>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:58:21 -0400 (EDT) >From: Renewable News Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Happy Earth Day! >========= > >1. Happy Earth Day! April 22, 1999 >----------------------------------- >Have a wonderful Earth Day. May it remain Earth Day in your heart >and mind (and actions :-)) all year long. -Meryl > > >Let there be peace, welfare and righteousness >in every part of the world. > >Let confidence and friendship prevail >for the good of east and west >for the good of the needy south >for the good of all humanity. > >Let the people inspire their leaders >helping them to seek peace by peaceful means >helping them and urging them >to build a better world >a world with a home for everybody >a world with food and work for everybody >a world with spiritual freedom >for everybody. > >Let those who have the power of money >be motivated by selfless compassion. >Let money become a tool >for the good of humankind. > >Let those who have power >deal respectfullly with the resources of the planet. >Let them respect and maintain >the purity of the air, water, land and subsoil. >Let them co-operate to restore >the ecological soundness of Mother Earth. > >Let trees grow up by the billions >around the world. >Let green life invade the deserts. > >Let industry serve humanity >and produce waste that serves nature. > >Let technology respect >the holiness of Mother Earth. > >Let those who control the mass media >contribute to create mutual understanding >contribute to create optimism and confidence. > >Let ordinary people >meet by the millions across the borders. >Let them create a universal network >of love and friendship. > >Let billions of human beings >co-operate to create a good future >for their children and grandchildren. > >Let us survive >In peace and harmony with Mother Earth. > >HAGEN HASSELBALCH from the book Earth Prayers >From: Meryl Brott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >2. The Key to the Puzzle >------------------------ >The key to organizing a new society >is to organize people around >what they can do >and more importantly >what they want to do > >There is no ideology except that which each individual brings. >The role one plays in building the new society will shape in some >way its ideology. If you play a role of total involvement, you will >develop a feeling that you created the myth in your own image. > >One will also recognize that others have created it in their image >and that, in reality, the composite myth becomes becomes a Gestalt. >The total myth is greater than the sum of its parts. > >Energy-centers that originate or gravitate to the heart of the myth >have to trust, not only the myth, but also the vast numbers of >participates, who want to add their garbage to the pile. If it is bad >garbage, it will quickly rot; if it is good garbage, it will help >transform the pile into a shrine of holiness. > > -Abbie Hoffman ___________________________________________________________________ Mulai langganan: "subscribe envorum" ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop langganan: "unsubscribe envorum" ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arsip di http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] atau di http://www.egroups.com/list/envorum
