EXCERPT FROM

THE PRAYER FOR PEACE

PRESENTED BY DR. SEUNG HEUN LEE

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS,

AUGUST 28, 2000

I offer this prayer of peace
To declare a revolution
Of the human spirit
I wish to announce that
It is now time
For all of us to spiritually awaken
And become enlightened
For the time for the enlightened few is over
The age of elitist enlightenment has passed
For how long do you seek to wait for prophets
To come down from mountaintops
And tell us what to do
We all must become enlightened
To recognize our divinity
To raise up our consciousness
And proclaim our independence
From blind reliance on long ago sages
And find the answers from our own well
Of spiritual wisdom
We must ourselves become the enlightened ones
We must ourselves realize our Oneness
I declare that we must all become "earthlings"
Of the earth
And not of any religion, nation or race.
But of this earth, for this earth and by this earth
To create a lasting peace
On Earth.

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Dr. Seung Heun Lee, author of Healing Society: A Prescription for Global Enlightenment, provides a systemized approach to personal enlightenment that can lead to the healing of society. He was recently designated one of the 50 preeminent spiritual leaders of the world by the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the UN (30-31 Aug. 2000). In 2000, Dr. Lee and Neale Donald Walsch, the well-known author of the Conversations with God series, established the New Millenium Peace Foundation, whose goal is to attain a lasting world peace by raising the collective human awareness. For more information consult www.healingsociety.com or www.newmilleniumpeace.org or call 1-877-DAHNHAK (324-6425). Many local reading groups are active in Chicago; contact information can be found on www.healingsociety.com.

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