In international affairs, just about everyone speaks from the point of view of a particular country, or race or religion. Everyone is pushing something based on their favorite ‘difference' - whatever distinguishes them from everybody else.
Everybody speaks from the basis of an identity related to some religious, cultural, social, or political institution. In all of that, the basis for what is said or promoted is the presumption of a limited identity that is less than the totality of humankind.
But what about the 99% that is the same in all of us, genetically, and in other ways? Why not think about being part of humankind first? Note that this does not require dissociation from one's nation, one's birthplace, or one's particular citizenship. Rather, it requires the discipline of always going beyond any kind of opinion that puts the differences first - making them seem more important than the huge majority of similarities.
Why not look at all human problems as part of humankind's inherently global concerns, without any other "angle" on it whatsoever. After all, the polluted air we breathe is the same air that moves all over the planet. And the greed and stupidity of a few financial types in the USA seems to have done a good job of wrecking the economy of the whole world. So who speaks for this good of the entire population or the planet? Nobody so far.
The United Nations is just a big group of individuals speaking on behalf of their nation's interests. But this situation has to change - NOW. The force of
'everybody-all-at-once' must arise and exert a responsible and accountable influence on the affairs of the planet.
Gloria Applbaum is a Canadian living abroad who has studied
Global Peace for years. She sees this as the turning point in all of human history where economic, environmental, security, and other global crises will lead us to the point of radical change, or catastrophe. World Friend Adi Da invites everyone to consider 'Not-Two Is Peace'- The Ordinary People's Way of
Global Cooperative Order
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