Information is not wisdom. But when we apply information into our personal, daily life, wisdom is born. We have to learn to embody the change we want to see in the world. Claude AnShin Thomas maintains that war and violence in its many forms are not a result of human nature but, he says, "the collective expression of our personal suffering." And though the seeds of war and violence are planted early and often, Thomas shows us how we each have the power to end war. This intensive teaches different tools of meditation and mindfulness practice to help us discover the responsibility, power, and wisdom to live in a different relationship with the reality of our lives post-combat, post-military service, post-trauma, and how to bring healing and transformation to the collective conscious.