QUOTES
The advancement
of human consciousness is everyone’s birthright. Everybody is
born with dignity and should be able to access fundamental freedoms.
At the end
of the day, this is what is most important – having peace within
one’s self, reflecting that outwards, and having a more peaceful
and better world. If someone is not having enough food or a place
to live, then they are not having peace of mind and they are not
in peace.
...for me,
the spiritual is an integral part of my life, and it is not just
about working to advance human rights, and the empowerment of
women, youth, and other groups. It is about creating a better
world and advancing the human consciousness.
I have been
an interfaith minister and have studied the traditions of the
world religions and so I do see that there are teachings, dogma,
practices, and rituals. I see religion in that sense, but at the
same time I see how religions talk about creating a better life,
a better world, respecting life, respecting the dignity that each
of us are, that the animals are, that the earth is, that all living
beings and all living things are. There is this sense of family,
of community. There is this real sense of passion and love. I
see the spiritual as really transcending religion in some way.
I don’t think that there is one particular way that we have to
express this love for family, or this love for humanity, or this
love for the earth. Spirituality is more embracing and more inclusive
in that sense.
Women are
thirsty to exchange and to have a heart connection. They are thirsty
and hungry to speak from the heart.
