Everyone, Thanks to Kurt for representing GHA and CIHE to the United Nations Foundation and many peace workers. Yours in harmony, Bruce Bruce L. Cook, Ph.D. President, GHA-USA Vice-President, GHA GHA Ambassador of Peace and Disarmament from Harmony Publisher and Editor President, World Writers Resources, Inc. Author, *Harmony of Nations: 1943 – 2020*, Just Fiction Editions, 2012 7337 Grandview Ct. Carpentersville, IL 60110 USA 312-859-8090 cookcomm@xxxxxxxxx www.harmonyofnations.com http://author-me.com Personal page: *http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=544*<http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=544> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kurt Johnson <kurtjohnsonisd@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 3:39 PM Subject: Kurt Johnson spoke at UN Foundation today To: "leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx" <leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx>, "cookcomm@xxxxxxxxx" <cookcomm@xxxxxxxxx> Leo and Bruce-- this went well today. Feel free to share with the GHA List. I have some meetings arranged now with major interfaith education people and organizations to chat about GHA and CIHE's being a part of the evolving landscape. I've met with One Spirit and will meet with them again; also have scheduled a meeting with the Council of Interfaith Communities of the USA; and had a further telephone conversation with Spiritual Paths Foundation (Fr. Thomas Keating's group). I will probably to visit him in June. So, little by little introducing the GHA, CIHE, ABC Harmony around "circles"...... BEST and love... more soon now that I'm out from under the Ezine and this presentation at the UN. ** <https://www.facebook.com/sharon.hamiltongetz#> *NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values * *and Global Concerns-NY* ** [image: CSVGC-NY April General Meeting on 25 April, 12:30-2:30pm UN Foundation 801 Second Avenue, 9th Flr. Arthur Ross Conference INEVITABLE GLOBALIZATION AND MULTICULTURALISM-- THE CHALLENGE FOR RELIGIONS Guest Speaker: 1:45-2:20pm Rev. Dr. Kurt Johnson According to the influential book The Coming Interspiritual Age (Kurt Johnson and David Robert Ord) the interfaith and interspiritual movements are the natural response of our world's religions to the ongoing process of inevitable globalization and multiculturalism. The question is "what will globalization and multiculturalism ultimately look like, and will the world's religions be an asset, or a liability, in this inevitable process"? Every aspect of international life (governance, economics, religion, science, etc.) is reacting to the inevitability of globalization. Do the high moral and ethical values inherent in the spirituality of all the world's religions have a potential pivotal role in this process? If so, how do the world's religions emphasize this aspect of their shared heritages and not those that could add further to global competition and conflict? Resources: over forty global leaders weigh in on this question at www.tinyurl.com/interspiritual a virtual color magazine discussing the book The Coming Interspiritual Age. The Committee on Spirituality, Values & Global Concerns recognises that spirituality, universal values, justice, truth, inclusivity and peace do not belong to any one state, religion or creed but are part of the heritage that belongs to each culture and to every member of the human family. Human cultures and their underlying values are what biodiversity is to nature. CSVGC-NY 2013 "Spirit of the UN" - Ten Years Perspective: Sustainable Spirituality at the United Nations - Week of Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns 21-25 October and Award Ceremony, Monday, 21 October at the UN Church Center, 2nd Flr.]<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3021891642207&set=o.240156116072370&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf> CSVGC-NY April General Meeting 25 April, 12:30-2:30PM at UN Foundation 801 Second Avenue, 9th Flr. Arthur Ross Conference CSVGC-NY Business & The Ethical Foundation for Sustainable Action 12:30-1:45PM Guest Speaker: 1:45-2:20pm Rev. Dr. Kurt Johnson [image: Photo: CSVGC-NY 25 April General Meeting (see Events) at UN Foundation 801 Second Avenue, 9th Flr. Arthur Ross Conference Business & The Ethical Foundation for Sustainable Action 12:30-1:45PM Guest Speaker: 1:45-2:20pm Rev. Dr. Kurt Johnson INEVITABLE GLOBALIZATION AND MULTICULTURALISM-- THE CHALLENGE FOR RELIGIONS http://issuu.com/yorkmin/docs/the_coming_interspiritual_age_archive_edition?mode=window] <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3053257906344&set=a.1017329729412.2768.1710181270&type=1&relevant_count=1> INEVITABLE GLOBALIZATION AND MULTICULTURALISM-- THE CHALLENGE FOR RELIGIONS * http://issuu.com/yorkmin/docs/the_coming_interspiritual_age_archive_edition?mode=window *<http://issuu.com/yorkmin/docs/the_coming_interspiritual_age_archive_edition?mode=window> According to the influential book The Coming Interspiritual Age (Kurt Johnson and David Robert Ord) the interfaith and interspiritual movements are the natural response of our world's religions to the ongoing process of inevitable globalization and multiculturalism. The question is "what will globalization and multiculturalism ultimately look like, and will the world's religions be an asset, or a liability, in this inevitable process"? Every aspect of international life (governance, economics, religion, science, etc.) is reacting to the inevitability of globalization. Do the high moral and ethical values inherent in the spirituality of all the world's religions have a potential pivotal role in this process? If so, how do the world's religions emphasize this aspect of their shared heritages and not those that could add further to global competition and conflict? Resources: over forty global leaders weigh in on this question at www.tinyurl.com/interspiritual a virtual color magazine discussing the book The Coming Interspiritual Age. <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3053257906344&set=a.1017329729412.2768.1710181270&type=1&relevant_count=1> * CSVGC-NY 2013 Week of Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, "Spirit of the UN" - Ten Years Perspective: Sustainable Spirituality at the United Nations - 21-25 October and Award Ceremony, Monday, 21 October at the UN Church Center, 2nd Flr. www.csvgc-ny.org info@xxxxxxxxxxxx * * * **