Problems of Humanity: Buffalo Exploration Group
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    • Changing Values >
      • A Question of Principle
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    • Science and the Unity of Life
    • FROM THE PISCEAN TO THE AQUARIAN AGE
    • SERVICE AND THE SERVER >
      • HEART RESPONSE
      • RIGHT USE OF THE MIND
      • RIGHT SPIRITUAL APPROACH
      • ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY
    • MEDITATION >
      • MEDITATION OUTLINE
  • The Psychological Renewal of Nations
    • MEDITATION
    • INTRODUCTION
    • INNER PSYCHOLOGY ———The qualities of the Seven Rays
    • Outer Psycholgy ———Spiral Dynamics
    • TECHNIQUES OF REHABILITATION AND RENEWAL >
      • The Teaching of History
      • Justice, Forgiveness, Truth and Reconciliation
      • The value of the arts
      • Europe: A phoenix from the ashes, harmony out of conflict
      • The Soul of Europe
      • Emerging Nation Initiatives
      • Crans Montana Forum
    • CONCLUSION
    • WORK PROPOSALS
    • Periodicals & Websites
  • Children, Youth and Education
    • Introduction
    • KEY STATEMENTS
    • Failings of the Current System
    • The Work of Men and Women of Goddwill
    • Building bridges – Conventional and Emerging Innovations >
      • Educating ourselves, not just our children (Ron Miller)
      • Spirituality in Higher Education (David K. Scott)
    • Ecoliteracy
    • Soul education
    • The Work of the United Nations >
      • The World Summit for Children and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
      • Educating the girl child
    • ALICE A. BAILEY AND AGNI YOGA ON EDUCATION
    • MEDITATION
    • List of Resources
  • Capital, Labour and Employment
    • Introduction
    • MEDITATION
    • The Problem >
      • Aspects of the problem
      • What lies at the heart of the modern materialistic difficulty?
      • Debt in an interdependent world
      • Capital gravitates towards richer countries
      • Transnational corporations (James Robertson)
      • Globalization, transnational businesses, and the UN Global Compact
      • Child labour (International Labour Organisation)
      • Facts on women at work (International Labour Organisation)
    • Towards Solution >
      • Money as energy
      • Are capitalism and sustainability mutually exclusive? (Jonathon Porritt)
      • Understanding wealth (Paul Ekins)
      • How can we raise the world’s ethical floor? (Hazel Henderson)
      • How to create a real ownership society (Jonathon Rowe)
      • Big business and sustainable development
      • Emerging new work patterns
      • The universal living wage
      • Education for good work (E F Schumacher)
      • New management — from organisations to living organisms
      • Sociocratic circle-organization method
      • A new measure for human development
    • Exercising Goodwill >
      • UNITED NATIONS: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
      • WORK PROPOSALS
    • Resource List
  • Racial Minorities
    • Introduction
    • The Forces of Prejudice
    • Towards Solution of the Problem >
      • Bridging: From Separateness to the One Humanity
      • Shaping Attitudes Early On: The Special Responsibilities of Schools
      • Constructive Activities
      • Four Freedoms and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
      • United Nations Actions
      • Kari-Oca Village Declaration
    • Reflections on Race >
      • Minorities Today
      • Human Rights and Freedoms
      • A New Type of Education
      • Racism Has No Scientific Basis
      • Differing Perceptions
      • Prejudice and Discrimination
      • Tolerance & Unity in Diversity
      • Extracts From the Books of Alice A. Bailey
    • MEDITATION
    • Suggested Reading List
  • The Churches and Organised Religion
    • Introduction
    • The Problem >
      • THE ILLUSION OF DOCTRINE AND DOGMA
      • FUNDAMENTALISM
      • AUTHORITY, REASON & WESTERN MATERIALISM
      • THE NOTION OF PUNISHMENT
    • Essential Religious Truths >
      • THE NATURE OF RELIGION
      • THE PLAN AND THE HIERARCHY
    • Signs of New Life >
      • RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
      • NEW AGE SPIRITUALITY
      • INTERFAITH WITHIN
    • Toward a New World Religion >
      • THE NEW WORLD RELIGION
      • FOUR NEW REVELATIONS
      • DIFFERENT PATHS BUT ONE GOAL
      • SCIENCE POINTS TO WHOLENESS
      • LESSONS FOR THE CHURCHES
      • RELIGION NEEDS EMANCIPATION
      • THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST
    • MEDITATION
    • Reading and Reference List
  • International Unity
    • Introduction
    • Some Aspects of the World Problem >
      • POVERTY
      • WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
    • Toward the Solution of the Problem >
      • HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
      • ECONOMICS AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
      • CARING FOR THE EARTH
    • The New Idealism - Building Unity >
      • THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIERARCHY OF WISE COMPASSION
    • The World After September 11th >
      • THOUGHTS IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR
      • GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
      • SPIRITUALIZING FOREIGN POLICY
    • The United Nations >
      • ORIGINS
      • REFLECTIONS ON THE UN
      • WHO WILL LEAD THE WAR ON WANT?
      • THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
    • World Citizenship >
      • YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
    • Towards the New World Order
    • MEDITATION
    • Suggested Resource List
  • New Conversations
    • Articles >
      • What I Learned From Tickling Apes
      • Why Giving Back Isn' t Enough
      • Overcoming Polarization Requires the Moral Strengths of Both Right and Left
      • In big think: Cardinal Virtues = Rational Life by JAG BHALLA
      • New York Times: Racial Bias, Even When We Have Good Intentions
      • The Truth About The People You Can't Forgive
    • Blog
    • Books >
      • Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
      • Convergence: Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Beyond
      • Facilitating Climate Change Responses
    • Internet
    • Videos >
      • Ted Talk: Gary Haugen (2015) The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now
      • Spiritual, But Not Religious by Father Thomas Keating
      • Multiple Intelligence's
      • From Oprah Show: The Exercise That Helped High School Students Confront Prejudice
      • We Are Built To Be Kind
      • Jeff Salzman - Why should we care about the news?
      • The Biggest Problems Of Our Times All Come Down To This Word That Starts With 'E'
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Introduction

The quest for unity expresses a basic longing for freedom from war and for international conditions in which we can live and work without fear; a longing for a spirit of cooperation and trust between the peoples of the world.

Which ever approach we choose in our study of this problem we will inevitably return to a consideration of world economic factors. Indeed it becomes clear that the key to humanity's trouble, focused largely as it has been in the economic difficulties of the past 200 years, has been to take and not to give, to accept and not to share, to grasp and not to distribute. Such behaviour has resulted in uneven distribution of the world's riches, with some nations having or taking everything while other nations lack the necessities of life. This situation becomes increasingly intolerable in our modern interdependent world. It is a major trouble-breeding factor which demands attention; for not until there is at least relative freedom from want for humanity can we hope for peace, security and international stability.

The unity we seek is in no way related to uniformity.  Rather to be of real and lasting value it is essential to achieve unity-in-diversity. The new world order must accommodate the diverse cultures of the world, retaining the richness of expression of our common humanity.

Although the problem of international unity is vast in scope, it is clear that to build a foundation of cooperation and trust, certain factors assume far more importance than others. So our study will be directed towards the themes of the need for a new world economy that will eradicate poverty and inequality; the need for allegiance to the world community, superseding nationalism and sovereignty; and the need for a positive, creative and imaginative approach to the future. The focus will largely be upon issues and ideas. It is in the search for right action in such worldwide concerns as poverty, disarmament
and human rights that new relationships are established, and that the power of the idea of nationalism is steadily being eroded. These are matters of international concern, and it is a very positive sign that they are now regarded as central in world affairs.

United Nations
This study paper will also focus upon the United Nations and the work being done through the many and various organisations within the United Nations. For as the interdependence of the world is more forcibly realised,
through what seems to be an almost constant stream of crises, the United Nations is coming into a markedly
more significant role. If we are to support and to rightly value its work we need to understand the major contribution
it is making to peace and progress.

Changes in world affairs are swift and to keep in touch requires a wide and intelligent reading of books, magazines,
websites, and other sources of information. We have raised certain key questions and drawn attention to factors we consider to be important. We also invite you to participate in the meditation and study work suggested at the conclusion of the paper. By lifting our understanding of the problem into the dynamic quiet of meditation we help to generate a positive, global atmosphere of goodwill - an atmosphere evocative of the moral and courageous actions needed by peoples and their leaders if unity is to be realised.

The Need for Goodwill
There are many different qualities and energies impinging on human consciousness today, producing both constructive
and destructive effects. The most needed, if we are to move safely into the new age, is the energy of goodwill. Without it there can be no creative and lasting solutions to the problems we face. We are not referring here to a passive kindliness or a sentimental approach, but instead to goodwill as "the will to that which is good and ought to be" - to that quality of heart and mind which is a practical and dynamic force for creative action. Hope lies in the fact that goodwill is far more widespread
than is recognised. Today it conditions the lives of millions of people, evoking a new sense of world responsibility and a commitment to a life of service. It constitutes an as yet largely untapped power that, when rightly coordinated as a world force, is capable of implementing the changes and reforms that will inaugurate a new era of human living.
 
If the men and women of goodwill everywhere are to grasp their present opportunity, they must deepen their
understanding of this energy they possess, and understand more clearly how it can be applied in practical terms in the modern world.

We offer the following formula for peace and progress (overleaf) as a working tool to aid in the immediate work of world reconstruction.

            A FORMULA FOR WORLD PEACE AND PROGRESS

                         An affirmation by men and women of goodwill around the world 


Men and women of goodwill in their millions, convinced
•      there is potential for good in all mankind
•      that the human family can live together in right relations and at peace
•      that right relationship between peoples and nations is the key to unity and world peace
•      that practical goodwill is the key to right relationships
•      that the energy of goodwill is the active principle of peace, justice and progress for 
       all humanity; affirm their intention
•      to practice goodwill in all relationships, in all daily affairs and in attitudes and actions 
       towards those  of other nations, races, religions and social backgrounds
•      to support and cooperate with those in positions of influence and responsibility who use 
       goodwill and  reason instead of force and coercion
•     to encourage, publicise and work for the adoption of goodwill in action by local and 
      national groups  and institutions.

Enough men and women of goodwill accepting responsibility for the establishing of right relationships among men and between nations, and working actively with the principles of unity and goodwill, guarantee a future of peace and progress for the whole human race.

(Copies of this formula are available at no charge from World Goodwill)

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