In a new cosmology based on science, the human is no longer separate; observer and observed merge and become part of the web of one life process. In this view, the uniqueness of the human lies not in separation, but in being the carrier of mystery.

Daniel Martin, principal author of an Earth Charter presented at the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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