Dear Leo, My heartiest congratulations on the 9th anniversary of GHA. It is a wonderful project and a wonderful legacy that you have initiated, led, and built up over these years. You deserve only the highest praise for you fine and devoted work on this. Warmest wishes, Glen Martin Dr. Glen T. Martin President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc. (www.earth-constitution.org, www.worldparliament-gov.org<http://www.worldparliament-gov.org/>) President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net<http://www.worldproblems.net/>) Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin<http://www.radford.edu/gmartin>) From: gha-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gha-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leo Semashko Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 11:57 AM To: gha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; peace-from-harmony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gha] Gandhis, Francises, Nobels and Maecenases for Global Peace of the 21st century - your voting to February 20 Dear GHA members, We are happy to invite you to discuss and approve the GHA updated Project: World Honorary Titles of Global Peace for Donations (in attachment) by your YES (I approve, support) or NO (I do not approve, do not support) with your comments within three days to February 20 inclusively. This project was also published here: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=590 We are discussing since February 1 the GHA Appeal about donations for Global Peace Science (GPS), without which there can be no global peace. So it's donations to global peace, which deserve moral encouragement and recognition. During this time we have not received any objections to establish the honorary titles for donations as a funding source for GPS and its book. At present 19 people offered donations already. We appreciate their contribution to global peace and sincerely thank them for their high spiritualty of self-sacrifice. We all understand that the donation - it is an extreme measure but GHA no have other way. Our 9 -year-old history has shown that we have not found any financial support from the rich peacekeeping organizations and foundations for our 7 books and 48 projects of global peace from harmony. For the GPS book we were looking for funding at them since March last year. Our search also was unsuccessful and they showed that at these institutions a priority is greed not peace. A similar situation not only with GPS but also with others, such as the Institute of Harmony for which Laj Utreja, its Director is looking for a grant about two years but he cannot find it. At least we have not heard from him positive messages on this account. The search of help from these institutions is endless and pointless. Therefore, no one could suggest other ways to finance GPS except donations. In this regard, at the GHA members is the only way to prepare and publish GPS book - only on donations. They are an ethical act of compassion and help to pauper global peace. This is spiritual dimension of every donation that is a natural for a true peacemaker. Unfortunately, spiritually and financially war and militarism have the overwhelming priority in comparison with global peace. This empirically proves not only appropriate monitoring GHA (www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=588) but also a number of other powerful facts. First, almost every adult citizen of each country must pay the state taxes in the military budget. The state collects military taxes from citizens without asking our consent and against our will. It will not be held accountable for their use as it is a state secret. Second, it's a whopping annual military spending of two trillion dollars, which is constantly growing. Budget of global peace, compared with the military budget in the national budgets do not exist. Third, we all know about the social pathologies of militaristic civilization - greed, consumerism and extreme individualism. With their sharp criticism the Pope Francis speaks. In the proposed project, GHA continues and develops the critique of these social pathologies. However, we are also well aware that many people have kept a civil and moral immunity from greed, consumerism and extreme individualism, as evidenced by our 19 donors in two weeks. To similar people the GHA project about the honorary titles of Global Peace is addressed. It is created that not global world and its organizations such as the GHA looking money but money looking for them in the form of honorary donations. Our hope as hope and world peace can be found only in these donations of noble people, peacekeepers in spirit, in the new Gandhis, Francises, Nobels, Maecenases and Numas of Global Peace in the 21st century! We have no other hope. Our project has nothing to lose. We invite other peacekeeping organization of Global Peace to join this project to receive funding for global peace from the donations. We will send our project signed by all its donors from around the world and believers of different faiths to bless the Pope and other religious leaders. We are waiting for your active participation in discussion and voting this important peacemaking project. Thank you. With love, best wishes for peace from harmony to everyone, Dr Leo Semashko: State Councillor of St. Petersburg, Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony; Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia; Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005; Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org<http://www.peacefromharmony.org> Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585<http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585> and In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606<http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606>; World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541<http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541>; GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478<http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478>; GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA; My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253<http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253>; Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn