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Changing planet earth
Our mission
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What we believe
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A daily process that will change your life
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Why our program really works
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Why helping to change planet earth is part of living with joy
As human beings we all share this precious planet called Earth..our common home in the vast universe. We cannot be deeply happy nor can our children's happiness and security be ensured unless we create the changes we need to to eliminate war, nuclear weapons, human suffering, injustice and planetary environmental instability. Today there are many millions of good hearted people across the planet who really want to see change but feel helpless to do anything as individuals. But the reality is that today for the first time in our entire history on planet earth we have the tools- the technology and internet, the empowerment of women, the existence of tens of thousands of not for profit organizations and many other significant realities that can enable us to solve the problems on planet earth MUCH faster than ever before. What is needed is the increased consciousness and creation of political will to see this happen. This movement has been developing for many years beneath the surface of the chaos we often see in the nightly news. It is getting stronger day by day precisely because of the chaos we have seen in recent years. The reality is like all significant movements in modern history- civil rights, women's rights, the environmental protection movement etc there is a tipping point where enough good hearted people and leaders say enough. We do not want to live this way. We want to inspire, motivate and teach people to find their unique missions now and throughout their lives for helping to change planet earth and to increasingly create a culture of respect for life, human dignity, peace, the abolition of nuclear weapons and for the protection of our precious environment. If you would like to help us please go to the volunteer link and join us at Globalcitizensunited.org. Whatever your talents and abilities are, we can really use your help. Thanks so much Ray Gutoski Director Living with Joy
Why we can change planet earth today faster than ever in human history.
We believe that everyone has MUCH more potential for increasing and sustaining happiness and empowerment in every area of their lives than they think they do by far. But to recognize and bring out that potential we need to be daily happiness and empowerment learners a little each day.
The power of a change in consciousness
We believe that everyone has MUCH more potential for increasing and sustaining happiness and empowerment in every area of their lives than they think they do by far. But to recognize and bring out that potential we need to be daily happiness and empowerment learners a little each day.
Why we all need to become true global citizens
We believe that everyone has MUCH more potential for increasing and sustaining happiness and empowerment in every area of their lives than they think they do by far. But to recognize and bring out that potential we need to be daily happiness and empowerment learners a little each day.
Why we have the ability to create real change faster than at any time in human history
We believe that everyone has MUCH more potential for increasing and sustaining happiness and empowerment in every area of their lives than they think they do by far. But to recognize and bring out that potential we need to be daily happiness and empowerment learners a little each day.
What humanity has accomplished in the last 50 years is significant.
We believe that everyone has MUCH more potential for increasing and sustaining happiness and empowerment in every area of their lives than they think they do by far. But to recognize and bring out that potential we need to be daily happiness and empowerment learners a little each day.
Where we still need to go.
We believe that everyone has MUCH more potential for increasing and sustaining happiness and empowerment in every area of their lives than they think they do by far. But to recognize and bring out that potential we need to be daily happiness and empowerment learners a little each day.
Today for the first time in the entire span of human history we have the tools- the tremendous advances in technology, the internet, the increasing global empowerment of women, the existence of tens of thousands of nonprofit organizations, an 85 % literacy rate and many other essential conditions - to solve the problems facing humanity much faster than ever before. But to see this change materialize we need to see the development of a global citizenship consciousness. This consciousness has been developing for quiote some time....( examples) but it needfs to intensify. uSDEE THE become global citizens.
What humanity have accomplished in the last several decades
In the last fifty years the pace of positive change has actually accelerated tremendously beneath the chaos of what we see in the daily news. And it is precisely due to the chaos we are experiencing in America and internationally that more and more good hearted leaders and supporters are emerging across the planet who are saying "We do not want to live this way." America must heal and protect democracy and Ukraine, Gaza and Iran have to be the last wars on planet earth. Of course they do not get the press that the war in Ulraine and political polarization in Amrica gets but nonetheles this movement has been growing and gaining strength and is continuing to grow across the globe.
The Global Citizenship Movement
The global citizenship movement has been growing for many decades. Among it's goals are sustainable planetary peace and an end to war, social justice, human dignity and human rights, the abolition of nuclear weapons, the elimination of poverty and world illness and for planetary environmental stability and sustainability. Rather than a single unified movement it is composed of many different "streams" flowing together increasingly and creating a global citizenship consciouness and awareness that we can and have to solve the problems facing humanity now before it is too late.
What is a global citizen?
A global citizen is someone who realizes that we cannot be happy or secure on planet earth as individuals seperate from working toward the peace, happiness, prosperity of all others on our precious planet.
Being a global citizen is not about changing your religion or political affiliation but realizing we have to bridge differences and create common goals for realizing the above aims. It is about taking personal responsibility for finding your own unique mission for create positive change now and throughout your life.
The late SGI Buddhist president Daisaku Ikeda at a lecture he gave at Teacher's College at Columbia University treated the following three elements of global citizenship.
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The wisdom to perceive the interconnectedness of all life and living beings.
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The courage not to fear or deny difference; but to respect and understand people of different cultures and grow from encounters with them.
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The compassion to maintain an imaginative empathy that reaches beyond one's immediate surroundings and extends to those suffering in distant places.
For Mahatma Gandhi who led the nonviolent movement that freed India of British colonial rule patriotism was not narrow self centered nationalism but the desire to create a planetary culture of peace, respect for life and human dignity. “Through the realization of the freedom of India, I hope to realize and carry on the mission of the brotherhood of man. The concept of my patriotism is consistent with the broadest good of humanity at large.” (Young India 4-4-1929) Dr.Martin Luther King, who gave his life for the civil rights movement in America made the following comments: 1. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” —Speech in St. Louis, March 22, 1964 2. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” —Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 3. “All life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny.” —Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 4. “Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.” —Address at Riverside Church, New York City, April 4, 1967 (Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence) 5. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.” —Riverside Church speech, April 4, 1967 6. “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” —From Strength to Love, 1963 7. “This is the way our world is structured. We are interdependent. Whether we realize it or not, each of us lives eternally ‘in the red.’ We are everlasting debtors to known and unknown men and women.” —The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life, sermon, April 9, 1967
Why we all have to become community based global citizens
How "we the people" of planet earth can change planet earth and why the time is ripe right now to do it.
All great movements in history have started with inspired and articulate individuals in literature, in politics and in various areas of society who articulated the goals of a movement and sought to increasingly develop popular support. This is true for the women's rights movement, the civil rights movement, the anti-aparthoid movement in South Africa, the LGBT movement, the environmental movement and every other significant movement in modern history. But these movements only gained strength and became powerful enough to create real political change when more and more "average" people adopted and supported the values and goals of these movements and determined to actualize them in their own daily lives. As this change took place increasingly in the hearts and minds of "average people" political will increasingly developed and enabled good hearted political leaders to enact change. These movements were not without opposition and some even gave their lives for their causes. As this global citizenship consciousness continues to increase it is essential that each of us find our own mission for supporting a planetary culture of respect for life, human dignity, sustainable peace, the elimination of nuclear weapons, and end to world poverty, and planetatry environmental stability. There is an old saying that a single reed by itself is weak but when bundled together with many other reeds becomes unbreakable. Today this realty is being demonstrated increasingly in America and across the planet and will gain sigtnificant momentum month by month in this decade. It is my belief that by 2030 we will see a significant shift in the destiny of humanity.
"Finding your unique mission to help create change is how we can change the planet."
The power of taking action
What can we do? 100 acts of global citizenship
A Harvard University professor of Positive Psychology mentioned that when it comes to creating significant change in life in any area of our lives- emotionally, physically, in relationships, career success, financial well being and wealth building or in any area of life there are three kinds of people. The first kind of person is one who thinks that creating significant growth and change requires tremendous effort and self discipline as well as "natural ability" and because they feel they just do not have either they don't set really challenging goals for increasing happiness, personal growth and results in life. The second kind of person believes that self discipline and effort is essential and starts out putting out tremendous effort when they want to accomplish something. This is the kind of person however who goes to the gym every day for an hour and a half to lose weight but who burns out in a week or two, and quits. The third kind of person is someone who realizes that taking small consistent daily steps toward a big goal and for creating real growth and change in their lives is the best way to accomplish the personal growth and results that they really want in life. Taking small daily steps increasingly builds your skill set and confidence as you begin to see increasing results. Small consistent steps lead to bigger and bigger steps and to significant personal growth and results.
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