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| This is a multi-part collection of images I gathered
during the La Casa conference. As time permits, I'll add more. The images
reflect the central theme of our gathering: Dialogue -- with nature, ourselves,
others, and (for many of us): The Other. Men and women from Africa, Asia,
Europe, and the Americas, from the worlds of business, profession, and
scholarship, of many religions and none, came together for five days to share
experiences and strategies. La Casa reminded us of the BIG questions: What is the meaning of life? How can we make the earth a better place for the human family and all of its other inhabitants? What can each of us do personally to help? How can we form global partnerships? How can humaneness go hand in hand with economic profit? What are the best ways of building alliances with others to transform our shared visions into reality through action? And La Casa did more than allow us to consider the crucial questions: through Dialogue, La Casa also engendered at least the beginnings of answers and practical solutions. |
From the sea comes life
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and climbs up onto land
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green with vegetation
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and grows wings of body
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and mind
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and spirit
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to seek its source--the LOVE which created the sea . . .
And rooted in the groundwaters of the primal sea, nourished by the elements of the earth, having finally learned to treasure the spheres that surround and protect us, we will flower upward toward the eternally transmuting source and goal, the Alpha and Omega
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which will give us the strength to turn dreams into action and build the earth.
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Last updated on May 29, 1997 by Ingrid
H. Shafer, Ph.D.
Copyright © Ingrid H. Shafer 1997
