Prof. Fani Bhusan Das

Ms Chloe Joquel

1. “Janus” & “Consciousness” – Peace

In simple terms peace can be conceived as an output of relationship of time and space, an integrated  and holistic super –organism ; and its inhabitants in the planet earth. Both  time-space and the inhabitants influence each other. During the evolution   process  also  the  time  – space  and  the  inhabitants  are  continuously

It is in this context, I have humbly tried to put forward before the world citizens the concept of Spiriton , Consciousness, QP Theory , World Peace /Human Peace and new Model of God etc in my previous issues of Peace Path Finder in a scientific and as well as spiritual way . Through these innovative conceptual framework, I have tried to advocate ways and means  to drive the human civilization ensuring harmonious velocity of two wings so that our dreams and passions , emotions , intuition and spirituality  are directed to the task of  performing eternal and sustainable peace building process.

Somehow my thought has channelized the creative energy to develop a “hypothesis”   , addressing to logical steps  to exercise in achieving a fuller life with peace as the culture of humanity through blending of Stem Cell and Spiriton research . I place this hypothesis before the World Citizens  with the hope that someday someone  will pick up this hypothesis and develop it further to prove it both scientifically and spiritually  and apply the same to develop  a violent free and peaceful human family and society.

The cells, I discussed have specialized functions  . Present finding shows that except brain cell all other body cells die and reproduce again.  With years passing by because of ailments /genetical deficiency  replication capacity of body cell decline and brain cells  die. When the number of  brain and body cells  reduce  , abnormalities are noticed both in body and mind.

Like in matter without energy nothing can move , similarly without spiriton (fundamental  particle of spirit – the universal energy) life can not be germinated.  Human embryo at five week is just a bud, which flowers into a life through the energy of spiriton. The flowering of life takes place through the smallest structure that can carry our functions of life. In normal human reproductive development early cells are called embryonic stem cells, which become all the cells of the body making them pluripotent.

Scientist discovered ways to obtain stem cells from early mouse embryo  more than 20 years ago. But only in 1998 mouse stem cells were discovered. From then onwards human stem cell research is continuing and expedited  .As a result of intensive research now there are banks which preserve umbilical cord blood stem cell from mother  after the birth of the baby. Cord blood stem cells refer to as the master cells of the human body which regenerate  into over 200 types of tissues. This miracle of modern medicine  can help to protect the family members from over 75

serious ailments like leukemia, thalassemia and some forms of cancer. It can also provide  life saving solutions to diseases like  diabetics , heart attack and brain stroke etc.

                      Stem cells are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long period  through cell division. Further these stem cells can be induced  to become cells with special functions.  But as such the unspecialized stem cells do not participate in functioning of cells , tissues and organs.  However once  it becomes specialized, it take parts in specific body and mind  growth functions.  

       The world citizens  throw a challenge  to scientist and Natural Philosophers to research and use of transformation of unspecialized stem cell to specialized cells  for treatment of diseases like Parkinson’s and many others besides supporting group of similar cells  with a specific function to form/revitalize tissues which then create /require body organs. Similar in the case with nerve cell(neuron).  Depending on the biological /genetical constitutional body with life, unspecialized stem cells   may be present in the body itself which can be activated to  move the deficiency of function of group of cells to discharge specific functions effectively. Also stem cells develop in the laboratory  can be induced in the body and mind of the humans to meet deficiency and or defective functioning of both body and mind. Gene delivery techniques have been developed through research . Dr. Michael Kaplitt of Allen Institute of Brain Science, Seattle, USA has developed a new method of gene delivery to the brain  via adeno –associated virus (AAV) which have been proved safe for humans. This is a landmark achievement  in the brain science which in future may  able to develop further even to create / produce  a peaceful human life.

It is time that the scientist , spiritualist ,and Natural philosophers  to carry out the research further collectively for ethical use of stem cells by linking it with spiriton  so that the inventions are not negatively applied  to create more violence in the world. It has  already been found out that increase in number of neurons secreting a desirable level  of Dopamine and Serotonin  has a positive impact on the  mind of the humans. Further  a healthy and peaceful brain depends on the functioning of the brain circuit. Either due to  environmental and or inheritance factors  blocks may be

created  for effective functioning  of the  brain circuit.  Methods have been invented to remove such blocks  from  the brain circuit by delivering  a neuro- chemical  called GABA in the brain cell . Besides  further research is needed to find out  the techniques to repair body tissue and organs to minimize the incidence of  physical ailment including serious ones like cancer, AIDS, etc.

Brain Mapping  has been started and the first Brian Atlas has been completed in September 2006 by Allen Institute of Brain Science. With this achievement, research  should be directed to map the brain of a Nobel Peace Laureate and a terrorist to find out the difference between brain circuit of the two. And then research should be geared up how to repair and heal  a violent brain circuit so that it becomes peaceful. Will it be possible  to find out  if the baby in the  mother’s  womb is growing with  a violent mind set or a peaceful one ? 

Will it be possible to take proactive measures in the mother’s womb to produce a peacefully creative child ?  All these are billion dollar questions which the humanity may be able to answer  during the 21st century through invention of appropriate design of brain circuit and new ways  of delivering genes to brains, which has to be mainly based on  the role of stem cell and spiriton besides other determinants in the entire exercise . If this dream materializes, the humanity will enter 22nd century with  peaceful humans devoid of violence and creating a peaceful biosphere/human society.

2. Youth Violence – Societal Factors

Prosperity is the need of each and every country of the world. In the path to prosperity, the youths play a vital role within the framework of societal network. But is the path of prosperity is acceptable to humanity through violent means ?  In one of the prosperous countries of the world , the USA , Cho Sung hui, a South Korean youth killed 32 peopled in the campus of Virginia Tech University USA on 16 April   2007. Once again another youth violence came to world view when on May 17 2007 a 17 years student Wu Jianguo stabbed his schoolmates in the school campus in Maoming city of South China’s  Guangdung province, having two dead and four injured.  

It has been reported that one of the students  stabbed had asked Mr. Wu, the attacker for a “protection fee”.  If from the school stage every student has to pay “protection fee” to ensure his own security in the school, what will be future of such students/ society demanding and paying “protection fee”. What kind of society these youths will be able to build ? Time has come to think about pros and cons of prosperity . Desirability and sustainability of such violent path of prosperity should be reexamined and immediate quest should be started by the world citizens to achieve prosperity  through path of peace and not through path of violence. Almost daily  throughout the world, youth violence is taking place but all such incidents are not in the limelight. However some of the worst school shootings are placed below.

•    February 2 1996: Moses Lake , Washington. Two students and one teacher killed , one other wounded when 14 year old Barry Loukaitis opened fire  on his algebra class.

•     October 1 , 1997: Pearl, Mississippi. Two students killed and seven wounded by Luke Woodham, 16, who was also accused of killing his mother. He and his friends were said to be outcasts who worshiped Satan.

•    Dec 1,1997: West Paducah, Kentucky. Three students killed , Five wounded by Michaer Carneal, 14, as they participated in a prayer circle at Heath High School.

•     March 24,1998: Jonesboro, Arkansas. Four students and one teacher killed, ten others wounded outside as Westside Middle School emptied during a false alarm.

•     May 21,1998:Springfield, Oregon. Two students killed,22 others wounded in the cafeteria at Thurston High School by 15-year-old Kip Kinkel.

•  April 20,.1999: Littleton, Colorado. 14 students (including killers) and one teacher killed, 23 others wounded at Columbine High School.

• April 26, 2002: Erfurt, Germany 13 teachers, two students, and one policeman killed, ten wounded by Robery Steinhaeuser, 19, at the Johann Gutenberg Secondary School. Steinhaeuser then killed himself.

•     March 21, 2005: Red Lake, Minnesota, Jeff Weise, 16, killed grandfather and companion, then arrived at school where he killed a teacher, a security guard, 5 students, and finally himself, leaving a total of 10 dead.

•    April 16, 2007: Blackburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old Virginia Tech Student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a dorm, then killed 30 more two hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.

Cho and Wu could not adapt themselves to their societal environment. They revolted against “rich kids”, “debauchery”, “deceitful charlatans” and “protection fee” on the campus. They were compelled to adopt increasingly violent  and erratic social environment. The societal forces made them reactive as a result more negative impulses were received  in their mind blocking the positive impulses. Cho wrote obscenity and violence – laced screenplay in play writing classes. He fantasized about students killing a teacher   who sexually molested them.  

He was also disappointed with religion and wrote “Ismail Ax” in red ink in one of his arms before he killed himself. Wu in China tolerated payment of “protection fee” for sometime but when he could not tolerate he became violent and stabbed his schoolmates. In short, the societal conditions to which they could not adapt made them to revolt against morally polluted violent societies. Cho and Wu symbolize two extreme societies, one which is at the peak of prosperity, the USA and the other on the fast track of prosperity, the China.

        Why the society could not take care of Cho, Wu and such other children to develop positive non-violent attitude towards life ?  Such incidents are taking place more and more in prosperous countries and the countries which are trying to imitate the path of prosperity of the prosperous countries. Eruption of violent behavior in youths begins from a persons upbringing to the changing social fabric and various other reasons add to frustration and depression of youths dreaming prosperity in their lives.  

       Upbringing of youngster is very crucial factor . Youngster growing without love, affection and emotional support from their parents and family members affect the normal functioning of brain circuit and once he becomes a loner, he becomes reactive which gradually lead to violent behavior.

Breaking down of families – from joint to nuclear, to live in and to cohabitation have adversely affected  the value system of human culture to which the youngsters fall victims. Matter (money) dominates in family and the parents hardly find time to spend and discuss values of life with their offspring, as a result they develop  abnormality behavior. Moral support guidance and sense of spirituality are absent in the changing family systems. Besides, marital discord between parents add to be negative outlook towards life of the youngsters. Lot  of  aggression  is  seen  among  the  youngsters  against  the

parents and the society which is compressed gradually in their minds to be  busted violently at a    time depending on the degree of aggression beyond the level of carrying capacity of the youngsters. To fuel such disturbing environment in the family, the violent toys  which ignites the reptile minds quickly have become major attraction for the children in the family. Violent toys like guns, bombs etc have also a role to induce violent impulses in the children, which through processing mechanism of mind may in many cases transform them into violent youngsters deriving pleasure by killing or injuring others. There should be complete global ban on production and marketing of violent toys to protect the child’s imagination towards violent practices in their day to day life. Earning money to acquire prosperity  from production and marketing of  violent toys , which has become a million/billion dollar business in the world today; pose a great danger not only for the present but also for the future generations of humanity.

Every youngster is asking today “who am I ?”.What is my role in the society ? In such a confusing societal situation , there is loss of identity which leads to loss of belonging for the family as well as for the society. They try to create virtual and false identity which make them calm for sometime but ultimately they are rejected by the society which lead to high level of depression. Virtuality accompanied by pretensions make the youngsters violent.  Without emotional support from family and social recognition  and praise, frustration level increases making them more and more violent.      

With overall fast changes taking place due to globalization with increased mobility , lifestyles are in flux . High and unimaginable rate of changes are overtaking the youngsters for which it has become difficult for them to cope up in the society. Ambition and aspiration are growing beyond comprehension instead of developing “a sense of enough ness” , the resultant of which has created a dreadful mirage and the youngsters are falling in this trap which lead them to alcoholism , drug abuse, prostitution  etc resulting in guilty conscious and violent expression of aggression.

        Security, comfort with a sense of enough ness and happiness are the basic social values through which peaceful and sustainable social structures   can be built. But unfortunately things are moving in reverse  direction as a result insecurity, unemployment, poverty, corruption, economic divide between have’s and have-not’s and narcotism etc lead to serious kind of  cynicism and helplessness resulting in violent responses.

Elimination of youth violence will increase the quality of life in the society. All members of the global society are to be involved in this process irrespective of diverse opinion on different issues. Parents need to spent quality time with their children spreading love, affection, spirituality and positive emotion in the family environment. Communication between parents and family members with the youngsters should be  intimate and sharing and carrying to fill their minds with positive ness. Cordial and ethical relationship with peers and community members of area of stay and in schools, colleges and universities  etc should be built up, there by averting youth violence tragedy

(Map of Present Middle East)

The countries within the Middle East have different voices, as a result intra-Middle East conflicts fuel the problems of intervention by super powers. For example after the fall of the Ottomans , Kemal Ataturk seized power in Turkey and introduced modernization and secularization by taking steps like emancipating women, enforcing western dress code, and the use of Turkish language in place of Arabic, abolition of the Jurisdiction of Islamic courts etc. It is determined to come out of Middle East region and become culturally a part of Europe. Besides, when oil resource are discovered in Persia in 1908 and in Saudi Arabia

in 1938 and other Persian gulf states, western and European countries with their power of technology and bargaining capture the oil resources to promote western industrial development in their respective countries as well as to some extent in Middle East during 20th century. 

The plan of United Nations is 1947 to partition Palestine to create a Jewish state and an Arab state in the narrow space between Jordan river and the Mediterranean sea aggravated  the conflict in the Middle East. The prominent Arab leaders rejected this plan while the Jewish leaders accepted it. The state of Israel was declared on May 14, 1948. In the same year the war between Arab and Israel created the “Palestinian problem” , which still continues. The Arab-Israeli war expelled  about 866000 Jews who fled from the Arab world and were naturalized by the state of Israel.

Factors like departure of European powers from direct control, establishment of state of Israel, abundance of oil resource etc not only marked the creation of the modern Middle East , but led to a growing presence of USA  in Middle East affairs. The USA came forward as a guarantor of the stability of the region with an eye on the oil resources, which has played and also playing today a key factor to transform Middle East into a zone of conflict. This vast energy pool of resources form the backbone of western economies .

In the beginning of 21st century   all the above factors collectively raised the Middle East conflict to a new height with serious consequence around the globe. It appears now that all the previous Peace Accords in the region are overtaken by outbreak of violence. It is necessary now analyze the causes of continuing conflicts and objectives and contents of Peace  Accords to understand the prospect of peace and to bring about the culture of peace in the Middle East

5. Biosphere Peace

heart of Abu Dhabi, using traditional planning principles of a walled city , together with application of renewable energy sources and environmentally sustainable technologies.

THE PPF HUMBLY SUGGESTS TO CREATOR OF THIS UNIQUE CITY TO INCORPORATE IDEAS IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES SO THAT IT BECOMES A VIOLENT –FREE PEACEFUL CITY. WITH THIS THE HUMANITY’S DREAM OF “PEACE AND  GREEN CITY” WILL COME TRUE. IT IS POSSIBLE. LET ALL OTHER CITIES OF THE WORLD REPLICATE THIS  “PEACE AND GREEN CITY” CONCEPT WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE IMMENSLY TO BIOSPHERE PEACE AS WELL AS HUMAN PEACE.

The human mind should be finely tuned neurologically that Peace is the culture of Biosphere. With this thought and idea, a change will take place for emergence of new ideas from the relationship of human kind and its environment, the Biosphere. The Biosphere consists of mainly three landscapes namely natural, domesticated and fabricated. In order to bring peace in both human and biosphere level it is extremely essential to develop equilibrium between the three landscapes through humanity’s development efforts for prosperity.

                                                                                                                            (to be continued)

6.Global News and Views

Nepal Ceasefire Allows Mobile Team to Care for Women's Health
April 5, 2007 — (unfpa) “May you live 100 years! You have given me my life back,” a beaming Guma Badela told the doctor and nurse examining her. She had come to a mobile health clinic for a post-surgery check-up and to express thanks.

Girls not spared by violence in Terai
March 29, 2007 - (IRIN) RAUTAHAT In the remote Pathaya village of Rautahat district, some 200km southeast of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, local women are coming to terms with seeing three young girls killed in recent clashes between supporters of the ethnic Madhesi party and former Maoist rebels.

Gender Equality And Justice 
January 29, 2007 – (peacejournalism.com) Is there an analysis of the barriers that women face when attempting to participate in peace building initiatives? Do local and international organisations have the capacity to recognize and work with gender equality issues? Will women’s organisations gain new skills and capacity in articulating policy alternatives, holding governments accountable and being advocates for change?

       PPF wish the new government in Nepal all the best to bring about reforms in the country for eradication of violence at all level and to adopt the path of “prosperity for all” through peaceful means and productive approaches.

b. Belfast, May 8 2007 (Reuters)

“ Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Roman Catholic Leaders , arch-foes during decades of Sectarian Conflict, launch a new power-sharing home-rule government aiming to put a final end to violence. Paisley who will be Northern Ireland’s first Minister said “It is a special day because we are making a new beginning  and I believe we are starting on a road which will bring us back to Peace and Prosperity”. 

PPF congratulates the new government in Ireland and hope that they truly follow the road of “Peace and Prosperity”. 

c.  Rome May 13, 2007 (Reuters)

Hundreds and thousands of Italians rallied at a Rome church square to protest against a proposed law drafted that would give greater rights to unmarried couples , including gay and lesbians. They supported  traditional family values based on marriage between man and women”.

 PPF hopes that good sense will prevail so that violence is not

aggravated for such kind of draft legislation. Peace only starts  with the institution of marriage between man and women creating a “family” which is the foundation of a prosperous and ethical society. This is a humble submission before the ruling community of Italy and the world as a whole.

d.  Paris, May 7, 2007(Reuters) 

Sarkozy era starts with smiles and violence . Nicolas Sarkozy the new President of France  told “They have chosen to break with the ideas, the habits and the behavior of the past. I want to rehabilitate  work, authority, morality, respect, merit. I want restore the honor of the Nation and the National Identity. I want to return to the French, the pride of being friends”……… happy times usher in.  

……….. not so happy times. French police arrested 270 people as scattered protest took place throughout the country after victory of Nicolas Sarkozy. In addition 367 cars were torched and Riot police fired tear gas into an angry and violent crowd gathered at the Place de la Bastille following conservative Nicolas Sarkozy’s Presidential victory. 

PPF strongly believe that  people’s verdict should be honored. No violence should take away the people’s verdict. The statement made by the President Nicolas Sarkozy after his victory quoted above are all components of Peace, which he wants to connect together to create a peaceful France. The PPF wish him Peace to build a peacefully powerful prosperous country – the France.

f. Hyderabad, India, May 18,2007(Express News Service)  

“Shattering peace, in the communally sensitive city, a powerful bomb ripped through  Mecca Masjid at Charminar during Friday noon prayers, leaving at least 13 dead and about 40 injured.”