The Illumination Of The Shadow Chapter Eight: 1001 Ways To Claim A Stake In The Global To Local Community

Much of Dönmeh ritual is a combination of various elements of Kabbalah, Sabbateanism, Jewish traditional law, and Sufism.Source

Today we all regret that last year’s award recipient, Lord Rothschild, is unable to be with us as was originally planned, but I’m delighted to have the privilege of introducing this year’s honoree in his stead. His Highness the Aga Khan is a man of vision, intellect and passion. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing him for almost forty years, ever since he was an undergraduate at Harvard and a roommate of my nephew Jay Rockefeller. David Rockefeller

Bellerive acts as a catalyst for action - promoting public, media and political awareness of issues as well as associating, where appropriate, with other organisations / networks to stimulate lobbying activities at the highest level. It also has a long tradition of convening major international conferences on themes having direct implications on the long-term stability of our planet. Source

Nowadays, sustainable development is becoming more and more part of our daily life. An important visibility was given to the concept in November 2015 during the COP21 in Paris, confirming the 17 sustainable goals announced in August of the same year by the United Nations as well as through the encyclical letter “Laudato si” safeguarding the common house of the Pope Francis which appeared at the same time. Earth Focus Foundation

"For our survival we must purge and purify our minds of the myth of sovereignty, which is a political and philosophical leftover from a dead past." Before its too late Page 100: A dialogue between Club of Rome co-founder Aurelio Peccei and Daisaku Ikeda.

The Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican is a global nonprofit organization established under the auspices of the Vatican with the moral guidance of Pope Francis. Source

The time has come in this interdependent world for individuals to submerge their personal interests in the good of the group; for the group or groups to merge their interests in the national good; for nations to relinquish their selfish purposes and goals in the interests of right international relationships and the good of humanity as a whole. Lucis Trust

The new world order will recognise that the produce of the world, the natural resources of the planet, and its riches, belong to no one nation but should be shared by all. There will be no nations under the category ‘haves’ and others under the opposite category. A fair and properly organised distribution of the wheat, the oil and the mineral wealth of the world will be developed, based upon the needs of each nation, upon its own internal resources and the requirements of its people. All this will be worked out in relation to the whole. Lucis trust Founder Alice Bailey, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, p191.

Council Announces Support of Convergence Toward Common Metrics and Standards Around ESG and SDG-Aligned Investments. Source

The Council for Inclusive Capitalism is a movement of the world’s business and public sector leaders who are working to build a more inclusive, sustainable, and trusted economic system that addresses the needs of our people and the planet. Source

The needs of all must be met … much of the work will be purely economic … the reform of the world religions will draw on commonsense and progressive theology … nations need orienting to each other so that differences can flourish within a unity of purpose based on a desire for the welfare and progress of all. Lucis Trust

Aspirations for Systemic Change
Council members make actionable commitments aligned with the World Economic Forum International Business Council’s Pillars for sustainable value creation—People, Planet, Principles of Governance, and Prosperity—and that advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Source

While many countries are now consolidating individual recovery plans, there remains an urgent need for a global plan that can create new or regenerate existing institutions, particularly those of global governance, and help to build a new network of international relations for advancing the integral human development of all peoples. Pope Francis letter to the World Bank & IMF

The most coveted badge in all of Davos is one with a shiny holographic sticker on it -- despite the fact that most attendees, and even some Forum employees, don't actually know what the sticker actually means. It's seen on the badge of every head of state, so some people thinks it means you are a head of state. It doesn't. In fact, the shiny hologram grants you entry to the hyperexclusive Davos-within-Davos known as IGWEL, or the Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders. Source

Introducing COVID 360, a free full Coronavirus treatment solution for patients & citizens at risk. COVID 360 is built by Deloitte Israel, based on Salesforce Health-Cloud, & "Diagnostics Robotics" Al triage and clinical predictions platform. Source

A new, sustainable financial system is under construction. It is funding the initiatives and innovations of the private sector and amplifying the effectiveness of governments’ climate policies—it could even accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Unfortunately, like virtually everything about the response to climate change, this new sustainable financial system is not developing fast enough for the world to reach net zero. Source

It is my hope that your discussions will contribute to a model of “recovery” capable of generating new, more inclusive and sustainable solutions to support the real economy, assisting individuals and communities to achieve their deepest aspirations and the universal common good. Pope Francis

‘‘Society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose,’’ Fink wrote in his letter. ‘‘To prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance, but also show how it makes a positive contribution to society.’’ BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

They demanded that “all relevant stakeholders exhaust all efforts to ... confront vaccine hesitancy by sending a clear message about the safety and necessity of vaccines and counteracting vaccine myths and disinformation.” Vatican

“Our age has seen priests of the mind teaching that gregarious is the praiseworthy form of thought, and that independent thought is contemptible. It is moreover certain that the group which desires to be strong has no use for a man who claims to think for himself.” Julien Benda, La Trahison Des Clercs:The Treason of the Intellectuals (1927).

“This coming age will be as predominantly the age of group interplay, group idealism, and group consciousness as the Piscean Age has been one of personality unfoldment and emphasis, personality focus and personality consciousness. Selfishness, as we now understand it, will gradually dis appear, for the will of the individual will voluntarily be blended into the group will.” The Rays and the Initiation, p109.

“In the coming world state, the individual citizen — gladly and deliberately and with full consciousness of all that he is doing will subordinate his personality to the good of the whole.” Education in the New Age, p122.

Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. George Orwell - 184.

The protection of the Biosphere, as the Common Interest of Humanity, must not be subservient to the rules of state sovereignty, demands of the free market, or individual rights. The idea of Global Sovereignty must be supported by a shift in values that recognize this Common Interest. — Earth Charter, “Green Cross Philosophy

“increase the body of knowledge which in the hands of competent technicians may be expected in time to result in substantial social control.” Source