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Here is the new draft creed:
We are SolSeed
: We are the Body of all Earthly Life
Our Four Holy Tools are
: Knowledge of the Past,
: Mindfulness of the Present,
: Hope-filled Visions of the Future and
: Practices that Increase our Skill with the other three
With these tools
: We create our lives
: Lives of understanding, love and hope
The past informs us.
: Without knowledge of the past,
: Mindfulness, vision and practice are misguided
I pledge to study the history of
Life exuberant,
Ever Bursting through boundaries to flower and spread,
Ever Creating the conditions for more Life
in an upward spiral of exponentiating possibilities
The present grounds us
Without mindfulness of the present,
Knowledge frightens us,
our vision is one of despair,
and our practices serve only to distract us.
I pledge to always be mindful of the fact
That Life is precious
That Life has always been and will always be
in a state of being precious
The future inspires us
Without visions of the future
Knowledge, mindfulness and practice stagnate
I pledge
To express the excellent nature of Gaia
To strive toward the Great Birthing
In which SolSeed takes root and flowers among the stars and
Gaia gives birth to a family of living worlds
Practice teaches us
Without practice
Knowledge and vision dim, and mindfulness escapes us
I pledge to answer Gaia's call
To Dedicate myself to Life
To join my kindred
In a community of practice
To align our words, thoughts, actions, habits, characters and very beings
With our Highest Aspirations
I pledge to use art and the natural world
To awaken in myself and others
That Cosmic Religious Feeling
That ignites wonder
Fosters compassion
And Inspires Invention
Our Three Sacred Duties are to
Embrace Passion
Cultivate Empathy and
Pursue Wisdom
So that
Our Teaching Spreads Truth
Our Loving Engenders Kindness and
Our Striving Hastens the Great Birthing
Passion call and response unchanged, Empathy call unchanged
I pledge to carry in my heart
the fact that as I am alive, you are alive,
And in kinship will all other living beings
I pledge to love others as I love myself
To treat their needs as if they were my own
To Grow ours, Not just get mine.
Wisdom call unchanged
I pledge
To stand ready to throw out my beliefs
In the face of new evidence
To experiment with new practices
Which engender mindfulness
To explore new more hopefilled visions of the future
With
Knowledge, Mindfulness, Vision and Practice and
Through
Passion, Empathy and Wisdom
We have come to know that
- final response unchanged