One World

A new video featuring the ideas of Barack Obama: I love it because it takes us back to earth. The current global environmental crisis will only be ameliorated when we recognize that the politics of one nation against another will only continue to hurt all civilizations. The diversity of our languages symbolizes the creative diversity of our souls. Yet we are all one people living life with the same goals: food, safety and love of self, family, community, culture, landscape and life itself with all of its roaring colors rushing from the universe. How long will it take for people to break down the barriers of defensiveness that isolate us from one another? How long will it take before people recognize in the face of the other a shared destiny? How long will it take before we understand that the fate of our planet and the sanctity of life depends on a shared international focus on collectively taking care of our world? As a psychologist I know how greed, envy, anger, revenge, and all the other darknesses of humanity can infiltrate our psyches. I also know that the triumph of humanity is to be found in our abilitry to wrestle with this darkness, make it a part of us and evolve as integrated creatures who know how to use aggression on behalf of our common humanity, and the true human potential of life's majesty. We start, at home, on the ground by living in harmony with our ecosystems.