Hari Bansh Jha, Peace, Commerce, and Spirituality

Dear Hari Bansh Jha,

I am glad that you liked my articles, thank you. 

I have begun to post our conversation at my blog at Zaadz, http://flowidealism.zaadz.com/blog, as we discussed.

Please tell me more about the mission, activities, and resources of CETS so that I can understand better how my various connections might best work with CETS.  What exactly does your organization do?  How many employees?  How are you funded?  What projects would you like to do that you are not currently able to do?  What is your vision for CETS?  The more I know the more I will be able to deploy my resources and relationships effectively.

With respect to the spiritual dimension of the problem, can you explain more as well?  There are many people at Zaadz with a profound interest in spirituality, and many Americans have a tremendous respect for Nepalese culture and traditions.  In what ways do you envision communications regarding the spiritual dimensions of the problems in Nepal, or how might Nepalese act as spiritual teachers for people here?  I am completely open to considering a wide variety of suggestions, but again I need to understand more clearly what possibilities you envision.

I am very interested in wide-open brainstorming about possibilities.  It is most important to find solutions that work, but those solutions are sometimes discovered by means of round about discussions.

I am also interested in sending small amounts of funding, perhaps a couple of dollars per email, to compensate you for taking the time to engage in dialogue with me; you obviously would know of people and causes there who could use some additional support and can pass it on to them if you would like.  I would like to create a social norm here in which we had many Americans communicating with many Nepalese, and with each communication that could send a dollar or so.  A dollar is very little here, but a great deal there, and I like the idea of creating regular habits of giving that become routine.  Over time, small amounts can add up, especially if we had many people involved in sending funds.  I believe all Americans should develop the habit of just sending a little bit, regularly, to good causes that support people who desperately need help.  You have convinced me that Nepal is full of people in just such a situation.

Have you ever used PayPal or a similar on-line means of transmitting small amounts of funds electronically?  Do such systems work with Nepalese banks?

Let me know what makes sense and what doesn't.

Peace,

Michael