Kirpal Sagar, 9 December 2007

(Transcription and translation of the Spanish speech by Unity of Man)

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for your invitation and my congratulations for your very important work here in Kirpal Sagar. I learned a lot and I am proud of you…

Today I want to share with you my experience… in Latin America regarding human rights and ecology.

I come from South America, Paraguay – a small country with a big dream. My country, like all dependent countries of the third world, suffers daily from social and economic injustice. Although Paraguay has the highest production of electricity in the world per inhabitant, the poor are still cooking with wood, destructing daily the environment. Every day the multinational companies are destroying our land, our rivers, and also are contaminating the air which we are breathing. What we urgently need is to counteract the wild and criminal deforestation to avoid the global warming which leads us to a collective suicide.

We need to return to the millennial culture of spirituality. We urgently need to approach again our historical roots like Mahatma Gandhi did, Mahatma Gandhi, who is known as a great thinker and politician who helped India to attain independence by the means of non-violence. But Ghandi is much more than that. He was also a great protector of the environment. We need to readopt the ideas of Gandhi of truth and love.

Latin America is a catholic country. The mission of the Catholic Church is that of justice, not of charity: to strengthen and rescue the old cultures with their soul which is religion.

The earth is in danger and therefore the humanity is in danger. This affirmation of the scientists which cannot be discussed any more and which takes up more and more space in the political media has a direct consequence: the decisions which are adopted by governments and by the civil society which is represented in many sectors

The indigenous conception of the ‘Pacha Mama’( 'Mother Earth'), the most deep and ancient roots of protection and defence of the environment, has to be revalued fighting against the climate change with collective efforts.

Peace in the world is an imperative necessity. It is time to readopt the way of Gandhi: We have to fight against injustice without violence. We have to return to the millennial culture of spirituality to save the planet earth from global warming.

My congratulations to Unity of Man for the organisation of this conference here, which aims at spiritual, social, cultural and educational growth. I promise you to bring to Latin America the flame of love which was kindled here in Kirpal Sagar.

Thank you.

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