Catalyst House https://www.catalysthouse.net/ cat*a*lyst (kat’l-ist)n: Instigation + Acceleration Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:17:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Mulford Family Legacy: East Hampton to Springfield Township https://www.catalysthouse.net/springfield-township/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:23:06 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=10101 By CaptJayRuffins – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 From East Hampton to the New Jersey Frontier In the decades following the English conquest of New Netherland in 1664, a quiet migration unfolded across Long Island Sound. Families who had helped found the early Puritan settlements of East Hampton, Southampton, and Southold—among them the Mulfords, Meekers, […]

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]]> A Legacy of Ahimsa: Honoring John Robbins https://www.catalysthouse.net/honoring-john-robbins/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:05:08 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=9662 Ocean and John Robbins Food Revolution Network On June 11, 2025, the world lost one of its most courageous and compassionate voices John Robbins, bestselling author of Diet for a New America and a true pioneer of ethical living. John Robbins gave up an inheritance to the Baskin-Robbins fortune to pursue a higher truth advocating […]

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]]> Legacy of Valor: Honoring Lieutenant Colonel Francis Kerr “Tex” Evans on D-Day https://www.catalysthouse.net/legacy-of-valor-on-d-day/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:01:15 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=9589 The Filipino (Tagalog) proverb that is often quoted: “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan.” Translated: “He who does not look back to where he came from will never get to his destination.” This beautiful saying emphasizes the importance of understanding and honoring one’s roots, history, and ancestry in order to […]

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]]> The Gandhi Room Brazil | AHIMSA Gandhi Portuguese Subtitles https://www.catalysthouse.net/the-gandhi-room-brazil-ahimsa-gandhi-portuguese-subtitles/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 12:38:24 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=9303 June 20 – 23, 2024 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil Premiere Brazilian Screening of ‘AHIMSA Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless’ The Gandhi Room Brazil Brazil History | Catalyst House – NIC | Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (Eco-Domes) | Gandhi Legacy Tour History with NIC began September 19-25, 1997 while I was still engaged in Wireless Telecommunications […]

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]]> Marianne Williamson Calling for Cease Fire https://www.catalysthouse.net/marianne-williamson/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:05:47 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=9127  In this Democracy Now interview, Presidential Candidate (D) Marianne Williamson advocates for transformational change on critical issues: Single Payer Health Care System: Marianne calls for implementing a Single Payer Health Care System, emphasizing the need for a more humane and comprehensive wellness approach. Cutting Pentagon Budget: Addressing the urgent need to curb the Pentagon […]

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]]> Swami Vivekananda: Illuminating Paths of Wisdom and Unity https://www.catalysthouse.net/swami-vivekananda-illuminating-paths-of-wisdom-and-unity/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:34:15 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=9100 Swami Vivekananda: Illuminating Paths of Wisdom and Unity Introduction: In the tapestry of spiritual luminaries, Swami Vivekananda stands as a radiant thread, weaving together the timeless wisdom of Vedanta with a passionate call for universal brotherhood. Born on January 12th, Swami Vivekananda’s life continues to echo through the corridors of time, inspiring seekers, thinkers, and […]

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]]> AVAILABLE FOR SCREENING AHIMSA GANDHI: https://www.catalysthouse.net/screen-ahimsa-gandhi/ Thu, 11 May 2023 15:24:02 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8873 The documentary has been written and directed by Ramesh Sharma. AVAILABLE FOR SCREENING – STUDENT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST GROUPS WORLDWIDE ARE ENCOURAGED TO INQUIRE VIA AHIMSA PEACE INSTITUTE AHIMSA GANDHI: THE POWER OF THE POWERLESS INTERVIEWS WITH WORLD RENOWNED SCHOLARS, BIOGRAPHERS, AS WELL AS CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND NOBEL LAUREATES INCLUDING THE […]

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]]> AHIMSA GANDHI: The Power of the Powerless https://www.catalysthouse.net/ahimsa-gandhi/ Thu, 11 May 2023 00:36:08 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8863 The documentary has been written and directed by Ramesh Sharma. AHIMSA – GANDHI: The Power of the Powerless narrates the impact of the Gandhian message of Non-Violence worldwide; how it inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in USA, the Solidarity Movement in Poland, The Velvet Revolution of Havel, and the Anti […]

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]]> Peace Release | Department of Peacebuilding | HR 1111 https://www.catalysthouse.net/peace-release/ Sun, 07 May 2023 08:11:29 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8806 Peace Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘HISTORIC BILL PROPOSES ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ‘U.S. DEPARTMENT OF PEACEBUILDING’ May 7, 2023, North Las Vegas, Nevada – Earlier this year, Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-12), together with 27 original co-sponsors from 15 states, introduced HR 1111.  The purpose of HR 1111 is to establish the U.S. Department of Peacebuilding (US DoP). […]

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]]> THE TRANSITION OF ARUN GANDHI https://www.catalysthouse.net/transition-of-arun-gandhi/ Tue, 02 May 2023 12:04:24 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8777 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CATALYST HOUSE ANNOUNCES THE TRANSITION OF ARUN GANDHI The 5th Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi was known to millions worldwide for promoting his grandfather’s message of peace and for helping under-privileged children. He was 89. NORTH LAS VEGAS NV: May 2, 2023 — Anuradha Bhosale, President of AVANI School & Residence for Children, made the […]

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]]> Harrison House Las Vegas hosted ACLC National Day of Nonviolence https://www.catalysthouse.net/day-of-nonviolence/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:05:51 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8797  Harrison House Las Vegas hosted ACLC National Day of Nonviolence April 4th, 2023 by Katherine Duncan, Las Vegas, Nevada Dr. Luonne Rouse, National Chairman of The American Clergy Leadership Conference, requested US President Joseph Biden to declare a National Day of Nonviolence with the goal of eradicating violence by commemorating the life and elevating the […]

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]]> Our visit with Mae Stella De Oxossi | Salvador, Brazil https://www.catalysthouse.net/our-visit-with-mae-stella-de-oxossi/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:23:19 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=2621 10-Year Anniversary Brazil Gandhi Tour June 24, 2012 – July 2, 2012  – Bahia, Brazil | Sao Paulo, Brazil During our visit to Salvador Bahia June 2012, Arun and I went to the Municipal School of Eugenia Anna Santos, in Sao Gonçalo. This organization works on the grounds of Ile Axe Opo Afunja, led by […]

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]]> Available on Amazon Seeds of Light Publications https://www.catalysthouse.net/seeds-of-light-on-amazon/ Mon, 16 May 2022 12:55:01 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8499 Announcing the 6-month companion journal to the publication Seeds of Light Planting Seeds of Love, Kindness, and Compassion: Living Your Legacy!    Seeds of Light Planting Seeds of Love, Kindness, and Compassion is filled with nonviolent practice consideration ideas, activities, and examples at the end of each chapter.  The Foreword by Arun Gandhi spotlights the […]

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]]> Gandhi Legacy Tour of India ‘The Book’ https://www.catalysthouse.net/gandhi-legacy-tour-of-india/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:10:06 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8217 AUTHOR: LYNNEA BYLUND – CLICK AVAILABLE FORMATS – 8.5×11 Paperback / $29.95 ISBN: 979-8-9855271-1-7 8.25×11 Hardcover / $39.95 ISBN: 979-8-9855271-0-0 13×11 Deluxe ‘Landscape Coffee Table’ Book / $179.95 ISBN: 979-8-2102056-4-3 – Click to Order PAGES: 120 (all editions) Contact: lbylund@catalysthouse.com Download or Print: Sales Sheet ————————————————————- “His was a challenging journey – – and it changed […]

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]]> Health IS Wealth! https://www.catalysthouse.net/health-is-wealth-on-amazon/ Sun, 04 Jul 2021 12:05:14 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=8502 In Health IS Wealth you will learn the amazing 3-day rejuvenation cleanse protocol and recover lost vitality and a new passion for life! Health IS Wealth! 3-Day Rejuvenation Guide Author: Lynnea Bylund Format: 6×9 Paperback Publication Date July 4, 2021 Pages: 126 Price: $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-578-93826-4 Order at: Health IS Wealth! on Amazon Contact: lbylund@catalysthouse.com […]

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]]> Lynnea on South Africa News https://www.catalysthouse.net/lynnea-on-south-africa-news/ Sat, 09 Jun 2018 11:00:54 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=7776 SABC News June 9, 2018 | Sharpeville, South Africa | News Clip from Satyagraha Tour of South Africa South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is owned by the national government and operates television and radio stations that broadcast throughout South Africa.  Honorary Dr. Arun Gandhi, Honorary Dr. Tushar Gandhi and Lynnea Bylund on South Africa’s biggest […]

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]]> Why We Disagree (September 15 1893) by Swami Vivekananda https://www.catalysthouse.net/why-we-disagree-swami-vivekananda/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:46:04 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=7175 In this speech Vivekananda tried to explain the reason of disagreement between each other and different sects and religions. He told a story of a frog. In the story he told, a frog used to live in a well. It was born there and brought up there and it used to think his well was the […]

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]]> Mulford Family Line Remembering and Honoring https://www.catalysthouse.net/mulford-family-line-remembering-honoring/ Sat, 27 May 2017 07:59:18 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=6959 Father Richard Barrett Bylund | August 24, 1935 – May 5, 2021 From colonial New Jersey to modern America, the Bylund-Barrett-Mulford-Meeker–Potter-Day line weaves 250 years of civic, spiritual, and frontier history. This is its story. In honor of my father, who asked me to explore our Mulford family line. In the spirit of his request, what […]

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]]> Walking Water in California… … with Dr. Rajendra Singh ‘The Waterman’ https://www.catalysthouse.net/walking-water-california-dr-rajendra-singh-waterman/ Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:46:14 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=6835 On the recent 2016-2017 Gandhi Legacy Tour of India , led by Arun and Tushar Gandhi, we visited Tarun Bharat Sangh Campus to meet Dr. Rajendra Singh and take field tours of a few water bodies Dr. Singh has “resurrected.”  After two amazing days with Dr. Singh and his community, he informed our group about the upcoming […]

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]]> Anniversary of Beloved Adi Da’s Passing https://www.catalysthouse.net/3rd-anniversary-of-beloved-adi-das-passing/ Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:05:08 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=2064 “This bodily (human) Form is temporary Means — and, after the Lifetime of This bodily (human) Form, the Reflections of It, the Murti-Forms (and so on), will, like the Leelas Generated by My Appearance in This Form, be forever Instructive and Useful as “Points” of concentration, Means Whereby to enter into Communion with Me. “I […]

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]]> Gandhi’s Footprints https://www.catalysthouse.net/book-review-gandhis-footprints/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 13:05:50 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=6231 M.K. Gandhi’s pursuit of liberation from an era of violence and subjugation was thoroughly documented prior to Prerag Cicovacki’s new look at Gandhi’s actual goals and pragmatic approach for humanity’s liberation.  Not only from government imperialism and racism but from the actual impediments to spiritual liberation did  Gandhi himself struggle against. The central issue and the novelty of […]

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]]> Gandhi’s Teachers https://www.catalysthouse.net/gandhis-teachers/ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:05:00 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=6173 Recently I hosted Tushar Gandhi and his lovely wife Sonal during their brief visit to Las Vegas, and as we dined on fine Indian cuisine at the wonderful Gandhi Cuisine restaurant the discussion turned to the subject of Gandhi’s teachers. For our memorable evening we were joined by the eminent UNLV Gandhi scholar, Satish Sharma, […]

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]]> Arun Gandhi – UN Keynote Address A New Culture of Peace https://www.catalysthouse.net/arun-gandhi-un-keynote-address-a-new-culture-of-peace/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:23:34 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=6165 Arun Gandhi is often asked during his speaking engagements and legacy tours what he says in “high-level” meetings to political leaders and he responds, “the same things I’m saying to you.”  The following webtv video provides a perfect example of this during his recent address at a high-level United Nations forum in New York. In Arun Gandhi’s […]

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]]> GWEI Accepted by UN Economic and Social Council https://www.catalysthouse.net/gandhi-un-ecosoc/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:05:25 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=6126 “United Nations Economic and Social Council chamber New York City 2” by MusikAnimal – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Commons.  Gandhi Worldwide Accepted by United Nations Economic and Social Council Special Consultative Status Bestowed on Gandhi Children’s NGO by UN   WACAUNDA, Ill., Aug. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “The UN Consultative Status for our […]

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]]> Arun Gandhi’s Address in Pietermaritzburg June 7, 2015 https://www.catalysthouse.net/arun-gandhis-address-in-piertermaritzburg-june-7-2015/ Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:55:51 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=6134 Another spot on address by Arun Gandhi in Pietermaritzburg during the Satyagraha Tour of South Africa. He talks about the purpose of the Gandhi Legacy Tour in South Africa.   He continues on with: “The thing that touches me most about my grandfather, is the statement that he made just a month or so before […]

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]]> Violence Running Rampant! https://www.catalysthouse.net/violence-running-rampant/ Tue, 05 May 2015 12:55:39 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=5843 Originally posted @GWEI  Violence runs rampant in these austere times. An embodiment of the concept would certainly manifest as the Hydra itself, the multi-headed serpent monster from ancient Greek mythology, a monster which Hercules himself had difficulty slaying. Mimicking the Hydra, violence is manifold and ruthless. In today’s world, where there is mass profit from […]

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]]> Gandhi Tour Grants for Youth! https://www.catalysthouse.net/gandhi-tour-grants-for-youth/ Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:23:40 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=5780 Originally Posted at GWEI Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (“GWEI”) Board of Directors has established the “Essay of Excellence”, a youth “Gandhi Legacy Tour Travel Grant” program.   Two travel grants will be awarded annually – one for the Gandhi Legacy Tour of India (Dec 29 – Jan 12, 2015-2016) and the other for the Satyagraha Tour of South Africa (May […]

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]]> Meet Rajendra Singh – The Waterman of India https://www.catalysthouse.net/meet-rajendra-singh-the-waterman-of-india/ Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:05:21 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=5753 A tip of the hat goes to Tushar Gandhi for introducing us to this amazing innovator … Rajendra Singh is a man on a mission – he wants to stop a Third World War from breaking out because of water shortage. Singh, known as the “waterman of India”, is a celebrated water reclaimationist from the Alwar […]

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]]> Finally, Net Neutrality is Within Sight https://www.catalysthouse.net/finally-net-neutrality-is-within-sight/ Thu, 05 Feb 2015 06:04:52 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=5350 Today, we celebrated. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has signaled that the Commission is finally making real progress on net neutrality. But the fight isn’t over by a long shot. Proponents of net neutrality claim that big telecom companies seek to impose a tiered service model in order to control the pipeline and thereby remove competition, […]

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]]> Gandhi For Children EarthDome Development Update https://www.catalysthouse.net/gandhi-for-children-earthdome-development-update/ Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:05:47 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=5151 Originally Posted on the Gandhi For Children website:  AVANI Eco-Dome Development Update 2014 We have a composite of images & notes relating to the AVANI Domes progress… Just in time for the monsoon rains last September, the exterior of the main dome structure at the five-acre site was completed. The rains actually assisted in the curing […]

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]]> Zulu Traditional Culture https://www.catalysthouse.net/zulu-traditional-culture/ Mon, 18 Aug 2014 06:05:08 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=4902 Original Post Source: Gandhi Legacy Tour   Zulu Traditional Dance: Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park Departure back to Durban, South Africa   Stunning Zulu’s practicing a traditional dance and chant at a local community center in South Africa close to the Mozambique boarder. We happen to spot the group driving down the road after leaving the Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park […]

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]]> Arun Gandhi to Receive an Ambassador of Peace Award in Los Angeles July 10th 2014 https://www.catalysthouse.net/third-international-congress-of-hispanic-american-poetry-in-los-angeles-july-6th-to-12th-2014/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:05:14 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=4813 An Event Dedicated to World Peace: Join in and Be the Change! Dr. Arun Gandhi will be presented an “Ambassador of Peace” award, plus give Keynote Address, July 10th at the “Third International Hispanic-American Poetry Congress” held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The “Ambassador of Peace” award will be presented by 1985 Nobel Peace […]

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]]> First Satyagraha Tour of South Africa Led by Arun Gandhi, Embarks This Week https://www.catalysthouse.net/first-satyagraha-tour-of-south-africa-led-by-arun-gandhi-embarks-this-week/ Fri, 23 May 2014 16:05:48 +0000 https://www.catalysthouse.net/?p=4796 News Announcement Originally Posted at Gandhi Legacy Tour                     (PRLEAP.COM) Dana Point, CA May 23, 2014: The inaugural Satyagraha Tour of South Africa enjoys organic synchronicity of critical historical dates of both Mohandas Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.  Highlights include following the path of Gandhi’s travels, initially arriving […]

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