By Kathryn Alexander
© Ethical Impact 2009 - All Rights Reserved
• There is more than enough. We always have more than enough, if we do not succumb to greed and if we share.
• Abundance means that Self Sufficiency is not only possible, but mandatory.
• If every country is self sufficient, then trading overproduction is a sustainable process
To act with care, love, appreciation, and gratitude is to enrich life's
meaning and to honor the value and contribution of our experiences and
relationships to our life in a way that support our own commitment to a
rich and satisfying life - for ourselves and others.
• Balance is about giving equal importance to all aspects, but not at
the same time.
• Being in balance affects the whole system, but not all
at the same time, and not in the same way.
• If everything gets its needs met, things are in balance.
• You can't
be in balance by yourself.
• A whole is a thing that can be broken down in to parts. The parts
affect the whole, but not all at once, and not independently.
• Being
out of balance causes another part to be out of balance which affects
the whole.
• Balance is a non-linear concept – it doesn't affect in a direct and
immediate fashion -this does not mean that there is no effect.
Imbalance creates more imbalance until it creates an unstable, and
non-functioning system.
The recognition and active practice of being in relationship in such a
way that the right of all parties to self-fulfillment and
self-actualization is mutually reinforced. Through such action we
create the world together.
Diversity is the richness of life and how life replenishes itself and guarantees its evolutionary capacity and sustainability.
On a personal level, diversity allows for resilience, increased capacity, and capability, and expanded consciousness.
• Is about power with, not power over.
• Is about honoring the unique
gifts that all life forms offer.
• In its essence it is about right relationship.
• Empowerment is creating a space for people to truly offer their gifts
and wisdom in ways that increase the viability of the project and
relationships they are involved in.
• Future Life is a first concern.
• The web of life is a continuum. Each part is preceded by the part
before it and contributes to the part that comes after, and the
emergence of individuality is a process of evolution.
• For life to
continue, there has to be a caring and nurturing of the continuous
possibility of life's existence.
• It's an attitude. We have to want to live.
• All life changes the planet. When changes are within the field of
integrity, they enhance the rest of the life on the planet.
• Humans are intrinsic to the changes that happen on the planet. When
we respect life, the changes we make enhance the possibilities of other
life on the planet. When we don't, we diminish the possibilities of
other life on the planet.
• Our actions matter.
• No action is neutral.
All parts are equally important and valid, interdependent, and
interconnected. Any action affects the whole, but not at the same time,
and in a non-linear fashion.
Nothing exists on its own or separately, without the support of
something else. To remove any part of an interdependent chain is to put
the life or sustainability of the entire chain at risk.
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