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 Synergism and the Cosmic Human-- in Cosmology, Philosophy, & Spirituality

Synergism and the Biological Human-- in Anatomy/Physiology, & Biosphere (symbiosis, bio-diversity in ecosystems, etc.)

Synergism and the Social Human-- in Social Basics, in Economics, in Health and Health Care, in Aesthetics, & in Culture

  1. Total Human Development and Harmony Through Synergism

  2. Holistic Health Care and Medicine

  3. Deep Ecology and Harmony with Nature 

  4. Sense of History and Sense of Mission

  5. Civics and Democratic Governance

  6. Culture as Community Creativity

  7. Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education

  8. Gender Sensitivity, Equality & Harmony

  9. Reconstructive/Restor-ative Justice

10. Associative Economics, Social Capital and Sustainable Development

11. Synergetic Leadership and Organizations

12. Appropriate/Adaptive Technology

13. Mutual Enrichment of Families and Friendships

14. Human Dignity and Human Harmony: Human Rights and Peace

15. Aesthetics Without Boundaries: 'Art from the Heart'   

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 ‘We Can Only Be Human Together’*

By Archbishop Desmond Tutu

1984 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from South Africa

[Archbishop Tutu said these words, and a whole lot more, in a speech he delivered before the World Council of Churches 9th Assembly held in Por-to Alegre, Brazil on February 14-23, 2006. SanibLakas Foundation in the Philippines firmly believes that Human Development and Human Harmony are indeed inseparable. This resonates with our Filipino slogan, deeply-rooted in our spirituality: “MagpakaTao at Makipagkapwa-Tao,” which roughly translates as “Be a full human and be a fellow-human.” We really cannot do one without doing the other. The following excerpts from Tutu’s speech are taken from the article prepared by the WCC for its website.]

MY HUMANITY is bound up in yours... for we can only be human together. (Referring to the film The Defiant Ones in which two convicts, one black and one white, escape handcuffed together:) We, too, can only make it together - we can only be safe together... We can be prosperous only together. We can survive only together. We can only be human together.

A united church is no optional extra... Rather, it is “indispensable for the salvation of God’s world.

    Jesus was quite serious when he said that God was our father, that we belonged all to one family, because in this family all, not some, are insiders. .

    Bush, Bin Laden, all belong, gay, lesbian, so-called straight - all belong and are loved, are precious. .

    I hope that the WCC will preach that it is the adherents of a faith who are good or bad, not the faith. No faith says, ‘We believe in injustice or violence.’ .

    You, the WCC, demonstrated God’s concern for unity, for harmony, for togetherness, for friendship, for peace, and you must celebrate that, you must celebrate the success you notched up in defeating apartheid, for you were inspired not by a political ideology but by biblical and theological imperatives. .

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To journalists, after his speech: You (Christians) do not have to feel insecure in the face of people from other faiths.

    I mentioned gay and lesbian people because I would not be able to keep quiet and see people penalized for something about which they could do nothing.
 

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