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It Seems To Me That One Of The Most Basic Human Experiences, One That Is Genuinely Universal And Unites-or, More Precisely, Could Unite-all Of Humanity, Is The Experience Of Transcendence In The Broadest Sense Of The Word.

This Is The Moment When Something Once More Begins Visibly To Happen, Something Truly New And Unique... Something Truly Historical, In The Sense That History Again Demands To Be Heard.

It Was Never The People Who Complained Of The Universality Of Human Rights, Nor Did The People Consider Human Rights As A Western Or Northern Imposition. It Was Often Their Leaders Who Did So.

The Only Thing I Can Recommend At This Stage Is A Sense Of Humor, An Ability To See Things In Their Ridiculous And Absurd Dimensions, To Laugh At Others And At Ourselves, A Sense Of Irony Regarding Everything That Calls Out For Parody In This World. In Other Words, I Can Only Recommend Perspective And Distance.

It Is Not Enough To Stare Up The Steps, We Must Step Up The Stairs.