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| ~ Idea 472 ~ | 25 October 1995 | Today, the major forces influencing the fate of humanity and of the Earth are: 1. business which has globalized itself tremendously and affects all life and the entire Earth; 2. governments which have globalized themselves insufficiently and have adopted as their priority the support of business and of multinational corporations operating from their soil; 3. religions which have not joined in a global alliance for spirituality. The world needs to redress its priorities. 1. spirituality which gives us confidence in our place and meaning in the universe and in time should be Number 1; 2. government as the protection and democratic recourse of the poor, the helpless and the downtrodden and now also the defender of the environment and of the Earth should be Number 2; 3. business as the producers of goods and services for the satisfaction of basic human needs should be Number 3. On the urgency of the globalization of government I have recommended many ideas. On the globalization of religions, in addition to the Initiative to create a United Religions in process, I recommend the urgent establishment of a World Commission of Eminent Personalities on World Spirituality to meet before the year 2000 and make its contribution to a change in human priorities as we enter the 21st century and third millennium. * | 
