| The Alliance for the New Humanity came to light spontaneously, when individuals from all walks of life inspired by Rumi, and concerned about the dehumanizing trends that prevail in the world, got together to assess the deterioration of human values as perceived in the upsurge of, accelerating economic and social inequalities, terrorism and wars, social violence, ecological degradation and a generalized spread of social fear, individual frustration and lack of respect for life.
They concluded that the root cause of these problems is the indifference to the other, as a result of the materialistic models adopted as organizing principles of society, with their emphasis on selfishness, competition, accumulation, and separateness.
Many people in the world perceive the need for more positive thinking, for a more compassionate society, for a less poignant media envelope.
The purpose of the Alliance is to connect these sensitive individuals, into a global human network, that leads to the creation of a critical mass that influences national and international policy towards a more compassionate humanity.
Dr. Mir the co-fonder of Rumi Yoga Salutes all the founding members of the Alliance
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How a man can develop his discriminative faculty whereby he can differentiate the essential from the incidental and thereby attain not only physical poise but mental peace, intellectual clarity and emotional equanimity. Thus, by the practice of Rumi Yoga, a dancer can become a better dancer, a scientist - a better scientist, a doctor - a better doctor; a manager - a better manger; a musician - a better musician. This can be best exemplified by Rumi Yoga's practitioner who embraced Rumi's work towards end of his life, the violin maestro, LORD YEHUDI MENUHIN acknowledging his yoga trainer not as his best yoga teacher but his best violin teacher! Rumi's work has been read in the West for centuries and there are references to him in the work of RALPH WALDO EMERSON and GEORGE FRIEDRICH HEGEL as well as many other eminent writers.
According to the Christian Science Monitor, Rumi’s work ranked as America’s number ONE best-seller. New York clothes designer DONNA KARAN unveiled her 1998 spring line of fashions while musical interpretations of Rumi’s work by DEEPAK CHOPRA played in the background. Composers PHILIP GLASS and ROBERT WILSON have written “Monsters of Grace,” an operatic extravaganza that can be enjoyed with three-dimensional viewing glasses and a libretto of 114 Rumi’s work interpreted by American poet COLEMAN BARKS. According to Agence France-Press there is a 25 million dollar film project on the life of Rumi. The cast will include Hollywood stars such as DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, ROBERT DE NIRO or AL PACINO.
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