The author attended the first TED event hosted in Dallas - TEDxSMU.TED's tag line is 'ideas worth spreading', a forum for speakers, originally around technology, entertainment and design and now much expanded. The theme of the conference was "What will change everything?" with views from technology, ecology and theology.
TED expresses many Dwapara themes as well as the more subtle truth that our lives serve no purpose unless we are in some way of service to others.
Two quotes used in the presentations give a feeling of the tone of proceedings -
Two quotes used in the presentations give a feeling of the tone of proceedings -
“If you cannot feed 100, then feed 1” - Mother Theresa
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes” - Marcel Proust.
The two event standouts were a 13 year old piano genius, a walking billboard for reincarnation, playing his own compositions since the age of 3, and a young African man who built a windmill from a picture in a book so that his farming family would not starve.
To make a positive difference in Dwapara, no billions, or armies are required. Everything begins with an individual positive idea and the effort to make it a reality.
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