Cosmic Dancer

"[...] we have all been summoned to become Cosmic Dancers who do not rest heavily on a single spot but lightly turn and leap from one position to another. As World Citizens, the Cosmic Dancer will be an authentic child of its parent culture, while closely related to all. The dancer's roots in family and community will be deep, but in those depths they will strike the water table of a common humanity. For is the dancer not also human? If only she might see what has interested others, might it not interest her as well? It is an exciting prospect. The softening of divisions will induce borrowings that sometimes produce hybrids, but for the most part simply enrich species and sustain their vigor"

Huston Smith's "The World's Religions", p.7

I love this passage (written in the context of a discussion on the consequences of an increasingly globalized world) not only because it is part of the introduction of a book on the world's religions but also because it expresses to a large extent what I feel and strive to be: A convinced "Bebbi" with roots he loves and the opportunity to dance and discover globally (here, I could write a eulogy on AIESEC that, I believe, made me appreciate "dancing" and provided me plenty of opportunities to do so, with inspiring people; but I do neither want to bore you with it nor add more to AIESEC's reputation as an AIESECT.. ;)). So let me end this simply with a quote taken from Michael Jackson's all time best: "I love you all!" ^^

aiesec, philosophy