その⑤ Identities can also be forged by compassion and the consciousness that we all belong to the earth family. These deep positive identities recognize that we share a common evolutionary history and a common future. They are stronger than those forged from hate. We, especially indigenous peoples, have a deep identity of place. We have bonds of family, community, and country. We have an identity as members of the earth family. We have a common human identity that is universal, even while embedded in local culture. We are both local and universal beings. Living cultures are vibrant, evolving, self-generative, and peaceful. Living cultures are rooted in life－the life of the earth, the life of the community. The economic, ecological, and social crises resulting from corporate globalization demand a new way of thinking and living on this planet. They demand a new worldview in which compassion, not greed, is globalized; a new consciousness in which we are not reduced to consumers of globally treaded commodities if we are privileged, or to narrow, fragmented one-dimensional identities based on color, religion, or ethnicity if we are excluded. We can and we do experience our lives as planetary beings with planetary consciousness, mindful and aware of what our actions, our consumption, cost other humans, other species, and future generations.
