{"id":278,"date":"2024-03-04T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsp.tikkun.org\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2024-04-24T19:31:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:31:41","slug":"visionary-strategies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/visionary-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Visionary Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u201cDon\u2019t Be Realistic! We never know what is possible until we put forth and promote that which is desirable and needed.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">~ Rabbi Michael Lerner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our society is on a collision course and we need a dramatic intervention, one grounded in love, justice, compassion and nonviolence. Our solutions go beyond short-term compromises or approaches and dare to be \u201cunrealistic.\u201d Yet we know they are also necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where we focus our attention and what goals we set make a huge difference in where we end up, both personally and as a society. We recognize that the current economic and political systems of our country are fundamentally broken. Rather than work to tweak these systems, we advocate long-term solutions to transform these systems and put forth a vision of the world we want to create. 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We never know what is possible until we put forth and promote that which is desirable and needed.\u201d ~ Rabbi Michael Lerner Our society is on a collision course and we need a dramatic intervention, one grounded in love, justice, compassion and nonviolence. 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