Editor,
“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” — Benjamin Mays.
Here are three of my dreams: I want to live long enough to see the day when all the people, in each community on this planet, hold their religious services honoring their various beliefs in the same building (a very plain-looking structure) either in different rooms or on different days of the week.
The remaining current, very ornate religious structures that exist today could then be used for other purposes. This would free the religious groups of the financial obligation to maintain them, and could provide all those groups with money they could use for worthwhile purposes — such as providing shelter, food and clothing for the homeless in their communities or abroad.
I want to live long enough to see the day when we human beings stop being separated into warring camps over something as insignificant as what name we use to refer to the source of all that is in our universe.
How about all of us who speak English agree that “GOD” is an acronym for the good orderly direction that we appeal to to provide us all, individually and collectively, with the appropriate guidance for all of our thoughts, words and actions? I am certain that there are equivalent acronyms for the name used in other languages to refer to the source of all that is in our universe.
And I want to live long enough to see the day when most people stop seeking to find “proof” for what they already believe is absolute truth. I want to see us allow the fact that none of us is in possession of absolute truth, so that we can all begin openly, honestly and authentically seeking absolute truth, cooperatively and compassionately, together to the best of our combined ability.
Are you willing to assist me in manifesting these dreams?
Robert Gardiner
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