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United Nations And The New Age - Way of Life Literature

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“In the silence is a dynamic presence. <strong>And</strong> that’s God,and we become attuned to that” (Michael Tobias, AParliament <strong>of</strong> Souls in Search <strong>of</strong> a Global Spirituality,1995, p. 148).Teasdale developed this agenda in the book <strong>The</strong> MysticHeart: Finding a Universal Spirituality in the World’sReligions. <strong>The</strong> foreword was written by the Dalai Lama,who urged all religions to join forces to “create a morespiritually evolved and compassionateplanet” (Amazon.com review).Teasdale was acquainted with the Dalai Lama andassisted him and Thomas Keating and others in creatingthe Universal Declaration on Nonviolence to promoteworld peace based on the philosophy <strong>of</strong> the Hindu leaderGandhi (“<strong>Way</strong>ne Teasdale,” Wikipedia).<strong>The</strong> objective <strong>of</strong> the Interspiritual Dialogue in Action isto promote the “the Interspiritual <strong>Age</strong>,” and toward thisend it is using three <strong>of</strong> the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Age</strong> tools, which areinterfaith dialogue, education, and networking orcommunity building. (See our book <strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Age</strong> Tower<strong>of</strong> Babel, available from <strong>Way</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Literature</strong>.) It iscommitted “to actively serve in the evolution <strong>of</strong> humanconsciousness and global transformation” (web site).93

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