"We have a large satsang group on the border of Jerusalem," writes Daffna Paz, a teacher working in Israel. "We are now starting work near Gaza, in south Israel. We will go along the wall and spread our message."

These satsangs have Hebrew songs. Obviously, the movement is restricted to the Jews right now. The ratio of men to women, according to Gil Hershman, who is visiting the Bangalore ashram, is 1:1.

"The Jews and the Arabs fight there all the time," says Hershman. "We have had so many wars between us. We want them to stop all this killing and fighting, learn to accept one another, forgive the past, and live in the present."

What have the Israelis found useful about this movement? "It teaches us to look at people as human beings," explains Hershman, who has served time as a soldier before joining this movement. "We have many soldiers with us too. But we have not yet seriously penetrated the army."

Having been a soldier himself, Hershman believes soldiers badly need this kind of help as situations of conflict often force them to behave in ways that they later regret.

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