Alliance for a New Humanity
November 20, 2007
Dear Friends of the Alliance,
As we step out of ourselves and rest in each other, we rejoice in the
beauty of company, of shared dreams and visions -we become.
For sometime now we have been walking this path of convergence, and it
is good. It has brought so many deep inspiring stories upfront,
precipitating a change of heart, a giving hand, a recognition. So many
smiles shared, in spite of our separation, so many kind glances,
embraces, commitments, so much sharing of wealth, both material and
spiritual, has ensued.
"One day we will wake up and find out we are family" -said Desmond
Tutu, so beautifully.
We are waking up, we will all wake up. Wakefulness is contagious. It
grows when shared with others. For some time now we have been
connecting in this surge of wakefulness, and we try to describe to
each other, in words and thought the new perceived dimension of being
that we are beginning to experience as our eyes open up.
A community of voices and feeling is connecting. From the streets of
Bogotá to the villages of Sri Lanka. From the simplicity of a rural
school in Tanzania, to corporate rooms in Atlanta or London. Exploring
ways to expand, understand, define, converge and build new social
behaviors, in line with this waking up.
It seeps between the crevices of our egos, it escapes our personal and
institutional agendas, hidden or not. It is bigger than us whether we
are big or small. This yearning to come together, to wake up, to find
out "that we are family".
Today as we step out of ourselves, and rest in each other's company,
in this marvelous universe, let us be grateful, profoundly grateful
that we met, that we exchanged e-mails, or smiles or embraces. That we
acknowledged in humility, each other's extraordinary presence.
Those who represent thanks, in a symbolic day of appreciation, let
them thank each other for each other, for we are not whole until we
know that we are all family. Those whose gratitude is expressed, every
time they take a step or a breath, for their being alive and aware,
let them share with all, their beauty, and inspire and invite all to
open their eyes, and see the extraordinary in the ordinary.
Today as we step out of ourselves and rest in each other's company, we
find ourselves again, in this alliance of life, of heart, of singing,
of giving hands. Today we must express our gratitude to all, for being
there, for reading, and writing and sharing, for coming to the
gatherings and embracing, for spreading the word that we are waking,
for helping to keep our eyes open through our allegiance to this
vision of a new world.
Today we just want to thank you all for being there.
Love, Deepak
Deepak Chopra
President
Alliance for a New Humanity
