We Need To Go from Working within the Collapse of Nature and Humanity to Working for the Care of People and Planet From UN Sec-Gen U Thant’s Message in 1969, Quoted in The Limits To Growth p.17, in 1972, to His Holiness’ Message for the New Year in 2024
50 years of neoliberal policies have powered economic growth and private profits over people and planet
Our Heartfulness is dependent on our ever more conscious participation in our common humanity (soma-psychepneuma/nous) and in our inhabitation of divine qualities (agape, eros, agency, philia, love, beauty, goodness, truth, joy, justice, wholeness, unity, compassion, wisdom et al.).
On the occasion of the New Year, I would like to thank everyone who has sent me good wishes, and I offer my greetings to you all, brothers and sisters across the world. Despite the many challenges that we are facing today, I feel optimistic that with a growing appreciation of how interconnected we all are in the oneness of humanity, we can all work to lead more meaningful lives and create a better world. As human beings we share a common wish to be happy and free from pain. We are social animals who depend on others to survive. Therefore, as I often say, we should work for the benefit of others. If we cannot help them, we should at least make sure we do no harm. I have found that helping others is the best way of ensuring happiness and calm for ourselves. I also firmly believe that we can find peace in the world only when we find peace within. Every human being has the potential to cultivate inner peace, and by so doing to contribute to the peace of our global community. We must try to cultivate compassion and inner peace, regardless of our nationality or religion, we can contribute to the well-being and happiness of all mankind. If the last century was the century of violence, it is our responsibility to make this century the century of dialogue. Once again, I extend warm greetings to you all. I hope that you all enjoy an auspicious beginning to the new year, 2024. With prayers and good wishes, Dalai Lama Guterres urges G77 and China to drive momentum for global governance reform | UN News An Economic Bill of Rights | Marianne 2024
75 years ago, in 1948, humanity joined altogether to authorise the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations. 50 years ago, in 1972, the Club of Rome published groundbreaking work on the Limits to Growth on our finite planet, The Limits to Growth+50 - Club of Rome. Today, many of us learn to work with heartless neoliberal policies, which allow interacting violations of human rights (see, for example, Self-Help or Self-Governance? The Role of the Psy-Disciplines in Neoliberalism (madinamerica.com) and From local insights to global impact: The role of indigenous psychologies in developing global psychology - Mad in the UK) within interacting ecological overshoots of planetary boundaries, Global Commons Alliance - for a safe and just future. Will we ever learn to live in tune with the true heartfulness of our full humanity, and with the wondrous radiance of life on our planet?