Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP lifestyle as his own. In his poverty and simple life, he was not aware that he was from a wealthy family of high status and was heir to the royal kingdom of his father. In effect, he became a slave to the culture, customs, and standards of the community in which he found himself. He was a royal prince living under impoverished conditions. He did not know who he was, where he was from, why he was born, what he was capable of, or his rightful claim to be king. He lived his life vastly below his inherent privileges, not knowing the answers to the crucial questions of his life: his identity, heritage, purpose, potential, and destiny. Knowing the answers to these fundamental questions gives a human being meaning and purpose. Without the answers, life is nothing but an experiment. This results primarily because of man’s disconnection from his Source and manifests itself in the loss of humanity’s original self concept or image, self-worth, self-esteem, and sense of sig nificance. As I said earlier, every activity of man is a result of his attempt to find the answers to these questions. It is the reason we engage in the great human experiment of trying to find a sense of identity through our relationship to the world around us. I think that this may be why mankind seems to have an insatiable desire to explore space. It’s a passionate search for where we fit in the scheme of the universe. It’s a manifestation of the deep human search for significance. This is also why we study primates. We are seeking to discover our true origin by finding perfect connections to other beings with which we share the earth. Unfortunately,

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