We know, because this has sustained us. Religion and spirituality is vital to survival and moral law. It is a faith that as sustained our human spirit in times of crisis during the times we suffered through the grinding measures of inexorable persecutions that has spanned generations and continues today. Yet here we are, today, adding our voices to this plea of sanity in leadership and responsibility to the future generations whose faces are looking up from the Earth, each awaiting their time of life here. We believe that reconciliation should begin here because peace is an inclusive term, and peace and reconciliation is the purpose of this summit.
Peace is dynamic and requires great effort of spirit and mind to attain unity.
Leaders of peace must step forward and take responsibility for a paradigm change in the direction of current lifestyles and materialistic societies. The human species has become the most voracious and abusive consumer of Earth s resources. We have tipped the balance of life against our children, and we imperil our future as a species. We see the acceleration of the winds. We see the fires that are raging in North America.