I am Human First:

Here are some of the basics. If a majority of people understand these basics a great number of things would be much better in the world including our individual relationships with each other.

One of the most important things is that we start seeing each other as Human, first and foremost. We must all realize, that regardless of what else we are, we are first and always, residents of planet Earth. Please feel free to share this with others and post or write a short statement of support if you agree with this. Become an official citizen of planet earth by simply making a statement for it! I will list all of us on a handy list one day .  

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I am not German, even though I was born in Germany.

I am not European, even though I grew up in Europe.

I am not American, even though I live in America.

I am not Caucasion, even though my skin color is white.

I am not defined by my Gender.

I am not defined by my Religion.

I am not defined by my upbringing.

I am not defined by my age, nor by my social class.

I am not defined by my politics, nor by my political leanings.

I am purely, 100% and without a doubt  HUMAN.

That is my heritage. That is my Pride. I share this pride with over 6 billion other people. I like that!

I am not divided. I can relate to everyone. I am at peace with everyone. I am Human and a Citizen of Planet Earth. Nothing else matters to me!

Silvia Heinrich --- 

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Thank you Marek for posting this. I was going to do it after you showed me the link but you were quicker than me . I would love to see others making a statement like me and Marek did about seeing ourselves as humans. Anyone else?

Silvia --- 

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I am a human being. I am more than my physical body and because I am more than physical matter, I can perceive that which is greater than the physical world. My body is made of the same elements that formed the universes, galaxy's,  stars and planets. All physical matter on this planet has been formed of those same elements. Therefore, we are all one, The planet, the flora, fauna, insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, mighty oceans, great rivers, majestic mountains are all part of the whole.  I also percieve that all of these are more than the physical matter from which they are made.  We are all love and peace.

With Love, Genelda

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I am human yes, yet beyond that, I am a spiritual being having a human experience as we all are

My essence is love from which exudes peace, joy and abundance as is the essence of us all

My truth is eternal and infinite, as is the truth of all

I am one with all life as are we all

We Are that We Are

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I'm a living entity and recognise my connection with all other living entities with seperate organisms, seperate roles to play and a seperate mind filled with ideas and impressions.

My goal is to enable the living beings to play their role in the diversity of life as purely as possible, even if I cannot understand, or condone their role in the play. I just have to figure out my role in the play and give me the liberty to live that. Even if I cannot always be happy and appreciative of the role that's in me to play, playing it makes me happy, even if there is fear.

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Thank you all for standing up for your Humanity in such beautiful ways. I emjoy reading each and every last one of them. Keep them coming .

Thank you also to Carmel for sharing her opinion and I believe she is on to something here that I might have missed in my eagerness to share. Perhaps, looking over the original document a third time, I should have mentioned that "often" these are the case in regards to yin and yang; but not always. I will be seeing at making appropriate amends:

-That masculinity is important
-That femininity is important
-That oftentimes our men are our builders and protectors
-That men are often our physical strength
-That men embody action in many cases 
-That women are our life givers and often nurturers
-That women are often our non-physical strength
-That women embody unconditional love in many cases
-That there are at times exceptions to male/female traits
-That yin cannot exist without yang
-That yang cannot exist without yin
-That both are sacred and important
-That both must be balanced
-That both must support each other
-That unless both unite there is no peace

As you can see, all of this is still work in progress and it is my hope that over time everything becomes much clearer .

In Peace,

Silvia ---

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I wrote this out a while ago, hope you like it...

Embrace your Global Citizenship:

Our Earth Heritage is timeless yet no one gives it even the slightest moment of thought; not even for a mere minute. It is guaranteed to all people yet no one really embraces it and very few speak in it's favor. We do not act and speak as humans united in spirit and heritage because that only happens in movies when there is an outside threat. While our Earth Heritage is natural we run from it as if it was poison. There is no Earth Flag that flies on any public buildings which represents everyone. There is no unity in even the slightest manner; heck we cannot even seem to agree upon if there is or is not a Divine Creator -- much less what types of leadership we would want, or how the world should function.

Our national heritages are temporary; yet we devote thousands of hours to them every year. There are festivals and holidays celebrated for our national heritage. Patriotism is strong in most cases. People are even willing to die for their countries and often they do in countless of wars and conflicts of unrest. Even though it is a man-made heritage there are millions of national flags of all types flying and being waved everywhere. Why? It is so unnatural and yet we cling to it like it is the only truth out there. Borders of Nations are not defined by nature but by people not unlike us. Yet we spend valuable resources to define them, map them and then fight over them. We issue passports, have embassies everywhere else, guard our borders with lethal force and dare anyone say anything about anything. There is actually debates going on every day about immigrants and this, that and the other. In other countries people are forbidden to leave and go elsewhere. Do you have any idea how silly all this looks from an outsider's perspective? Why do we do this? We are all humans, are we not? Does the Earth not have very clear and concise borders? Are we not all living on Earth together? Is this not your home just as it is mine?

I believe it is time to define and embrace our Global Earth Citizenship. It is also time to define and fly a common flag for all of us. It is time to speak out about what we believe in and to unite to make these things happen. It is time for all of that and more. So let us take a moment to cover some of the basics.

Our Unity:

Whether we realize it or not we do have plenty of things in common. We all want to live and seek happiness. We are all born the same way and we all come to this world crying and vulnerable as babies. We all want to build our families and have enough to eat and a roof over our heads. We all want to be loved. We can all agree that we do not like others forcing their way of life on us. Of course we can also all agree that our time on Earth as individual humans and even the existence of our countries are but a blink of an eye compared how long the Earth has been around. We all bleed when we are hurt, and we all look at the same sun, moon and stars every day. Everywhere the sun rises and sets, every day -- no matter who we are or where we live. All these things and many more are those things we have in common. I know we can agree on these things as Planetary Earth Citizens.

Universal Morality:

We can all agree on a few points of universal morality; while understanding that in the cases of personal morality we will at times disagree. Things such as the golden rule are common sense. "Treat others as you wish to be treated". Every spiritual leader that has ever risen up always spoke that we should love our neighbors. It is best all summarized as "Live and Let Live". In essence this means that we should not force our personal beliefs on other people nor should others be subjected to our personal morality. Of course a part of universal morality is also that we do not harm or abuse children, animals, the elderly, and those who are ill. Because we would not want our children, pets and loved ones to be abused and hurt. Lastly, the universal morality includes that we should respect our place on our world in that we live only but for a moment in eternity and that this does not make us the masters of the universe. In this, no matter whether one believes in a Divine Creator or not, it is clear that the world does not belong to us and that we cannot simply destroy or harm it without repercussions on all of us. As Planetary Earth Citizens and Residents of our Earth I am sure we can agree on these and the should be our highest laws.

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Greetings,

Here is part two .

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