At the end of 2002 World Goodwill initiated a new and exciting activity. From time to time we will be conducting interviews with people whose life and work reflects a spiritual vision that we think will be of interest to many. Some of these individuals will have a conscious spiritual orientation in their lives and work, while others may be more outwardly focused but demonstrate lives of real service.
We plan to interview people from all the many fields of human interest—for example, politics, diplomacy, economics, science, the arts, religion, spirituality, academia, the media and others. We hope to focus not only upon the individual’s outer life and work but also, if possible and appropriate, upon his or her inner, spiritual life. In this way, we think we can help to shed light upon the means by which the two arms of the even-armed cross of service are balanced in the lives of today’s servers. Through these interviews we believe we are helping to subjectively strengthen the work of all who are seeking to serve humanity at this difficult time of transition into a new age.
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John Bunzl is a businessman who, in 1998, was inspired
to come up with the Simultaneous Policy, "a peaceful political strategy to democratically drive all the world's nations to apply global solutions to global problems". He
discusses the Policy and the organisation
he has set up to promote it, and reveals
why he believes there is a spiritual
basis to the current economic and political
challenges that face humanity.
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Don Conreaux, Gongmaster, tours
worldwide, offering instruction, discourse, retreats, and full-evening
concerts. He explains that, "The thrust of my work is to demonstrate and explain the
importance of the ancient gong in today's world, not only through the diversity
of its powerful entertainment value, but by introducing its philosophy,
relevance, and application to musicians, therapists, scientists, educators and
the general public.".
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Jayantha Dhanapala, former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs at the UN, considers why comprehensive nuclear disarmament did not materialise at the end of the Cold War.
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Jane Goodall, scientist
and conservationist, reflects on
her years of work with chimpanzees
in Africa, and discusses a number
of her ongoing environmental and
development projects.
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Andrew Cohen, spiritual teacher, author and editor of
"What is Enlightenment?" magazine, explains his idea that enlightenment is an evolving process and that human beings are called to participate in the evolution of consciousness.
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Satish Kumar, editor of "Resurgence"
magazine, and programme director
of the Schumacher College, discusses
his world-view of reverential ecology,
and highlights the importance of
developing intimacy with the natural
world and with others.
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Rabbi Michael Lerner, founder of the Tikkun Community,
editor of "Tikkun" magazine,
and author of "Healing Israel/Palestine",
shares his thoughts on how the crisis
in Israel/Palestine can be creatively
resolved to the mutual benefit of
both sides.
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Dr. Desmond Johns, Director of the UNAIDS office in New York, shares
his thoughts on how the global HIV/AIDS
crisis can be addressed.
Further information
on UNAIDS, a joint programme involving
seven UN bodies and the World Bank,
can be found at www.unaids.org |
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