June 13, 2007

Sacred Celebration of Divine Inspiration for the Screening of "RUMI Turning Ecstatic"

 

at the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium - United Nations Headquarters

Unesco Has Declared 2007 - The International Year of Rumi

A film by...Tina Petrova & Stephen Roloff- Featuring Coleman Barks, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey, Nader Khalili, the Mevlana Dervishes of Turkey and the poetry of Menlana Jellaludin Rumi.  With Special Guests: Tina Petrova Visionary, Media, Inc.  Dr. Nitin   Dilawri, Associate Producer, Andrew Harvey, Author, Scholar and Mystic-Sacred Activism

http://www.rumi-turningecstatic.com/

RSVP by  May 31 at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (212) 726-1617. The NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns Sacred and Transcendental Arts Working Group is organizing  this 800th Rumi Celebration at the United Nations with Co-Sponsors.

Tina Petrova

Tina Petrova is the Producer of the film. She has been involved in the Canadian Film and TV scene for over 40 years, as an award winning actor, writer director and producer. Over the years her primary focus has been projects of a social justice nature. Her break out award winning film,"The Lost Years" was made with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada. After graduating from Ryerson University in Theatre and Film she was invited to further her studies at the Canadian Film Centre founded by Academy Award winner-Norman Jewison. She currently leads World Religion Retreats at Scarboro Foreign Missions and is on a good will Ambassador Tour with the film around the world during UNESCO's year of Rumi.Andrew Harvey who appears in the film has agreed to introduce Tina and the film. 

 

 

Andrew Harvey

Andrew Harvey PhD was educated at Oxford University, becoming the youngest person ever to be awarded a fellowship to All Soul's College. Andrew Harveys spiritual journey spans a 30 year exploration of mysticism with many great teachers including the great Tibetan adept, Thuksey Rimpoche: a collaboration with Sogyal Rimpoche and Patrick Gaffney in the writing of the Tibetan Book of the Living and Dying studying the teachings of Rumi and Sufi mysticism with Eva De Vitray Meyerovitch, and finally synthesizing all of his experiences with Father Bede Griffins in his ashram in south India near where Andrew Harvey was born. In 2005, Andrew Harvey delivered his vision of the contemporary crisis now confronting us in today's world and potential solution in what he has termed "Sacred Activism". which he sees as the culmination of his life's work. Andrew Harvey has taught at Oxford University, Cornell University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the California Institute of Integral Studies and the University of Creation Spirituality as well as various spiritual centers throughout the United States. He was the subject of the 1993 BBC film documentary The Making of a Modern Mystic and appears also in "RUMI Turning Ecstatic" and the Consciousness of the Christ Reclaiming Jesus for a New Humanity. Andrew Harvey is a professor of Sacred Activism at Wisdom University, Executive Director of the Center for Spiritual Democracy and Founder Director of the School of Sacred Activism.  A discussion is planned with questions and answers immediately following the screening of the film Besides the Sacred and Transcendental Arts Working Group of the NGO Committee, for Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, The Society for Enlightenment and Transformation, United Nations Staff Recreation Club, and various other NGO's including The Instiute of International Social Development and Institute for the Development of Education Arts and Leisure, etc.businesses and organizations  are co-sponsoring the event.

 

 

RUMI

Born at a time of great conflict and exiled from his homeland as a child, Rumi lived from 1207 to 1273 AD and grew into perhaps the greatest Persian language poet and one of the greatest poets of all time . His followers founded the Mevlevi Order of Sufis, also known as the “Whirling Dervishes.”Rumi’s wisdom and his exquisite insight into the unity of religion and love make him the Poet Laureate of the Oneness of Humanity, a true Muslim, and a guide to global community beyond the “Clash of Civilizations.”At a time when people still hate and kill in the name of God, we need to restore the sacred light.
Indeed, so great a light shines from the mirror of Rumi’s heart that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized this year 2007 as the International Year of Rumi as part of its Global Movement for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.Accordingly, this year, all around the world, in both the original Persian and in translation, people of love and good will are celebrating Rumi’s enormous contribution to ecstatic religious sanity.Rumi, Master of Love, is finding his way throughout the world this year in the hearts of many who are   reading translations of Rumi’s poetry and shows scenes from the sema, or planning pilgrimages to Turkey or turning a ceremony of the Whilrling Dervishes.
Your suggestions of how you can participate in New York or in other areas in the world where a Peace Series is being planned We have also received requests from Cairo, Egypt, two cities in India and Japan and I hope hope you will support this initiative in the best way to inspire the solutions for global concerns to to be discovered in the soul, consciousness and sacred activism.

 

For further information about the Film and the work at United Nations we are working ion in partnership to build a bridge between the East and West based on a new form of community global education and outreach, contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or at our Values and Business Working Group  Office in New York at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

May 31, 2007 

How Can Global Consciousness Respond to the Cry of the Least Developed Countries?

3:00—6:00 p.m. United Nations Headquarters, Manhattan Conference Room

Join us for an afternoon of keynote talks, sacred art, discussion and meditation.  We are using the occasion of this gathering to raise awareness of the plight of the world’s least developed countries, whose populations suffer inordinately under the weight of the present global economic imbalance.  At this time of planetary crisis all spiritual workers can contribute to building a thoughtform of solution to world problems. 

This meeting is held in observation of The Festival of Humanity, also known as The Festival of Goodwill and World Invocation Day—recognized worldwide as a day of prayer, meditation and invocation.  By joining together with men and women of goodwill throughout the world we can contribute towards the healing of the nations and the fostering of world unity.

Guest Speakers and Keynote Talks

1) Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, addressing the plight of the 50 Least Developed Countries;

2) The Brilliant Holograms of the Dutch Graphic Design Artist, Janosh, Accompanied by Music on the Theme: “Stimulating Global Consciousness; Take Up Your Own Mastery”;

3) Ida Urso, Ph.D., President, Aquarian Age Community and Spiritual Psychologist, addressing the theme, “How Can Global Consciousness Respond to the Cry of the Least Developed Countries?”

Registration to Participate in the Seminar Is Required

Everyone is required to register. Those without a valid UN Pass may request a One-Day Guest Pass.  You can register by visiting the following website http://www.aquaac.org or by calling (201) 984-7555. 

Sponsoring Organizations: UN-OHRLLS and the Aquarian Age Community
Co-sponsoring Organizations: Associazione Culturale dei Triangoli e della Buona Volontà Mondiale; CONGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns (NY); Legion of Good Will; Operation Peace Through Unity; Pathways to Peace; UN Days & Years Meditation Initiative & Other Fellow Supporting Organizations.

Follow Up On Values and Business Interactive Discussion in October 2006

In Cooperation with the Global Compact - Letter Reaching Out to the Civil Society

Dear Sir/Madam

Our planet is in the threshold of extreme danger that can annihilate our species and all life on earth – be it global warming, nuclear war or the more common-place poverty and hunger that kill societies through long-drawn horrific disease.

The United Nations put forward the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 for reducing poverty and hunger and other problems in the world by 2015.

In January 1999, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan challenged business leaders to join an international initiative – the Global Compact – that would bring companies together with UN agencies, labor and civil society to support universal environmental and social principles, specifically working to advance ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. The Global Compact’s operational phase was launched at UN Headquarters in New York on 26 July 2000.

Then there is the concept of Corporate Citizenship, which is the contribution a company makes to society and the environment through its core business activities, its social investment and philanthropy programs, and its engagement in public policy

Unifying all these efforts, the ‘Values and Business’ Working Group within the NGO Committee on ‘Spirituality, Human Values and Global Concerns’ under the umbrella organization CONGO (under General Consultative Status with ECOSOC of the United Nations), endeavors to make a report highlighting the best practices by the corporate houses in the US and abroad to serve as a template and benchmark for others to take inspiration and guidance from.

We would request you to kindly share your company’s experiences and endeavors that serve to fulfill the Millennium Development Goals, the Global Compact and Corporate Citizenship principles through your projects, programs, company environment and work culture.

Please let us know if you any further information.

Regards.

SHARON HAMILTON

Chair

Values and Business Working Group

1) Millennium Development Goals – http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

2) Global Compact - http://www.un.org/Depts/ptd/global.htm