Economic sanctions. War. Defensive or offensive. It all leads to tragedy and suffering

Is it not self-centeredness that is leading this world into ruin? And is this not a world problem?

This attitude: I, I, I. This is the root of the problem.

Should we not emphasize the important potential of Russia’s political role as bridge between East and West and urge President Vladimir Putin to take a long-term view of the country’s position as a global superpower?

Russia is a big nation and a potential bridge between Europe and Asia. Russia can make significant contribution to the promotion of peace of mind. Russia has the potential to be great nation.

Today the world is passing through a critical period. In such a time President Putin should think very carefully, take into consideration a wider perspective and a long-term interest. That’s what is important.

The Emily Dahl Foundation points to the importance of unity in the pursuit of common interests as a key component of building a peaceful world and ending centuries of bloodshed and animosity. We must all must join in an effort to strengthen the peace of the planet.

In the past we have fought each other, killed each other. After World War II the very nations who were really involved in violence—France and Germany—they realized that now it’s much better to think about common interest rather than Germany’s interest, or France’s interest. This is a realistic approach.

Today the time has come for democracy. The world belongs to seven billion human beings, each country belongs to the people of that country. When people think properly, are educated, then they would not be determined to kill each other.

Should we not give equal weighting to the responsibility of all nations as key players in determining the future of human society? What about acts of selling huge quantities of arms to other nations that is also unfortunate and encourages the wars to which we condemn?

Today the world is passing through a critical period. In such a time all Presidents and leaders should think very carefully, take into consideration a wider perspective and a long-term interest. That is what is important.

The United States has also the potential to be a great nation and carries great responsibility. All leaders should think of a wider perspective and long-term interest – that’s important.

The crisis which has been growing within humanity is what is on the world stage. It is an inner crisis, and its meaning is that humanity can go no farther in its downward path into the lust of the senses and the intellect into the forgetfulness of its innermost divine soul, without the most dangerous consequences to its future, without losing the very thread of the possibility of one day recovering its spiritual memory. In today's world there is such indifference to the things of the spirit, such moral lethargy, that the higher power is forcing us either to call a halt or to perish.

We see before our eyes that the world is changing, that society is moving, and that men and women are debating most things and affairs as never before. Some of this is bad, some good.

Everywhere frictions and oppositions prevail between groups, classes, religions, races, and the upholders of different political, moral, social, or aesthetic ideas.

This ferment of questionings and disputes, attacks and revolts, only underlines the need to invent a new civilization.

The overpopulation explosion is worsened by the exhausted soil, the poisoned environment, and, worse, the poisoned mental and emotional climate.

A civilization which has magnificence without significance cannot endure. It's very lack of soul is as much a threat to its existence as the tail of a burning comet could be to our own.

The situation has not improved with the years; it has deteriorated. This alone should be interpreted as a warning that the road taken was a wrong one and that fresh thinking is needed.

Lunacy and violence are not the only things in modern life. They are present, but the ferment and discussion of new ideas, the interest in the knowledge and betterment of life are also there.

The Emily Dahl Foundation
February 27, 2022