Centre for Vital Elders

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Taka (the Great Spirit), and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. 

This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is known that true peace, which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men.” 

Black Elk - Oglala Sioux

Hi, we’re Mike and Patricia Bell and we are part of an international group that is planning the launch of the World Foundation for the Discipline of Peace. The founders of the Foundation, WindEagle and RainbowHawk, are Elders and Keepers of a body of timeless wisdom tools and practices that have their roots in the Mayan and pre-Mayan cultures, and that teach us how to live in peace and harmony with ourselves and with each other.

We see that the opposite of war is not peace but vigilance, and that it takes more intention and energy to create peace than it does to wage war. We understand, as reflected in other spiritual traditions, the need for inner peace before we can achieve world peace.