We are living in a time of great transition. Our planet is stressed, and many of our institutions and systems are failing. Such times can contribute to alienation and despair, conflict and fear. But they can also be a time for hope, renewal, and creativity.
At Fetzer, they, too, are affected by this time of transition. For them, a bright future hinges on whether they, and enough of their brothers and sisters around the world, can truly open their hearts in love.
Their goal is to help catalyze and support a broad-scale, spiritually grounded transformation from an ego-centered way of being grounded in separation and fear to an all-centered way of being grounded in wholeness and love.
Their vision is a critical mass of people around the world embracing love as the guiding principle and animating force for living in sacred relationship with Spirit, self, others, and the natural world.
Their efforts are grounded by a conviction that the connection between the inner life of spirit and outer life of service and action in the world holds the key to lasting change. All Institute activities—past, present, and future—are united by a desire to help improve the human condition by increasing conscious awareness of the relationship between this inner and outer life.
In their work to help build the spiritual foundation for a loving world, their goal is to help catalyze and support a broad-scale, spiritually grounded transformation from an ego-centered way of being grounded in separation and fear to an all-centered way of being grounded in oneness and love. Their vision is a critical mass of persons around the world embracing love as the guiding principle and animating force for living in sacred relationship with self, others, and the natural world.
Their five broad strategies:
• personal spiritual transformation: supporting the individual journey and exploring connections between inner work and outer action
• new narrative: contributing to a worldview that integrates a sophisticated scientific understanding of physical reality with deep spiritual understanding of the “something more” that binds them together in a deeply interconnected and sacred reality and calls them to a life of love
• movement building and outreach: accelerating the emergence of a powerful global movement for spiritual transformation
• spiritual communities: supporting the emergence of new forms of inclusive spiritual communities, both within existing and emerging spiritual traditions
• science: engaging science to maximize its contribution to the “new narrative” and to deepen their understanding of the factors that shape spiritual growth and development and their ability to love
