This message was broadcasted in more than 50 countries on the 10th and the 11th of December.
This message was broadcasted in more than 50 countries on the 10th and the 11th of December.
I believe that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we attract even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange…
Styled with arrariv
I had fallen asleep and I wake up in front of the urgency
As a legend in Africa (in lands put off by Tunisia, a grave for 7, a grave in a white chapel on the heights of a forgotten mountain) 7 sleepers are buried there, 7 knights who decided to fall asleep and who will wake up when the time comes, in the light and for the light
New Year eves in us that we just believe what we can make, even little, everything is good, to act it is necessary to act, we can make better, we have to make better because tomorrow is a new day, because tomorrow is the hope of a better world, and it belongs to us ALL of to buil it
action , love
sur u mr.Coehlo do much more than speaking through silence…but would u like to come to naples to explain to the locals what is humanity,rights,and all the great ideas u have…but first u shoul start with the alfabet (i suppose u have heard there r people who don*t recognize the letters and don*t know reading)…i am from a smoll east ex_socialistic republic,but there i had much more rights and nobodi refused it.here even the few inteligent people i met don*t have the courige to look for any right…for the low is the local and the governal mafia…and this was the *better* world,the dream world i dreamt…
see u soon
great people here i meet…thanx all
Michael Pokocky
Thanks.Same here
May all your dreams come true.
I think culture and power has a lot to do with inequality of people, as has apathy. Look at what the Chinese have done to the Tibetans, what the western world has done with its rich and poor. I think as a whole we are apathetic. We rely on government, and greater powers to do what we hope will be the right thing to do, then we blame them for not doing it. I’ve seen changes occur in small communities when everyone fights for what they want changed. So change can occur. We need to grow the small communities that want change into bigger ones. We need to do more than yell and scream, we need goals and action plans, and get off our butts and follow through. We may not be able to change the world tommorrow, but if one area of inequality changes, and then another and another….
Sure we could do much much more..
The bottom line is that whatever individuals try to inforce human rights they face so many obtacles from the systems..
Individual can do much more than what the terms of human rights state but becuase of these obstacles their efforts remain in a very narrow atmosphere..
We want, We seek, We dream of a much better world where every human has its own rights
Best regard
Rema
I would rather ask every person how they have improved their own life during the last year.
I’m convinced that making good for general weal, for the whole humanity is making good for nobody. As Coelho say, everyone has a personal legend to fulfill and it’s the most important task for every human. How can a person make good for whole humanity without being able to make good for himself of herself?
Only after you have improved your own life, after you understood who you are and what you are living here for you may help other people. It’s also our task – to help each other, but it’s better to bring happiness to one person than struggle the whole life for someone else’s weal. People from east say that help is useful only when it is desired and it’s true. If you help a person who doesn’t ask you for a help, it will bring neither good nor gratitude.
Exactly. Even if we have a huge power to do more then “The Declaration”, I think is missing the alignment of all countries, people, cultures in order to take common actions. I mean, is not enough that we have United States (of America), or European UNION, or any other United something or Unions. Mostly in Europe, where there are so many different old countries, it is difficult to align them in order to do great thinks for our world. French will not agree with Spanish, Bristish with Irish, etc. There is still that “Let’s be unique and keep our customs and rules different than the others”. There still is that spirit of: “I am proud to be French. Or “I am proud to be American” or “I am proud to be Russian”, or any other nationality. Not too many people realize that such things are not usefull anymore as few centries ago when countries were built. Now we need to all align. We should say: “I am proud to be Terrian or to exist in the universe”. There are certain projects around the globe that would like to globalize all countries, religions, customs, money, everything. It is about the so called New Age concept. Which is not so bad after all.
I really don’t know what could align all of us. Perhaps an imminent global danger. Even the actual financial crisis could bring beneffits to some countries. I am watching news and I see immigrants comming home because the advanced counties suffer from crisis. And I am happy my people come home. The bring to us new technologies,know-hows,good customs and nicer behaviours,they are more diciplined, ready to build in owr own country the nice and beauty world they’ve met abroad. And our banks are happy also, as they bring Euro with them. O man… Perhaps this crisis is a break for the advanced countries, while the other countries recover their lost people and work force and align…Things are changing now…also politicaly. But not only. Something is in the air now. many countries have presidential elections, powers change (this year and the next one). Everything is possible now, so we should be prepared,opened eyes and opened souls and do what is constructive and good (in every single industry, in every single couple of people, family, school, everywhere).
We need visionars! :) people start to wake up, Mr.Coelho…
Lovely subject
Adina
Thank you Marie-Christine.
Merry Christmas to you and your family,
Kindest,
Michael
Thank you Thelma. I hope you are fine.
Catherine.
I have checked the Declaration of Human Rights (thanks Sido for that) I had never read it.
First of all,Paulo, you are working too hard.
The Declaration of Human Rights are available on you tube
http://www.google.com./ig?referrer=ign_n#max1
that little _ should be under the n of ign (don’t know how to do it). I’m sure you all know what I mean.
I like what it says at the end :”People deserve to know their rights.”
Ask your Government to put this document “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” into every passport. What a jolly good idea, don’t you think?
Someone said that the American dream is non-negotiable, but I don’t think any ‘rights’ are involved.
What is a ‘human right’?
I think there is a vaey narrow but very fundamental set of realities required for human existence: food, shelter, health, freedom for community, things like that for bare minimum sustenance.
After that, we make up a lot of stuff: “I think, therefore I am.” If only thought defines our existence, the excuses for oppression and torture become equally valid as philosophical systems. Hence, McCain’s experience as a prisoner of war is not torture under the Bush administrations policies and we are lost in an Orwellian world.
“Evil triumphs when good people do nothing.
Someone else said that true religion is to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly before the Divine.
Justice though becomes one of those terms slippery in definition. Let us consider that it gegins with a simple respect for the human being and the world in which we live, and the exercise of responsibility toward others and our world.
We can’t take the human out of the world nor we can’t ‘disrespect’ nature without jepeordizing human existence.
What can we do? Begin by understanding what our responses are and change those that are inimical to life and relationship, something like that…
J’écris en français : sur my space , j’ai eu des contacts de gens qui m’ont dit avoir lu mes commentaires sur ce blog ; je voulais dire à tous merci pour vos mails et aussi ce message :
vous avez des traducteurs en ligne sur le net , “reverso” est bien , il vous permettra de vous exprimez ( il suffit après de faire un copié / collé et voilà ) : parlez , parlez , lisez et agissez = un petit geste dans votre vie quotidienne , même un tout petit : faîtes que l’on voit que votre vie est aujourd’hui portée dans l’amour et par l’amour …
parlez avec tous ( arabes , africains , pauvres , riches .. ) vous apprendrez beaucoup , il sont comme vous et moi
Avant-hier un S.D.F. est mort de froid à Carcassonne ( on dit qu’il était médecin et/ou prof de philo ) tous il sont tous comme vous : un sourire , un geste , un regard , une parole .. n’ayez pas peur , et vous serez surpris de voir en l’autre un peu de vous même , un peu de l’humanité qui nous rassemble
agir , parler , partager à tous , diffuser l’information et vos gestes telle l’eau qui vous a désaltéré et qui se répand partout…
I write in French: on my space, I had contacts of people which told me to have read my comments on this blog; I wanted to say to all thank you for your e-mails and also this message:
You have on-line translators on the net, “Reverso” is indeed, he will allow you of you express (it is later enough to make one copied / stuck and here is): speak, speak, read and act = a small gesture(movement) in your everyday life, any young: summits which we see that your life is carried(worn) in the love and by the love today…
Speak with every (Arabic, African, poor, rich) you will learn(teach) a lot, they are as you and me The day before yesterday a S.D.F. died from cold in Carcassonne (we say that he was a doctor and\or a professor of philolosophie) all – are all as you: a smile, a gesture(movement), a glance, a word are not afraid, and you will be surprised seeing the other one a few of you even, a little humanity which collects us
Act, speak, of share to all, of diffuse the information and your gestures(movements) such the water which quenched you and which spreads everywhere…
Michael Pokocky All I can say is WOW! Brilliant, keep up the good work. You rock! Keep manifesting.
Yes we can.
Love
Hildegarde
X
The following is a Manifesto I wrote that should be shared freely around the world because it claims that the individual counts and that creativity is unique to the individual. If the individual has knowledge of their own moral value as a human being they will become more productive and creative members of humanity.
Building The New Knowledge Web Manifesto
“The Paradox of The Technological Age”
by
Michael Pokocky
and
The Contributing Editors
of
Sophistica World Think Tank
September 21th,2005
Marshall McLuhan’s [1911-1980] famous quote, “The medium is the message,” was an early perceptive
prophecy, but it did not take into account human nature as we moved from The Industrial Age to The
Technological Age.
He was a respected visionary who could not have prophesied the profound imbalances between needs
and desires of humanity, independent of the multicultural and multilingual nature of the global village.
These imbalances are symptomatic of the economic, political, social, cultural, environmental and
spiritual vertigo our world is experiencing today.
Since we are well into the first stage of The Technological Age, although we still live our lives with
one foot in The Industrial Age, it is the infallibility of human nature that is causing all the trouble.
This is The Paradox of The Technological Age; in our quest for technological innovation and
integration, nobody asked what the philosophical implications human nature would have in the way we
live our lives. Our inability to accept this paradox, and the multitude of other paradoxes inherent in our
civilization, is our problem; and we have not even begun to understand them, let alone come up with
the questions that must be asked in the first place, in order to begin to understand them.
It’s human nature to fear and worry.
It’s human nature to become desensitized.
It’s human nature to want to believe in something larger than ourselves.
It’s human nature to react in unpredictable manner.
It’s human nature to protect and to preserve.
It’s human nature to destroy and to waste.
It’s human nature to solve problems.
It’s human nature to be lazy.
It’s human nature to become fed up.
It’s human nature to initiate change.
It’s human nature to give up on ourselves, our families, our work, our beliefs, and our lives.
It’s human nature to dream.
It’s human nature to have hope.
It’s human nature to do right or wrong by ourselves, by our families, by our friends, by our
communities, by our countries, and by our world.
The Message has to get out that The Individual Is Our Most Valuable Resource and That The
Individual Counts.
By examining the life of Einstein and reading about him and studying his papers and books a quote he
said might shed light on where we can begin to look for the questions that will give us the answers to
help stop or at least lesson the effects of the economic, political, social, cultural, environmental and
spiritual vertigo everybody feels.
One hundred years after Einstein wrote his five papers in 1905 Albert Einstein had said at some point in
his life, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” This message raised
the questions that led to the writing of this manifesto. The reason was in it’s simplicity; he tells us how
to look at things. Deeply; and that is why this manifesto is a philosophical approach to understanding
how we might come up with the questions that need to be answered.
This quote inspires everyone in one way or another, but it would take a cross-section of people from all
walks of life to harvest the questions for this manifesto to raise our consciousness to a level, where
some insight into possible answers might be illuminated. I believe it will be quite some time until we
know the effect this collaborative effort have; the how come and why questions that would define a
shift in the paradigm of our thinking today.
So I begin this manifesto having introduced a theme and have invited many others to contribute their
abstracts to create a collaborative piece of work to allow the reader as many views as possible. I hope
this manifesto serves you well.
Here are some further notes for your understanding.
In 2003 I discovered Email.
In 2004 I discovered the web.
In 2005 I discovered virtual communities.
In 2006 I will started a revolution: The Last Renaissance.
I turned of my computer and wrote the most sought-after manuscript in the history of humanity; I was
no where to be found.
I ask you now to consider the following.
They said The New Knowledge Web couldn’t be built.
Some said, “I thought the Internet is a Knowledge Web?”
Still others said, “What is a New Knowledge Web?”
I looked deeper. Something wasn’t right. I believed that the world was experiencing economic, social,
political, cultural, environmental and spiritual vertigo. I believed that a rip in the moral fabric of our
society ran deep. I believed one person could make a difference. And then I asked the question that
started the whole journey for me, one which made me get out of bed every day with a purpose to attend
to.
What if you knew for certain that your idea could change the world; or start a movement to help others
or even redefine how we live, so that the way we live, brings out the best in people? What would your
idea be?
Following my gut instinct, and the places it led me to, taught me to look at the world in a whole new
way. I wanted to share this with the world so I wrote about it and it turned into this Manifesto that
would express the way people truly think about their lives; their families; their friends, their
communities; and the global village..
So, I begin with the most important message I want to deliverer; a message to empower people: That
the individual counts in the global village and that creativity is unique to the individual; it is not a
collective thing. That the new currency of the global village is the creative spirit of individuals
and their productivity. That we have to share our creative ideas and visions; and we need a launching
pad for it, so, that people will feel part of something big, which is human nature.
This launch pad by nature must be a revolution and I start it by naming it The Last Renaissance. It’s
agenda is to collectively take back the web and use it as a Knowledge Web as it was originally intended
backed by a new philosophy of thinking that would produce a shift in the paradigm of thinking in
today’s World Order?
Then I looked deep, deep into the nature of the Internet and the following is what I discovered.
The Internet is like a thousand lakes and wild powerful rivers running into and out of it; this is the
untapped potential of the Net. The lakes are basins of knowledge molecules that collectively look
simply like a thousand lakes, but upon closer examination we see that all life flows from nature and
what’s in it, just as all knowledge flows into and out of the Net.
The idea of Building The New Knowledge Web is akin to the building of great dams; feats of
engineering to harness the power of the waters energy. It’s like the building of Eden Laboratories to
study the biological make up of water to discover new natural medicines to heal the sick. It’s like the
building Olympia Construction to build ecological communities around the lakes to provide housing for
people and give them a better quality of life.
Our ability to do this is not limited by the Net; quite the opposite is true. The Net is owned by no one
so you can do whatever the hell you want. The potential is there to get creative and see what you can
do.
The problem with the Net is the way we use it. Einstein said, “Go deep, deep into nature and you’ll
understand everything better.” It’s not about absolute knowledge or perfectionism; it’s about
understanding everything better.
The Building of The New Knowledge Web is about shifting the paradigm of thinking on a global level
to harness the untapped potential of the thousand lakes and rivers of the Internet. I have identified this
potential: it is the creativity of each individual at their ends of the Internet.
Einstein also said, “The problems of the world cannot be solved by the minds that created them.” The
knowledge that exists at the ends of the Net and throughout it is the untapped potential of the Net; the
evolution of the Net for the express purpose of bringing each individual at their end of the net together
with each individual at the other end of the Net to build an intelligent exchange of collective creative
ideas.
The knowledge exists. The Net exists. Creativity is alive and well.
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity,” said Albert
Einstein. Well he was right and his message still resonates with us today.
Never has humanity seen such a potential for a Renaissance of the most intellectual and artistic creative
ideas as exists on the Net today. No one anticipated another great Renaissance movement. No one has
defined it or even named it. The Last Renaissance is a Renaissance unlike anything humanity has ever
seen. It is the first Renaissance that is global in scale, and it is fueled by our civilizations most valuable
resource, the individual, and the knowledge that the individual counts.
The reason the individual is humanity’s greatest resource is because of the untapped creativity of the
individual and the fact that creativity is unique to the individual; it is not a collective thing. Albert
Einstein said why it’s important to encourage individuality, “It is important for the common good to
foster individuality: for only the individual can produce the new ideas which the community needs for
its continuous improvement and requirements-indeed, to avoid sterility and petrification.”
Imagine if we were to share our knowledge of ideas; in the collective sense the results would be
profound.
There are two powerful forces at work today affecting civilization as we know it: The inability to tap
into the potential of the creativity of individuals because knowledge is not shared easily and the way the
Internet is being used. To date no one has figured out a way to bring them into a harmonious
relationship with one another in order to inspire the change we need to see in the world today to
preserve our civilization for tomorrow; where integrity, security and trust;is the accepted norm.
Through the fusion of philosophy with technology we will be able to tap into the creativity of each
individual at their ends of the Net to bring about change.
But before this can be done one very important point has been made by Seth Godin that has to be tied
up. He says, “The currency of our future is ideas,” but we have to ask ourselves where do ideas come
from? My answer to that is from the creativity of individuals.
It is very important to distinguish between the idea and creativity. They are connected, but the
connection is not at first glance obvious. Philosophically, creativity is unique to the individual; it is not
a collective thing. Secondly, creativity is governed by the law of moral sanction; the idea that if an
individual has knowledge of their own moral value as a human being then they will be more creative
and productive members of society. Finally society must accept that it’s most valuable resource is the
individual and that the individual counts in the Technological Age.
Assuming this philosophical hypothesis is correct then we have a duty to create a platform for global
conversations between intelligent creative people who know that they count in our society.
The concept or idea that the individual counts in the Technological Age is as I see it the foundation of
The Last Renaissance.
The Last Renaissance which is taking place around the world now, on and off the Net, is the new global
Renaissance that is fueling the search for harnessing the individual collective creative energy to build a
new knowledge web where people will say or are saying, “Let’s get a global conversation going.”
By my philosophical calculation it will take only five percent of the Intellectual Elite to share their
knowledge to create a global revolution.
Imagine if everyone had knowledge of their own moral value as a human being. What would our world
be like?
If the message got out that the individual counts and that the individual is society’s most valuable
resource then when critical mass consensus is reached civilization as we know it will begin to heal.
A new generation Net will evolve and we will have together created The New Knowledge Web; not a
new Internet but a new way to use what we have so successfully built. As I have said it’s not about
building it, but rather the fusion of philosophy with technology. It’s about building a consensus of a
new paradigm of thinking that allows humanity to look deep, deep into the Net to understand
everything better.
Now the doors are open and you begin to see a better world is possible to live in.
If you knew for certain that your idea could change the world what would your idea be takes on more
relevance now. There’s possibility in the air. So what would your idea be? You hesitate and therein
lies the fundamental problem of the Net today: sharing knowledge freely; let alone trying to manage it.
Economic theory dictates there will be winners and losers in a free market economy and in order for the
free sharing of knowledge that can change the world it has to be accepted that the sharing of knowledge
serves a higher purpose and therefore it must be shared freely. This leads to sustainable development of
ideas. Of course the ninety-five percent of ideas shared freely will create winners and losers from an
individual economic perspective, but imagine the reality that only the remaining five percent of freely
shared knowledge will produce economic winners and the results will be enough to solve all of our
problems. This is going to be the hardest thing to sell to a world full of people who don’t trust and don’t
feel secure giving away their precious knowledge; however I believe in a higher noble cause and I
believe that people are fed up enough to begin trusting and sharing their knowledge. This is human
nature at its most noble moment.
We have to recognize that the world is in economic, political, social, cultural and spiritual vertigo. And
it has been brought about by the minds that have created the world we live in today. As Einstein said,
“The problems of the world cannot be solved by the minds that created them.” It’s not about pointing
fingers; it’s about tapping into the untapped potential that lies at each and every one of the ends of the
Internet and sharing this creative knowledge freely in order to reverse economic, political, social,
cultural, environmental and spiritual vertigo. The moral fabric of our civilizations has been ripped
wide open.
What are we going to do about it?
We have to recognize that a movement called The Last Renaissance has already begun. Its the greatest
Renaissance the world has ever seen and it will be the last Renaissance because it is the first time a
renaissance has been global in nature. If we are successful at working together sharing knowledge
freely, then we will always be in a Renaissance for the next thousand years; if not, if we can’t find
community amongst each other, then I fear a world that will implode upon itself and this is as close to
Armageddon as I venture to suggest. We must begin to use our imagination again just like we did as
children.
Imagination belongs to kids because they are innocent; adults have the battle scars and the memories to
last a lifetime to keep them from being who they really are: kids at heart. If everyone can reconnect
with their child inside and start to use their imaginations again, then the world will be a better place.
Pablo Picasso said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
I say we must stand up and make a choice to do right by ourself, right by our family, right by our
friends. Right by our community, right by our country, and right by our world. This is the Last Great
Renaissance. What are you going to do?
In closing you can’t have innovation without factoring in human nature. A massive psychic shock has
opened a void created by the innovations of the technological age; it is human nature to bring balance to
one’s world. This is the innovation of the New Knowledge Web and the beginning of The Last
Renaissance period.
I’ll end this manifesto with three thought provoking quotes all from the same man that inspired me to
write it hopefully in a reflective and thought provoking piece that will help people to shift their thinking
into a new paradigm of thought and take action on their ideas without fear.
On where Einstein’s inspiration came from:
“The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind…is akin to that of the religious
worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from
the heart.”_Albert Einstein
On imagination:
“Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces
the entire world.”_Albert Einstein
On solving problems:
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we
created them.”_Albert Einstein
If in one second, together, 5 percent of all knowledge available on this planet were instantaneously shared for free what would the results be?
I cannot presume to know, but I would argue that of all knowledge known to man, if 5 percent of it was shared with each other, it is enough to solve every single problem known to humanity.
This is my declaration of Sharing knowledge for free to save humanity from itself.
You are so right…. so so so right…..Thank you
Love and Graditude
Annie
Nice to see you here my dearest Catherine Martinez.
Love,
Thelma
Indeed, i dunno about you but i am gg for an interview tomorrow and i am so souped up i can’t even slp.
WHAT AM I DOING?? what are you doing??
our father in heaven holy be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. do not bring us to the test but deliver us from evil amen.
Have you heard about healthcare operational methodology? it’s actually quite interesting! … i’m gg on tangent again.
and i haven’t even watched ur video Paulo… so sorry.
The bad think often is that inspite there are laws that must protect human rights,for eample,are interpreted,or are not applied.i mean,only a piece of paper,withour deeds,is nough.For sure,if many right people join their forces,might move even a mountain.Why always ordinary people is able to feel pity,and to be open for give a hand,the very rich and politics are concerned only with their wealth,or worst ,to open a new war?
That’s true, “we could do much much more”, beginning by doing a bit everyday. I thing that everyday, God gives us the opportunity to act for the world to be better.
Beautiful video and talkative silence.
Catherine.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights :
http://www.un.org/french/aboutun/dudh.htm
indeed …what are we doing? This is one of the most pressing issue that you should bring up at the World Economic Forum Paulo.For example:
Guantanamo Bay has to be closed, innocent people are being imprisoned for nothing. I am thinking here of David Hicks the Australian – whose father Terry – to my mind should be made the Australian of the Year.
Abu Gray is another one and the list goes on and on.
Is this the sort of world we want to live in? in the name of freedom? What freedom may I ask?
Yes, because those who are responsible of enforcing the ‘Human Rights Declaration’ are the … System itself, which is based on material power, money and materialism. It is the established order.
Love,
Thelma
I had fallen asleep and I wake up in front of the urgency
As a legend in Africa (in lands put off by Tunisia, a grave for 7, a grave in a white chapel on the heights of a forgotten mountain) 7 sleepers are buried there, 7 knights who decided to fall asleep and who will wake up when the time comes, in the light and for the light
New Year eves in us that we just believe what we can make, even little, everything is good, to act it is necessary to act, we can make better, we have to make better because tomorrow is a new day, because tomorrow is the hope of a better world, and it belongs to us ALL of to buil it
action , love
Determination and envy(urge) to be understood….
The message will pass, it will pass and will extend it is in movement
It is the question which came to me to the spirit: that let us can be made together?
So things to be made where to begin? .comment? Towards where?