ARI Films
The Club of Budapest,
in conjunction with The World Wisdom Council
presents
Creating a New Civilization
Tokyo, November 2005
Once again, the members of The World Wisdom Council are convened.
A conference room of the 44th floor of a Tokyo sky-scraper is the setting for the gathering for troubled people; people concerned with the future of the world.
All people are different, as the saying has it, "each individual is like a little world," but those assembled here share a common worry—they feel the aching of the entire planet.
In the main venue, five thousand people have come to show their active support of The World Wisdom Council, and the great Tokyo hall can barely seat them.
Prof. Ervin Laslo [1:05]: Our world as we have it today, is not sustainable. If we continue without change, we will run into increasing crisis.
Prof. Ashok Gangadean (Haverford College, USA) [1:18]: Humanity now faces an unprecedented opportunity for dialogue, understanding world-wide, and renewal. This global crisis in all aspects of life threatens our sustainability and very existence.
Mr. Takashi Kiuchi (Japan) [1:39]: There were 300,000 people killed in the Tsunami, and at that point, no animal was killed because they safely escaped that big, natural disaster. Why did that happen? In my view, in our generation, the first time in our human history, we have lost the instinct for survival.
Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev (Russia) [2:04]: Today, a lot is connected to politics and the state of the world where we live without solving political problems, it's difficult to change for better.
Mr. Angaanagaq Lyberth (Canada/Greenland) [2:19]: I don't want you to merely survive, I want you to have a life of beauty. The life of beauty would only come if the ice in the heart of man had been melted.
Dr. Hazel Henderson (USA) [2:38]: We humans have three basic resources to work with: information, matter, and energy. And of course, of these, information is the most important.
Mr. James O'Dea (President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences {IONS} – Ireland/USA) [2:54]: Each one of us has that capacity to move from a limited and confining form of identification, to a more expanded awareness. This is what we mean by "transformation."
Mrs. Hafsat Abiola – Costello (Nigeria) [3:08]: I exist because you exist, and we all exist together. So to that future, let us all work together, let us stay committed so that we can actually have a world that honors who we are.
Mrs. Ekaterina Mosaheva (Siberia/Germany) [3:20]: You are creating; you are creating life; you are creating a civilization. On you depends the future, [on you depends whether this planet lives or not.
Madam Massami Saionji (Chairperson of the Goi Peace Foundation – Japan) [3:32]: From now, each individual should not live in self-egoistic manner, but we have to possess the consciousness and tolerance to live for others.
Dr Elisabet Sahtouris (Evolutionary Biologist – Greece/USA) [3:49]: In your body, every molecule, every cell, every organ, and the whole body has self-interest. When every level of hierarchy shows its self interest, it forces negotiations among the levels. This is the secret of nature. Every moment in your body, these negotiations drive your system to harmony.
Dr Michael Laitman (President and Founder of the Ashlag Research Institute {ARI} and the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute – Israel) [4:23]: If we can make it so that in the world, the most appreciated thing would be giving—more appreciated than any other acts of man—then people will want to give, they will want to bestow and to share, because they will want the respect of society.
Mrs. Audrey Kitagawa (The office of the Secretary General for children and Armed Conflict, the UN – Hawaii) [4:45]: The voice of inspiration tells us that this wisdom must come from a direct connection and the recognition to a Power and a Source, greater than we are.
Mr. Hiroo Saionji (President of the Goi Peace Foundation – Japan)[4:49]: Together with such wonderful people, now is the time, now is the time for us to take actions.
The goal was to encourage public recognition of the problems humanity is facing; to raise the level of consciousness, and to set in motion the creation of a new civilization.
The world can no longer remain indifferent. This concerns each and every one of us. The world must wake up. We must change.
Prof. Ervin Laslo [5:27]: The civilization that we have created is no longer viable; therefore it has to change. It's not a question whether it has to change or not. The question is how soon will it change and whether we can master the change, or become the victims of it.
The members of The World Wisdom Council are committed to the process. After Tokyo, they will meet in Arosa; after Arosa—in Toronto; wherever and whenever necessary, until the tide turns.