What Will You Do?

we live in one home and that is the home of Earth we are the fruit of a 14 billion year process of development we have to move to the point where we can survive on this Earth we live in great Peril where are we on our moral Evolution as a as a human species Science and Technology outstripping the constraints of Law and morality we are bringing an ecological and geological period to an end what happens then we have epidemics of infectious diseases what happens to his HIV AIDS you have massive Refugee populations what happens to migrations the world is in a an amazing period of slow motion catastrophe what happens to the entire system that's so delicately balanced religions have to address problems like conflict resolution they have to address the environment ecology they have to address economic disparities they have to address social justice unless the Buddhist know how to tackle the Buddhism will be only good for those who want to have personal happiness if they don't do that then they're not relevant they have SE of Peace within but their lifestyle in fact contribute to suffering in the world you have to do your own soul searching you have to do an analysis an intra analysis of religion I think the role of women we shall have to improve the world as is fed up of religions when it starve for spirituality this remarkable story of evolution of the cosmos of the universe of the earth of Life systems when we begin to see and understand that uh this this whole evolutionary context we are part of this system it is a living life force that has a capacity to grow matter is just begun to to have this capacity for Consciousness the Consciousness that we are now vessels for in terms of you and me and the rest of us we're barely beginning to wake [Applause] up keep in mind what Einstein said you don't solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that gave rise to that problem cultural revolution is you know is only going to happen when we are willing to let go of this fear of marginalization a new Consciousness is possible we've come upon this what we've begun to call global global Consciousness many people are Awakening already to this new Consciousness a state of Awakening uh having to do with inclusiveness and the capacity to hold multiple views you appreciate multiple perspectives and appreciate their differences and also see how they relate to each other that's a very high level of cognitive development the highest level of caring is to respect people where they are and what life conditions they have but this speaks to is the profoundness of personal responsibility you can affect change by changing yourself we have a choice to stem the tide of Destruction if we can just get a critical mass together we are much more than the sum of our own individuality there's something in in the human spirit that every time we had reached this point where we could have chosen death we chose life each one of us can make a difference then indeed we are moving towards the kind of world the Utopia that we all dream of and that we each one of us know in our heart is possible [Music] [Music]