UQ Media http://uq-media.com Raise your Understanding Quotient Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:37:49 +0000 en hourly 1 Online Resource for Holy Texts http://uq-media.com/2010/06/03/online-resource-for-holy-texts/ http://uq-media.com/2010/06/03/online-resource-for-holy-texts/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:37:01 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=1004 Another resource chock-full of holy texts, available free online:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/

]]> http://uq-media.com/2010/06/03/online-resource-for-holy-texts/feed/ 0 Online Holy Books http://uq-media.com/2010/04/01/online-holy-books/ http://uq-media.com/2010/04/01/online-holy-books/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:36:31 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=994 For those scholars who are interested in looking something up in Holy Books… we’ve been alerted to a few helpful web resources, including:

Happy hunting!

]]> http://uq-media.com/2010/04/01/online-holy-books/feed/ 0 Seeking partners http://uq-media.com/2009/12/23/seeking-partners/ http://uq-media.com/2009/12/23/seeking-partners/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:10:09 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=987 Continue reading →]]> no, we are not seeking funds…   

UQ-media isn’t our full-time project, and we need partners whose entire attention is geared towards peace and social harmony, because we’ve built the resource and we want to make it the best it can be, for maximum effect but frankly we’re slammed for time.

If your compassion-raising, peace seeking, 501c.3 bearing nonprofit is interested in partnering with us on this site, please use our contact page to get in touch.   A match made in heaven will recognize that all of the images and text on this site is harmonious and positive, and will likely be using same (rather than choosing images of war and hate to make a point) on their own.

Pace e bene,

Lauren Speeth, webmaster – UQ-media.com
Founding CEO, The Elfenworks Foundation

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/12/23/seeking-partners/feed/ 0 UQ-Media.com Receives Accolades http://uq-media.com/2009/12/19/uq-media-com-receives-accolades/ http://uq-media.com/2009/12/19/uq-media-com-receives-accolades/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:12:41 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=974 Continue reading →]]> Our thanks to the webmasters and judges who have visited this site and found it worthy of web-awards.  We are proud to have been notified in October 2009 that this site has been selected as the honored recipient of the following awards: 

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/12/19/uq-media-com-receives-accolades/feed/ 0 The 42 Ideals of Maat http://uq-media.com/2009/09/23/the-42-ideals-of-maat/ http://uq-media.com/2009/09/23/the-42-ideals-of-maat/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:13:06 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=947 Continue reading →]]> 1. I honor virtue
2. I benefit with gratitude
3. I am peaceful
4. I respect the property of others
5. I affirm that all life is sacred
6. I give offerings that are genuine
7. I live in truth
8. I regard all altars with respect
9. I speak with sincerity
10. I consume only my fair share
11. I offer words of good intent
12. I relate in peace
13. I honor animals with reverence
14. I can be trusted
15. I care for the earth
16. I keep my own council
17. I speak positively of others
18. I remain in balance with my emotions
19. I am trustful in my relationships
20. I hold purity in high esteem
21. I spread joy
22. I do the best I can
23. I communicate with compassion
24. I listen to opposing opinions
25. I create harmony
26. I invoke laughter
27. I am open to love in various forms
28. I am forgiving
29. I am kind
30. I act respectfully of others
31. I am accepting
32. I follow my inner guidance
33. I converse with awareness
34. I do good
35. I give blessings
36. I keep the waters pure
37. I speak with good intent
38. I praise the Goddess and the God
39. I am humble
40. I achieve with integrity
41. I advance through my own abilities
42. I embrace the All

source: http://www.isisoasis.org

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/09/23/the-42-ideals-of-maat/feed/ 0 Peace and Prosperity [Micah 4:1-4] http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/peace-and-prosperity-micah-41-4/ http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/peace-and-prosperity-micah-41-4/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:54:33 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=939 Continue reading →]]> In the future, the mountain with the LORD’s temple will be the highest of all. It will reach above the hills, and every nation will rush to it.

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People of many nations will come and say, “Let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD God of Jacob and worship in God’s temple.” The LORD will teach us the Law from Jerusalem, and we will obey.

3
God will settle arguments between distant and powerful nations. They will pound their swords and their spears into rakes and shovels*; they will never again make war or attack one another.

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Everyone will find rest beneath their own fig trees or grape vines, and they will live in peace. This is a solemn promise of the LORD All-Powerful.

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*swords into plowshares

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/peace-and-prosperity-micah-41-4/feed/ 0 Seven things that can destroy us – Gandhi http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/seven-things-that-can-destroy-us-gandhi/ http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/seven-things-that-can-destroy-us-gandhi/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:53:01 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=940 1. wealth without work
2. pleasure without conscience
3. knowledge without character
4. commerce without morality
5. science without humanity
6. worship without sacrifice
7. politics without principle

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/seven-things-that-can-destroy-us-gandhi/feed/ 0 The Contribution to Peace http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/the-contribution-to-peace/ http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/the-contribution-to-peace/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:52:27 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=941 Continue reading →]]> The Rosicrucians value tolerance and peace and celebrate a Rosicrucian Day of Peace worldwide annually on the fourth Sunday of June. These ideas for contributing to peace are printed and given out free at their Egyptian Museum and Peace Garden in San Jose:

  • I contribute to Peace when I strive to express the best of myself in my contacts with others.
  • I contribute to Peace when I use my intelligence and my abilities to serve the Good.
  • I contribute to Peace when I feel compassion toward all those who suffer.
  • I contribute to Peace when I look upon all men and women as my brothers and sisters, regardless of race, culture, or religion.
  • I contribute to Peace when I rejoice over the happiness of others and pray for their well-being.
  • I contribute to Peace when I listen with tolerance to opinions that differ from mine or even oppose them.
  • I contribute to Peace when I resort to dialogue rather than to force to settle any conflict.
  • I contribute to Peace when I respect Nature and preserve it for generations to come.
  • I contribute to Peace when I do not seek to impose my conception of God upon others.
  • I contribute to Peace when I make Peace the foundation of my ideals and philosophy.

They can also be found at  http://peaceconsciousness.blogspot.com/

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/09/12/the-contribution-to-peace/feed/ 0 Supporting Women in the World http://uq-media.com/2009/08/20/supporting-women-in-the-world/ http://uq-media.com/2009/08/20/supporting-women-in-the-world/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:53:20 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=886 Continue reading →]]> According to an article in the NYTimes,  ”more girls and women are now missing from the planet, precisely because they are female, than men were killed on the battlefield in all the wars of the 20th century.”   Taking a stand against ‘routine gendercide’ (which outnumers all the genocides of the 20th century combined) and the other abuses and immoralities involves knowing some hard truths, and standing up as a witness.  On this issue, a person of good conscience cannot remain neutral.  Recall the words of Bishop Desmond Tutu “If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality” and we owe it to both oppressed and oppressor to do what we can to work for restoration, hope and understanding.

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