POEM International is an organization of people committed to search ,research , find and enjoy PEACE; Peace of mind for self, family, groups and communities leading eventually to Peace on Earth. We believe that Peace is possible and can be achieved if Peace is understood and declared as a Goal to be achieved and everyone take it as a Mission to work towards accomplish Peace. POEM stands for Peace On Earth Mission.

POEM Is growing as a POEM FAMILY consisting of missionaries for Peace.

Our Mission consists of

Discussing and defining personal qualities and a ‘code of conduct’ for POEM Family members.
Aiding and guiding men and women from ALL walks of life to understand PEACE and grow.
Helping to resolve personal, family and community issues resulting in personal growth leading to social health of communities
Defining Peace that is sustainable; that is heavenly and that blossom like a beautiful flower out of emancipated human minds.
Researching and enlisting basic principles and requirements (call it a ‘recipe’ ) for PEACE.

Researching and finding out a practical, clear and navigable PATH TO PEACE for ordinary people in Dayton day life.
Develop plans and strategies for sustaining real and lasting peace.

POEM VISION

An environment in which individuals, families, nations and communities of the world attain and retain true peace and exist together in a peaceful environment

POEM MISSION

Build up a cooperation of enlightened and emancipated people who strive to accomplish and retain internal peace for themselves and take up PEACE ON EARTH as a MISSION.

POEM METHODOLOGY

Understand and appreciate ALL efforts made and being made throughout human history, to provide, moral guidance and rules for human welfare and peaceful coexistence. Teachings of various religions, rules and regulations by the governments, socio political and scientific research are all to be recognized and understood. They are all important steps taken in the search of a peaceful world based on justice and truth. They are all the result of man’s quest for truth; to find food for his spiritual hunger

Food for physical health and ‘food’ for spiritual health.

We eat different types of food to grow and maintain physical health. Regardless of its type, Chinese, Italian, Mediterranean, Indian etc , all foods we eat are converted to proteins vitamins etc and used up by the body. Each ethnic group have their preferences , likes and dislikes, but no one fights regarding type of food. Man cooks many types of food to to satisfy his body’s hunger needs.
Let us view religious faith and activities as efforts to fulfill ‘higher’ needs, the spiritual needs of human soul. Spiritual ‘hunger’ is less obvious but not less important than physical hunger.

Spiritual enrichment theories, philosophies, theologies and religions are all the result of the never ending quest of human race to find solutions for ‘spiritual hunger’. This ‘hunger’ to love and to be loved is the inner core of human SELF.
The urge to fulfill spiritual needs of the soul was recognized by all religions , teachers and founders. For example Jesus promises hope for those who are ‘poor in spirit’, those who are thirsty and hungry for justice etc. On another occasion, when His disciples reminded him about taking food, he told them that He has food that they never know of. He was referring to spiritual hunger and food.

Unfortunately, human race is still in spiritual starvation. The soul’s SELF actualization needs are not correctly recognized and fulfilled. If we think of the reasons for this with an open mind it is very possible to identify the problem.

We all have the freedom to decide what kind of food we should eat. We appreciate the fact that different people eat different kind of food and do not fight about it. We sometimes share others’ food and appreciate it and compliment others.

However when it comes to theology , religion and spiritual activities, a mutually conflicting than mutually complimentary approach prevails.

When we study the different teachings in the spiritual world, and understand them as man’s research and exploration of the uncertain unseen world, which are beyond the five human senses, we can approach them without prejudice
What blocks man’s spiritual journey and blur vision is fixations. The ‘mine is better and final’ attitude added with blind faith in certain dogma, blocks free thinking and chances for further exploration.

Also, it can even be seen that there is no need for conflict between science and religion. There was no such division in prehistoric and ancient history times. God, almighty power and spirituality could be treated as assumptions or hypothesis under exploration . Recent advancements in theoretical and metaphysics, psychology , medicine ( transactional analysis, human need theory,) etc are pointing out that human body is not just a machine and physical health is highly related to mental and spiritual health.

If we come out of fixations, various theologies, different religions and science will all join hands in near future. As we go to an international food fair now and select the food we want, we could, in future explore a ‘spiritual fair’ as part of our search for spiritual food, appreciating contributions from various religions and science , and fulfill the higher needs of our souls. While keeping our traditions and faith, like keeping our traditional food habits, we will be able to appreciate other faiths and traditions and jointly work for an enlightened world. We will realize that all are mutually complimentary than conflicting. Satisfaction of needs of our emancipated SELF, this way, would leading to lasting peace.