Peace day in Amsterdam

We had a wonderful day on Internationale dag van de Vrede Sunday 21st Sept. A big thank you to all who gave their support and most of all to M for giving us this opportunity.

Armed with dvd's, brochures, cable tv flyers, invitations and event posters, we arrived at 11.30 to set up the glass walled, circular room on the 6th floor of the ultra modern Amsterdam central library (called "Discovery of heaven room"). Early enough to give plenty of time to gather as a team, have a short briefing and prepare the event.

The Library intro event has taken place every month since April 2008 and on this day we took a significant step in teamwork during our briefing. By unanimously agreeing on our objective and how we planned to do that on this day.

No sooner than we began the set up, arranging the plush red leather chairs, info and dvd tables, hanging the blackout curtains, and testing the dvd's to be played, two people wandered in and sat down. So the event actually started 1 hr earlier than planned, for these two to enjoy Maharaji's message on "Journey Within"!

The day rolled beautifully from thereon. Throughout the afternoon we took it in turns to stand outside in the warm sunshine giving out invitations (650) to Library visitors. 58 people (age range 18 to 60 yrs) took the time on a beautiful sunny day, to come and watch Words of peace during the three and a half hours continuous presentation. Some stayed for an hour, some even longer-soaking up the sweet rain of his words. 58 people is almost twice as many people than have been attending our monthly Friday afternoon intro event.

Many dvd's and materials were taken. We left a selection of materials on small smoked glass tables outside the room, for people to help themselves. We used a total "hands off" policy so people are free to come and go as they wish and are free to choose whatever material they want to take away.

You can picture this team at the end of the day, gathered in a small circle for a debrief, fully delighted with hearts filled with joy and glowing with knowing that we just had the privilege of playing a very small part in this amazing play. Thank you Maharaji.