Santosh Khadka
South, korea
Today entire world population faces the threat of the coronavirus and almost people are in the self Quarantine. On this pandamic sitauation, Universal Peace Federation international recently released the Statement about Coronavirus Pandemic for whole world.
A Circle of Light: Moving Through and Beyond the Coronavirus Crisis
As the entire world population faces the threat of the coronavirus, we have become self-quarantined, socially distanced. There is no “business as usual.” The global economy, the global balances of power, and the very process of globalization are all shifting, in ways that defy reliable projections in terms of outcomes, or visions of what kind of world we will “return to” post-coronavirus.
Throughout UPF’s recent Summit series, we have underscored values of interdependence, mutual prosperity and universal values, indicating that we are all interconnected and members of one human family, that we seek for a broad, productive and generous sharing of all the benefits and blessings of our life together on this planet, and that there are widely shared core values that have compelling and widespread adherence across religious, ethnic, cultural lines.
In the midst of this pandemic, how might these core values apply, in terms of getting us through this crisis and in terms of serving us as we emerge on the other side of this threat? Stated simply, UPF can affirm and encourage the following “best practices”:
Unity: We are members of one universal human family. Let us not “use” the crisis to underscore or deepen divisions that may afflict us as members of particular national, political, religious or cultural communities.
Cooperation: We can overcome this crisis through cooperation, compassion and open communication. Let us seek to prevent political or religious polarization and see a greater, cooperative unity across all boundaries.
Dialogue: Indeed our world was moving toward increased political polarization, prior to the widespread emergence of this virus, and there are some indications that the dynamics of confronting the virus are furthering contributing to such tensions. Therefore, let us work through dialogue and mutual respect to keep the delicate fabric of humanity of one peace.
Compassion: People are suffering, members of our own families, our neighbors, fellow citizens, members of our faith communities, and our brothers and sisters across the planet. We can all make effort to assist and support those in need, most notably those who serve as health care professionals, and including the millions are suffering financially due the slowing global economy.
Let us work to be a circle of light [a “corona”] in the darkness. And, with this in mind, we encourage the worldwide UPF community to be of service to our brothers and sisters near and far. Please share your best practices and stories by sending to circleoflight@upf.org in the weeks ahead. With this in mind, UPF will be convening a variety of social networking opportunities, including on-line working groups, conference calls featuring expert presenters on relevant topics, and solicitation of articles for publication.
Thank you .
Thomas G. Walsh Ph. D.
Chairman
Universal Peace Federation International
New York, USA
