Without Free, Self-respecting, And Autonomous

It Seems To Me That One Of The Most Basic Human Experiences, One That Is Genuinely Universal And Unites-or, More Precisely, Could Unite-all Of Humanity, Is The Experience Of Transcendence In The Broadest Sense Of The Word.

Time And Time Again I Have Been Persuaded That A Huge Potential Of Goodwill Is Slumbering Within Our Society. It's Just That It's Incoherent, Suppressed, Confused, Crippled And Perplexed.

We Must Come To Understand The Deep Mutual Connection Or Kinship Between The Various Forms Of Our Spirituality. We Must Recollect Our Original Spiritual And Moral Substance, Which Grew Out Of The Same Essential Experience Of Humanity. I Believe That This Is The Only Way To Achieve A Genuine Renewal Of Our Sense Of Responsibility For Ourselves And For The World. And At The Same Time, It Is The Only Way To Achieve A Deeper Understanding Among Cultures That Will Enable Them To Work Together In A Truly Ecumenical Way To Create A New Order For The World.

You May Ask What Kind Of A Republic I Dream Of. Let Me Reply: I Dream Of A Republic Independent, Free, And Democratic, Of A Republic Economically Prosperous And Yet Socially Just; In Short, Of A Humane Republic Which Serves The Individual And Which Therefore Holds The Hope That The Individual Will Serve It In Turn. Of A Republic Of Well-rounded People, Because Without Such It Is Impossible To Solve Any Of Our Problems, Human, Economic, Ecological, Social, Or Political.

Someone Who Does Not Draw Strength From Himself And Who Is Incapable Of Finding The Meaning Of His Life Within Himself Will...seek The Map To His Own Orientation Somewhere Outside Himself-in Some Ideology, Organization, Or Society, And Then, However Active He May Appear To Be, He Is Merely Waiting, Depending. He Waits To See What Others Will Do, Or What Roles They Will Assign To Him, And He Depends On Them-and If They Don't Do Anything Or If They Botch Things, He Succumbs To Disillusion, Despair, And Ultimately, Resignation.