{"id":246306,"date":"2013-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/planting-peace-in-normal-heights\/"},"modified":"2013-07-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T07:00:00","slug":"planting-peace-in-normal-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/planting-peace-in-normal-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Peace in Normal Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Filner attends tree-planting ceremony, calls for sense of justice and peace<\/p>\n

Por Antonio Rey | Editor SDUN<\/p>\n

Mayor Bob Filner planted a tree for peace Saturday, June 29, at a small ceremony held in the Sri Chinmoy Peace Garden, located at the intersection of Adams Avenue and Arizona Street in Normal Heights.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Bob Filner speaks at the tree-planing ceremony (Courtesy Santiva Morrison)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The peace tree, a symbol of the teachings of the philosopher Sri Chinmoy, was donated by local businesses Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga and Jyoti Bihanga Vegetarian Restaurant, as well as the World Harmony Run, which Chinmoy founded.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we progress as a city and we talk about tourism, and we talk about the Navy and we talk about high tech,\u201d Filner said at the ceremony, a press release stated, \u201cwhat about our souls? What about who we are as human beings? What about how we relate to each other?\u201d<\/p>\n

Uptown residents built the garden in the name of Chinmoy, an Indian spiritual philosopher who promoted the tenants of peace, selflessness and meditation. It sits on private property, with full support of the owner. A dedication ceremony was held in January once the garden was complete.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully we can spread this sense of justice and peace to all our city and state, and then, of course, our nation,\u201d Filner said.<\/p>\n

Sujantra McKeever, founder of Pilgrimage Yoga, welcomed Filner and attendees.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Bob Filner plants the Peace Tree in Normal Heights June 29. (Courtesy Santiva Morrison)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOnly the peace dreamers, peace lovers and peace servers can transform the world,\u201d McKeever said, reciting an aphorism, or principle, of Chinmoy. \u201cEach one of us can, in our own unique way, be a part of creating a world of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahiyan Savage, owner of Jyoti Bihanga, said the importance in having the peace garden was to provide inspiration. McKeever moved to Normal Heights to help Savage at his restaurant in 1985, and then traveled the world offering free meditation workshops as a part of the Sri Chinmoy Centre. Pilgrimage Yoga was founded in 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cSri Chinmoy himself was a man who dedicated his life to inspiring people,\u201d Savage said in the release. \u201cThe statue and the park are an inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chinmoy was an author, poet, musician and athlete, who dedicated his life to \u201cfostering the growth of peace inside the hearts of human beings from all nationalities and faiths,\u201d the release said. He died in October of 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe presence of this peace tree will allow individuals visiting the peace garden to reflect on bringing peace into the world,\u201d Savage said. \u201cIt reminds us that peace must start with each of us and then branch off to others.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob Filner attends tree-planting ceremony, calls for sense of justice and peace By Anthony King | SDUN Editor Mayor Bob Filner planted a tree for peace Saturday, June 29, at a small ceremony held in the Sri Chinmoy Peace Garden, located at the intersection of Adams Avenue and Arizona Street in Normal Heights.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":246307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Planting Peace in Normal Heights","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11551,11550,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","category-top-stories","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}