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  unity in diversity
The use of the phrase unity in diversity and similar concepts is not a new phenomenon.
Unity in diversity is the highest possible attainment of a civilisation, a testimony to the most noble possibilities of the human race.
The diversity of ecosystems across the planet is the physical foundation for the diversity of cultural groups that have evolved in those regions throughout human history.
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 Unity and Diversity: the One and the Many.
Diversity is essential to the beauty and interest of nature and the universe.
We need a sense of the unity of life and of humans for the sake of human welfare and for the survival of the planet.
Gaia: unity of life: co-evolution and interdependence of animals, plants, ecosystems, and planet.
members.aol.com /pantheism0/unity.htm   (961 words)

  
 Unity in Diversity
Neither group unity not social unity are much understood and even less is know to the psychological sciences of the experience of unity and its importance to the growth of a healthy personality.
Practising the ideas of unity involves repeatedly seeing ourselves as part of a greater unit, be it a team, a nation, an organisation, a nation, the world civilisation or God and acting according to it.
Unity and diversity are found at all the different levels of cosmic evolution, while the highest expressible idea, Baba tells us, is Advaita or the teaching of the individual's realisation of unity with the Godhead in non-discriminating total Being-Awareness-Bliss.
home.no.net /anir/Sai/san10.html?FACTNet   (1086 words)

  
 An Islamic perspective on diversity, unity, harmony, tolerance and peace
Muzammil H. Siddiqi gives an Islamic perspective on diversity, unity, harmony, tolerance and peace in a speech delivered at the Annual Banquet of Interfaith council of Westminster, Garden Grove and Stanton on May 5, 2001 at the LDS Church in Westminster, California.
Unity in Diversity means to explore and enhances common values that emphasize interdependence, equality, justice, human rights, and the sanctity of each individual’s dignity.
The goal should be to further a unified vision and recognition of the principle of “unity and diversity” and of the fact that we all are fellow-citizens of an emerging global village.
www.islamfortoday.com /diversity.htm   (2321 words)

  
 DIVERSITY IN UNITY
Unity came to reign so supreme and with so heavy a hand that the last 50 years have been preoccupied largely with breaking its stranglehold over the life of mankind.
The sense of diversity is held with new passion, the range of diverse peoples and cultures has new extent, their interaction is more intense and pervasive.
Hence, unity in diversity cannot be achieved merely by new techniques; it requires a more refined appreciation of psychological and social dynamisms, as well as a new and penetrating understanding through the humanities and religious sciences of the well springs of human meaning and aspirations.
www.crvp.org /seminar/SEMI-94.HTM   (1307 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'Unity in diversity'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The European motto is "Unity in diversity" (Latin (Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome) : "In varietate concordia (additional info and facts about In varietate concordia) ").
The motto is soon likely to be replaced by the slightly modified "United in diversity", which has been written into the draft Constitution for Europe (additional info and facts about Constitution for Europe) and now appears on official EU websites.
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, translated as "Unity in Diversity", is also the national motto of Indonesia.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/unity_in_diversity.htm   (739 words)

  
 Unity In Diversity, Part 1 (Wayne Partain)
In Ephesians 4:3-6 Paul speaks of the unity of the Spirit: "being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
The NUM promoted unity in diversity of con-flicting and contradictory doctrines/practices (just as the denominations do), for they promoted "unity" with all these different groups without requiring that they give up their unscriptural doctrines and practices.
The proponents of unity in diversity are not interested in Bible unity, the unity for which Christ prayed.
www.bibleanswer.com /uind_wp1.htm   (2710 words)

  
 "Unity with Diversity"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
"Unity with diversity" is the resounding cry, which will be an ensign under whom all religious bodies will gather in sacred harmony.
In an article entitled "Unity With Diversity," Patrick Phillips sets forth 76 points of controversy over which fellowship is not usually severed.
This is "unity with diversity." A Christian cannot unite with any doctrine that would bring in divers bodies, Spirits, faiths, etc. (Eph.
www.truthmagazine.com /archives/volume17/TM017221.htm   (407 words)

  
 Unity in Diversity
It is a unity based on the pursuit of self.
We have a vision of unity, which is unique to the Christian/Quaker faith, and it is very precious and life giving.
The Early Quakers had an understanding of unity that was grounded in their experience of the living Christ.
www.nffuk.org /Unity_in_Diversity.html   (1037 words)

  
 Catholic Culture : Document Library : Unity And Diversity In The Church
The model and source of the unity of the disciples is the perfect unity of the Father and of the Son, their mutual indwelling (17:11.21).
Their unity is defined not in terms of authority, but in terms of mutual love, and this unity is equivalent to testimony (17:20.23).
As a result of this diversity one single faith receives doctrinal and theological expressions, cultural and social realizations, in which the diversity of thought and tradition of the entire human race is enabled both to flourish and to refine itself, and in which the inventiveness of agape may exercise itself.
www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3737   (10784 words)

  
 Unity in Diversity
True unity will be achieved when each individual becomes an active and functioning participant in the whole, performing the skills they possess as constructive and productive contributors to their local, regional, and global community.
Preservation of cultural diversity, far from being perceived as a threat to human survival owing to rivalries and differences, needs rather to be respected and fostered by all cultures.
Unity will be found in the development of broader understanding and acceptance of the diversity in the human family and in the fostering of the basic principles that sustain healthy interpersonal relations.
bahai-library.com /theses/unity.diversity.html   (3408 words)

  
 UNITY in Diversity
This diversity among the children of men has unhappily not the same effect as it has among the vegetable creation, where the spirit shown is more harmonious.
Among men exists the diversity of animosity, and it is this that causes war and hatred among the different nations of the world.
It is just the diversity and variety that constitutes its charm; each flower, each tree, each fruit, beside being beautiful in itself, brings out by contrast the qualities of the others, and shows to advantage the special loveliness of each and all.
bci.org /prophecy-fulfilled/unitydiv.htm   (762 words)

  
 The Unity in Diversity Movement
It seems inevitable that when a serious study of unity in diversity is launched, the matter of the divided church at Corinth and Paul's teachings found in Romans 14 are injected by some, apparently thinking that such matters endorse political unity.
Advocating and effecting a unity that is physical (all simply meeting under the same roof while spiritually divided), political, and secular (unity in diversity) is not the answer.
The unity of God's people is to be of the same kind of oneness that exists between the Father and the Son.
www.bibletruths.net /Archives/BTAR204.htm   (1606 words)

  
 Glimmer Magazine Online
Unity can mean different things to different people, and it is possible to think of it in many different ways.
Unity may stand for your unity within yourself, your unity with your fellow man or your unity with God.
One doesn’t have to lose his/her individuality after becoming part of a group rather they should voice their opinions on an issue as loud as possible so that their concerns are heard and a common consensus is reached.
www.acomputerconsultant.com /Glimmer/diversity.html   (868 words)

  
 Sermon - Can There Be Unity in Diversity?
Though we were diverse in the religious backgrounds from which we had come, though we represented different cultures, languages, and races, becoming an Adventist was more than just joining another church; it was actually learning a new language and beginning to live a new culture.
Unity that is based on consensus and compromise among agonized special-interest groups is not the unity that Christ prayed for when He prayed that we might be one as He and His Father are one.
I cannot imagine that the call to diversity is meant to be a call to weaken the church, but I am convinced that the emphasis we are giving to diversity is ill advised at this time.
www.revivalsermons.org /sermons/unity_in_diversity.shtml   (5099 words)

  
 What next in Bolivia?|10Sep05|Socialist Worker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The slogan, “working men of all countries, unite”, has been heard many times before, and during the 20th century it came to mean a politically aligned concentration of strength, abilities and people.
So unity may not strictly mean concentration here, but instead a rich product of history — including community traditions and “horizontal” debate and discussion.
And in Bolivia, where diversity is highly respected, elections could become a time of weakness for the movement.
www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php?article_id=7320   (862 words)

  
 Unity in diversity, ProutWorld   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Planetary unity, if it is to become reality, must emerge in accord with human psychology.
It is both natural and healthy for cultural diversity to exist, as each group requires a locally adapted means for expressing their ideas, perceptions, feelings and social rhythms.
The language of the Innuit is rich in terminology for describing subtle differences in the qualities of snow and ice, while the tongue of the Bedoin is suited to naming subtleties of sand.
proutworld.prout.org /ideology/democracy/unity.htm   (2529 words)

  
 Unity in Diversity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Not only do I believe there can be "unity in diversity," but it is my view that if there is any unity or oneness at all between two or more people it must be "unity in diversity." Or, unity, a oneness, in spite of diversity or differences.
Without defining the term, such preachers try to mark and destroy some other preacher by accusing him of believing and preaching "unity in diversity." Thus the words lose their meaning and the expression becomes a name for what these preachers proclaim to be false doctrine of devilish proportions.
As a prisoner in Rome, this unity of the Spirit was heavy on his mind for the disciples at Ephesus and elsewhere.
www.theexaminer.org /index/..\volume1\number5\unity.htm   (2497 words)

  
 Right Reason: Unity in Diversity
I agree that multiculturalism or "diversity" is a kind of "anti-culture" or anti-intellectualism, offering us few means of transcending our conflicts other than by recourse to bureaucratic mediations that can inspire little sense of higher principle or purpose.
Diversity is one of the most powerful tools a team can have in any enterprise.
A country like Canada depends on a multiplicity of scenes, a multiplicity that is not best defended by undue fear of Nazi-like betrayals of existing scenes and their members, or by a heady commitment to an internationalism or multiculturalism that would put many eggs in post-national institutions because of fears of a destructive nationalism.
rightreason.ektopos.com /archives/2005/07/unity_in_divers.html   (3602 words)

  
 The Communitarian Network
We observe that such diversity within unity enriches rather than threatens the society at large and its culture, as is evident in matters ranging from music to cuisine, and most notably it greatly enhances the realm of ideas to which we are exposed and expands our understanding of the diverse world around us.
A diversity within unity approach emphasizes that societies are best served if those who are legal immigrants, and have met educational requirements, are allowed to become full citizens rather than treated as guest workers, which is often a term that conceals their true status as permanent, but second class, residents.
Some champions of unbounded diversity call for redefining history as long periods of lessons in national disgrace (for example, one scholar suggested that American history be taught as a series of abuses of minorities, beginning with Native Americans, turning to slaves, then to Japanese Americans during World War II, and so on).
www.gwu.edu /~ccps/dwu_positionpaper.html   (5083 words)

  
 Astrology on the Web: Unity in Diversity
Although this article is not strictly astrological, it does address the issue of the underlying unity and spiritual connection that is one of the ways that astrology can be seen to have a deep basis in nature.
The profound insights recorded in the earliest Upanishads have tended to generate an all-embracing monism (underlying unity of all things) that has largely permeated the body of Indian philosophy—particularly in the school of Vedanta, which has been the most influential of the six traditional divisions of orthodox philosophy on the subcontinent.
Esoteric doctrines of the Indian systems, however, while recognising an apparent diversity as a form of reality, hold that all parts of the perceptual world are profoundly interconnected: coalescing within their essential structures into one fundamentally indivisible reality, the universal wave of consciousness.
www.astrologycom.com /unity.html   (792 words)

  
 Lesson 8 KJV
The first three chapters set forth the theology of Christian unity, a unity that overrides all the divisive factors in humankind.
Pride is at the center of disunity (e.g., Lucifer in heaven), whereas humility is at the core of reconciliation as in the Incarnation and the Cross (Phil.
Diversity does not mean division; it means there are different gifts, and these gifts should be used for the unity of the church.
www.ssnet.org /qrtrly/eng/05d/less08kjv.html   (2637 words)

  
 Unity in Diversity
The worldwide Bahá'í community may well be the most diverse and wide-spread body of people on earth.
It is expressed in an abiding commitment to a global program for moral, spiritual and social progress that represents many of the finest ideals of civilization.
Indeed, no other world organization of similar diversity, whether affiliated along religious, political, or social lines, can claim a membership as committed to a vision that is at once so singular, coherent and universal.
www.upliftingwords.org /unitydiversity.htm   (711 words)

  
 Unity, diversity, & boundaries
At the Atlanta conference on unity in diversity in 1999, several speakers emphasized Christ as the "center." Conservatives in reply, while they conceded the importance of the center, stressed the need for "boundaries." All of us can agree that there are boundaries.
As we think about diversity we may be tempted to think of it as an interim arrangement, to be accepted until we gain a majority or can otherwise exert power.
As we learn to live with diversity, furthermore, we are likely to experience continued disappointment, as advocates of GLBT persons have done for years.
www.witherspoonsociety.org /unity,_diversity,_&_boundaries.htm   (1957 words)

  
 SNS Press: Seeking New Solutions E-zine and Books
When we develop the consciousness of unity in diversity we will discover how rich we are, and also how much we share and owe to each other.
Healthy natural systems depend on unity and diversity, and human-made systems are not exempt from the laws of nature.
Unity in the context of problem solving is to stand together with a shared sense of purpose.
www.snspress.com /pages/Vol04_no3.htm   (794 words)

  
 Unity in Diversity
The gifts of diversity as contributing to the unity of vision may be seen every day.
He knew that there were diversities of operation but the same spirit.
For this is the true ground of love and unity, not that such a man walks and does just as I do, but because I feel the same spirit and life in him.
latter-rain.com /home/tim/unityindiversity.htm   (1414 words)

  
 Unity in Diversity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Social unrest, proletariat hatred, and class war were needed to mobilize the masses in a common quest for change.
In the absence of a raging "war" between social classes in America, "diversity" becomes a useful tool for bringing people together in a radically new unity.
Diversity must stressed and stretched until every person feels their difference from other groups in society.
www.crossroad.to /Quotes/globalism/Unity-Diversity.html   (102 words)

  
 CD Baby: ONE WORLD TRIBE: Unity And Diversity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The catalysts are in the lyrics, which speak of the way to find this freedom, and in the unity of the group and its purpose.
On 'Unity and Diversity', Erie's One World Tribe not only brings da funk and da noise but da reggae, RandB, dancehall, rap, African chant, Latin, rock, and enough horns and cookin' percussion to get an entire island chain moving.
With 'Unity and Diversity', One World Tribe has produced one mighty good disc that might have some folks thinking they're from Erie, Jamaica, or Erie, N.Y., not Erie, Pa. It's a first-class package from a classy band.
www.cdbaby.com /oneworldtribe2   (2450 words)

  
 unity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Unity around simple, achievable strategies and objectives pushes preoccupation with theoretical niceties aside and focuses on areas where anti-Establishment activists from different backgrounds can work together in a rewarding way.
If two people or groups from very different theoretical backgrounds can co-operate to achieve a goal that is useful to both of them, this increases the resource base of both groups and widens the armoury of strategies open to each.
International, national and local leaders, writers and ordinary radicals all have a role to play in educating themselves and others about this strategy, how it has been used in the past, how it is currently being used, and how to counter it.
www.nationalanarchist.com /unity.html   (4400 words)

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