Ecumenica

Our current world is divided not only into continents, countries and languages, but also into many different religions, faiths and creeds.

However, in this era of globalization, we should strive to find a balance between national and cultural identity on one side, and openness to understand and accept different perspectives, on the other side.

Common aspirations that define our human essence are: peace, compassion and love.

Below, a few opinions from famous people:

"I have concluded that we are in a world made by rules created by an intelligence. Believe me, everything that we call chance today won't make sense anymore. To me it is clear that we exist in a plan which is governed by rules that were created, shaped by a universal intelligence and not by chance."

Michio Kaku

"A person like me who has grown up in a mixed culture ought to be spiritual. My mother is a Catholic, my father is a Muslim, and my wife is a Hindu. Personally, I feel spirituality is about being clear-hearted. It involves a sense of connection with the divine."

Emraan Hashmi

"I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians." Anne Rice

"The five points of yama, together with the five points of niyama, remind us of the Ten Commandments of the Christian and Jewish faiths, as well as of the ten virtues of Buddhism. In fact, there is no religion without these moral or ethical codes. All spiritual life should be based on these things. They are the foundation stones without which we can never build anything lasting."

Swami Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras.