World Goodwill Seminar Broadcast 2020, 14 November 2020
The world is going through major interlocking health, political and ecological crises at this time, which indicate a deeper underlying spiritual crisis.
Event Details
GENEVA
VIDEO ARCHIVE OF THE GENEVA SEMINAR
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GENEVA will provide full translations in English, French and Russian; partial translations in Spanish, Italian, German and Dutch
Transcripts of the talks for download
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The Spiritual Dynamics of Crisis on the Path to Global Cooperation.
10 am CET
The Spiritual Dynamics of Crisis on the Path to Global Cooperation
Headquarters Group
Following a group alignment, brief talks from World Goodwill applying insights from the Ageless Wisdom to a realistic understanding of opportunities for transformation on the path to global cooperation. Reflecting on the spiritual dynamics of crisis as they concern global cooperation; cycles and interludes in human affairs; does a nation have a soul?; the role people of goodwill are playing in this time of crisis.
10:30 am CET
Global Challenges - Global Witnessing: Collective Trauma Prevention and Integration in a Time of Crisis
Kosha Joubert
Serves as CEO of the Pocket Project, dedicated to the healing of collective and intergenerational trauma. Previously, she was the CEO of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN). She is co-founder of GEN Africa, Gaia Education and ECOLISE. She holds an MSc in Organ-isational Development and has worked extensively in the fields of sustainable development, curriculum development and intercultural collaboration. Kosha grew up in South Africa under Apartheid and has been dedicated to the healing of divides and collective trauma ever since. In 2016, Kosha received the Dadi Janki Award - 100 Women of Spirit - For engaging spirituality in life and work and for making a difference in the world. Kosha was a co-host of the 2019 and 2020 Collective Trauma Online Summit, which drew more than 100.000 participant.
11:00 am CET
Human Potential and Responsibility during the Crisis on the Path to Global Cooperation
Thubten Wangchen,
Member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile – director of the Fundación Casa del Tibet - Barcelona. Thubten Wangchen, born in Tibet, is a disciple of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. He is a member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile based in Dharamsala, India. In 1994, on the advice of H.H. the Dalai Lama, he founded the House of Tibet in Barcelona, to promote the dissemination and defence of Tibetan culture, human rights, collaboration and solidarity with the Tibetan Diaspora, especially through education and health programs. He travels throughout America, Europe and Asia. From 2 September to 8 November 2019, he travels through 30 European countries for the “Dialogue for Peace” campaign calling for a resumption of the dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Xi Jinping.
11:30 am CET
Climate Justice: Constructing an era of human solidarity
Alexandra Masako Goossens-Ishii
works for Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a community-based Buddhist organization that promotes peace, culture and education. SGI collaborates with other NGOs, faith-based organizations and UN agencies to address global issues through activities such as raising awareness and engaging in dialogue grounded in the Buddhist teaching of respect for the dignity of life. Based in Geneva, Alexandra coordinates SGI's advocacy work on climate change and the environment.
12.00 CET
Plenary Discussion
12.45 CET
Closing Meditation
Meditation to strengthen the hands of all world servers, and invoke energies of lighted goodwill and cooperation into world affairs.
Meditation outline PDF (English)
LONDON
The Spiritual Dynamics of Crisis on the Path to Global Cooperation.
2 pm GMT
Welcome and Introductory Thoughts
Headquarters group
A consideration, from the Ageless Wisdom perspective, of various dimensions of how crises can awaken us to the need for spiritual growth and evolution, both individually and collectively.
2.10 pm GMT
The Spiritual Dynamics of Crisis on the Path to
Global Cooperation. A discussion on the seminar theme
Dr Thomas Burr
Associate Professor at Illinois State University, teaching and researching economic sociology, global historical sociology, and cultural sociology. His main interest is macrosociology, the study of society as a whole over time.
3.10 pm GMT
Towards a World Parliamentary Assembly – Talk and Visualisation
3.30 pm GMT
Special Contribution
Dr A.T. Ariyaratne
Dr A.T. Ariyaratne is the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana movement, which focuses on the political empowerment of the village, Buddhist awakening, and rural development. He is the recipient of a number of international honours including the Gandhi Peace prize.
4 pm GMT
Adventures in Social Architecture
Dr Charika Marasinghe
Senior Consultant in Human Rights, Child Rights, Child Protection and Institutional Development, and a Mindfulness Trainer. She has a doctorate in International Law from Oxford University, is closely involved with the work of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka, and is a trustee of the Vishva Niketan International Peace and Meditation Centre.
4.30 pm GMT
Closing Remarks and Meditation
Meditation to strengthen the hands of all world servers, and invoke energies of lighted goodwill and cooperation into world affairs.
Meditation outline PDF
NEW YORK
VIDEO ARCHIVE OF THE NEW YORK SEMINAR
NEW YORK will provide simultanous translation in Spanish.
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The Spiritual Dynamics of Crisis on the Path to Global Cooperation.
1 pm EST
Conflict, Crisis and Transformation on the Path to Global Cooperation :
Insights from the Ageless Wisdom
Headquarters Group
Following a group alignment, brief talks from World Goodwill applying insights from the Ageless Wisdom to a realistic understanding of opportunities for transformation on the path to global cooperation. Reflecting on the spiritual dynamics of crisis as they concern global cooperation; cycles and interludes in human affairs; does a nation have a soul?; the role people of goodwill are playing in this time of crisis. Includes brief visualisation.
2 pm EST
panel discussion with four invited guests leading into a wider interactive session with all ZOOM participants
Daniel Perell
Representative of the Baha'i International Community to United Nations; co-ordinator of the UN 75 People’s Declaration which has been endorsed by over 700 civil society organizations. Daniel is especially active in fostering civil society partnerships at the UN on sustainable development and environment issues.
Jimena Leiva Roesch
Senior Fellow and Head of Peace and Sustainable Development at the International Peace Institute; former member of the Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the UN; joint author of Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals (an insiders view of the story behind the historic UN process negotiating the SDGs by Jimena, Ambassador David Donoghue, co-facilitator of the negotiations, and key NGO participant, Felix Dodds).
Emad Kiyaei
is a director at the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), which seeks to eradicate all weapons of mass destruction from the Middle East through innovative policy, advocacy and educational programs. He is also a principal at the international consulting firm IGD Group, where he leads the peace and security sector. He is the co-author of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A new approach to non-proliferation, published by Routledge. Emad works at the intersection of political risk, diplomacy and disarmament
Formerly, he was a researcher for Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs and an associate at Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR). Emad served as executive director of the American Iranian Council (AIC), an educational organization that focuses on US-Iran relations.
Marco Toscano-Rivalta
an international civil servant with over twenty years of service with the United Nations and other international organizations, in the field and at the headquarters, in the areas of refugees and human rights protection, justice administration and rule of law, humanitarian relief, sustainable development and disaster risk management.
3.30 pm EST
Concluding Thoughts and Closing Meditation
Headquarters Group
Meditation to strengthen the hands of all world servers, and invoke energies of lighted goodwill and cooperation into world affairs.
Meditation outline PDF
