There is a silent revolution in military thinking going on now in the Philippines, where the focus is more on peace-building than war-making. The TS is actively supporting this new focus by conducting seminars for military personnel. 

A seminar was held in August 2012 at the main camp of the Army Reserve Command in Tanza, Cavite for a batch of 92 trainees destined to become army officers.  It was handled by Victor and Jo Penaranda, assisted by Marilyn Ranola.

Six months earlier Vic Hao Chin led a half-day seminar on the theme, Inner Peace, to about 190 graduating students of the Philippine Military Academy, the institution where the future military leaders are trained.  The seminars cover the topics of self-awareness, meditation, managing stress and emotional distress naturally, service and leadership, values and moral integrity.

This work with the military was initiated by the Godea Lodge of the TS in the Philippines, which is based in Iligan City.  Members have been conducting seminars for military officers in Mindanao since 2007.

This year one of the seminar facilitators was invited to a planning meeting in the Philippine Military Academy where they discussed the incorporation of the Peace Module into their regular curriculum.

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