One Peaceful World: Creating a Healthy and Harmonious Mind, Home, and World Community

One Peaceful World: Creating a Healthy and Harmonious Mind, Home, and World Community

No matter where we live or what language we speak, food is an essential factor that shapes the way we think, feel, act, and respond to one another. In this milestone book, Michio Kushi presents his vision for building world peace through a sane way of eating. As the leader of the modern-day international macrobiotic movement, Michio has taught, lectured, written, and worked steadily to achieve his view of the future—a world in which all people can live in harmony with nature and with one another. In 1987, he launched his One Peaceful World society, a worldwide educational organization devoted to bringing about world peace through a new awareness of the links between food and the emotions, natural law, history, and international order. This book lays the foundation for One Peaceful World. It includes case studies throughout history in which macrobiotic diets relieved conflict and sickness. It traces the rise of the organic and natural foods industry, to which Kushi has been a notable contributor. It offers menus and recipes, reference sources, and a wealth of information that point the way to a new approach to diet and thought. And it recommends additional actions that we can take to bring unity to the world. The book is divided into four parts. In Part 1, Kushi details his early life in Japan during World War II, and his journey to macrobiotics under the guidance of George Ohsawa. Part 2 delves into the cosmological and universal concepts behind macrobiotics, including the importance of yin and yang. In Part 3, Kushi discusses the values that are essential to creating One Peaceful World in modern times. And in Part 4, the author looks forward to a new world government. One Peaceful World is an important and fascinating book for anyone committed to good health, whole foods, and world peace. Alex Jack has written several books with Michio, including The Cancer Prevention Diet, Diet for a Strong Heart, Amber Waves of Grain, and One Peaceful World . A former editor-in-chief of East West Journal, he travels and teaches in the United States and abroad. Michio Kushi came to the United States shortly after World War II upon completing studies at Tokyo University. Since then, he has lectured on macrobiotics; the meeting of East and West; traditional Asian medicine, philosphy, and culture; and the realization of world peace and planetary harmony. Mr. Kushi is the founder and president of the East West Foundation, Kushi Institute, Kushi Foundation, and Macrobiotics International. He is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Your Body Never Lies, The Cancer Prevention Diet, and The Book of Macrobiotics . As the leading voice in macrobiotics, Mr. Kushi spoke throughout the world on this topic.  Following Michio Kushi’s death at the end of 2014, his family, students, and colleagues started to gather, preserve, and make available his voluminous writings, audiotapes, videos, and other teachings. Foremost among them is One Peaceful World , a book originally published in 1986. Among all his books, it was Michio’s favorite. As he relates in the autobiographical chapters that comprise the first part of this text, he had been inspired as a young man to devote his life to world peace after visiting Hiroshima just one month after the atomic bombing in August 1945. In macrobiotics—the universal way of health, happiness, and peace—Michio found the practical means to this end. After coming to the United States in 1949, he devoted himself heart and soul to realizing the goal of a world of enduring health and peace. “One Peaceful World”—a world founded on a balanced, natural food and agriculture system with justice, equality, and freedom for all—became his mantra. In thousands of lectures, seminars, conferences, consultations, and personal conversations over the next half-century, Michio put forward this ideal. After it came out, One Peaceful World was translated into French, German, Japanese, and many other languages. In the early 1990s, it was cited by the United Nations’ Society of Writers when it awarded Michio the Award of Excellence, its annual literary award for his outstanding contribution to peace and international understanding. Previous recipients included Norman Mailer, Arthur Miller, Mikhael Gorbachev, Gloria Steinem, and Stephen Hawking. As the new millennium dawned, the Smithsonian Institution established a permanent Michio Kushi Collection at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Michio’s books, macrobiotic foods, and Aveline Kushi’s pressure cooker were exhibited, and a gala was held in the Rotunda and attended by hundreds of people. On behalf of the United States Government, the Smithsonian cited the contribution of Michio and Aveline and the macrobiotic community not only to personal health and well-being, but also to peace and the problems of society. The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution honoring Michio and Aveline on this occasio