In so much as anything belongs to me, this is my city and my country and I vote and therefore have a right to express my opinions, values and beliefs. This I can do so long as they are not considered hateful by the law of the land. I attended the Friday Protest March against the G8/G20 on 25th June 2010. I object to people in power flaunting their entitlement by spending copious amounts of money to have a party. What ever "work" was done could have been done by teleconference and Skype and the group could have ... << MORE >>

Since reading her books "The Field" and "The Intention Experiment," I have enjoyed Lynn McTaggart's blogs. I have included her latest below. With the Gulf oil disaster still at crisis level we continue to see human reaction as one of laying blame. We all distance ourselves from the cause of the problem. This is the behavior of those who believe in separateness; the mindset of those who have not grasped the fact that we are all one and that what one person does impacts on the rest of the whole.

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Slowly ponder these facts about water.
How do you as an individual or community or town or country figure into these statistics?
If you have abundant water in your life - how do you show your gratitude?
You have a chance to on June 11th at 8pm local time.
That will be WATER HOUR when it's about falling in love with water…all over again.
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The fishing industry, the tourist industry and the oil industry have all talked about the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico as gallons of oil spew forth and test our ability to undo the damage and recompense those with losses. The essay below was written by Carol Watson who speaks for the lives that will never be recompensed. I do not have any photos of the US Gulf Coast, but at the end of this post are some reminders for me of its beauty as seen in Mexico and Honduras


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By Susan Ellis of keylifejourneys

Although there was a cool edge to the wind, the sun shone in Toronto this week. Spring has been evident by the bursting forth of blooms. What a joy it was to walk through High Park on Monday and share with many others the rapture of cherry blossom and the first out door ice cream of the season. The most mature trees were planted in 1959 as a gift from Tokyo to Toronto.
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Today is the day to celebrate the Earth by turning out your lights for WWF’s Earth Hour! Whether it’s by having an intimate dinner at home, a family games night, dancing under the stars at a neighbourhood party or enjoying some music at an Earth Hour concert, make Earth Hour your own. Take pride in the fact that you are standing up against climate change and that you are doing it with up to a billion people worldwide in over 120 countries!

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By Susan Ellis of Keylifejourneys

A photograph in the Toronto Star on 23nd March by Harry Hamburg/AP filled me with disgust. It was a picture of elitist self interest, corrosive entitlement and arrogant primitive social behavior. The title is "View from Washington" and it shows angry middle class Americans - all looking healthy and well nourished - expressing contempt for the passage of Obama's health care reform bill. This bill would provide some inalienable rights to 32 million of their country men women and children. ... << MORE >>

I have often talked of people power and grass roots involvement to bring about change. Earth Hour is one such initiative. It started out in Sydney Australia in 2007 and has developed into a world affair. This article from the World Wildlife Federation/Canada website shows a world shift in consciousness. If I show my cynical side I may suggest the involvement of some countries is, may I say, political. But in the end it is the people who take responsibility for their actions on the day. It is we who turn off the light and take time to ... << MORE >>

I've just got back from a trip to Puerto Vallarta Mexico, a favorite winter destination for me. What was a new experience was changing planes in Houston. I haven't been to the States for a while. It doesn't feel the same. When an action on one part of the world has an impact on events in another part of the world, they call it the butterfly effect.  

Since we were changing planes in Houston on the outward journey, we went through American customs etc in Toronto. Traditionally I have always ... << MORE >>

I am a great fan of Lynn McTaggart and her website   Her books "The Field" and "The Intention Experiment" drew me into the quantum world and the energy of thought. I am adding her latest blog essay because it hits to the heart of the shift in consciousness of which I often talk. The old world view is of competition, separation, winners and losers etc. The new world order will be one of cooperation, win-win, oneness etc.

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