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FROM THE GLOBAL LOVE DAY FOUNDERS:
Dear Friends, We have created a special new video and are delighted to present it to you as our gift - may it inspire us all to live in peace and harmony. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=TzXGqNi3sgQ
Enjoy this beautiful journey around the world as we share the vision of unconditional love for our cherished planet and her many diverse inhabitants and expressions. Spanning the globe and traveling to every corner of the earth, these images inspire us to open our hearts with compassion and wisdom as we embrace the amazing diversity all about us. When we come from love, we live in harmony and create a new world of peace, prosperity and joy for all.
You may also access the video directly on our home page at
www.thelovefoundation.com
or our TLF YouTube Nonprofit Channel at
http://www.youtube.com/user/thelovefoundation.
Special thanks to Allan and Lessia at Bridging Heaven and Earth for the music.
Each facet of life is precious and we are honored to walk the journey of unconditional love with you.
Love, light and peace,
The Board - Harold, John, Tam Lanis, and Erik.
Our Country and Regional Coordinators - Lydiah, Raphael, Magda, Martin, Emmanuel, Peris, Wendi, Keyvan, Julie, Shiva, Shed, Sahro, Zuberi, Melissa, Karim, Falguni, Matthew, Kimiko, Ebrima, Norah, D. Amalraj, Wojciech, Melony, Roger, Sumari, Lee, Deby, Mitzi, Darlene, Heather, Jana, Kaleemullah, Javier, Bishwanath, Teri, Pat, Zeina and Kelvin.
The Love Foundation, Inc.
"Inspiring People to Love Unconditionally"
www.thelovefoundation.com
Think: Global Love Day
Feel: Love Begins With Me
Remember: May 1, 2009
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Showing posts with label GLOBAL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GLOBAL. Show all posts
Friday, 1 May 2009
Embracing Change with Love
Embracing Change with Love
Saturday, 21 March, 2009 12:19 AM
From: "Harold W. Becker"
To: "'John Goltz'"
Dear Friends,
We are such amazing beings of infinite capacity and potential. Our boundless imagination, coupled with our wondrous will, allows us to bring our ideas into outer reality. Through our thoughts and feelings, we can literally create and experience that which we dream of in our heart of hearts. With patience and trust we manifest whatever we truly seek to experience on this grand adventure.
Whether we realize it or not, we create this way every moment. Yet, so often we become mired in habit and routine and stop being present with our imagination and the wisdom of our heart. Instead, we allow outmoded and outdated beliefs to take over rather than being aware of our creative choice. The unquestioned stream of mental thoughts, subtle notions of our emotional disposition, and very often, the outer suggestions of others, begin to dictate our identity, our actions and reactions.
That is, until something comes along to awaken us. This is frequently in the form of an accident, illness, unexpected event or circumstances that instantly disrupts our routine. If we are deeply rooted in habit, mentally or emotionally focused in the past or future, or simply unaware of our own creative spirit, this experience is usually met with great resistance and defiance by our outer personality or ego. The defenses, justification, victimhood and righteousness are often our immediate reaction to the fear and doubt that comes instantly to the surface. We become afraid of the change that has already happened.
How would our lives be different if we chose to be present in each moment knowing that change is constant and the very nature of life itself? What would happen if we actually embraced change as a wonderful opportunity to restore our creative capacity and begin anew with love?
Life is fluid, expansive and recreating itself every moment; we need only pay attention to the natural world to realize this. From the cycle of the seasons to the ever flowing rivers, the ceaseless life giving energy of the sun, the acorn becoming the mighty oak, or the rhythmic pulse of our own heartbeat, nature understands and embraces change. No two moments are exactly the same and love is forever present.
Always remember who you are – a beautiful and outrageously creative being capable of manifesting a world filled with peace, joy and unconditional love. Now is the perfect moment to imagine a new potential and choose it for yourself and the world around you.
Love, light and peace,
Harold W. Becker
President and Founder
The Love Foundation, Inc.
“Inspiring People to Love Unconditionally”
http://www.thelovefoundation.com/
Think: Global Love Day
Feel: Love Begins With Me
Remember: May 1, 2009
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Saturday, 21 March, 2009 12:19 AM
From: "Harold W. Becker"
To: "'John Goltz'"
Dear Friends,
We are such amazing beings of infinite capacity and potential. Our boundless imagination, coupled with our wondrous will, allows us to bring our ideas into outer reality. Through our thoughts and feelings, we can literally create and experience that which we dream of in our heart of hearts. With patience and trust we manifest whatever we truly seek to experience on this grand adventure.
Whether we realize it or not, we create this way every moment. Yet, so often we become mired in habit and routine and stop being present with our imagination and the wisdom of our heart. Instead, we allow outmoded and outdated beliefs to take over rather than being aware of our creative choice. The unquestioned stream of mental thoughts, subtle notions of our emotional disposition, and very often, the outer suggestions of others, begin to dictate our identity, our actions and reactions.
That is, until something comes along to awaken us. This is frequently in the form of an accident, illness, unexpected event or circumstances that instantly disrupts our routine. If we are deeply rooted in habit, mentally or emotionally focused in the past or future, or simply unaware of our own creative spirit, this experience is usually met with great resistance and defiance by our outer personality or ego. The defenses, justification, victimhood and righteousness are often our immediate reaction to the fear and doubt that comes instantly to the surface. We become afraid of the change that has already happened.
How would our lives be different if we chose to be present in each moment knowing that change is constant and the very nature of life itself? What would happen if we actually embraced change as a wonderful opportunity to restore our creative capacity and begin anew with love?
Life is fluid, expansive and recreating itself every moment; we need only pay attention to the natural world to realize this. From the cycle of the seasons to the ever flowing rivers, the ceaseless life giving energy of the sun, the acorn becoming the mighty oak, or the rhythmic pulse of our own heartbeat, nature understands and embraces change. No two moments are exactly the same and love is forever present.
Always remember who you are – a beautiful and outrageously creative being capable of manifesting a world filled with peace, joy and unconditional love. Now is the perfect moment to imagine a new potential and choose it for yourself and the world around you.
Love, light and peace,
Harold W. Becker
President and Founder
The Love Foundation, Inc.
“Inspiring People to Love Unconditionally”
http://www.thelovefoundation.com/
Think: Global Love Day
Feel: Love Begins With Me
Remember: May 1, 2009
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Thursday, 30 April 2009
GLOBAL LOVE DAY - MAY 1st, 2009.
A Poem for Global Love Day 2009,
by Mandel Rheems
with Love from Carol & Mandel
“One Earth Vision” - & -“Friends For World Peace”
Email: friends.for.peace@btinternet.com
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“LOVE’S WAY”
Dare we lose it? Dare we give it away?
Dare we treasure it? Dare we cast it aside?
Dare we awaken to its wisdom? Dare we die for it?
Dare we greet a new morning? Dare we seek & not be sought?
Dare we live free? Dare we trust in love’s hand?
Dare we be guided? Dare we know of Brotherhood?
Dare we surrender? Dare we love until the last breath?
DARE WE GREET EACH OTHER AS ONE?
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(Not copyright, share freely!)
by Mandel Rheems
with Love from Carol & Mandel
“One Earth Vision” - & -“Friends For World Peace”
Email: friends.for.peace@btinternet.com
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“LOVE’S WAY”
Dare we lose it? Dare we give it away?
Dare we treasure it? Dare we cast it aside?
Dare we awaken to its wisdom? Dare we die for it?
Dare we greet a new morning? Dare we seek & not be sought?
Dare we live free? Dare we trust in love’s hand?
Dare we be guided? Dare we know of Brotherhood?
Dare we surrender? Dare we love until the last breath?
DARE WE GREET EACH OTHER AS ONE?
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(Not copyright, share freely!)
The Day:
Let’s inspire one another and share our hugs, smiles, forgiveness and compassion and let the world know that love is indeed possible and present everywhere.
We currently have over 40 events listed from around the world. Along with these events, people are sharing their time and resources in creative and inspirational ways to help others in their community, gathering to meditate or simply celebrating and having fun. Links, ideas and updates can be found at:
www.thelovefoundation.com
Be a part of it - spread your love.
Love, light and peace,
The Board - Harold, John, Tam, Lanis, and Erik
Our Country and Regional Coordinators - Lydiah, Raphael, Magda, Martin, Emmanuel, Peris, Wendi, Keyvan, Julie, Shiva, Shed, Sahro, Zuberi, Karim, Falguni, Matthew, Kimiko, Ebrima, D. Amalraj, Wojciech, Melony, Roger, Deby, Mitzi, Darlene, Heather, Jana, Kaleemullah, Javier, Bishwanath, Zeina, Kelvin, Neabei, Godwin, Suraj, Tony, Benjamin, Balakrishnan, Alex, Rick and Alexander.
Latest Message from TLF Founder
Life is such a wonderful journey when we allow it to be filled with love. From the intimate focus within each breath to the infinite expansion of a starlit night, we are all part of this miraculous and magnificent adventure.
Our bodies are the vehicle in which our senses experience the changes of the seasons and the rhythms of our heartbeat, while our greater consciousness allows us to connect to the universal love that weaves its way through all creation.
The Love Foundation, Inc.
“Inspiring People to Love Unconditionally”
www.thelovefoundation.com
Think: Global Love Day
Feel: Love Begins With Me
Remember: May 1, 2009
Sunday, 16 November 2008
OBAMA—THE SEARCH FOR AN IDEALISTIC HUMANE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES
It has been many years since the famous “I Have a Dream” Lincoln Memorial speech of 28th August, 1963 by Martin Luther King where he wished to see a United States of America where her people would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the contents and strength of their character. Surprisingly or not so surprisingly whenever you heard anything about “I have a Dream” speech in the media it never went beyond the colour of their skin and the one about the strength and contents of your character was disdainfully dismissed.
Now what exactly is this thing called: the colour of your skin; the more appropriate word is skin tone - and scientifically speaking the melanin content of your skin or pigment. Each and every human being on this over populated planet of ours (i.e. almost 5 billions or 6 billions- too much already in any case!) have their own skin tone and most importantly it is not a fixed thing; i.e. prolonged exposure to the sun or complete lack of it will cause the skin to take various hues and shades of colour. The quote un quote “white” world spends billions of dollars on sunny beach vacation destinations to work on their tans and even super rich businessman or politicians who are always dropping the words “men and women of colour” in their conversations are often seen holidaying/relaxing on their yachts with a pot belly and a reddish brown suntan. It seems like they need the “men and women of colour” from all over the world to work hard so he can have a break and have suntan like his employees. Let’s also not forget thousands of suntan places doing brisk business all over America and the western world. The point I am trying to make here is the absurdity and the hypocrisy of this whole system based on the tonality of your skin.
The novelist Mr Joseph Conrad in his novel “The Heart of Darkness” observes caustically that Imperialism as nothing but plundering and enslaving of people and culture that possess darker skin a different hair pattern and slightly flatter noses. That they have those particular physical characteristics because of the proximity of the Sun to those equatorial countries is conveniently ignored. What an uninteresting drab world it will be if we all looked just the same. Thank God for our diversity and differences. It seems the ruling class or the ruling elite chose an arbitrary system to divide people to justify their exploitations - and hence the birth of racism and slavery. And then later on religion was added to justify and compound the problem. This vicious cycle of exploitation needs to be broken once and for all for human beings to evolve and move forward in consciousness.
If we look around in this world and here I thank profusely the Discovery channel Animal planet... Plant planet …so on and so forth we are overwhelmed and awed by the beauty and mind boggling range of diversity that stares us right into our face both in the floral and faun an world. And it is only when we come to the Human world this whole concept of diversity takes a back seat in the bus. Why? The answer is simple economics. Everything in this world can be boiled down to hard core economics which in plain English translates for the benefits and advantages of wealth certain people will go to extreme lengths to justify their heinous acts.
In the present times we are not in direct slavery anymore but we are still modern slaves, whether we are slave to technology, heavily dependent upon the economics, slaved and intoxicated by power and wealth… which always goes hand in hand….slave to wrong images as manufactured by the media and the advertising industry which has reduced masses of people to nothing but consumers of enormous amounts of not needed (unwanted) products. We are increasingly living in a very Americanised McDonaldised, televisionised world where more and more malls are being constructed and plastic soap operas and coca colas are thrust upon people who were very recently farmers and fishermen. They simply do not understand what is going on? A simple peaceful life of hard labour and living close to nature (where their main source of joy comes from!) has been replaced by concrete steel glass and plastic civilisation---If we can call that civilisation at all? The people living within that civilisation are themselves uneasy and unhappy and now we go world wide to dump that on simple indigenous people who frankly does not need our civilisation. On the contrary they may have many valuable lessons to teach us on how not to rape and plunder nature ceaselessly and make her barren and bald way before her time.
Now my readers you may ask what does it have to do with Obama as the New president elect of America in 2008 elections…patience my friends and fellow readers. It is America that holds the key to the survival of this planet and mankind. (We say Man-Kind but surprisingly so few in the present days of Ugly competition are actually kind or generous!). It is this very American spirit of can do attitude and nothing is impossible made the global imperialism of USA happen. Is it not possible (and I know I am going out on a limb here) that same spirit once properly inspired can bring about a different sort of change. The Change in people’s heart and attitude, his mind body and spirit. A feeling of Oneness, that we are in this altogether as one mankind one race the Human race. This endless exploitation of world resources to feed the frenzied whimsy of the super-rich and their lifestyle must stop. The world simply does not have enough resources for one billion Chinese and Indian people to catch up with their first world dreams and the life style that goes with it. What we need is to re-evaluate how we have been conducting ourselves and our businesses all over the world. Business as usual also equals to exploitation, poverty and misery as usual. A more balanced sustainable and ethical ways of conducting business is absolutely Imperative and urgent.
Change we must (otherwise it will be forced upon us anyway!) in our attitude our thinking and our lifestyle—mostly in the Westernised democracies of the world to pave the way for a peaceful, tolerable Just and green world. What America does today the rest of the world follows. It is only in America people are not burdened down heavily with an obsolete past breathing heavily over their shoulders, and thus making quick dynamic movements almost impossible. This is what happens with other countries, they are burdened by their own past from India to China to Europe it is a heavy price to pay in the name of tradition and culture, - while America is light and quick footed always flexible, re-inventing and re-discovering herself since her birth of democracy (approximately 250 years ago) to the present times, as election of Mr Barrack Obama as the new President clearly proves. America is moving forward from a colour bound to a colour blind society. It is not that America is incapable of mistakes but it also knows how to rectify and learn from her previous mistakes. In an increasingly bifurcated world of haves and have- nots whether in America, UK India, Africa or Europe we need to set aside our superficial differences whatever they may be(nationality, skin tone, looks etc) and work together for the overall benefits of the Human race. I am specially calling out to good kind decent and well meaning individuals of all nations to work together for a Greater Good and to be honest our very survival and existence on this planet is at stake. (Hell folks we don’t have much time left!)
This beautiful blue white and green Planet Earth of ours which we call home which looks so wondrously beautiful from space yet fragile is screaming for Change---and it is up to us ----to All of US to make that change and transition from steps leading to a mass graveyard to the steps leading to a beautiful garden. I think to me the choice is obvious. What the world needs Right Now is Kindness and Compassion more Contemplativeness, Meditation, a silent Prayer to heal this broken world of ours. This does not necessarily mean that we sit in meditative poses folding our legs (though half an hour a day is not too much to ask surely?) but we have to integrate our kindness and compassion into the everyday world of workplace and practice it with all sincerity and earnestness. We are the keepers of our fellow brothers and sisters and then and only then can we become True care-takers of this world, this Planet Earth.
As I have mentioned in the title of this article “Obama—The Search for An Idealistic Humane Government Continues”…..but that cannot happen unless we ourselves become Human and Humane individuals.
PEACE ON EARTH….PEACE ON EARTH….MAY PEACE BREATHE IN OUR TROUBLED HEARTS AND SOULS.
P.S: A note to my readers, you may or may not have noticed I use the word human quite often in this article and I will continue to do so…it is a bit like drilling advertising slogans by TV people and I will continue to say Human----till one fine morning you wake up and you realise that you are nothing but a Human Being after all and all your false identities have been stripped away from you. I look forward to that particular Dawn.
(Aside: I do not mind if that defining moment happens in evening or noon-times, as long as it happens!)
This original article was authored and kindly donated (without copyright,) by writer & Poet: SAIKAT MONDAL. You may contact him personally with positive comments by Email: saikatmondal_2004@yahoo.com - it was at the invitation of Carol & Mandel Rheems, of the “One Earth Vision & Mission”, for WE ALL GATHER TOGETHER ALSO AS: “FRIENDS FOR WORLD PEACE”. You may contact us for further details or with positive suggestions by Email: friends.for.peace@btinternet.com.
PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY OF OUR ENDEAVOURS TO GATHER PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES TO BRING PEACE THROUGH CREATIVE ARTS, MEDITATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, HEALING - AND SPREADING HOPE FOR THAT NEW DAWN OF AWAKENING TO ALL OF OUR PEACEFUL PURPOSE IN LIFE, TO RESTORE THIS PLANET FROM THE POLLUTED STATE, TO THE SAFETY, BEAUTY & JOY AS BEFITS & UPHOLDS THE SACREDNESS OF ALL LIFE, & PLEASE OFFER TO ADD YOUR GOOD WILL TO OUR WORK. THANK YOU. Carol Rawlins-Rheems.
Now what exactly is this thing called: the colour of your skin; the more appropriate word is skin tone - and scientifically speaking the melanin content of your skin or pigment. Each and every human being on this over populated planet of ours (i.e. almost 5 billions or 6 billions- too much already in any case!) have their own skin tone and most importantly it is not a fixed thing; i.e. prolonged exposure to the sun or complete lack of it will cause the skin to take various hues and shades of colour. The quote un quote “white” world spends billions of dollars on sunny beach vacation destinations to work on their tans and even super rich businessman or politicians who are always dropping the words “men and women of colour” in their conversations are often seen holidaying/relaxing on their yachts with a pot belly and a reddish brown suntan. It seems like they need the “men and women of colour” from all over the world to work hard so he can have a break and have suntan like his employees. Let’s also not forget thousands of suntan places doing brisk business all over America and the western world. The point I am trying to make here is the absurdity and the hypocrisy of this whole system based on the tonality of your skin.
The novelist Mr Joseph Conrad in his novel “The Heart of Darkness” observes caustically that Imperialism as nothing but plundering and enslaving of people and culture that possess darker skin a different hair pattern and slightly flatter noses. That they have those particular physical characteristics because of the proximity of the Sun to those equatorial countries is conveniently ignored. What an uninteresting drab world it will be if we all looked just the same. Thank God for our diversity and differences. It seems the ruling class or the ruling elite chose an arbitrary system to divide people to justify their exploitations - and hence the birth of racism and slavery. And then later on religion was added to justify and compound the problem. This vicious cycle of exploitation needs to be broken once and for all for human beings to evolve and move forward in consciousness.
If we look around in this world and here I thank profusely the Discovery channel Animal planet... Plant planet …so on and so forth we are overwhelmed and awed by the beauty and mind boggling range of diversity that stares us right into our face both in the floral and faun an world. And it is only when we come to the Human world this whole concept of diversity takes a back seat in the bus. Why? The answer is simple economics. Everything in this world can be boiled down to hard core economics which in plain English translates for the benefits and advantages of wealth certain people will go to extreme lengths to justify their heinous acts.
In the present times we are not in direct slavery anymore but we are still modern slaves, whether we are slave to technology, heavily dependent upon the economics, slaved and intoxicated by power and wealth… which always goes hand in hand….slave to wrong images as manufactured by the media and the advertising industry which has reduced masses of people to nothing but consumers of enormous amounts of not needed (unwanted) products. We are increasingly living in a very Americanised McDonaldised, televisionised world where more and more malls are being constructed and plastic soap operas and coca colas are thrust upon people who were very recently farmers and fishermen. They simply do not understand what is going on? A simple peaceful life of hard labour and living close to nature (where their main source of joy comes from!) has been replaced by concrete steel glass and plastic civilisation---If we can call that civilisation at all? The people living within that civilisation are themselves uneasy and unhappy and now we go world wide to dump that on simple indigenous people who frankly does not need our civilisation. On the contrary they may have many valuable lessons to teach us on how not to rape and plunder nature ceaselessly and make her barren and bald way before her time.
Now my readers you may ask what does it have to do with Obama as the New president elect of America in 2008 elections…patience my friends and fellow readers. It is America that holds the key to the survival of this planet and mankind. (We say Man-Kind but surprisingly so few in the present days of Ugly competition are actually kind or generous!). It is this very American spirit of can do attitude and nothing is impossible made the global imperialism of USA happen. Is it not possible (and I know I am going out on a limb here) that same spirit once properly inspired can bring about a different sort of change. The Change in people’s heart and attitude, his mind body and spirit. A feeling of Oneness, that we are in this altogether as one mankind one race the Human race. This endless exploitation of world resources to feed the frenzied whimsy of the super-rich and their lifestyle must stop. The world simply does not have enough resources for one billion Chinese and Indian people to catch up with their first world dreams and the life style that goes with it. What we need is to re-evaluate how we have been conducting ourselves and our businesses all over the world. Business as usual also equals to exploitation, poverty and misery as usual. A more balanced sustainable and ethical ways of conducting business is absolutely Imperative and urgent.
Change we must (otherwise it will be forced upon us anyway!) in our attitude our thinking and our lifestyle—mostly in the Westernised democracies of the world to pave the way for a peaceful, tolerable Just and green world. What America does today the rest of the world follows. It is only in America people are not burdened down heavily with an obsolete past breathing heavily over their shoulders, and thus making quick dynamic movements almost impossible. This is what happens with other countries, they are burdened by their own past from India to China to Europe it is a heavy price to pay in the name of tradition and culture, - while America is light and quick footed always flexible, re-inventing and re-discovering herself since her birth of democracy (approximately 250 years ago) to the present times, as election of Mr Barrack Obama as the new President clearly proves. America is moving forward from a colour bound to a colour blind society. It is not that America is incapable of mistakes but it also knows how to rectify and learn from her previous mistakes. In an increasingly bifurcated world of haves and have- nots whether in America, UK India, Africa or Europe we need to set aside our superficial differences whatever they may be(nationality, skin tone, looks etc) and work together for the overall benefits of the Human race. I am specially calling out to good kind decent and well meaning individuals of all nations to work together for a Greater Good and to be honest our very survival and existence on this planet is at stake. (Hell folks we don’t have much time left!)
This beautiful blue white and green Planet Earth of ours which we call home which looks so wondrously beautiful from space yet fragile is screaming for Change---and it is up to us ----to All of US to make that change and transition from steps leading to a mass graveyard to the steps leading to a beautiful garden. I think to me the choice is obvious. What the world needs Right Now is Kindness and Compassion more Contemplativeness, Meditation, a silent Prayer to heal this broken world of ours. This does not necessarily mean that we sit in meditative poses folding our legs (though half an hour a day is not too much to ask surely?) but we have to integrate our kindness and compassion into the everyday world of workplace and practice it with all sincerity and earnestness. We are the keepers of our fellow brothers and sisters and then and only then can we become True care-takers of this world, this Planet Earth.
As I have mentioned in the title of this article “Obama—The Search for An Idealistic Humane Government Continues”…..but that cannot happen unless we ourselves become Human and Humane individuals.
PEACE ON EARTH….PEACE ON EARTH….MAY PEACE BREATHE IN OUR TROUBLED HEARTS AND SOULS.
P.S: A note to my readers, you may or may not have noticed I use the word human quite often in this article and I will continue to do so…it is a bit like drilling advertising slogans by TV people and I will continue to say Human----till one fine morning you wake up and you realise that you are nothing but a Human Being after all and all your false identities have been stripped away from you. I look forward to that particular Dawn.
(Aside: I do not mind if that defining moment happens in evening or noon-times, as long as it happens!)
This original article was authored and kindly donated (without copyright,) by writer & Poet: SAIKAT MONDAL. You may contact him personally with positive comments by Email: saikatmondal_2004@yahoo.com - it was at the invitation of Carol & Mandel Rheems, of the “One Earth Vision & Mission”, for WE ALL GATHER TOGETHER ALSO AS: “FRIENDS FOR WORLD PEACE”. You may contact us for further details or with positive suggestions by Email: friends.for.peace@btinternet.com.
PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY OF OUR ENDEAVOURS TO GATHER PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES TO BRING PEACE THROUGH CREATIVE ARTS, MEDITATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, HEALING - AND SPREADING HOPE FOR THAT NEW DAWN OF AWAKENING TO ALL OF OUR PEACEFUL PURPOSE IN LIFE, TO RESTORE THIS PLANET FROM THE POLLUTED STATE, TO THE SAFETY, BEAUTY & JOY AS BEFITS & UPHOLDS THE SACREDNESS OF ALL LIFE, & PLEASE OFFER TO ADD YOUR GOOD WILL TO OUR WORK. THANK YOU. Carol Rawlins-Rheems.
Hymn to Human Love,
Re: Hymn to Human Love,
Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 1:03 PM
From:
"thom woodruff"
To:
"PAMELA STANSFIELD"
HYMN TO HUMAN LOVE
There is something we can do
with the sky falling and gas rising
jobs shredding and income going
It is to love. Start small-with a plant,a cat,a dog
unconditionally extend to that which
does not necessarily return your affection-
land,sea,earth,sky-why
people have loved these elements before and after you
and will love them as much as you
It is just a lesson in what you can do
when you choose to love.Now you have extended
from nature to animals to living plants and pets
in time you may choose to love human beings
First you need to find them! They hide well!
Humans have been hunted for their affection since the cave age
and often present targets for wars,seductions,false prophets
Relax.Love yourself.That will get you through times
when no other love seems real.Then be surprised by what you feel
when other love manifests /attuned to you
WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT? May 28,2008
PUBLISH YOUR POETRY!OPEN NEW MIKES!2008=YEAR FOR ALL POETS!yes-U!
28-STICKY FINGERS with SONYA host 2209 south 1st 7-9pm open stage
30-FIESTA GARDENS FESTIVAL from 9-1pm art,music,poetry,fun,free!
June 1-TANTRA @217 West Hopkins 512 5582233 from 8-10pm worthy!
2-COME HIDEOUT WITH US! 617 Congress from 7-10pm uncensored YES!
3-RUTA MAYA OPEN MIKE from 6-9 inside-uncensored (so far!
4-VINNYS ITALIAN CAFE 1003 Barton Springs-poetry /music 4828484 (7-9pm
Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 1:03 PM
From:
"thom woodruff"
To:
"PAMELA STANSFIELD"
HYMN TO HUMAN LOVE
There is something we can do
with the sky falling and gas rising
jobs shredding and income going
It is to love. Start small-with a plant,a cat,a dog
unconditionally extend to that which
does not necessarily return your affection-
land,sea,earth,sky-why
people have loved these elements before and after you
and will love them as much as you
It is just a lesson in what you can do
when you choose to love.Now you have extended
from nature to animals to living plants and pets
in time you may choose to love human beings
First you need to find them! They hide well!
Humans have been hunted for their affection since the cave age
and often present targets for wars,seductions,false prophets
Relax.Love yourself.That will get you through times
when no other love seems real.Then be surprised by what you feel
when other love manifests /attuned to you
WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT? May 28,2008
PUBLISH YOUR POETRY!OPEN NEW MIKES!2008=YEAR FOR ALL POETS!yes-U!
28-STICKY FINGERS with SONYA host 2209 south 1st 7-9pm open stage
30-FIESTA GARDENS FESTIVAL from 9-1pm art,music,poetry,fun,free!
June 1-TANTRA @217 West Hopkins 512 5582233 from 8-10pm worthy!
2-COME HIDEOUT WITH US! 617 Congress from 7-10pm uncensored YES!
3-RUTA MAYA OPEN MIKE from 6-9 inside-uncensored (so far!
4-VINNYS ITALIAN CAFE 1003 Barton Springs-poetry /music 4828484 (7-9pm
EMPOWER AMERICA - Al Gore
Spread the word. A key moment.
Wednesday, 12 November, 2008 7:18 PM
From:
"Cathy Zoi, The We Campaign"
To:
"Carol Rawlins"
Follow Al Gore's lead and tell your local paper it's time to Repower America.
Write a Letter to the Editor!
Dear Carol,
In an editorial published Sunday in the New York Times, Al Gore outlined the Repower America Plan -- how to achieve 100% clean electricity within ten years. We've included the editorial below. Vice President Gore describes what's required to transform our nation's energy economy. Can you help spread the word?
An easy way to help is to simply write a short letter to the editor of your local paper. If you write today, your letter could get into the Sunday edition this coming weekend. Just go to:
http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba5611/2267774881/VEsC/
This is a key moment. President-elect Obama has said that focusing on energy and climate will be a first priority in the new administration. Congress and the new President need to see that they have strong support to "go big" in solving these problems, with clean, homegrown energy -- even in the face of the powerful fossil fuel lobbies.
To build this kind of national commitment, we need to clearly expose the "common thread" that connects three of our nation's major challenges -- the economy, national security, and the climate crisis. This common thread is our dependence on dirty coal and foreign oil.
As Al Gore writes, "Here is the good news: the bold steps that are needed to solve the climate crisis are exactly the same steps that ought to be taken in order to solve the economic crisis and the energy security crisis."
Our simple online tool makes it easy to submit a letter to your local paper. And the letters-to-the-editor section is one of the most widely read sections of any newspaper, because people want to hear what other people think.
Just click here.
Thanks so much,
Cathy Zoi
CEO
http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba5610/2267774881/VEsA/
P.S. For more details on the Repower America Plan, just go to http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba5610/2267774881/VEsB/
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THE NEW YORK TIMES
Op-Ed Contributor
The Climate for Change
By AL GORE
Published: November 9, 2008
The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he -- and we -- must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing threat posed by the climate crisis.
The electrifying redemption of America's revolutionary declaration that all human beings are born equal sets the stage for the renewal of United States leadership in a world that desperately needs to protect its primary endowment: the integrity and livability of the planet.
The world authority on the climate crisis, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, after 20 years of detailed study and four unanimous reports, now says that the evidence is "unequivocal." To those who are still tempted to dismiss the increasingly urgent alarms from scientists around the world, ignore the melting of the north polar ice cap and all of the other apocalyptic warnings from the planet itself, and who roll their eyes at the very mention of this existential threat to the future of the human species, please wake up. Our children and grandchildren need you to hear and recognize the truth of our situation, before it is too late.
Here is the good news: the bold steps that are needed to solve the climate crisis are exactly the same steps that ought to be taken in order to solve the economic crisis and the energy security crisis.
Economists across the spectrum -- including Martin Feldstein and Lawrence Summers -- agree that large and rapid investments in a jobs-intensive infrastructure initiative is the best way to revive our economy in a quick and sustainable way. Many also agree that our economy will fall behind if we continue spending hundreds of billions of dollars on foreign oil every year. Moreover, national security experts in both parties agree that we face a dangerous strategic vulnerability if the world suddenly loses access to Middle Eastern oil.
As Abraham Lincoln said during America's darkest hour, "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew." In our present case, thinking anew requires discarding an outdated and fatally flawed definition of the problem we face.
Thirty-five years ago this past week, President Richard Nixon created Project Independence, which set a national goal that, within seven years, the United States would develop "the potential to meet our own energy needs without depending on any foreign energy sources." His statement came three weeks after the Arab oil embargo had sent prices skyrocketing and woke America to the dangers of dependence on foreign oil. And -- not coincidentally -- it came only three years after United States domestic oil production had peaked.
At the time, the United States imported less than a third of its oil from foreign countries. Yet today, after all six of the presidents succeeding Nixon repeated some version of his goal, our dependence has doubled from one-third to nearly two-thirds -- and many feel that global oil production is at or near its peak.
Some still see this as a problem of domestic production. If we could only increase oil and coal production at home, they argue, then we wouldn't have to rely on imports from the Middle East. Some have come up with even dirtier and more expensive new ways to extract the same old fuels, like coal liquids, oil shale, tar sands and "clean coal" technology.
But in every case, the resources in question are much too expensive or polluting, or, in the case of "clean coal," too imaginary to make a difference in protecting either our national security or the global climate. Indeed, those who spend hundreds of millions promoting "clean coal" technology consistently omit the fact that there is little investment and not a single large-scale demonstration project in the United States for capturing and safely burying all of this pollution. If the coal industry can make good on this promise, then I'm all for it. But until that day comes, we simply cannot any longer base the strategy for human survival on a cynical and self-interested illusion.
Here's what we can do -- now: we can make an immediate and large strategic investment to put people to work replacing 19th-century energy technologies that depend on dangerous and expensive carbon-based fuels with 21st-century technologies that use fuel that is free forever: the sun, the wind and the natural heat of the earth.
What follows is a five-part plan to repower America with a commitment to producing 100 percent of our electricity from carbon-free sources within 10 years. It is a plan that would simultaneously move us toward solutions to the climate crisis and the economic crisis -- and create millions of new jobs that cannot be outsourced.
First, the new president and the new Congress should offer large-scale investment in incentives for the construction of concentrated solar thermal plants in the Southwestern deserts, wind farms in the corridor stretching from Texas to the Dakotas and advanced plants in geothermal hot spots that could produce large amounts of electricity.
Second, we should begin the planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places where it is mostly generated to the cities where it is mostly used. New high-voltage, low-loss underground lines can be designed with "smart" features that provide consumers with sophisticated information and easy-to-use tools for conserving electricity, eliminating inefficiency and reducing their energy bills. The cost of this modern grid -- $400 billion over 10 years -- pales in comparison with the annual loss to American business of $120 billion due to the cascading failures that are endemic to our current balkanized and antiquated electricity lines.
Third, we should help America's automobile industry (not only the Big Three but the innovative new startup companies as well) to convert quickly to plug-in hybrids that can run on the renewable electricity that will be available as the rest of this plan matures. In combination with the unified grid, a nationwide fleet of plug-in hybrids would also help to solve the problem of electricity storage. Think about it: with this sort of grid, cars could be charged during off-peak energy-use hours; during peak hours, when fewer cars are on the road, they could contribute their electricity back into the national grid.
Fourth, we should embark on a nationwide effort to retrofit buildings with better insulation and energy-efficient windows and lighting. Approximately 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States come from buildings -- and stopping that pollution saves money for homeowners and businesses. This initiative should be coupled with the proposal in Congress to help Americans who are burdened by mortgages that exceed the value of their homes.
Fifth, the United States should lead the way by putting a price on carbon here at home, and by leading the world's efforts to replace the Kyoto treaty next year in Copenhagen with a more effective treaty that caps global carbon dioxide emissions and encourages nations to invest together in efficient ways to reduce global warming pollution quickly, including by sharply reducing deforestation.
Of course, the best way -- indeed the only way -- to secure a global agreement to safeguard our future is by re-establishing the United States as the country with the moral and political authority to lead the world toward a solution.
Looking ahead, I have great hope that we will have the courage to embrace the changes necessary to save our economy, our planet and ultimately ourselves.
In an earlier transformative era in American history, President John F. Kennedy challenged our nation to land a man on the moon within 10 years. Eight years and two months later, Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. The average age of the systems engineers cheering on Apollo 11 from the Houston control room that day was 26, which means that their average age when President Kennedy announced the challenge was 18.
This year similarly saw the rise of young Americans, whose enthusiasm electrified Barack Obama's campaign. There is little doubt that this same group of energized youth will play an essential role in this project to secure our national future, once again turning seemingly impossible goals into inspiring success.
Al Gore, the vice president from 1993 to 2001, was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He founded the Alliance for Climate Protection and, as a businessman, invests in alternative energy companies.
View online: http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba561f/2267774881/VEsP/
Wednesday, 12 November, 2008 7:18 PM
From:
"Cathy Zoi, The We Campaign"
To:
"Carol Rawlins"
Follow Al Gore's lead and tell your local paper it's time to Repower America.
Write a Letter to the Editor!
Dear Carol,
In an editorial published Sunday in the New York Times, Al Gore outlined the Repower America Plan -- how to achieve 100% clean electricity within ten years. We've included the editorial below. Vice President Gore describes what's required to transform our nation's energy economy. Can you help spread the word?
An easy way to help is to simply write a short letter to the editor of your local paper. If you write today, your letter could get into the Sunday edition this coming weekend. Just go to:
http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba5611/2267774881/VEsC/
This is a key moment. President-elect Obama has said that focusing on energy and climate will be a first priority in the new administration. Congress and the new President need to see that they have strong support to "go big" in solving these problems, with clean, homegrown energy -- even in the face of the powerful fossil fuel lobbies.
To build this kind of national commitment, we need to clearly expose the "common thread" that connects three of our nation's major challenges -- the economy, national security, and the climate crisis. This common thread is our dependence on dirty coal and foreign oil.
As Al Gore writes, "Here is the good news: the bold steps that are needed to solve the climate crisis are exactly the same steps that ought to be taken in order to solve the economic crisis and the energy security crisis."
Our simple online tool makes it easy to submit a letter to your local paper. And the letters-to-the-editor section is one of the most widely read sections of any newspaper, because people want to hear what other people think.
Just click here.
Thanks so much,
Cathy Zoi
CEO
http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba5610/2267774881/VEsA/
P.S. For more details on the Repower America Plan, just go to http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba5610/2267774881/VEsB/
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THE NEW YORK TIMES
Op-Ed Contributor
The Climate for Change
By AL GORE
Published: November 9, 2008
The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he -- and we -- must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing threat posed by the climate crisis.
The electrifying redemption of America's revolutionary declaration that all human beings are born equal sets the stage for the renewal of United States leadership in a world that desperately needs to protect its primary endowment: the integrity and livability of the planet.
The world authority on the climate crisis, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, after 20 years of detailed study and four unanimous reports, now says that the evidence is "unequivocal." To those who are still tempted to dismiss the increasingly urgent alarms from scientists around the world, ignore the melting of the north polar ice cap and all of the other apocalyptic warnings from the planet itself, and who roll their eyes at the very mention of this existential threat to the future of the human species, please wake up. Our children and grandchildren need you to hear and recognize the truth of our situation, before it is too late.
Here is the good news: the bold steps that are needed to solve the climate crisis are exactly the same steps that ought to be taken in order to solve the economic crisis and the energy security crisis.
Economists across the spectrum -- including Martin Feldstein and Lawrence Summers -- agree that large and rapid investments in a jobs-intensive infrastructure initiative is the best way to revive our economy in a quick and sustainable way. Many also agree that our economy will fall behind if we continue spending hundreds of billions of dollars on foreign oil every year. Moreover, national security experts in both parties agree that we face a dangerous strategic vulnerability if the world suddenly loses access to Middle Eastern oil.
As Abraham Lincoln said during America's darkest hour, "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew." In our present case, thinking anew requires discarding an outdated and fatally flawed definition of the problem we face.
Thirty-five years ago this past week, President Richard Nixon created Project Independence, which set a national goal that, within seven years, the United States would develop "the potential to meet our own energy needs without depending on any foreign energy sources." His statement came three weeks after the Arab oil embargo had sent prices skyrocketing and woke America to the dangers of dependence on foreign oil. And -- not coincidentally -- it came only three years after United States domestic oil production had peaked.
At the time, the United States imported less than a third of its oil from foreign countries. Yet today, after all six of the presidents succeeding Nixon repeated some version of his goal, our dependence has doubled from one-third to nearly two-thirds -- and many feel that global oil production is at or near its peak.
Some still see this as a problem of domestic production. If we could only increase oil and coal production at home, they argue, then we wouldn't have to rely on imports from the Middle East. Some have come up with even dirtier and more expensive new ways to extract the same old fuels, like coal liquids, oil shale, tar sands and "clean coal" technology.
But in every case, the resources in question are much too expensive or polluting, or, in the case of "clean coal," too imaginary to make a difference in protecting either our national security or the global climate. Indeed, those who spend hundreds of millions promoting "clean coal" technology consistently omit the fact that there is little investment and not a single large-scale demonstration project in the United States for capturing and safely burying all of this pollution. If the coal industry can make good on this promise, then I'm all for it. But until that day comes, we simply cannot any longer base the strategy for human survival on a cynical and self-interested illusion.
Here's what we can do -- now: we can make an immediate and large strategic investment to put people to work replacing 19th-century energy technologies that depend on dangerous and expensive carbon-based fuels with 21st-century technologies that use fuel that is free forever: the sun, the wind and the natural heat of the earth.
What follows is a five-part plan to repower America with a commitment to producing 100 percent of our electricity from carbon-free sources within 10 years. It is a plan that would simultaneously move us toward solutions to the climate crisis and the economic crisis -- and create millions of new jobs that cannot be outsourced.
First, the new president and the new Congress should offer large-scale investment in incentives for the construction of concentrated solar thermal plants in the Southwestern deserts, wind farms in the corridor stretching from Texas to the Dakotas and advanced plants in geothermal hot spots that could produce large amounts of electricity.
Second, we should begin the planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places where it is mostly generated to the cities where it is mostly used. New high-voltage, low-loss underground lines can be designed with "smart" features that provide consumers with sophisticated information and easy-to-use tools for conserving electricity, eliminating inefficiency and reducing their energy bills. The cost of this modern grid -- $400 billion over 10 years -- pales in comparison with the annual loss to American business of $120 billion due to the cascading failures that are endemic to our current balkanized and antiquated electricity lines.
Third, we should help America's automobile industry (not only the Big Three but the innovative new startup companies as well) to convert quickly to plug-in hybrids that can run on the renewable electricity that will be available as the rest of this plan matures. In combination with the unified grid, a nationwide fleet of plug-in hybrids would also help to solve the problem of electricity storage. Think about it: with this sort of grid, cars could be charged during off-peak energy-use hours; during peak hours, when fewer cars are on the road, they could contribute their electricity back into the national grid.
Fourth, we should embark on a nationwide effort to retrofit buildings with better insulation and energy-efficient windows and lighting. Approximately 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States come from buildings -- and stopping that pollution saves money for homeowners and businesses. This initiative should be coupled with the proposal in Congress to help Americans who are burdened by mortgages that exceed the value of their homes.
Fifth, the United States should lead the way by putting a price on carbon here at home, and by leading the world's efforts to replace the Kyoto treaty next year in Copenhagen with a more effective treaty that caps global carbon dioxide emissions and encourages nations to invest together in efficient ways to reduce global warming pollution quickly, including by sharply reducing deforestation.
Of course, the best way -- indeed the only way -- to secure a global agreement to safeguard our future is by re-establishing the United States as the country with the moral and political authority to lead the world toward a solution.
Looking ahead, I have great hope that we will have the courage to embrace the changes necessary to save our economy, our planet and ultimately ourselves.
In an earlier transformative era in American history, President John F. Kennedy challenged our nation to land a man on the moon within 10 years. Eight years and two months later, Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. The average age of the systems engineers cheering on Apollo 11 from the Houston control room that day was 26, which means that their average age when President Kennedy announced the challenge was 18.
This year similarly saw the rise of young Americans, whose enthusiasm electrified Barack Obama's campaign. There is little doubt that this same group of energized youth will play an essential role in this project to secure our national future, once again turning seemingly impossible goals into inspiring success.
Al Gore, the vice president from 1993 to 2001, was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He founded the Alliance for Climate Protection and, as a businessman, invests in alternative energy companies.
View online: http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m2/396e8915/6ffd7735/823c7da/19ba561f/2267774881/VEsP/
'Change has come to America'
Wednesday, November 5 07:28 am
Barack Obama has become the first black US president after a landslide election victory.
Obama wins historic US election
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The 47-year-old Democrat led his Republican rival John McCain by 297 votes to 139 as he passed the magic number of 270 needed to win the presidency at 4am GMT. Later projections showed he won by 349 votes to 158.
Mr Obama promised change and a new dawn of leadership.
Speaking after sweeping a series of key battleground states in a landslide electoral college victory, he pledged to be a president of all Americans and vowed to overcome challenges which were "the greatest of our lifetime", including two wars, a global economic crisis and a planet in peril.
"I promise you, we as a people will get there," he said.
Cheered on by tens of thousands of supporters in Chicago's Grant Park, Mr Obama took to a stage lined with US flags with his his wife Michelle and young daughters Malia, ten, and Sasha, seven, at his side.
Mr Obama told those whose support he had not won: "I hear your voices, I need your help and I will be your president too."
He said he would listen to his opponents, adopt a multilateral approach to world affairs and told those watching outside the US that "our stories are singular but our destiny is shared".
"The new dawn of America leadership is at hand," he said.
"To those who would tear the world down, we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security, we support you.
"And to all those who have wondered if American's beacon still burns as bright, tonight we've proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
"That's the true genius of America. The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even in one term, but America I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
"I promise you, we, as a people, will get there."
Many in the crowd were crying and even political pundits on major US TV networks wiped tears from their eyes as the man who could transform race relations in America ascended to the highest office in the land.
Conceding defeat in his home state of Arizona, Mr McCain said: "The American people have spoken and they have spoken clearly. This is an historic election."
Mr McCain joined outgoing president George W Bush in calling Mr Obama to congratulate him personally.
Mr Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, will be sworn in as the 44th US president on January 20, 2009.
The win by Mr Obama, the son of a black father from Kenya and white mother from Kansas, comes 45 years after the high point of the equality movement led by Martin Luther King Jr.
The assassinated civil rights leader's daughter Bernice King said: "I was very excited tonight and moved to tears."
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Barack Obama has become the first black US president after a landslide election victory.
Obama wins historic US election
RELATED CONTENT
• Obama considers top job for Clinton
• Fierce speculation Obama will choose Clinton as top diplomat
• Obama and McCain to meet on Monday
• Related Hot Topic: John McCain
Have your say: John McCain
The 47-year-old Democrat led his Republican rival John McCain by 297 votes to 139 as he passed the magic number of 270 needed to win the presidency at 4am GMT. Later projections showed he won by 349 votes to 158.
Mr Obama promised change and a new dawn of leadership.
Speaking after sweeping a series of key battleground states in a landslide electoral college victory, he pledged to be a president of all Americans and vowed to overcome challenges which were "the greatest of our lifetime", including two wars, a global economic crisis and a planet in peril.
"I promise you, we as a people will get there," he said.
Cheered on by tens of thousands of supporters in Chicago's Grant Park, Mr Obama took to a stage lined with US flags with his his wife Michelle and young daughters Malia, ten, and Sasha, seven, at his side.
Mr Obama told those whose support he had not won: "I hear your voices, I need your help and I will be your president too."
He said he would listen to his opponents, adopt a multilateral approach to world affairs and told those watching outside the US that "our stories are singular but our destiny is shared".
"The new dawn of America leadership is at hand," he said.
"To those who would tear the world down, we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security, we support you.
"And to all those who have wondered if American's beacon still burns as bright, tonight we've proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
"That's the true genius of America. The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even in one term, but America I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
"I promise you, we, as a people, will get there."
Many in the crowd were crying and even political pundits on major US TV networks wiped tears from their eyes as the man who could transform race relations in America ascended to the highest office in the land.
Conceding defeat in his home state of Arizona, Mr McCain said: "The American people have spoken and they have spoken clearly. This is an historic election."
Mr McCain joined outgoing president George W Bush in calling Mr Obama to congratulate him personally.
Mr Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, will be sworn in as the 44th US president on January 20, 2009.
The win by Mr Obama, the son of a black father from Kenya and white mother from Kansas, comes 45 years after the high point of the equality movement led by Martin Luther King Jr.
The assassinated civil rights leader's daughter Bernice King said: "I was very excited tonight and moved to tears."
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"THE BIRTH OF HOPE" (by Mandel Rheems)
The coming forth & awakening of a new hopeful & peaceful age that is upon us, some call the Aquarian Age, will become also a greater movement & awakening to the prophesies & visions foretelling of the coming deeper changes in preparation for the Golden Age ahead.
We, of the high council of the ancient Elders, of this planetary sphere called: Mother Earth, or “VAGRA”, are bound by the holiest & deepest commitment to the righteous forces of Cosmic & karmic laws, of the lowest & highest prophetic intent. We are foretelling of the coming forth of a renewed hope regarding the coming planetary disruptions in the immediate renewal & cleansing of karmic negative residue of vibrations & energies – of pollution of the physical emotional & mental thought forms, - & the perverted residue of absolute degradation, that has entered the Earth’s sphere, throughout the thousands of decades & the eons of time – since all began! For life on the planetary spheres connected to the Earth’s evolution & plan.
ALL IS IN GOOD HANDS! - WE HAVE THE PROFOUND AUTHORITY TO ISSUE FORTH THE PROFOUNDEST DECLARATION THAT: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! The exploitation & perversion of these spheres & the abuse of the innocent & vulnerable ones, the corrupt workings of the scientific thought, & the selfish exploitation of the scientific mind of genetic engineering, also including the continued evolving & degrading activities of vivisection & factory farming, will be stopped!
AS A BODY OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSAL SPHERES, WITH THE HELP OF THE GALACTIC FEDERATION, INCLUDING THE GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD / SISTERHOOD & THE LORDS OF THE DARKER SPHERES & THE DARKER REALMS, “VAGRA”, WILL BE HEARD!
NOW WE WILL BE HEARD! - KNOW FOR SURE, THE GOVERNMENTS & LEADERS OF THE WORLD, - PRAY, TAKE NOTE, - WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE POWERS & WISDOM, WHICH, IF WE ARE NOT LISTENED TO, WILL BE THE MEANS TO CREATE TOTAL PLANETARY & UNIVERSAL PEACE; - OR ANARCHY, CHAOS, OR EVENTUAL OBLIVION FOR ALL CREATION!
WE HAVE SPOKEN! - THE UNIVERSAL COUNCIL OF THE ELDERS!
THE KEY TO FREEDOM CAN BE FOUND IN THE SIMPLE MESSAGE, THE SIMPLE WISDOM: “DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOURSELF!” - MARK WELL THESE WORDS, HUMANITY. - & IF YOU DO NOT MARK WELL, HUMANITY, HUMANITY WILL GO FROM EXISTENCE – FOR EVER!
THIS MESSAGE WAS SUBSCRIBED ON 30/10/2008 THROUGH A CHANNEL OF THE “ONE EARTH VISION AND MISSION”, - MANDEL & REISHA RHEEMS, - FROM THE LORD CHRIST MAITRAYA, & IN THE BEATITUDES OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER MARY, THE LORD BUDDHA & THE BELOVED SACRAMENT OF THE FORTH-COMING ONE: “AKALA”. PEACE – THE BRETHREN.
We, of the high council of the ancient Elders, of this planetary sphere called: Mother Earth, or “VAGRA”, are bound by the holiest & deepest commitment to the righteous forces of Cosmic & karmic laws, of the lowest & highest prophetic intent. We are foretelling of the coming forth of a renewed hope regarding the coming planetary disruptions in the immediate renewal & cleansing of karmic negative residue of vibrations & energies – of pollution of the physical emotional & mental thought forms, - & the perverted residue of absolute degradation, that has entered the Earth’s sphere, throughout the thousands of decades & the eons of time – since all began! For life on the planetary spheres connected to the Earth’s evolution & plan.
ALL IS IN GOOD HANDS! - WE HAVE THE PROFOUND AUTHORITY TO ISSUE FORTH THE PROFOUNDEST DECLARATION THAT: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! The exploitation & perversion of these spheres & the abuse of the innocent & vulnerable ones, the corrupt workings of the scientific thought, & the selfish exploitation of the scientific mind of genetic engineering, also including the continued evolving & degrading activities of vivisection & factory farming, will be stopped!
AS A BODY OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSAL SPHERES, WITH THE HELP OF THE GALACTIC FEDERATION, INCLUDING THE GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD / SISTERHOOD & THE LORDS OF THE DARKER SPHERES & THE DARKER REALMS, “VAGRA”, WILL BE HEARD!
NOW WE WILL BE HEARD! - KNOW FOR SURE, THE GOVERNMENTS & LEADERS OF THE WORLD, - PRAY, TAKE NOTE, - WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE POWERS & WISDOM, WHICH, IF WE ARE NOT LISTENED TO, WILL BE THE MEANS TO CREATE TOTAL PLANETARY & UNIVERSAL PEACE; - OR ANARCHY, CHAOS, OR EVENTUAL OBLIVION FOR ALL CREATION!
WE HAVE SPOKEN! - THE UNIVERSAL COUNCIL OF THE ELDERS!
THE KEY TO FREEDOM CAN BE FOUND IN THE SIMPLE MESSAGE, THE SIMPLE WISDOM: “DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOURSELF!” - MARK WELL THESE WORDS, HUMANITY. - & IF YOU DO NOT MARK WELL, HUMANITY, HUMANITY WILL GO FROM EXISTENCE – FOR EVER!
THIS MESSAGE WAS SUBSCRIBED ON 30/10/2008 THROUGH A CHANNEL OF THE “ONE EARTH VISION AND MISSION”, - MANDEL & REISHA RHEEMS, - FROM THE LORD CHRIST MAITRAYA, & IN THE BEATITUDES OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER MARY, THE LORD BUDDHA & THE BELOVED SACRAMENT OF THE FORTH-COMING ONE: “AKALA”. PEACE – THE BRETHREN.
Monday, 10 November 2008
PRAYER IN CELEBRATION OF BARACK OBAMA AS PRESIDENT ELECT
Sunday, 9 November, 2008 10:22 PM
From: "Mellie Rainbow"
Greetings and Blessings, I have just received the gift of a new YOUTube Video of the Prayer In Celebration of President-Elect Barack Obama.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5g8fxv3KA This video which was created by Yubupa serves as another reminder of what happens when we come together in love, and allow space for others to share with us and expand our vision. I believe this is why we elected Senator Barack Obama. As an artist, the collaborative is very important to me and I marvel at my Soul Sisters Yubupa ( for her Videos) and Michelle Murray (and her students)at Miami-Dade Community College in Florida for their choreography of my poetry in dance and video. I would be honored if you would share Yubupa's In Celebration of President Barack Obama video far and wide. Thank you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5g8fxv3KA with Love & JOY! melonymcgant@yahoo.com
Prayer In Celebration of President-Elect Barack Obama,
44th President of the United States; his wife Michelle, his daughters
Malia and Sasha and All the People of the Earth=Heart.
Blessed Divine Spirit,
Right now we are filled with joy, and respect for each other.
Let our lives have new meaning.
Show us how to best do your work, to have patience,
and undying love for All..
Allow us new gratitude and fortitude
filled with courage and laced with strength
as we shepherd in this magnificent new era.
We have voted with our hearts open without fear.
Let us be exuberant in our hope,
ecstatic in our faith
and peaceful in our joy.
There is work to be done.
Our lives are wrought with challenges
but the world community joins us in this new time---
in our desires to heal and nurture our Human Collective.
We are awakening in love
One by one.
We are re-membering
our children and our seniors as special gifts.
The lens for our collective future is clear.
The message is Change.
We are being asked to return to love.
Love is another name for the energy of God.
It moves through each of us
with each breath we take.
Within this love are the seeds
of Grace and Understanding
that allows us to nurture our world gardens of peace.
It is a peace that comes first within our hearts
and is reflected to others.
It is a peace that allows us to take only our share,
to not be wasteful…
to be generous in Spirit, Action and deed.
This is how our Garden will flourish
and join with the forest, the ocean shore,
the city plains and hills, the country villages,
the mountains and valleys.
This is how we can move beyond war
and create a world with equanimity
where there is food, housing, healthcare,
economic stability
and new solutions to Earth’s conservation and Global warming,
while honoring our entire sentient family .
Let Us Join Together with President–Elect Barack Obama and say….
YES WE CAN!
And So It Is With Love!
www.melonymcgant.blogspot.com
From: "Mellie Rainbow"
Greetings and Blessings, I have just received the gift of a new YOUTube Video of the Prayer In Celebration of President-Elect Barack Obama.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5g8fxv3KA This video which was created by Yubupa serves as another reminder of what happens when we come together in love, and allow space for others to share with us and expand our vision. I believe this is why we elected Senator Barack Obama. As an artist, the collaborative is very important to me and I marvel at my Soul Sisters Yubupa ( for her Videos) and Michelle Murray (and her students)at Miami-Dade Community College in Florida for their choreography of my poetry in dance and video. I would be honored if you would share Yubupa's In Celebration of President Barack Obama video far and wide. Thank you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5g8fxv3KA with Love & JOY! melonymcgant@yahoo.com
Prayer In Celebration of President-Elect Barack Obama,
44th President of the United States; his wife Michelle, his daughters
Malia and Sasha and All the People of the Earth=Heart.
Blessed Divine Spirit,
Right now we are filled with joy, and respect for each other.
Let our lives have new meaning.
Show us how to best do your work, to have patience,
and undying love for All..
Allow us new gratitude and fortitude
filled with courage and laced with strength
as we shepherd in this magnificent new era.
We have voted with our hearts open without fear.
Let us be exuberant in our hope,
ecstatic in our faith
and peaceful in our joy.
There is work to be done.
Our lives are wrought with challenges
but the world community joins us in this new time---
in our desires to heal and nurture our Human Collective.
We are awakening in love
One by one.
We are re-membering
our children and our seniors as special gifts.
The lens for our collective future is clear.
The message is Change.
We are being asked to return to love.
Love is another name for the energy of God.
It moves through each of us
with each breath we take.
Within this love are the seeds
of Grace and Understanding
that allows us to nurture our world gardens of peace.
It is a peace that comes first within our hearts
and is reflected to others.
It is a peace that allows us to take only our share,
to not be wasteful…
to be generous in Spirit, Action and deed.
This is how our Garden will flourish
and join with the forest, the ocean shore,
the city plains and hills, the country villages,
the mountains and valleys.
This is how we can move beyond war
and create a world with equanimity
where there is food, housing, healthcare,
economic stability
and new solutions to Earth’s conservation and Global warming,
while honoring our entire sentient family .
Let Us Join Together with President–Elect Barack Obama and say….
YES WE CAN!
And So It Is With Love!
www.melonymcgant.blogspot.com
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Dear Fellow Global Love Day Family,
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:15:02 -0700
From: missmellierainbow@yahoo.com
Subject: Global Love Day in NYC
From: missmellierainbow@yahoo.com
Subject: Global Love Day in NYC
I am just home from today's Global Love Day Program in NYC where we had Yatande Boko, a Haitian drummer, students in dance from Wadleigh Performing Arts High, Kathryn Twinfeathers, a Native American Flute player, Bridget Foley from the Museum for African Art, Marva Allen, CEO of Human Bookstore and many diverse members of the community.
We danced in front of Hue-man, and processed around the block on 125th up to St Nicholas and returned via 124th at the Magic Johnson Theatre Complex.
We then went into Hue-Man for a sacred circle and read poetry, talked about J. California Cooper, Sweet Honey and the Rock, Pete Seeger, the Sean Bell verdict, Mayor Bloomberg's greeting, etc--- Harold Becker and all of you from The Love Foundation, Global love---and loving ourselves.
The group read quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Khalil Gibran, Maya Angelou, and Thich Nat Hahn. Dancers shared solo performances to the flute, and drums. We celebrated the moment, and the day. It was glorious!
Kathryn Twinfeathers will send photos in a day or two.
With Love, and Appreciation! Miss Mellie Rainbow aka Melony McGant
| Date: | Fri, 2 May 2008 08:14:08 -0700 |
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Greetings All,
I've attached a few photos from the wonderful Global Love Day Celebration in New York City at the Hue-Man Bookstore.
In Joy,
Kathryn Twinfeathers
I've attached a few photos from the wonderful Global Love Day Celebration in New York City at the Hue-Man Bookstore.
In Joy,
Kathryn Twinfeathers
Blessings, Peace & Love be yours for the Divine Plan & Purpose - "Peace on Earth, & Good Will to ALL!"
Mandel & Carol 
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Thursday, 24 April 2008
GLOBAL LOVE DAY MAY 1ST. (N.Y.CITY EVENT)
For Immediate Release
Contact: Melony McGant
“Internationally Acclaimed Haitian Singer/folklorist/master drummer Yatande Boko ( Jude Sanon) performs with friends in Honor of Global Love Day On May 1, 2008 at Hue-man Bookstore in Harlem NYC !”
From 3pm to 5pm, on Thursday, May 1, 2007, internationally acclaimed Haitian singer, folklorist and master drummer Yatande Boko ( Jude Sanon) will perform, and open a Global Love Day Celebration with a special drum ceremony outside Hue-Man Bookstore honoring the work of humanitarians Maya Angelou, J. California Cooper, Kahlil Gibran, Thich Nat Hahn, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sweet Honey in the Rock and Love Foundation Ambassador, the re-known Peter Seeger.
Said Mayor Michael Bloomberg “200 languages are spoken on new York City streets, and throughout the five boroughs men and women from every culture live side by side in mutual respect. We know that our diversity is a source of strength, and are pleased to join The Love Foundation in celebration the common threads that unite all races and ethnicities together.”
Also on hand for Global Love Day will be Native American Flute player and singer Kathryn Twinfeathers, singer Chiquita Montgomery, dancer/ educator Marcea T. Daiter, and storyteller Miss Mellie Rainbow. Daiter will bring the Wadleigh Dance Ensemble from Wadleigh Secondary School for Performing and Visual Arts in Harlem . These young people, and members of the audience will be invited to read special love selections from cherished authors and sing songs of love from the Civil Rights Movement. Nicole Dunbar will make special gift presentations.
Global Love Day On May 1, 2008 from 3-5pm is a free family event at Hue-man Bookstore in Harlem NYC !” www.huemanbookstore.com.
Hue-Man Bookstore is located at 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd between 124th and 125th street in Harlem . Call 212-665-7400 for more information.
Global Love Day is a program of The Love Foundation. The NYC event is co-sponsored by Hue-Man Bookstore, and the Museum for African Art with support from Affinity Healthcare.
Contact: Melony McGant
“Internationally Acclaimed Haitian Singer/folklorist/master drummer Yatande Boko ( Jude Sanon) performs with friends in Honor of Global Love Day On May 1, 2008 at Hue-man Bookstore in Harlem NYC !”
From 3pm to 5pm, on Thursday, May 1, 2007, internationally acclaimed Haitian singer, folklorist and master drummer Yatande Boko ( Jude Sanon) will perform, and open a Global Love Day Celebration with a special drum ceremony outside Hue-Man Bookstore honoring the work of humanitarians Maya Angelou, J. California Cooper, Kahlil Gibran, Thich Nat Hahn, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sweet Honey in the Rock and Love Foundation Ambassador, the re-known Peter Seeger.
Said Mayor Michael Bloomberg “200 languages are spoken on new York City streets, and throughout the five boroughs men and women from every culture live side by side in mutual respect. We know that our diversity is a source of strength, and are pleased to join The Love Foundation in celebration the common threads that unite all races and ethnicities together.”
Also on hand for Global Love Day will be Native American Flute player and singer Kathryn Twinfeathers, singer Chiquita Montgomery, dancer/ educator Marcea T. Daiter, and storyteller Miss Mellie Rainbow. Daiter will bring the Wadleigh Dance Ensemble from Wadleigh Secondary School for Performing and Visual Arts in Harlem . These young people, and members of the audience will be invited to read special love selections from cherished authors and sing songs of love from the Civil Rights Movement. Nicole Dunbar will make special gift presentations.
Global Love Day On May 1, 2008 from 3-5pm is a free family event at Hue-man Bookstore in Harlem NYC !” www.huemanbookstore.com.
Hue-Man Bookstore is located at 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd between 124th and 125th street in Harlem . Call 212-665-7400 for more information.
Global Love Day is a program of The Love Foundation. The NYC event is co-sponsored by Hue-Man Bookstore, and the Museum for African Art with support from Affinity Healthcare.
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Global Love Day is May 1, 2008
A Spring Note From Miss Mellie Rainbow
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My Beloveds, Angels sang to me this morning and awakened me from a lovely slumber. Today I pray for each beautiful sentient being throughout the Universe.I visualize us enveloped in a world of peace, with equanimity, and joy. Still, my heart cries at our need for violence, at our rationale for killing, at our thoughts of the inevitability of war, and economic collapse. Painfully I address the lack of opportunity, literacy and safety for those in the United States, and extend my thoughts globally. There is no reason or need for poverty of mind, body or spirit---other than the desire for a few to have MORE. More money, more land, more stocks, more fun in the Alps ---MORE. Though I am grateful for each of my blessings, today I too am asking for MORE. My more is in direct relation to a desire for equity for all people, the sustainability of our Earth, and the healing of all disease. My more is hope, joy, compassion, and understanding. My more is a world filled with conscience intention and love. My more is a request to ask that we honor our seniors, share them with our precious children and provide them with the best of ourselves. MORE. My more is a dream of humility, respect and diplomacy as we learn to interact with each other heart to heart. MORE. My more is for us to vision and create a world of cooperation where we allow others the dignity of returning to their homelands instead of creating political obstacles to peace. Yes today my heart sings a melody of more---more understanding, more compassion, more willingness to share the fruits of our labor. I believe our potential of greatness. I believe in a society that says right NOW---let’s redefine our commitment to each other. Please, let us remember the voice of the Great Spirit. Let us ask more of ourselves as we meet each other in Grace, and walk side by side, heart to heart. Let us have more listening, more kindness, more truth, more hope and more faith as we embrace the Divine in each of us. This Is My Request of MORE! Melony McGant
www.melonymcgant.blogspot.com melonymcgant@yahoo.com
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My Beloveds, Angels sang to me this morning and awakened me from a lovely slumber. Today I pray for each beautiful sentient being throughout the Universe.I visualize us enveloped in a world of peace, with equanimity, and joy. Still, my heart cries at our need for violence, at our rationale for killing, at our thoughts of the inevitability of war, and economic collapse. Painfully I address the lack of opportunity, literacy and safety for those in the United States, and extend my thoughts globally. There is no reason or need for poverty of mind, body or spirit---other than the desire for a few to have MORE. More money, more land, more stocks, more fun in the Alps ---MORE. Though I am grateful for each of my blessings, today I too am asking for MORE. My more is in direct relation to a desire for equity for all people, the sustainability of our Earth, and the healing of all disease. My more is hope, joy, compassion, and understanding. My more is a world filled with conscience intention and love. My more is a request to ask that we honor our seniors, share them with our precious children and provide them with the best of ourselves. MORE. My more is a dream of humility, respect and diplomacy as we learn to interact with each other heart to heart. MORE. My more is for us to vision and create a world of cooperation where we allow others the dignity of returning to their homelands instead of creating political obstacles to peace. Yes today my heart sings a melody of more---more understanding, more compassion, more willingness to share the fruits of our labor. I believe our potential of greatness. I believe in a society that says right NOW---let’s redefine our commitment to each other. Please, let us remember the voice of the Great Spirit. Let us ask more of ourselves as we meet each other in Grace, and walk side by side, heart to heart. Let us have more listening, more kindness, more truth, more hope and more faith as we embrace the Divine in each of us. This Is My Request of MORE! Melony McGant
www.melonymcgant.blogspot.com melonymcgant@yahoo.com
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