The Salt Monument

DAILY GLOBAL GREETING

One Hand refers to a daily global greeting, which is described in the Daily Observance: Imagine if, every day at the same moment all around the world, we were to take a global roll call--- "Raise your hand if you are here today!" and every one of nearly seven billion people, whoever and wherever they were, whatever their circumstances, each waved their hand into the air as an expression of their inclusion in the human family, "I am here."

The One Hand daily practice is currently being observed every day by a handful of people in North America and Europe. The time selected for the Global Roll Call each day is based on the greatest feasibility for the maximum number of people in the world. You are invited to join us by raising your hand---wherever you are, whatever the circumstances---for a moment of presence. This occurs at 2:00 pm UTC (Universal Time/Greenwich Mean Time) Standard Time, which is, for example, 7:00 am in Colorado, 9:00 am in New York, 4:00 pm in Sudan; 7:00 pm in Pakistan, 11:00 pm in Japan. Please note it is always at Standard Time (ST), not Daylight Savings Time (DST), so if/when your locale is observing DST you would adjust the time accordingly. (For example, during the summer in Colorado, One Hand is at 8:00 am.)

ONE HAND: THE SIGNATURE OF HUMANITY

One Hand is:

The mysterious sign humans have left on rocks around the world from 40,000 years ago to present.
A universal symbol of humanity.
A tribute to all humans throughout all time.
A declaration of presence.
The love expressed in human touch.
A depiction of being human with no distinction of race, gender, economics, age, culture.
Evidence of the unique self-awareness and symbolic creativity of human consciousness.
The signature of every human being.
An expression of the impermanence and evanescence of life.
A reminder of our truly common denominator: we all have a human body.
A dedication to the whole human body, the body of humanity.
A universal greeting.
An appeal to peace.
A mark of timelessness.
The human hand---primary agent of human ingenuity.
The essence---the spirit---of being human, not the literal or manifest but the trace.
The precious gift of embodiment.
A philosophical assertion: what is not there is the subject.
An emblem of the unity of all humankind.
A prayer for humans to tread lightly on our planet, to leave a faint imprint.
An entreaty to make of our hands (twelve-billion-plus hands) one hand.
The classic Zen koan: "the sound of one hand".
Testimony to the human sense of mystery, beauty, creativity.






		ONE HAND DAILY GLOBAL GREETING One Hand refers to a daily global greeting, which is described in the Daily Observance: Imagine if, every day at the same moment all around the world, we were to take a global roll call--- "Raise your hand if you are here today!" and every one of nearly seven billion people, whoever and wherever they were, whatever their circumstances, each waved their hand into the air as an expression of their inclusion in the human family, "I am here." The One Hand daily practice is currently being observed every day by a handful of people in North America and Europe. The time selected for the Global Roll Call each day is based on the greatest feasibility for the maximum number of people in the world. You are invited to join us by raising your hand---wherever you are, whatever the circumstances---for a moment of presence. This occurs at 2:00 pm UTC (Universal Time/Greenwich Mean Time) Standard Time, which is, for example, 7:00 am in Colorado, 9:00 am in New York, 4:00 pm in Sudan; 7:00 pm in Pakistan, 11:00 pm in Japan. Please note it is always at Standard Time (ST), not Daylight Savings Time (DST), so if/when your locale is observing DST you would adjust the time accordingly. (For example, during the summer in Colorado, One Hand is at 8:00 am.) ONE HAND: THE SIGNATURE OF HUMANITY One Hand is: The mysterious sign humans have left on rocks around the world from 40,000 years ago to present. A universal symbol of humanity. A tribute to all humans throughout all time. A declaration of presence. The love expressed in human touch. A depiction of being human with no distinction of race, gender, economics, age, culture. Evidence of the unique self-awareness and symbolic creativity of human consciousness. The signature of every human being. An expression of the impermanence and evanescence of life. A reminder of our truly common denominator: we all have a human body. A dedication to the whole human body, the body of humanity. A universal greeting. An appeal to peace. A mark of timelessness. The human hand---primary agent of human ingenuity. The essence---the spirit---of being human, not the literal or manifest but the trace. The precious gift of embodiment. A philosophical assertion: what is not there is the subject. An emblem of the unity of all humankind. A prayer for humans to tread lightly on our planet, to leave a faint imprint. An entreaty to make of our hands (twelve-billion-plus hands) one hand. The classic Zen koan: "the sound of one hand". Testimony to the human sense of mystery, beauty, creativity.