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The Year 2006 (December 31, 2005)

Is humanity reaching a peak in the present crisis?  The darkest hour is just before dawn, as they say.  Can dawn be very far off?  Prior to any real movement forward in humanities evolutionary development a period of tension, or crisis, must be reached and the old forms shattered, making way for ever expanding new forms.  Has the old form achieved sufficient crystallization?  Are we finally reaching an end to the deplorable conditions enshrouding many of our fellow family members - a condition brought on by the selfish materialistic focus of mankind itself? (see quotes below)

As we all know the year 2005 has been a monumental one for human suffering.  Humanity as a whole is tired of war.  People are waking up to the realization that the present day world conflicts can not be won by might.  They can only be resolved through a bettering of human relations - a renewed global goodwill effort can solve these conflicts.  The many 'natural disasters' this past year has touched the hearts of the masses.  There has been a renewed emphasis and focus on poverty, and the lives of the poor and disadvantaged around the globe.  How is it that we as a race, at this time in our history, can allow tens of thousands of children to die of hunger and disease each and every year?  It's beyond comprehension!

Funding the work of spreading goodwill throughout the world has been a major issue.  People are quick to respond when a major disaster strikes but slow to act in support of an idea such as 'Promoting Goodwill.'  There is no better way to solve human problems and conflict than by bettering human relations, especially when it comes to religious and national difference.  Judgmental and selfish attitudes must be overcome and trust and sharing instilled in all groups of power everywhere.  Great strides can be made with an increase in funding.  It is a matter of education and building the necessary work force to organize worldwide effort to respond globally to these issues.  And that requires money.  So, please give generously of your money and time to goodwill organizations.  Promoting Goodwill is an ideal worthy of your attention.  Many find it difficult to donate to a cause that doesn't specifically address a particular disaster or point of human misery.  But it is through the promotion of goodwill that mankind can remove the plight of poverty from the world.  The cause of poverty, hunger, and other issues needs to be the focus of attention, not just the resultant effect.  And that underlying cause is simply the reallocation of the world's resources - the sharing of the world's wealth.  There is more than enough for everyone.  Is it too much to ask that humanity as a group feed, clothe, and shelter our children?  To do so requires a shifting of attitude toward group sharing, based on global united goodwill, and away from selfish behavior.  (Please note:  The Will-To-Good Group does not seek or accept donations at this time.)

Will the year 2006 see humanity cresting the peak and embarking on a new course?  A new course that can lead to peace and prosperity for all the world's citizens.  We are so close, and yet a misstep can send us tumbling back down the mountainside to experience more the of same.  With renewed effort and emphasis let us all try to accomplish two major goals this year - give more to goodwill work, and do everything within our power to save the children of the world!

May your year be filled with opportunity to serve your fellow man, and may you find the courage and compassion to do so!

Quotes:

"The key to humanity's trouble (focusing as it has in the economic difficulties of the past two hundred years and in the theological impasse of the orthodox churches) has been to take and not give, to accept and not share, to grasp and not to distribute. This has involved the breaking of a law which has placed humanity in a position of positive guilt. War is the dire penalty which mankind has had to pay for this great sin of separateness."

- Problems of Humanity, p-Introduction,  by Alice A. Bailey

"Our present civilization will go down in history as grossly materialistic. There have been many material epochs in history but none so generally widespread as the present or which have involved such untold millions. We are constantly told that the cause of this war is economic (written before middle of last century); that is surely so but the reason is that we have demanded so much of comfort and of "things" in order to live "reasonably well". We require so much more than our forefathers needed; we prefer a soft and relatively easy life; the pioneering spirit (which is the background of all nations) has faded, in most cases, into a soft civilization. This is particularly true of the Western hemisphere. Our standard of civilized living is far too high from the standpoint of possessions and far too low from the angle of the spiritual values or when subjected to an intelligent sense of proportion. Our modern civilization will not stand up to the acid test of value. A nation is today regarded as civilized when it sets a value on mental development, when it puts a premium on analysis and criticism and when all its resources are directed towards the satisfying of physical desire, towards the production of material things and towards the implementing of material purposes as well as towards dominating competitively in the world, towards the amassing of riches, the acquiring of property, the achievement of a high standard of material living and towards the cornering of the produce of the earth—largely for the benefit of certain groups of ambitious and wealthy men.

This is a drastic generalization but it is basically correct in its main implications, though incorrect where individuals are concerned. For this sad and dire situation (entirely of humanity's own making) we pay the penalty of war. Neither the churches nor our educational systems have been sound enough in their presentation of truth to offset this materialistic tendency. The tragedy is that the children of the world have paid and are paying the price of our wrong-doing. War has its roots in greed; material ambition has motivated all the nations without exception; all our planning has been directed to the organization of the national life so that material possession, competitive supremacy and individual and national selfish interests would control. All nations, in their own way and degree, have contributed to this; none has clean hands and hence war. Humanity has the habit of selfishness and an inherent love of material possessions. This has produced our modern civilization and, for this reason, it is being changed."

- Problems of Humanity, p-38-39,  by Alice A. Bailey

"The immediate spiritual problem with which all are faced, is the problem of gradually offsetting hate and initiating the new technique of trained, imaginative, creative and practical goodwill.

Goodwill is man's first attempt to express the love of God.  Its results on earth will be peace.  It is so simple and practical that people fail to appreciate its potency or its scientific and dynamic affect.  One person sincerely practicing goodwill in a family, can completely change its attitudes.  Goodwill really practiced among groups in any nation, by political and religious parties in any nation, and among the nations of the world, can revolutionize the world."

- Problems of Humanity, p-6,  by Alice A. Bailey

"Work, not for joy but towards it; not for reward, but from the inner need to help; not for gratitude, but from the urge that comes from having seen the vision and realization of the part you have to play in bringing that vision down to earth."

- A Treatise on White Magic, p-369 by Alice A. Bailey