiritual peacemaking
# of organizations working for the development of spiritual peace for all
# of resources available that promote interfaith peaceful teachings and practices
# of films and documentaries on peace and compassion created and their audience numbers
# of organizations promoting interfaith peaceful teachings and practices.
# inmates in prisons that have access to spiritual teachers.
# of patients and caregivers in hospice care centers with access to regular spiritual peace teachings
# of individuals in refugee camps with access to spiritual peace teachings
# of adults in impoverished neighborhoods with access to regular spiritual teachings and workshops that focus on peaceful daily practices
# of events that develop and promote interfaith spiritual peace teachings
# of peace activists and NGO workers that have access to spiritual teachers and spiritual peace training
How can we as individuals influence the collective consciousness of our nations and move in the direction of peace? We do this by uprooting the roots of violence and war within ourselves. To prevent war, we cultivate nonviolence. We practice mindfulness in our daily life so that we can recognize and transform the poisons within us and our nation. When we practice nonviolence in our daily life, we see the positive effects on our families, society and government.
THICH NHAT HANH