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A CALL TO OUR GUIDING INSTITUTIONS
DECEMBER. 99
. Seeking Spiritual Grounding
Without spiritual grounding, visions of a far better world cannot be realized. In an age of profound spiritual yearning, the religious and spiritual traditions of the world offer wisdom
to move beyond our narrow self-interest and to build community in the spirit of hospitality:
to recognize the interdependence of all systems that support life and to choose sustainable ways of living,
to see that the needs of others make a claim on our lives and to strive for justice and peace;
to remember our place in the human family and to express compassion through service;
to deepen spiritual awareness as the wellspring of personal transformation and to embrace the whole human community.
Creative Engagement
When reflecting on the future of the human community, one must consider the world's most powerful institutions-institutions whose policies, for better and for worse, influence every aspect of life on the planet. Clearly, the critical issues facing the world today present an acute ethical challenge to these institutions.
What is urgently needed is a new opening to creative engagement among the guiding institutions-an active, attentive, and inventive collaboration, rooted in shared moral principles and expressed in mutually sustained programs on behalf of the peoples of the twenty-first century.
1999 PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS
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