tiq,64-0 13 ivy May 5, 1988 Gov. Bill Clements Office of the Governor Austin, Texas SPIRITUAL HEALING CAN RESOLVE THE ARAB-ISRAELI IMPASSE Dear Gov. Clements: On July 1, 1 988 every member of the human family is being called to a day of Prayer for Peace in the Middle East, a peace in which all sides may thrive. Political and military solutions have failed to resolve this issue. As long as we insist that one side must emerge a winner, more distruction of human life and property, totally in vain, is all that lies ahead. It is time for humanity to turn to God. Once again, God, in what- ever form we see the Divine Power, is being invoked when all else has failed and it has been demonstrated that a grave tragedy defies human solution. Every member of the human family is being asked to spend some time on July 1st in prayer, whether they cloven or say the rosary, chant or read holy scriptures, meditate, face Mecca when they pray or merely sing some words of a half-remembered hymn. The whole world is being invited to participate, for just a few minutes or for an entire day devoted to a spiritual effort to heal this violent fraternal quarrel. The Mid-East crisis affects the quality of every human life as long as it it is permitted to remain a demonstration that generation after generation of violence and hate are all that is possible to humanity. Everyone who feels an awareness of a higher Power or a God within, no matter what their individual theological bent, is being asked to turn to that higher Source. If one millionth of the money spent on arms in the last forty years had been spent on a spiritual call-to-arms, if a small fraction of the time spent on clandestine meetings and public demonstrations had been spent dealing with the problem spiritually, this tragedy would have been ended by now. If you believe in spiritual healing please give some time on this Day of Prayer so that others may live. Sincerely, l7f'71 / Alison Sant 'Andrea 43 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10003 (212) 807-9622
