Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, a producer, director, composer,
musician and practicing Sufi, is the son of renowned Sufi
teacher and author Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.
Where to Explore Global
While working on the film One: The Movie, in 2005,
Unity
Vaughan-Lee the younger
says he was struck by the
response to the film’s focus
Global Coherence Initiative (GLCoherence.
on unity. “People from
org) – A science-based initiative uniting millions of
all walks of life and back-
grounds were telling me
people in heart-focused care and intention to shift
they wanted to see more of
global consciousness from instability and discord to
this. So we developed the
balance, cooperation and enduring peace.
Global Oneness Project to
explore how people around
Global MindShift (Global-MindShift.org) – Online
the world were applying
discussions describe humanity’s evolutionary jour-
a unitive consciousness to
practical problems within
ney and the creation of global community.
their local and global com-
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
munities.” Global Oneness Project (GlobalOnenessProject.
One of the project’s online
org) – This nonprofit produces films and Web-based
interviews, among several
multimedia featuring world thinkers and visionaries
highlighted here, shares the perspective of Vusamazulu
Credo Mutwa, a Zulu sangoma (traditional healer) from
and explores how the radically simple notion of in-
South Africa. “We must awaken the Mother Mind within
terconnectedness can best be lived in an increasingly
each human being,” advises Mutwa, author of several books complex world.
on African mythology and spiritual beliefs and well-known
for his work in nature conservation.
Karma Tube (KarmaTube.org) – Short, “do some-
“Every human being has two minds: the Mother Mind
and the Warrior Mind,” Mutwa continues. The Warrior Mind
thing,” videos suggest simple actions that every
looks at things logically and says, “Two plus two is four.”
viewer can take. Their motto: “Be the change.”
But the Mother Mind does not think in a straight line; rather,
it thinks sideways and upwards and downwards. “We must
Peace One Day (PeaceOneDay.org) – The organiz-
awaken the Mother Mind within us. We must feel what is
ing catalyst behind the United Nations’ adoption
going on in the world,” he urges. “We mustn’t just listen to
of September 21 as an annual Peace Day promotes
newspapers.
“It is said by our Zulu people that women think with
global ceasefire and nonviolence. The nonprofit is
their pelvic area, where children grow and are born. We
working to introduce 3 billion people to Peace Day
must think that way,” explains Mutwa. “I must no longer by 2012.
look at a tree [and see simply a tree], I must see a living en-
tity like me. I must no longer look at a stone as just a stone,
Project Happiness (ProjectHappiness.org) – Youth-
but I must see the future lying dormant in that stone.
based initiative offers online and school projects
Listening with the Heart
designed to inspire and empower individuals to cre-
Bringing everyone in represents the life work of Ibtisam
ate greater happiness within themselves and in the
Mahameed, a Palestinian peaceworker on the board of
world. Endorsed by the Dalai Lama.
Middleway, a non-governmental organization (NGO) pro-
moting compassion and nonviolence. A Muslim, Mahameed
The Vision Project (VisionProject.org) – This non-
embodies interfaith respect and understanding in her bid for
profit initiative produces documentary material and
global oneness, encouraging Palestinian, Jewish, Druze and
Christian women to learn about each other’s religions and
educational programs to encourage understanding
cultures. She asks us all to learn the language of mutual love.
and awareness about a broad range of social issues,
“First,” advises Mahameed, “we have to learn about all with a particular focus on younger generations.
the principles found in the world. As a Muslim, Arab, Pales-
tinian woman, I know my principles. But I don’t know yours.
World of Good (WorldOfGood.com) – eBay’s on-
In order for me to understand your principles, I should ask
line marketplace convenes thousands of eco-positive
you about them, and understand what they are.”
Next, we need to learn mutual respect from each other,
buyers and sellers. Independent verifications assess
urges Mahameed. We need to know how to listen, not with
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