The Festival of Spirituality and Peace 2009

Astronaut Rusty Schweikart was on the Apollo mission which looked down on the earth for the first time, and he tried to describe the experience:

 
”You look down there and you can’t imagine how many borders and boundaries you crossed again and again and again. And you don’t even see  ‘em. At that wake-up scene – the Mideast – you know there are hundreds of people killing each other over some imaginary line that you can’t see. From where you see it, the thing is whole, and it’s so beautiful. And you wish you could take one from each side in hand and say, ‘Look at it from this perspective. Look at that. What’s important?’ “

With a wider perspective and an enlarged vision we can see ourselves as a common humanity in a shared home. Indeed, the extent to which we do grasp this reality will determine whether we live at peace or not in
the difficult decades ahead. This festival is for all who wish to work virally to
infect the world with the antidote to violence, war and fear of the other. The role you play is unique and important and part of the whole – so come, let us all meet and work together.

Pax, salaam, shalom.

Donald Reid, Director, on behalf of the FoSP team