Peace event for John Lennon - by Yoko Ono February 2003
The following piece, authored by Yoko Ono and dated February 2003, I have copied from AIU website for future reference and as a note to myself to write a post marking the date of John Lennon's birthday.
Here is the Peace event for John Lennon by Yoko Ono in February 2003:
This is a call for all countries and their people who wish for World Peace. You, the carrier of good tidings, be proud, swift and wise. By being in peace, you are already part of the peaceful world.
A: VIP (Visit In Peace) Event
Visit:
Visit the Middle East.
Visit Asia.
Visit Africa.
Visit countries in the Southern Hemisphere.
Visit countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Take:
Take photos of your friends who wish to make the trip but cannot.
Take music and/or an instrument from your country.
Take one thing you wear often and give it to somebody you meet there.
What you give could be
As small as a handkerchief.
As useful as a T-shirt.
As pretty as a necklace.
Watch:
a) Watch the sunrise and compare it with the ones at home.
b) Watch the sunset and compare it with the ones at home.
c) Watch the moonlight and compare it with the ones at home.
Stay:
a) Stay until you find a friend to talk to.
b) Stay until you start to appreciate the country.
c) Stay until you start to feel love for their children.
Wish:
Make a wish and hold it in your heart.
Deliver a wish and see it unfold.
Send a wish and ask it to be shared.
Bring:
Bring back something you bought there.
Bring back memories.
Bring back a smile.
B: HIP (Home In Peace) Event
For those who cannot make the trip:
Visit:
In your mind
In your heart
In your dream
Pen pal:
Make pen pals in countries you've never been to.
Ask your friends to do the same.
Make pen pals in troubled countries.
Ask your friends to do the same.
Make pen pals with people of different religion and beliefs from you.
Ask your friends to do the same.
Map:
Pin a world map on your wall.
Start putting flags on the countries you have pen pals in.
Take a photo of your map every month to record the increase of the numbers of
flags.
Imagine:
Imagine all the people holding hands.
Imagine all the people hugging each other.
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
Listen:
Listen to the heartbeat:
a) your own
b) your mate's
c) your child's
Listen to people.
Listen to animals.
Listen to the planet.
Listen to the Universe.
Listen to the Earth turning.
C: DIP (Dance In Peace) Event
When you are feeling bad
Do one thing a day
To make your heart dance.
It could be a simple thing like looking up at the sky.
If you can't manage even that
Do something for somebody
To make his/her heart dance.
It could be a simple thing like giving a call.
Do this for awhile and
Your life will change in a big way.
One day we'll all dance together.
Alright? y.o.
Note: send the Peace Event to your friends. To be part of the Peace Event record, send your experience to: IK (Instant Karma)
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John Lennon killer denied parole
Below is a copy of a 6 October, 2004, BBC report on the latest regarding the John Lennon's killer. I remember the heart ache I felt on December 8, 1980, like it was yesterday.
Yoko Ono and the Lennon family are serving a life sentence imposed by Chapman. There is nowhere on earth they can go for a reprieve, for parole, for a rest to forget. They are reminded every day of the wicked ways of the world.
Chapman shot John Lennon in the back in cold blood for no other reason but to gain notoriety. IMHO Chapman ought to spend the rest of his life in quiet reflection and contemplation.
He is 45 years old and has served less than 25 years. If he was freed and able to start afresh, there would be great media interest. It would fuel his notoriety and he would gain financially which in effect would allow him to cause even more suffering to the Lennon family. Just the thought of him being alive and not being behind bars is unthinkable. Everyone connected with the Lennon family must be protected from any more suffering and grief. For this reason, Chapman should serve the rest of his days behind bars.
If Chapman was ever released, someone would find him and do terrible things to him. The Lennon family must be protected from further grief over John Lennon's at all costs. I regret having to even mention Chapman's name here - giving oxygen to his desire for notoriety. Next time I won't have to mention his name - I can just point to this post. Here is a copy of the BBC report:
John Lennon's killer, Mark Chapman, will stay in prison after a parole board in New York refused his release.
The board said Tuesday's decision was based on the "extreme malicious intent" Chapman had shown in shooting the former Beatle in Manhattan in 1980.
It is the third time Chapman, 49, has tried and failed to secure his freedom.
The board told Chapman he had "a clear lack of respect for life" and subjected Lennon's widow Yoko Ono to "monumental suffering by her witnessing the crime".
The decision to keep him behind bars was based on an interview, a review of records and deliberation, the board said.
"During the interview, your statements for motivation acknowledges the attention you felt this murder would generate," they told him.
"Although proven true, such rationale is bizarre and morally corrupt."
The statement said Chapman's "positive disciplinary record" in jail was taken into account.
But it added: "To release you on parole at this time would significantly undermine respect for the law."
His previous applications for parole - in 2000, when he first became eligible after serving 20 years, and in 2002 - were also turned down.
Ono wrote to the board opposing the release, saying Chapman remained a threat to her and Lennon's sons, Sean and Julian.
She said Chapman's release would "bring back the nightmare, the chaos and the confusion once again".
Ono was with the musician when he was assassinated outside their apartment in the Dakota Building, New York on 8 December 1980.
Lennon had signed a copy of his Double Fantasy LP for Chapman earlier that day, before leaving for a recording studio - but the killer struck on the star's return home.
Chapman claimed voices in his head urged him to shoot, and he fired into Lennon's back.
He has said: "I felt like nothing, and I felt if I shot him I would become something - which is not true at all."
Chapman claimed his mental instabilities had cleared within seven or eight years of killing the musician.
Throughout his sentence, Chapman has been held at a separate facility in a maximum security prison in Attica, in New York state.
He further enraged Lennon fans in 2000, when he said he thought the musician would want him to be free.
"I think he would be liberal, I think he would care," he said.
Before Tuesday's decision, John Lennon's sister, Julia Baird, also spoke out against Chapman's release - but said she had not been consulted by the parole board.
She said she had no doubt that "somebody will try to kill him" if he was released.
Yoko Ono was with Lennon when he was shot outside their home.
Here is the Peace event for John Lennon by Yoko Ono in February 2003:
This is a call for all countries and their people who wish for World Peace. You, the carrier of good tidings, be proud, swift and wise. By being in peace, you are already part of the peaceful world.
A: VIP (Visit In Peace) Event
Visit:
Visit the Middle East.
Visit Asia.
Visit Africa.
Visit countries in the Southern Hemisphere.
Visit countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Take:
Take photos of your friends who wish to make the trip but cannot.
Take music and/or an instrument from your country.
Take one thing you wear often and give it to somebody you meet there.
What you give could be
As small as a handkerchief.
As useful as a T-shirt.
As pretty as a necklace.
Watch:
a) Watch the sunrise and compare it with the ones at home.
b) Watch the sunset and compare it with the ones at home.
c) Watch the moonlight and compare it with the ones at home.
Stay:
a) Stay until you find a friend to talk to.
b) Stay until you start to appreciate the country.
c) Stay until you start to feel love for their children.
Wish:
Make a wish and hold it in your heart.
Deliver a wish and see it unfold.
Send a wish and ask it to be shared.
Bring:
Bring back something you bought there.
Bring back memories.
Bring back a smile.
B: HIP (Home In Peace) Event
For those who cannot make the trip:
Visit:
In your mind
In your heart
In your dream
Pen pal:
Make pen pals in countries you've never been to.
Ask your friends to do the same.
Make pen pals in troubled countries.
Ask your friends to do the same.
Make pen pals with people of different religion and beliefs from you.
Ask your friends to do the same.
Map:
Pin a world map on your wall.
Start putting flags on the countries you have pen pals in.
Take a photo of your map every month to record the increase of the numbers of
flags.
Imagine:
Imagine all the people holding hands.
Imagine all the people hugging each other.
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
Listen:
Listen to the heartbeat:
a) your own
b) your mate's
c) your child's
Listen to people.
Listen to animals.
Listen to the planet.
Listen to the Universe.
Listen to the Earth turning.
C: DIP (Dance In Peace) Event
When you are feeling bad
Do one thing a day
To make your heart dance.
It could be a simple thing like looking up at the sky.
If you can't manage even that
Do something for somebody
To make his/her heart dance.
It could be a simple thing like giving a call.
Do this for awhile and
Your life will change in a big way.
One day we'll all dance together.
Alright? y.o.
Note: send the Peace Event to your friends. To be part of the Peace Event record, send your experience to: IK (Instant Karma)
- - -
John Lennon killer denied parole
Below is a copy of a 6 October, 2004, BBC report on the latest regarding the John Lennon's killer. I remember the heart ache I felt on December 8, 1980, like it was yesterday.
Yoko Ono and the Lennon family are serving a life sentence imposed by Chapman. There is nowhere on earth they can go for a reprieve, for parole, for a rest to forget. They are reminded every day of the wicked ways of the world.
Chapman shot John Lennon in the back in cold blood for no other reason but to gain notoriety. IMHO Chapman ought to spend the rest of his life in quiet reflection and contemplation.
He is 45 years old and has served less than 25 years. If he was freed and able to start afresh, there would be great media interest. It would fuel his notoriety and he would gain financially which in effect would allow him to cause even more suffering to the Lennon family. Just the thought of him being alive and not being behind bars is unthinkable. Everyone connected with the Lennon family must be protected from any more suffering and grief. For this reason, Chapman should serve the rest of his days behind bars.
If Chapman was ever released, someone would find him and do terrible things to him. The Lennon family must be protected from further grief over John Lennon's at all costs. I regret having to even mention Chapman's name here - giving oxygen to his desire for notoriety. Next time I won't have to mention his name - I can just point to this post. Here is a copy of the BBC report:
John Lennon's killer, Mark Chapman, will stay in prison after a parole board in New York refused his release.
The board said Tuesday's decision was based on the "extreme malicious intent" Chapman had shown in shooting the former Beatle in Manhattan in 1980.
It is the third time Chapman, 49, has tried and failed to secure his freedom.
The board told Chapman he had "a clear lack of respect for life" and subjected Lennon's widow Yoko Ono to "monumental suffering by her witnessing the crime".
The decision to keep him behind bars was based on an interview, a review of records and deliberation, the board said.
"During the interview, your statements for motivation acknowledges the attention you felt this murder would generate," they told him.
"Although proven true, such rationale is bizarre and morally corrupt."
The statement said Chapman's "positive disciplinary record" in jail was taken into account.
But it added: "To release you on parole at this time would significantly undermine respect for the law."
His previous applications for parole - in 2000, when he first became eligible after serving 20 years, and in 2002 - were also turned down.
Ono wrote to the board opposing the release, saying Chapman remained a threat to her and Lennon's sons, Sean and Julian.
She said Chapman's release would "bring back the nightmare, the chaos and the confusion once again".
Ono was with the musician when he was assassinated outside their apartment in the Dakota Building, New York on 8 December 1980.
Lennon had signed a copy of his Double Fantasy LP for Chapman earlier that day, before leaving for a recording studio - but the killer struck on the star's return home.
Chapman claimed voices in his head urged him to shoot, and he fired into Lennon's back.
He has said: "I felt like nothing, and I felt if I shot him I would become something - which is not true at all."
Chapman claimed his mental instabilities had cleared within seven or eight years of killing the musician.
Throughout his sentence, Chapman has been held at a separate facility in a maximum security prison in Attica, in New York state.
He further enraged Lennon fans in 2000, when he said he thought the musician would want him to be free.
"I think he would be liberal, I think he would care," he said.
Before Tuesday's decision, John Lennon's sister, Julia Baird, also spoke out against Chapman's release - but said she had not been consulted by the parole board.
She said she had no doubt that "somebody will try to kill him" if he was released.
Yoko Ono was with Lennon when he was shot outside their home.
posted by Ingrid Jones at 10/06/2004
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