Dear fellow humans who believe in the cause of World Harmony Day: thank you so much for coming here and sharing these precious moments. I am with you all in spirit. My old aunt, auntie Harnam, who brought me up from age 6 monts to abt 6 yrs, passed away this morning on the way to hospital in ipoh. I am heading to Ipoh for the final prayers for this most gentle of human souls. My aunt characterised world harmony: she was very friendly with ALL in her neighbourhood regardless of backgrounds. Right to the end she always told me, "Kirpal, always respect each and every living person, for they are all god's special creations and all are beautiful." She truly believed in the humanity each one of us carries. She truly believed that peace, love and understanding are possible....

And it is this belief that peace, love and understanding are possible which brings all of us here today. For too long the world has seen brutalities arising out of misunderstandings and ill-will. We need to constantly keep reminding ourselves that no matter how different we may appear to be at heart we are all in desperate search for peace, love and understanding. We want the world to be a better place, not only for ourselves but for the generations to come. We want us to engage each other in meaningful dialogues/multilogues so that through frank and honest and respectful discussion we can all know each other better. This is a most urgent need and we must respond urgently.

As we say a silent prayer for world harmony let us not be distracted by those who feel cynical or skeptical or even indifferent to the likes of us. They,too, are special and we want to include them in our search for world harmony. If we represent ourselves honestly I am convinced we will succeed in our quest for a more harmonious world where, as the great indian nobel prize alureatte Rabindranath Tagore said in his immortal poem Gitanjali, on the seashore of endless worlds little children will run and play in unison, where the world will not be broken and fragmented into narrow walls, where we will all enjoy peace and love and understanding.

May god bless us all as we pray for world harmony and may He guide us in all we do.

Thank you for listening to this.

Kirpal Singh.