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Marianne Williamson Video: Department of Peace 2007

This video shows Michael White reporting from the Department of Peace Conference with Marianne Williamson after a day of lobbying on Capital Hill. She reports on face-to-face meetings with US senators, and is pleased with the progress they have made on the Department of Peace legislation. She is certain now that there will soon be a Department of Peace, preventing violence from occurring and focusing on peace-building.

‘Peace building’

Conflict resolution

Non-violent communication skills

Cross-cultural healing

Overall Rating (1-5): 5

Entertainment Rating: 5

Interesting explanation of peace building.

Instructional Rating: 4

Contains a lot of useful and educational information the Department of Peace legislation.

More information: www.choosepeacenow.net

Marianne Williamson Video: The U.S. Dept of Peace

Marianne Williamson talks about why it is time for a US Department of Peace and Nonviolence. She believes that we’re in the midst of an all systems breakdown, and the only solution is an all systems response. This department of peace would provide a platform of stability, and give the people a sense of security.

Overall Rating (1-5): 3

Entertainment Rating: 4

Interesting speech from Marianne Williamson about the need for a US Department of Peace.

Instructional Rating: 3

Good theories and opinions well-phrased and voiced by Marianne Williamson.

More information: http://www.youtube.com/user/thepeacealliance

Marianne Williamson Video: A Course in Miracles

International acclaimed author and lecturer Marianne Williamson discusses her year-long show about “A Course in Miracles,” which is a set of books allowing people to do the work pages online and follow talks about the ideas and theories presented in them.

Overall Rating (1-5): 2

Entertainment Rating: 2

Clip of Marianne Williamson advertising A Course In miracles.

Instructional Rating: 1

This is a trailer for an educational show, not an instructive clip.

More information: http://www.youtube.com/user/OPRAH

Marianne Williamson Video: Midlife Rebirth!

Marianne Williamson talks about the subject of age in a spiritual context, and describes the midlife period as a kind of ‘second puberty’. Because we keep focusing on it as a negative, we will manifest illness and even an early death. The key is to experience the circumstance itself in a way where we are the cause rather than the effect.

Overall Rating (1-5): 4

Entertainment Rating: 4

Interesting talk by about age in a spiritual context, and the idea of learning from failures as well as successes.

Instructional Rating: 4

Some guidance on how to deal with the mid life point in aging by letting go of baggage.

More information: http://www.youtube.com/user/HayHousePresents

Marianne Williamson Video on Dr. Pat Allen

Marianne Williamson is a best-selling author, lecturer, spiritual activist, founder of The Peace Alliance and host of a weekly radio show on “Oprah and Friends” on XM radio. Here she tells how Dr. Pat Allen has greatly influenced her life. Communication and Relationship Expert Dr. Pat Allen is a Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Psychotherapist, and a Certified Transactional Analyst, who presents practical insights and easy-to-learn communication skills in public workshops and private sessions.

Overall Rating (1-5): 2

Entertainment Rating: 3

Interesting personal testimony from Marianne Williamson about the effect Pat Allen has had on her life and her thinking.

Instructional Rating: 1

Not for instructional purposes - however, good personal testimony about Dr. Pat Allen.

More information: www.DrPatAllen.com

Marianne Williamson Video: Let’s Talk about Everyday Grace

Marianne Williamson speaks about the idea that the end doesn’t justify the means, but that the end is actually inherent in the means. This means that you cannot achieve anything that doesn’t come from who you are as you try to achieve it.

By making a goal paramount:

We compromise our integrity

We exploit relationships

Aren’t as ethical as we should be.

Overall Rating (1-5): 4

Entertainment Rating: 4

Interesting discussion about being a more ethical person.

Instructional Rating: 4

Interesting ideas and theories about how to be the person you want to be.

More information: http://tinyurl.com/29yzls

Marianne Williamson Video: Living Luminaries

Williamson discusses how thinking about what other people aren’t doing right, or dwelling on the past instead of thinking about the possibilities of the present or future, you can’t be happy. She advises thinking about what you can do, give or be for or to other people rather than thinking about what they should be doing for you. Happiness is a decision, and you are the only one who can make it for yourself.

Overall Rating (1-5): 3

Entertainment Rating: 3

Interesting advice on contentment and having the right focus.

Instructional Rating: 2

Interesting idea, but the clip is too short to take away any real information.

More information: http://www.youtube.com/user/LivingLuminariesMovi

Marianne Williamson Video: Featured with Wayne Dyer

Dr. Wayne Dyer and Marianne Williamson have an intimate conversation about politics, spirituality, and the power of personal change. This conversation took place at the Hay House “I Can Do It!” in Las Vegas this past year.

Overall Rating (1-5): 3

Entertainment Rating: 4

Intriguing discussion between Wayne Dyer and Marianne Williamson linking politics and spirituality.

Instructional Rating: 3

Some interesting theories and ideas on the subject of personal change.

More information: http://www.hayhouseradio.com/

Marianne Williamson Video: 11% of the World, Changes the World

In this video, bestselling author Marianne Williamson dares us to become part of the 11% of people that can transform the world. From the suffragettes to the civil rights movement, history shows that all it takes is enough people to truly make a difference. She believes that the people who have made a difference in history have not been the majority, but that they have been enough.

Overall Rating (1-5): 2

Entertainment Rating: 3

Interesting motivational speech from Marianne Williamson.

Instructional Rating: 1

Not for instructional purposes, and too short to take away much information.

Marianne Williamson Video: Everyday Grace

Marianne Williamson believes that we are ‘the angels we have been waiting for’, i.e. we have the power to change our own attitudes and circumstances. There is no need to give in to the feeling of failure, which she describes as ‘oh no, I’ve failed again’, where we wait for a certain type of person to show up and fix things - instead, we can be that person.

Overall Rating (1-5): 4

Entertainment Rating: 4

Interesting talk by Marianne Williamson about the possibility of making miracles happen in our own lives.

Instructional Rating: 3

Interesting theories, but not overly instructional - more information to be had.

More information: http://tinyurl.com/29yzls