S.T.3 FORÊT: CHAMP D’AMOUR

TADAMITSU SAITO Improvisation Concert
 

 

 

Held at Kokugikan (National Sport Hall), Tokyo on June 12, 1993, it turned out to be a great success as an internationally recognized concert where true life-to-life communication occurred beyond national boundaries, while receiving 238 messages from world celebrities including many heads of states. Darol Anger (violin) and Hirosaki Neputa Taiko (Japanese drums) joined the concert.

The concert was organized by the S.T.3 Tadamitsu Saito Concert Executive Committee.
 

 

Following is the message from Dr. Peter M. Senge,
Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
 


Thank you for your very kind invitation to share some thoughts as you prepare for your very important gathering on June 12. I am honored by the request, and humbled by not having any idea what I should say.

I hope the following is appropriate.

I believe that humankind stands at an epochal crossroads. The way of being that has allowed us to climb to the top of the animal hierarchy leads forward into an abyss. We have gained unimaginable power in influencing our environment. Yet, it is this very power which now poses an unprecedented threat. All of the true crisis that we face in the world today are gsystemich, they have no simple causes, there is no one to blame, there is no villain to fight. They are a by-product of complex interdependencies, which we have collectively brought into being. For the first time in our history as a species we have the power to either advance or destroy the species.

There is another way forward, a way which few of us know from experience but many sense as a possibility. It is the way of love and compassion, based in a deep appreciation of the interdependence of all life. It is a way based upon rediscovering the gprimacy of the wholeh, the knowledge that who we are is inseparable from the web that interconnects all. This knowledge must permeate all of humankindfs institutions, especially those, which have the greatest impact on our present life, namely business, public education, and government. This knowledge must transform the way we shape policy and practice. It is too important to leave to intellectuals. It must become the work of practical women and men everywhere.

I send you my heart and honor your efforts.