Let us invoke our ancestors, both spiritual and genetic.

For we are the sole reason for their existence.

Let us invoke the children, and their children.

For they are the sole reason for our existence.

Let us invoke the mountains and rivers and this great Earth,

and acknowledge our intimacy and interdependence with all things sentient and insentient.

Let us reflect that the gift of life is more fragile than the dewdrops on the tips of the morning grasses.

Then let us vow.

Let us vow to heal and nourish.

Let us vow to love and share.

Let us vow to alleviate suffering and bondage.

Let us vow to manifest Peace and Joy with wisdom and compassion.

May this century be known to future generations as the beginning of The Great Millennium of Endless Spring.