Walking Hong Kong to the Water
By Tony Henderson
This writing is a loose recording of the endeavours of a group of friends
to bring the message of universal humanism to Asia and circles around
the activities of one Tony Henderson, working from his home base in
Hong Kong.
One of its aims is to detail the message itself, by rendering
the talks and meetings and the travels whereby the message was
transmitted, and mostly these took place outside of Hong Kong,
mainly in Bangladesh.
The context of the exploits are given by taking a look at the history of the
Humanist Movement from its earliest moments as far as that person
was involved, from those first meetings with the pioneers, in the seventies.
Also, the important moments in the life of that one is also rendered as
without that human-personal dimension, such record would be unrelated
to a matter which is held dear and close to the heart of those humanist
boys and girls who, willy-nilly, became and are still becoming men and
women.
It is to be noted that we do not sacrifice ourselves on the alter of
this-one-life, rather we go ahead and do our best, forgiving ourselves
and others for all transgressions though abiding by both the subjective
laws of the various cultural ambits and the objective Laws of Heaven
- the real domain of Ordinary Man.
The point is to be free and happy and to engage others in that
never ending intent.

Walking Hong Kong to the Water
    a Hong Kong Humanist's Story
Contents
Illustration: the Pancard, sides one and two Page 49

Preface
Slightly Offset from the Big Picture Page 1

Preliminary note
The Big Picture, a contextual history Page 2

Chapter One
Initial Steps, and, Personal Notes Page 5

Chapter Two
Omega Council Page 10

Chapter Three
Tiananmen - the aftermath Page 13

Chapter Four
A new road to travel - Bangladesh Page 18

Chapter Five
The late nineties Page 27

Chapter Six
Humanising into the new millennium Page 34

Chapter Seven
Bangladesh gets into stride Page 39

Chapter Eight
Various experiences in town and country Page 46

Chapter Nine
Meanwhile back at the farm Page 55

Chapter Ten
Green Spirit Page 66

Chapter Eleven
The dragon opens one eye Page 70

Chapter Twelve
Bangladesh - parting shots Page 75

Chapter Thirteen
Back into the fray Page 82

Chapter Fourteen
A meandering of Last Posts Page 87

Chapter Fifteen
Another Prospect Page 91

Annex One
My meetings with Silo over the years Page 95

Annex Two
Humanize Hong Kong
Humanize Hong Kong - an edited version of Chapter XII, Archives From A Recent Past on the Origins and Development of the Humanist Association of Hong Kong.

Annex Three
The True Story of Siloism Page 110

Annex Four
Tiananmen - When, Who and What Page 117

Index Page 118, to last page number 127

Note: also accompanying this text on the CD is a photo gallery of related people and places.

Preface

Slightly Offset from the Big Picture

This present writing deals with the foundation and development of the Humanist Movement here in Asia as far as my own involvement was concerned, since I first met the Movement people. I bring in details from my days previous to coming to live in Hong Kong (1980 - 1981) to show how I came in contact with the Movement and to give an idea of how the Movement flourished and its distinguishing characteristics.
I have also developed a record of my conversations or just moments of contact with founder Silo and these are compiled in Annex One.
It was also an interesting moment in my life when, in the early 1990s, there was an opportunity to go to Bangladesh and that opportunity was taken to spread our message there - by that time the enigmatic sounding ‘Movement’ had come to be called the Humanist Movement. Thus the message was placed in Bangladesh, according to the possibilities but always by maintaining a certain intention that took the furthering activities through, over or around that juncture, according to the opposing force or welcoming character of what lay ahead.
Now we arrive to 2005. The need for our message to Humanizing the Earth, including the internal world of the individual (including myself) is still an imperative. We have the tools and techniques and methods of organisation. Everything we offer has been proven in our experiences in the real world. We have many texts of clarifying materials.
Because what we propose demands personal commitment we are not awash with a mass following. People around us are struggling with all their life things yet, despite those ‘nuisances’, many are giving some priority to expanding what has been born through the Movement’s activities.
In them and through them we have this possibility of the Universal Human Nation. We have the possibility of living that now as an attitude, and directly among bosom friends today, besides giving impetus to its general flowering on a grander scale in a way that gives future to the coming generations.
The following writing is concerned with local events stemming from our activities here in Hong Kong and the milestones on the way to here, and the people from places far away from Asia. The book Humanize Hong Kong gives another record of the developments of the Humanist Association of Hong Kong, in the chapter Archives of a Recent Past (see Annex Two).
First though, a contextual look at the general and founding history of the Humanist Movement - read on.

Tony Henderson
November 1, 2 and 3, 2005