The Little Spirit of Humanity Film Festival
Welcome to watch the films
You can also find the Little Spirit of Humanity Film Festival in the virtual venue, organised in collaboration with the Reykjavik International Film Festival. It is a beautiful collection of documentaries showing concrete examples of love in action. We can all be the change we are dreaming of and inspire change in the world. Everything starts from inside and from where we are standing. Do not wait for others to create a positive change. Just start.
The virtual venue is now open
Welcome to watch the whole Forum
French, Spanish and English
To create the Forum online, we had to set up a virtual venue. This venue is now opened up to anyone who wants to visit and explore the rich and inspiring material from the 5th SoH Forum.
Reflections from the 5th SoH Forum
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir – Reflection
"We rarely use the words happiness and love in politics... but why are we in politics? What do we want to achieve in politics if not love and happiness."
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir
fr. Foreign Minister of Iceland
Yves Daccord – Reflection
"We have to be curious. It opens our hearts to others. Anger doesn't allow us to be curious. Curiosity helps us establish a common language rather than an attitude where we don't want to know."
Yves Daccord
Executive Chairman Edgelands Institute @ Harvard, former CEO of the International Red Cross
Sister Jayanti – Reflection
"Spirituality says that everything begins inside, and then it begins to manifest outside…Learning to love myself is not a sign of ego, but a sign of spiritual development. And when I can begin to love myself, I can start loving others unconditionally also."
Sister Jayanti
European Director, Brahma Kumaris
Peggy Dulany – Reflection
"How does love support our differences? Building trust through open listening. I do need to be authentic to what I believe, but also be able to listen deeply to where others are coming from. It is critical (when our views are challenged) to be able to step back and listen and not fall into reaction. To be able to meet as human beings, to develop a sense of appreciation for the other person and then build on that.”
Peggy Dulany
Founder and Chair, Synergos
John, Lord Alderdice – Reflection
"A scientific way of thinking can help me understand how the world is made up and what has happened in life, but it cannot tell me how I ought to relate with my fellows."
John, Lord Alderdice
House of Lords, UK
Gabriela Michetti – Reflection
"We must be aware when we do our work and carry out the responsibilities that it is very important to take care of ourselves. You may nourish your soul, but if you do not look after your body it will create a problem. Lack of well-being will have an impact on others. Looking after the self is fundamental.”
Gabriela Michetti
Former Vice President of Argentina, President, Ser Consultancy
Madeleine von Holzen – Reflection
"I was very impressed with what Gabriela was saying. I think it is a big issue... When working with high ambition and wanting to provide quality, one can end up working a lot and get people to work a lot. I think it is a big discussion."
Madeleine von Holzen
Chief editor, 'Le Temps'; Editorial director, 'Heidi.news'
The Most Revd Dr Thabo C. Makgoba – Reflection
"Indeed, the world needs to hear about well-being and how we can participate, through our love, to create that well-being."
The Most Revd Dr Thabo C. Makgoba
the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
Kamlesh Patel – Reflection
“We are not fully aware of what we are not doing. We are not fully aware of the consequences of not playing our part. When this awareness comes, then the world will change.”
Kamlesh Patel
Founder, Heartfulness
Prof Tania Singer – Reflection
"Being a social neuroscientist and psychologist also working cross-disciplinary together with economists, educators, politicians and health-care providers, I am repeatedly astonished by the fact that in all these large-scale systems we have created, LOVE is somehow a taboo. We do not do research and do not like to speak about it publicly neither. However, it is the basis for humanity."
Prof Tania Singer
scientific head of the Max Planck Social Neuroscience Research Group
Mohammed Mohammed – Reflection
"Our world needs love more than anything else. Love that is transcendent, love that is inclusive, love that is accompanied by forgiveness, love that is unconditional."
Mohammed Mohammed
Senior Programme Officer, the Fetzer Institute
In her opening address, the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir spoke of the Wellbeing economy Countries of which Iceland is a founding member:
“It is my steadfast view that the wellbeing economy and its wide ranging values, where people’s needs are made central, should be our guiding light to a more equal and sustainable future ...I wish you a good conference”.
In his welcome, as host of the Forum, the Mayor of Reykjavik Dagur B. Eggertssonreminded us that,
“It is the 5th time that Reykjavik has hosted the Spirit of Humanity Forum since it was launched and I am extremely proud, as Mayor of the City, to be their host, because the City of Reykjavik has officially put its heart on peace and human rights issues, and we see it as the core of our local and international policies and programmes”.
A Narrative of Love
A series of conversations with leaders about their understanding of the significance of love in our personal and public lives.
You can also listen to the conversations as podcast.
"The idea that we are all connected, that the fabric of humanity is inherently interwoven is a theme that run through much of my work"
Ghiora Aharoni
Watch it beautifully expressed in art.
WHAT IS LOVE?
“I do not mean the emotion. I mean the capacity to be present with, to understand and see another human being for exactly who they are and to accept them for who they are. And to invite them unconditionally to be in your presence, exactly the way they are.”
These thought-provoking words from Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Foreign Minister of Iceland, from the SoH Forum 2021 remind us of the core-values which should be present in politics. What more do you think politicians can do to encourage these?
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Incredible documentary about trauma and what is possible when we are prepared to accept our own truth - a must see. Gabor Maté is a man with a very big heart, fiercely compassionate and truthful. One of the patients in the film says: "I think the biggest thing that this healing journey has taught me is how to be human."
Peggy Dulany, founder and chair of Synergos, speaks about acting from the heart in this excerpt from the 2021 Forum’s plenary on Love in Leadership and Global Wellbeing
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Do you feel comfortable taking leadership roles? Would you like to gain confidence in that area? Let us know in the comments.
(Martin Frick, Deputy to the Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021)
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Ella Gregory - 18 year old school student from UK - speaks about the importance of holding and making space to create a more loving World in the opening of the SoH Forum 2021.
Well said !
What can you do for your community? Have you ever been in a position where community has helped you? Let us know in the comments.
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