MISSION
The Mission of Pedaling for Peace is very simple: We seek to have THE adventure of a lifetime and be of service during the entire journey in every and anyway we can!
Spread the healing goodwill of the Aloha Spirit to all we meet on our journey. At a most basic level, saying Aloha to everyone we meet, even if only in passing never to see the person again…
This will in turn help bring about – Peace. Peace when combined with clean water/air/earth/food will result in safe and happy children, vis a vis, a future for life as a whole, disregarding any events out of our control such as Earth Killing Asteroids, mega flares, Killer Amoebas from outer Space etc.
At our most basic level we are simply happy to exist, building on this foundation, we find ourselves very happy to be traveling the world by bicycle and learning first and foremost how to make ourselves the very best we can be for the planet and all its inhabitants.
Travel is a huge factor in our personal growth and change… if you have not left the confines of your little town or city, how can you speak to anything in the world? In the words of Jack Sparrow, ‘Its a Pirates Life for Us!’. We want to live life as an adventure, of course we will have a our daily ups and downs, but as a whole, life, we feel, should be lived in the most adventurous way possible for you. Everyday, push the envelope…
When you witness the world first hand, you know. When you see it on TV and in books, you think you know. There is a literal sea of difference between the two. You will never know what you dont know untill you get out there to see.
Another HUGE factor in living a quality life as an individual amongst many is learning to question everything. Take nothing for granted, always ask why, always “check in” with yourself. If you do not question what is good for you, right for you etc… who will? Questioning is the beginning/basis for learning.
Be the Change you wish to see in the world. We recognize the need for a remake of the human paradigm, and we are letting that change begin with us.
Further, by offering our assistance in starting community projects [we love gardens!], clean-ups and speaking with children/adults at schools, we hope to help re-focus minds and fill in educational learning gaps both, in ourselves and others with inspiration and a drive to seek out knowledge for ones self in order to apply it to everyday life for the good of the whole.
We augment this ideal/focus with workshops in vegan cooking/nutrition, Ashtanga Yoga, internal martial arts including Qi Gong, Tai Chi and Bagua, cranio sacral therapy, organic gardening and other topics that are quickly becoming the only true and obvious centuries old tested solutions for a sustainable and equitable resolution to our current, ahem… situation. Look around, does it look like we are getting better or worse? This isn’t rocket science, it’s our lives and the life of everything on this planet.
We are rooted in healing others and ourselves by observing both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, and always keeping in mind the words of Hippocrates – Let food be they medicine and they medicine be the food. As a human, there is no substitute for knowledge, of the mind, of the body and of the soul. This is what we wish to learn and share. Again, we feel that everyone would do well to seek wisdom and understanding for their own well being. Know your history so you can direct your future steps!
We are grateful for our lives and for the lives of men/women who allow themselves to be great. Our bicycle was first dreamt of and designed by a man who would later come to be one of the first vegans for his time and era simply for the fact he felt it was wrong to kill… with great thanks and honor to Leonardo DaVinci <3
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