SUMMARY
Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker, writer,
initiator, organizer and activist committed to building cohesive
societies, and offers pluralistic solutions to the media and the
public on current issues. He is available to speak at places of
worship, workplaces, schools, seminars, workshops, conferences
and public events.
Mike is a frequent guest on Fox News, “The
Hannity Show”, and on nationally syndicated radio shows along
with Dallas TV, print and radio networks, and occasional
interviews on NPR.
He has spoken at international forums including
the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions in
Melbourne, Australia; the Middle East Peace Initiative in
Jerusalem; and the International Leadership Conference in
Hawaii, Chicago and Washington.
He is a member of the Texas Faith panel at The Dallas Morning News
and writes about issues facing the nation every week. He writes
for the Huffington Post regularly, and occasionally for the
Washington Post and other daily newspapers and magazines around
the world. In 2011 Mike published over 300 articles on a variety
of subjects. Two books are poised to be released this year on
Pluralism and Islam in America.
Mike was a commissioner for the City of Carrollton
and president of many organizations including Home Owners
Association, North Texas Cricket Association, and a board member
of several non-profits such as the Dallas Peace Center.
Mike is a collaborator and much of his work revolves around the
subjects of pluralism, interfaith movement, politics, justice,
cohesive societies, Islam, India, hope and world peace. Mike’s
work is reflected in four websites and 30 blogs indexed at www.mikeghouse.net,
and he writes daily at
www.TheGhouseDiary.com
He has been managing the
Foundation for Pluralism for over a decade and will continue
championing the idea of co-existence through respecting and
accepting the otherness of others. On a personal level, he is
committed to nurturing
pluralistic ideals embedded in Islam.
Mike has established several annual
public events to bring Americans of different religions,
ethnicities, and races together on common ground to build a safe
and secure America.
Concerned by the political, civil and economic divisiveness,
Mike has initiated and formed the
America Together
Foundation
(ATF), a non-profit entity committed to building a cohesive
America, where no American has to live with anxiety,
apprehension, discomfort or fear of the other. One must be free
to live his or her life to the fullest in pursuit of happiness.
The ATF is in the developmental stage now and invites
participants, sponsors and volunteers.
He believes that if we can learn to respect the
otherness of others and accept the God-given uniqueness of each
one of the 7 billion of us, then conflicts fade and solutions
emerge.
Mike starts each day with a
commitment to build a cohesive America and pluralistic societies
with a strong faith in one Creator God,
indivisible with
liberty and justice for all.
To
engage Mike in a dialogue, conference or a talk,
write to
Ghousespeaks@gmail.com
MIKE GHOUSE IN THE MEDIA
Offering pluralistic solutions on issues of the day
1.
Dallas
Morning News
(Weekly)
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write pluralistic solutions on issues of the day
in Texas Faith column.
2.
Hannity Show
( Monthly)
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Both on Fox TV Show as well as his Nationally
syndicate Radio Shows
3.
Huffington Post
( Bi-Monthly)
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Articles on Pluralism, Politics, interfaith,
India and Islam.
4.
You Tube
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Videos
of activism, speeches etc, a whole lot more to
be uploaded
5.
Google
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Search by name, MikeGhouse or Mike Ghouse,
Interfaith Speaker or Muslim or Pluralism
Speaker
6.
Facebook
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Facebook.com/MikeGhouse (5000 Friends)
Facebook.com/MikeGhouse2 (1200) & Speaker
7.
Twitter
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2000 +Tweets, 1900 connections
8.
Linkedin
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750 connections
9.
Yahoogroups -
25,000
connections
0.
Blogger
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27 Blogs
WEBSITES
America Together
Foundation|
Political
Blogs |
Unity Day |
Holocaust
Foundation for
Pluralism |
2
Pluralism
Sites &
10
Blogs
Islam
Together
Foundation|
3 Islam
Sites &
10
Blogs
SPEAKER PROFILES
Interfaith Speaker
Muslim Speaker
Motivational Public
Speaker
Speaker
Topics
Profile Pictures
MIKE GHOUSE' CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICA
The success of Mike’s community
service is an outcome of adhering to the plans and
the goals. All the events are mainstream events initiated by Muslims. The
programs are attended by
people of every
faith, race, ethnicity, culture, and
background. We gather to express our commitment to
co-existence, unity, prosperity and well-being of
our nation.
It is the Muslim commitment to become participants
and contributors in building a cohesive America.
They have been super beneficial to the Muslim
communities, which is included in the additional
information. This initiative was driven by Verse
49:13 of Qur'an; to know each other. In each one of
the events below, except two,
we the
people of the United States of America of every
faith,
race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather
to express our commitment to co-existence, unity,
prosperity and well being of our nation.
o
The Annual Unity Day USA is a main
stream event commemorating 9/11 for seven
years .
It is a
purposeful event to bring Americans together. The
UNITY DAY USA has become a symbol of unity among
Americans. On this Unity Day, we the people of the
United States of America of every faith, race,
ethnicity, culture and background will gather to
express our commitment to co-existence, unity,
prosperity and well being of our nation. It is an
initiative to come together to stand up for the
safety, security and cohesiveness of America.
Every year we recognize five individuals who have
made a difference in their communities, the trophy
calls them Pluralist in their field.
o
The Annual Holocaust and Genocides
event has continued for the last five years.
We
have to learn and to acknowledge and reflect upon
the terrible things we have inflicted upon each
other and have to commit to ourselves to resist the
temptations to be prejudiced and stereotype others.
We cannot demand peace unless we are peaceful
ourselves. Our safety hinges on the safety of others
around us, and it behooves us to work for the safety
and security of others on this little planet. We
have to be continuously aware of the Holocaust and
Genocides and prepare us to avert such tragedies.
It is a Muslim
commitment to be contributors in building a cohesive
America.
o
The Annual Thanksgiving Celebrations
& Awards were carried out for over ten years
and due to overlapping of Unity day, it is done on a
very small scale now.
The
purpose of celebrating this event is to thank God
for helping us learn to accept, respect and
appreciate each other’s uniqueness with a focus on
culture.
o
Quraan Conference was held on December 5, 2010 in
Dallas to demystify the myths about “troubled
passages” from Quraan. With 10 Non-Muslim clergy
panelists and 5 Muslim Imams. Quraan copies and Imam
Feisal’s books were supplied by CAIR and ISNA
(2010).
o
Workshops on “Understanding Religion” comprising 12
workshops from “Atheism to Zoroastrianism and every
religion in between” (2006-2008).
o
520
Hours of Talk Show Radio on Understanding each one
of the religions on AM Radio 1150 (2003-2005).
Commemoration of the loss of Space
Shuttle Columbia in 2003. (full story)
OTHER
o
Pratham USA, committed to literacy for every child
in India raised funds, organizer and was a founding
director in the first two years of its inception.
Bill Gates foundation has finally funded $6 Million
to the project (2004-2005).
o The
Zindagi Trust USA, a Shahzad Roy initiative for
Pakistani children, who will be paid to learn. Mike
successfully organized and raised funds for the
Trust (2005 and 2007).
SERVING THE
COMMUNITIES
Mike has earned the goodwill from
among different faiths, races and ethnicities across
America by serving and contributing towards the
overall good of America. He makes a conscious effort
to reach out to every representation of America.
o
Commissioner at the
City of Carrollton (2007-2010) he has close
relations with the civic leadership, local community
and politicians. He not only served the city at
large but also hosted candidates forum shaping the
politics of Carrollton. The Mayors and Council
members have participated in Annual events.
o
President, Indian
Creek HOA - His leadership skills to pull diverse
people together provided him the opportunity to
serve as the President of one of the largest Home
Owners Associations in Dallas area for two terms.
o
President, North
Texas Cricket Association – Mike’s leadership
changed the outlook for Cricket in the USA, bringing
together 16 Cricket grounds, raising from 6 to 32
teams and winning an international award for the
best overall Cricket development in the western
hemisphere.
o
Founding director,
Memnosyne Foundation - He was a founding director
for the Memnosyne Foundation reaching out to Native
Americans across the continent
o
Ambassador for
Peace, Universal Peace Federation, and through the
Universal Peace Federation he has reached to the
African American clergy and has been a part of the
Middle East Peace Initiative and has spoken a
conference in Jerusalem.
o
Director, Dallas
Peace Center. As a director with the Dallas peace
center he has faced immense criticism for standing
by HLF and demonstrations against Gaza. It is not
easy being a peace activist.
o
Registrar, Women’s
III International conference in Dallas 2005,
handling 3000 registrations to the conference from
across the globe.
o
Several more to be listed
ACTIVISM
Mike Just cannot sit quite when he feels he can
raise his voice. He was inspired by Prophet
Muhammad’s quote that when you see injustice, the
least you can do is to speak up. Martin Luther
King Jr. is one of Mike's mentors, "Injustice
anywhere is a a threat to justice, whatever affects
one directly affects all indirectly". Reverend Moon
insists that the world would be a better place, if
we all care for each other and the Native American
Chief Seattle said something to this effect. We are
merely a strand in this world wide web, if we mess
one, we mess the others. Mike's Grand father and his
father inspire him to be an activist.
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Fred Phelps anti-Semitism: Phelps was protesting
in front of the Dallas Holocaust Museum, Texas
Jewish Post, Akiba Academy, several Synagogues,
St. Mary's Guadalupe and the GLBT church. Mike
was there standing with the Jews, immigrants and
Catholics. Assuring them that we are all in this
together. He pulled the Holocaust Survivors
together in the Museum and prayed for the well
being, he was on the street (July 2010).
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Immigration Rally down town Dallas: Mike was
asked by the Lulac and the Spanish leaders to
join the March in downtown with the community
leaders to demand immigration reforms, where he
gave one of his famous speeches at Dallas City
Hall.
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Immigration protest at Farmers Branch: When the
Farmers Branch City undertook to undermine the
Federal Government on the Immigration, Mike was
there walking with the group to Mayor's office.
Dallas Morning News printed Mike's picture on
the top front page, which was repeated in 200
dailies across Latin America that produced a
barrage of hate mail from the non-law-abiding
citizens.
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Gaza Protest: In December 2009, during Gaza
Siege, Mike represented Dallas Peace Center as a
director at the Grassy Knoll, Downtown Dallas
where JFK was shot. There was a Jewish man
having arguments with a few Palestinians, the
police was chasing him for causing distress, I
stood up for him against the police demand, and
when they decided to arrest me, the other guy
walked away and they backed off.
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Gujarat Rally: Nearly 1000 Indian Muslims were
massacred in the mayhem in Gujarat, Mike
organized a Rally was held in downtown at the
court house.
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Aids Walk: Mike has participated in the Aids
walk in South Dallas
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Anti-War Rally: Participated in Anti-War rallies
down town Dallas several times.
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Gay March - World War II witnessed the massacre
of Gays and the march was organized in Oak Lawn
which Mike participated
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Aid's Awareness Walk
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Gandhi Walk, an Annual event that I have been
participating
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Partnership Walk, an Annual event since 2000.
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Need to list
several other activities
Have written petitions, called people and wrote
about the mistreatment of Atheists, Baha’i,
Buddhist, Christian, Hindus, Jains, Jews, Pagans,
Sikhs, Wicca, Native Americans, Zoroastrians and of
course Muslims.
ORGANIZER
Mike is an organizer
of events, conferences, workshops and lectures to impart the
values of pluralism at work, places of worship and the society
at large, He is a conflict mitigater and a goodwill nurturer and
believes that by learning to respect the otherness of others and
accepting the God given uniqueness of each one of the seven
billion of us, conflicts fade and solutions emerge.
He has dedicated
his time to work with the leadership in offering insights and
solutions to effectively managing the multi-religious,
multi-ethnic, and multicultural societies.
Pluralistic solutions have the power to sustain and take us into
the next century with relative security, peace and prosperity.
We cannot have peace and security when we do injustice to
others.
Mike Presides the
Foundation for Pluralism
championing the idea of co-existence
through respecting and accepting the otherness of other; he is
committed to nurturing the pluralistic ideals embedded in Islam
through the
World
Muslim Congress;
a board member of the
Dallas
Peace Center
and
an Ambassador for peace with the
Universal
Peace Federation.
Mike was
also one of the founding board members of the Memnosyne
Foundation, as well as former commissioner at the City of
Carrollton.
INITIATOR
The following events were initiated,
organized and established with the theme of bringing diverse
people together to learn and to know about each other.
Annual
reflections on
Holocaust
and Genocides
since
2007;
The mission is to create
awareness of the
inhumanity in us
and find solutions for peaceful co-existence.
Mike believes that, "we cannot be safe, unless others around us
are not" (
TJP
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DMN 2009
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DMN 2006
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Survivors-Jewish Post
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Fox TV
)
The annual
Unity Day
USA
took root in 2005,
on this Unity Day USA, we the people of the United States of
America of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background
will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, Unity,
safety, prosperity and well being of our nation with liberty and
justice for all.
The Annual
Thanksgiving Celebrations began in 1993 to bring immigrant,
indigenous and born Americans together.
The purpose of celebrating this event is to give thanks to the
creator for the blessings of precious life while enjoying the
cultural heritage of each ethnic group.
Talk Show Radio (196-20001) on AM 1150
Cricket (in Cricket section below)
EDUCATOR
"Wisdom of Religion"
- all the beautiful religions of the world was an hourly Radio
talk show broadcasted daily. Over 700 hours of educational
programming was relayed learning about religious, humanistic and
the pluralistic traditions.
"Festivals of the World" was a weekly Radio program
on
Saturdays, where the essence of every festival was shared, so we
all can have an idea of how other people celebrate or
commemorate their holidays. (more on right panel)
Workshops titled
“Understanding Religion – every beautiful religion” were
conducted for two years.
Mike's purposeful presence in the
media is to foster critical thinking. He is blessed to
have been given the time on national and local TV, Radio and
Print medium to share pluralistic solutions on the issues of the
day.
MEDIA RELATIONS
Mike has appeared on
Public Television, Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC and other channels
and has been on NPR, KERA, KRLD, WBAP, Progressive Radio and
several other Radio talk shows. The theme is for people to see
and value a moderate point of view.
Mike is a frequent guest on Fox TV's Sean Hannity
Show as well as the nationally syndicated Radio
shows.
In December he was on the on Australian TV and in
January he was National Public Radio between 3-4 pm
on Monday.
Link
"Wisdom of Religion, all the beautiful religions"
was a Radio program from
2004-2006, where he explored the essence of every faith as well as
Atheism and the natured based traditions like Wicca. Over 100 hours
of learning was presented with experts, pastors, Rabbis, Imams and
Pundits from every tradition. A total of 520 Hours of Radio
programming on Religions of the world.
As a hobby Mike initiated the
Radio Programs for the Asian Americans in 1993 which has blossomed
into two Desi Radio Stations in Dallas; Fun Asia Radio and
the Salaam Namaste Radio. Mike is perhaps the first
Asian American Radio talk show host in Texas and the microphones was
open to all points of view. He believed if a nation has to make a
decision on any issue, all points of view must be heard, no matter
how liberal or conservative they may be.
Mike produced and anchored had a Sunday Morning TV
show on channel 52 in Dallas in 1996 for 25 weeks.
Mike also published a News paper
called Asian News, which was renamed as Asian American Journal from
1993- 2000, it was a journal of the Subcontinentians, i.e., the
people of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
MODERATOR
Mike moderates several discussion
groups numbering nearly 6,000 members, among them are the
Foundation for Pluralism, World Muslim Congress, Dallas Indians
and other groups.
Facebook has earned him over 7000
friends between three discussing issues
that face us daily.
The Journal of pluralism reaches over
25,000 people around the
world.
Parliament
Jerusalem Conference
Radio Shows
STANDING UP FOR OTHERS
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Link
Serving
blindly was a clarion call by his Grand father and regularly
reinforced by spiritual leaders from across the spectrum of
religions and traditions. Mike feels blessed that God has
created a speck of a space for him to fulfill that mission.
Mike has stood up and spoke for
Immigration
reforms
at
Farmers Branch
and
Downtown Dallas.
He has participated in the
Gaza Rally
and
moderated the Interfaith
Prayers for Goodwill in Gaza
and has deplored the rockets into Israel.
Joined in the organizations for Darfur and speaks up against the
and persecution of minorities, He will
stand up with Jews, Gays & Lesbian and the Mexican immigrants in
a
rally against them
in Dallas.
He was involved in the cause of
persecuted
in
Japan,
spoke out against the destruction of a
Church in Jakarta;
a ban on
Hindu festival in Italy;
desecration of a
Hindu temple in Malaysia,
Moscow,
Trinidad,
Lahore
and other places. Spoke out against the suffrage of the Kashmiri
Pundits, the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat, the burning of
Hindus in Godhra, burning of Godhra and rape of Nuns in India.
The forced conversions of Hindu in Pakistan and the harassment
of Dalits and Christians in India. Please note these are the
representative items and by all means not all. Mike also joins
with Native
Americans
in their quest for a
Heritage day
to celebrate their contribution to America.
Mike has condemned the
vandalism at
Holocaust Museum,
spoke out against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and consistently
fights the
anti-Ahmadiyya
prejudices,
He made a painful
acknowledgement of the atrocities we commit in different names.
He feels blessed to have the ability to touch every one of the
human beings and partnering with each of the religious
traditions, He has done a Radio Program on each on every one,
each one at least 25 times and few over 100 times and has
presented workshops on each one of them. In six Unity day
events, three Holocaust and Genocide event and over ten
thanksgiving celebrations and host of other events, he has
painstakingly brought every one together.
Links will be added
at
Standing up for others
FESTIVALS OF THE WORLD
As a part of education Mike
continues to write about the essence of festivals from several
religions and traditions, so we can connect with the other
people.
From 1993 - 2000 Asian News Magazine published a
short summary on essence of a given festival from
Bahai to Zoroastrians and every one in between. The
same was repeated on the Radio on Saturday Mornings
from 1996-2001.
Since 2001 it has continued on the Yahoogroups and
Mike's large mailing list, several blogs including
the Foundation for Pluralism and Facebook continue.
FUND RAISER
Mike is blessed to
introduce Pratham USA in Dallas and was one of the
founding directors and an organizer to do the fund
raiser. The organization has brought literacy to more
than 5 million children and adults in India and
continues to grow. Thanks God for the vision, Bill Gates
is now funding the organization with a motto of literacy
for every child.
He
was pleased to take the responsibility to do a
similar program for Pakistani children. It is a Shehzad
Roy initiative called 'I am
paid to learn.' under the name of Zindagi trust. We have
raised substantial funds twice now.
About 20 Major events and conferences have been
organized under the banner of the foundation for
Pluralism and World Muslim Congress and will
continue under America Together Foundation.
COMMITMENT
TO PEACE
The theme of conflict mitigation
and goodwill nurturance is consistent in his speeches, writings,
events and workshops he manages. He is committed to peace and
balance.
Mike
consciously chooses his words and actions to
reduce conflicts and nurture goodwill amongst people
of different
affiliations. He walks the middle path and gets to work with the
right wingers as well as the ultra-left. His work for peace and
co-existence is reflected through the workshops, radio shows,
speeches, discussion forums and writings.
ON
CREATION AND RELIGION
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that
something caused our existence; those who are religiously
oriented, generally call that causer the God, and others simply
call it the logic of creation.
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that
regardless of evolution, creation or the big bang theory, we
exist and that is a fact;
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that
universe is broadly composed of life and matter;
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that matter was created with a built-in balance-seeking
mechanism, while humans (life) were created (caused) with the
capacity to think and bestowed with a free will to find their
own balance and harmony;
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that there is accountability for everything we do, every
transaction of life has a giver and a receiver ultimately ending
in a balance. If the balance is not witnessed in one's life
time, religiously oriented people believe the creator God will
make it happen in the imaginary here after or will happen with
the idea of reincarnation. Remember humans seek balance.
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that the creator loves his (her or its) creation just like the
mother loves her children and has guided the creation through
peace makers, prophets and the messengers to guide tem to
co-exist in harmony.
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that the causer, creator, sustainer is not definable, not
imaginable and not reducible to definitive entity as it is
different for each one of us.
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Diversity
is intentional, among humanoids we have accepted 7 billion
unique thumb prints, unique DNA's and it is time we honor the
uniqueness of beliefs as well.
Mike states
that the purpose of religion is to bring spiritual balance to one
and balance with what surrounds him or her. A good Hindu is a good
Muslim and a good Muslim is a good Jew, a good Atheist is a good
Christian... the bottom line of religion is to facilitate
co-existence and harmony.
That the
purpose of all faiths is to spiritually connect the humans with the
divine, simply meaning understanding existence, the beginning and
the end and be in tune with the universal energy. This brings peace
of mind [release from misery] to the individuals and order in the
society.
He
strongly support the goodness of each Religion. The political
motivations have deliberately ascribed the wrongs of the world to
religions, it is his commitment to identify the individuals
responsible for it and uphold honor of each faith.
"To be
religious is to be a peace maker, one who mitigates conflicts and
nurtures goodwill."
DIVERSITY
As the stars in the universe are unique and as each snow flake is
different, we are blessed with similar uniqueness. There are nearly
seven billion of us and each one of has a different thumb print and
an unique DNA combination which we accept, we need to extend that to
our belief as well. Let there be seven billion beliefs, let's learn
to accept that as we do with the thumb print and let the otherness
of other be not a source of conflict. Diversity is intentional and
beautiful.
CONFLICTS
There are three sacred elements
that nestle a human being; one’s space, sustenance and
nurturance, messing which will create real conflicts. All else
is dialogue-able and not the real conflict.
MEDIATOR
Mike is
blessed to have been a mediator for many a community and family
conflicts - a few of them are doing remarkably well.
FREEDOM
Mike
considers himself to be “ a free person ” and enjoys the God
given boundlessness of his life. God has blessed him with a mind
that simply does not allow any prejudice to crawl into his heart
towards fellow humans. "This is the wealth we will find in our
discoveries of truth, Zero prejudice brings Salvation, Mukti,
Nirvana, Moksha or Nijaat; it is indeed true freedom, try it, it is
priceless."
MIKE GHOUSE,
THE NAME
A few people
from the subcontinent of India are conditioned to think a certain
way about names of the individual.
My Name is Mike Ghouse
COMMUNICATIONS
One of Mike's talents is communicating precisely what needs to be done
each step of the way. He believes in writing down every thing for clear
communications.
His thoroughness, simplicity and a calm focus
inspires peace of mind and assures a clear sense of direction for
the people who come in contact and or do business with him.
He is patient and sees another point of view
to finding sustainable solutions.
FULL ATTENTION
As a customer or a client, you will get Mike's full attention.
You'll benefit from his rich experience in finding solutions to your
real estate needs. Whatever he does, he will do it wholeheartedly
and will dedicate his time to you and expect the same commitment
from you, one Customer at a time.
RELATIONSHIPS
Mike has been exposed to and has been a part of many a World
Cultures, and has developed the sensitivities and skills to
understand and appreciate the uniqueness of each individual. No
matter where you are from, you'll feel right at home with him. His
inclination to provide thorough information and facilitate
decision-making is appreciated by the people he serve in his
business.
MIKE'S
MEDIA INITIATIVES
Mike hosted a Radio program
called "Wisdom of Religion, all the beautiful religions" from
2004-2006, where he explored the essence of every faith as well as
Atheism and the natured based traditions like Wicca. Over 100 hours
of learning was presented with experts, pastors, Rabbis, Imams and
Pundits from every tradition.
As a hobby Mike initiated the
Radio Programs for the Asian Americans in 1993 which has blossomed
into two Desi Radio Stations in Dallas; Fun Asia Radio and
the Salaam Namaste Radio. Mike is perhaps the first
Asian American Radio talk show host in Texas and the microphones was
open to all points of view. He believed if a nation has to make a
decision on any issue, all points of view must be heard, no matter
how liberal or conservative they may be.
Mike also published a News paper
called Asian News, which was renamed as Asian American Journal from
1993- 2000, it was a journal of the Subcontinentians, i.e., the
people of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
WISDOM OF RELIGION - RADIO PROGRAM
(2004-06)
Learn the
wisdom of all the beautiful religions of the World. It is
broadcasted on weekdays at 6:00 AM on AM Radio 1150 KBIS in
Dallas/Fort Worth and world wide you can log onto
www.RadioSuno.com.
More about Foundation please navigate to Foundation on the website
www.mikeghouse.net
. A website is in the making called
www.FoundationforPluralism.com.
All ideas are welcome.
The Program
will celebrate its' first anniversary at the end of July 2004. This
program was however commenced in August of 1995 in 15 minutes
segments on the Saturdays. Now we will be completing one full year
with one hour program each. In this period of time we have done 52
Hours of Each - Christianity, Hinduism and Islam = 156 Hours & 12
Hours each of Baha'i, Buddhist, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Zoroaster and
interfaith = 7 x 12 = 84 Hours + 9 Hours of general conversation.
I.e., a total of 259 Hours of wisdom of Religion. I missed 1 hour in
the entire year.
| Monday
|
Christianity
|
| Tuesday |
Jainism - 1st Tue
Judaism - 2nd Tue
Baha'i - 3rd Tue
Buddhism - 4th Tue
Open |
| Wednesday |
Sikhism - 1st Wed
Zoroastrianism - 2nd
Interfaith - 3rd
Open - 4th Wed
Open |
| Thursday |
Hinduism |
| Friday |
Islam |
The following schedule gives the specific dates.
http://www.mikeghouse.net/Calendar-WisdomofReligion.htm
SEPTEMBER 11 -
UNITY DAY
USA
Mike has made a commitment to dedicate
this day very year to 911 and work on learning and sharing
it's impact on the world from a moral, religious, economic and
social points of view.
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September 11, 2005 - Creation of Unity
Day USA - 14 faith representation, 650+ individuals, 6 Mayors, FBI
and DOJ attended the event. The civic Officials proclaimed it as
UnityDayUSA
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September 11, 2004 - 4 Hours of Radio
Talk Show - I do plan to bring the experts to share the impact
of this event on elections, world relations and much more.
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September 11, 2003 - 4 Hours of Radio
Talk Show - Bring out the experts in to share the impact of the this
event on Politics, history, world relations, multi-faith relations
and the economy.
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September 11, 2002 - 8 Hours of Radio
Talk Show - Bring the experts from all over the United States to
talk about the impact the event had in every sphere of life.
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September 11, 2001 - 8 Hours of Radio
Played leadership role in Dallas on the day of September 1. 2001
Two competing radio stations invited me to man the radio stations,
which were simulcast from 10:30 AM thru 5:00 PM.
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My first goal was to bring a sense of clarity and direction to the
public. Then pave the way for a sense of purpose, a sense of what
needs to be done. I repeated the same thing on its anniversary.
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By the end of the day a clear sense of direction was developed
followed by : I) Multi-faith prayers ii) donate blood ii) donate
money. The Blood centers had to close down due to the people’s
overwhelming response.
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The fog was clearing up – I) Osama bin Laden was the bad guy ii)
Muslims had nothing to do with Osama iii) Declaration of war against
Osama.
Spiritual leaders from all faiths joined the talk show ; Baha’i,
Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islam, Jain, Jewish, Sikh and
Zoroastrian. Area City Mayors, community and business leaders joined
in an effort to bring a sense of direction.
CRICKET
The "Annual Cricket Tournament- the Mike Ghouse Gold Cup" was
established in 1996, which has paved the way to year-round cricket.
Mayor Kirk declared Dallas as "The Cricket City of America". Mike
was instrumental in putting Dallas on the World Cricket Map and has
a dream of bringing an International cricket game to Dallas before
2005.
Mayor Evan's Proclamation.
Mike and his
leadership brought the prestigious international award for the "Best
Overall Cricket Development in America's" by the International
Cricket Council.
Professional
continuing education programs of no match in the nation. Over 3rd of
our players are certified umpires, a record in the sports leagues.
Proclamation
by Hon. Mayor Pat Evans of Plano on June 18, 2004 - Plano as Cricket
City of America
Under his
leadership NTCA hosted the first East-West USA conference - Hosted
Under 15 Trials in the US
MOTIVATIONAL WORDS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED ME MOST
Ray Bradbury "Until one is committed, there is
hesitancy... Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),
there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills
countless ideas and splendid plans: the moment one definitely
commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things
occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.…
Whatever you can do or dream that you can do, begin it. Boldness
has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now."
and this "If we listened to our intellect, we'd
never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd
never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's
nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build
your wings on the way down."
Dr. Abdul Hamid Abusulayman "There is a clear
distinction between doubts and problems. Doubts provoke
obstruction, frustration and discouragement, where as problems
inspire motivation, action and diligence
Mike Ghouse " Whatever you do in life, do it
wholeheartedly, there is joy in it for every one around
including ourselves"
If we can learn to accept and respect the God given uniqueness
of each one of the 7 billion of us, then conflicts fade and
solutions emerge.
