Mandy Kahn’s PEACE CLASS (free, 9/23)

FREE from The Philosophical Research Society

This free online gathering serves to build personal and collective peace with PRS Artist in Residence Mandy Kahn.

ABOUT
It’s time to talk about peace — not as the opposite of war but as a universal power source that any individual can plug in to for free. Peace is an energy that flows and can be used to build peace in the individual experience and by extension in the collective experience.

It is not the opposite of war: Peace is a state where war cannot exist. The nonexistence of war in the experience of peace is simply one small aspect; war is simply one of many things that cannot exist there.

To focus on what is not present in the state of peace is to fail to focus on what is present and how what’s present can be used. This distraction keeps us from understanding the nature of peace and from using it to build a world that is continuously peaceful — a world in which it is remembered that all plants and bodies of water are holy, a world in which all are perfectly free and, by way of that freedom, are themselves, who by way of such selfhood are creative.

That is available to us, and it’s available for free. The free energy source of peace cannot be bought or commodified. It can only remain free. And it can only be used in one way: to build a peaceful world — such a world as is our birthright.

 

Mandy Kahn is the author of two poetry collections. Her work is included in The Best American Poetry anthology series and she is the subject of the forthcoming documentary Peace Piece: The Immersive Poems of Mandy Kahn. Kahn presented a program of peace-building interactive poems at the Getty Museum in 2019; she hosts a live event series at the Philosophical Research Society called I LIKE PEACE.

Drop in for a class, or come for the full series. No need to attend the first meeting; drop in at any point. Eventbrite

TIPS:

• Chrome works best for this platform - if there are any delays in the connection please try using Chrome.
• When you enter the event you may be asked if livewebinar can access your microphone and camera. In order to participate in the event please select OK. You will have an option to turn off your audio and/or camera during the event at any time.
• Please have writing materials on hand.