Prayer of Peace by Ilchi Lee I offer this prayer of peace Help us all go beyond Not to the Christian God Our small limits Nor to the Buddhist God And realize that we are one Nor to the Islamic God That we are all from the earth. Nor to the Jewish God That we are all earth people But to the God of all humanity before we are Indians, Koreans, or Americans For the peace that we wish for God made the earth Is Not a Christian peace We humans have to make it prosper Nor a Buddhist peace By realizing that we are of the earth Nor an Islamic peace And not of any nation, race, or religion. Nor a Jewish peace By knowing that we are truly one But a human peace In our spiritual heritage. For all of us. Let us now apologize I offer this prayer of peace to all humanity To the God that lives within all of us For the hurt that religions have caused That fills us with happiness and joy So that we can heal the hurt To make us whole Let us now promise to one another And help us understand life To go beyond egotism and competition As an expression of love for all human beings To come together as one in God. For no religion can be better I offer this prayer of peace Than any other religion To you the almighty For no truth can be truer To help us find you within all of us Than any other truth So that we may stand proudly one day before you For no nation can be bigger As one humanity. Than the earth itself. I offer this prayer of peace With all my fellow earth people For a lasting peace on earth. Ilchi Lee presented this prayer at the Opening Ceremony of the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations on August 28th, 2000. http://www.ilchi.com/pop.