At a fundamental level, as human beings, we are all the same: everyone aspires to happiness and no one wants to suffer. Even in our rich diversity of cultures, beliefs, languages, and lifestyles, we are composed of one essence and desire.
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Happiness and a deep sense of peace is the actual, natural state of our world. However, we are currently harvesting the fruits of our past actions, both personally and collectively.
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According to Buddhist philosophy, the root causes of the world’s problems lie within the human mind: ego, envy, anger, attachment and confusion.
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Returning to a flourishing world means each of us must take responsibility for our own actions of body, speech, and mind with respect to the interdependent web of life.
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Awakening consciousness is the way we see most impactful for creating a flourishing world for the sake of all that live.
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Global change, social justice, and ecological regeneration must be infused with ethics at every level or we will continue to plant seeds of division, blame, anger, and ego-centric thinking into the problems of tomorrow.
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