United Nations And The New Age - Way of Life Literature

He coined the term INTERSPIRITUALITY to describethis agenda and believed that the Catholic Church is thekey to bringing it about. He said:“She [the Catholic Church] also has a responsibility inour age to be bridge for reconciling the human family ...the Spirit is inspiring her through the signs of the timesto open to Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains,Taoists, Confucians, and indigenous peoples. As matrix,the Church would no longer see members of othertraditions as outside her life. She would promote thestudy of these traditions, seek common ground andparallel insights” (A Monk in the World, 2002, p. 54).Teasdale believed that interfaith unity is necessary for theworld’s future:“The Hindu, the Buddhist, the Muslim, the Jew, the Jain,the Sikh, the Christian and the agnostic all belong to thesame planetary environment. ... It is essential for thefuture for all the religious traditions to recognize thisunderlying unity” (“The Meeting of East and West:Elements of a Relationship,” Spirituality Today, Summer1986).Teasdale believed that mystical contemplation is the keyto interspirituality and that this will unlock the door intothe New Age.92