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As of today there are 166 people interested in Becoming More Authentic.
This is far too many for any class, of course.
So we need to do some creative thinking.
There used to be an e-mail function,
which permitted EXCO facilitators to write to all interested persons.
This could have been a way of discovering the depth of commitment.
If 10% are serious enough to show up for a class,
then it will work.
But if 20% appear, we will have too many.

Please send suggestions.

Yours,
James Park, EXCO facilitator

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/CY-DISARM.html
This is the complete URL for the January 2012 essay
for Creating a World Peace Force.

A typing error prevented it from being posted before.
And here is the complete essay,
in case the complete blog-entry diseappeared:

WHAT WOULD THE WORLD PEACE FORCE DO?

DISARM THE PLANET EARTH
—ONE NATION AT A TIME

SYNOPSIS:

Warfare has been a fact of life on the planet Earth
ever since tribes of human beings were able to identify themselves
and define other groups as their enemies.

Once nation-states emerged, they often found themselves at war with one another.
But warfare is not the inevitable fate of the our species.
It should be possible to settle disputes between groups of people
without resorting to violence.
The United States of America offers a long-lasting example of
several states that have been able to live at peace with one another for 150 years.
The 50 states of the USA do not commit war against one another
because we have courts of law that settle all disputes as they arise.

The whole planet could follow this pattern:
Instead of going to war as a way of settling disputes,
the parties could submit each dispute to neutral judges,
who would give equal time to each side of the dispute
and then create a ruling that might not be liked by either
but which would be a just settlement of their differences.

As courts of law emerge for setting international disputes,
the need for national military forces diminishes.
And eventually, as our planet becomes more completely civilized,
there will be no need for national military forces at all.

The change to a disarmed world will take place one nation at a time,
beginning with those nations that have misused their military forces most obviously.

OUTLINE:

1. THE WORLD PEACE FORCE WOULD REPLACE ALL NATIONAL MILITARY FORCES.

2. NATIONS OF THE EARTH THAT ARE ALREADY DISARMED.

Becoming More Authentic:
The Positive Side of Existentialism
has now gathered the largest number of interested persons
ever recorded for any EXCO class.
Each month about 2 people add themselves to the list of people interested.

Keep suggesting this class to others who might be interested.

The next offering might be as soon as Spring 2011 or Summer 2011.
But at least by Fall 2011 we should have enough to make a good group.

I am thinking of offering it just before my class on love,
since there are deep connections between these dimensions of personal growth.
See if you might also be interested in that EXCO class:
New Ways of Loving: How Authenticity Transforms Relationships.

Yours,
James Park, EXCO facilitator

Each month about one person adds himself or herself
to the list of people interested in New Ways of Loving.

Please feel free to encourage others to join this class.
The last time this class was offered,
20% of those interested attended.
If this percentage holds true for the future,
we should be able to hold the class in the Fall of 2011.

I am thinking of offering it right after the class on Authenticity.
See if that might interest you.
Look for the EXCO class called:
Becoming More Authentic:
The Positive Side of Existentialism

Yours,
James Leonard Park,
EXCO facilitator for these and other classes.

After you click to join this EXCO group,
go to Facebook and join us there.
On Facebook we are also called
CREATING A WORLD PEACE FORCE

James Park,facilitator