TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone seabreakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world forever, it seems…
We, in the ages lying
In the buried past of the earth,
Built Ninevah with our sighing,
And Babel itself in our mirth;
And o’erthrew them with prophesying
To the old of the new world’s worth;
For each age is a dream that is dying,
Or one that is coming to birth.
modern means: by ignoring the agents of change, and
if ignoring them is not feasible, then by discrediting,
ridiculing and isolating them.
This is not an insurmountable problem for you,
today’s young generation. The dominant forces in the
world still resist change, but they no longer have the
power to resist it effectively. Contemporary societies
are no longer stable; they suffer from multiple crises—
economic, financial and ecological, even social and
cultural crises. They are approaching a condition of
chaos, and in a condition of chaos new thinking can
spawn new behavior and lead to effective innovation.
Even small groups and seemingly minor initiatives
can catalyze major change.
There was chaos in the human world in the past
as well, but it was local, and the opportunity to change
was likewise local. Today’s chaos is global, and the
opportunity it brings is also global. Failing to seize it
would be not just the height of stupidity: It would be
a crime against humanity.
The bottom line is this. The world needs timely
and effective change: a global shift. Your generation
is uniquely positioned to bring about that shift. The
Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University is committed
to make available to you the new-paradigm thinking
you need to evolve your consciousness, develop new
thinking, and change yourself so you can change the
world.
Dr. Ervin Laszlo is a systems philosopher, integral theorist and classical pianist. Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he has authored more than 70 books, which have been translated into 19 languages, and has published in excess of 400 articles and
research papers, including six volumes of piano recordings. Dr. Laszlo is
generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general
evolution theory, and serves as the founder-director of the General
Evolution Research Group and as past president of the International
Society for the Systems Sciences. He is the chancellor of the Giordano
Bruno GlobalShift University, a humanistic online global institution
committed to creating informed and ethical agents of change who will
bring a new consciousness, a fresh voice and up-to-date thinking to the
international community, transforming obsolete paradigms and
empowering the cocreation of an equitable, responsible and sustainable
world. He is an advisor to the UNESCO Director General, ambassador of
the International Delphic Council, and a member of the International
Academy of Science, World Academy of Arts and Science, and the
International Academy of Philosophy. View article resources and author
information here: pathwaystofamilywellness.org/references.html.
