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22. Evidence of the Need for an Increase in Compassion for Our Fellow Human Beings
[This is Part A from Appendix 4 of the original 161 page document “1000Communities2” (see p. 129)]
A. Introduction
1. This writer believes that there is a profound and critical need for an exponential increase in compassion for our fellow human beings. This profound and critical need is especially urgent when viewed as only a part of the challenges listed in Appendix 1.
2. An exponential increase in compassion for our fellow human beings is, currently, not widely recognized as an essential and critical element of truly comprehensive response to the challenges of our times. Hopefully, people who decide to develop Community Visioning Initiative proposals similar to this one (in the future) will also decide to include a section or appendix like this Appendix 4.
[Note: For more discussion on the subject of increasing compassion for our fellow human beings, see Sections 5, and Appendices 4-6.]
Special Commentary: “… bringing to the fore what is often hidden….”
The challenges of our times are such that it is now critical for us to access the storehouses of wisdom which have accumulated over the many centuries of human experience, and which have been confirmed again and again as essential to individual well-being and social harmony by the saints, sages, spiritual leaders, and sincere practitioners of all faiths and moral “world views”.
