First off, I would like to state that I am passionate about making earth a peaceful planet.


I believe one of the catch phrases of the night was:

"Worry pretends to be necessary."

Another was:

"You can only be an agent of change if something witin you changes" - Eckhart Tolle, March 17, 2008

And, this leads to:

"We must be the change we want to see in the world." - Ghandi

"You are God's partner, and you matter. Only you can fulfill your part of God's dream." - Desmond Tutu

"May all beings awaken to the light of their true nature." - Lori from Kansas

The following is an excerpt from my memoirs:

Thirty-nine years ago I experienced what was called at the time, a nervous breakdown. ( I was just two years older than Eckhart Tolle had been when he experienced a similar shift of consciousness.) It (mine) was brought on by self inflicted expectations in work, social and family related issues. It happened on a Thursday afternoon while attending a conference. That evening was a demonstration of total awareness. I WAS the Observer!! The dreamfilled night that followed was a cavalcade of everyone I had ever known. It replayed conversations from my distant past and each was reinterpreted in the light of my new awareness. The next morning was filled with unbelievable beauty. During my accustomed morning walk before breakfast nature surrounded me, birds, animals and trees communicated with me. On returning home, I fell in love with my wife and family all over again. Every detail of my existance took on new meaning. The following Monday after this internal trip-filled week-end I arrived at work to discover I was unable to cope with even the simplest of tasks that confronted me. I had somewhere lost all confidence in myself and upon identifying this to my supervisors, I was discretely ushered away to the medical department to have a talk with the friendly resident shrink. This precipitated an appointment with a real psychiatrist whom I talked with for the prescribed hour. During this time we discussed my family relationships, etc. and he sowed a few seeds in my psyche. A month later we had a return engagement and he was satisfied that I had processed the information in a rational manner and proclaimed me fit for duty. His explanation of my "incident" was that from time to time human behaviour can take an abnormal swing that is totally unexplainable in psychiatric terms but when successfully navigated as I had apparently achieved, would stand me in better stead. My saving grace as I was told, was that I had sought professional help. It took the better part of the next year for me to regain what I considered to be "my old self." As if, that was the way to be.

If I had read "A New Earth" back then, my world would have certainly taken a decidedly different course; not to worry, not all was lost. Eventually, I stumbled upon Transcendental Meditation and, I did have the experience of what spirituality consists of and did put it to good use. I did retain a degree of positive awareness that manifested itself at times over the ensuing years in such a way that did "stand me in good stead." I did ask the hard questions of my religion and pursued a course of study that took me into most of the world's great religions and philosophies. I experienced insights that would never have occurred to me had I not had my "incident." One faculty that it exposed was a propensity to experience telepathic messages; to discover that the mind is like a radio transmitter and receiver. Once you know the frquency to operate on, you can perform wonders. This to me, gives us some indication of how we are all connected and how prayer works. You only have to sit in session with a group of zen practitioners to know the power of wordless communication.

The availabilty of this world wide exposure to "the Awakiening to Your Life's Purpose" is a tremendous step forward in the collective shift of consciousness that has been predicted for eons, as the coming of age, the second coming, the era of peace in the third milleneum. Bless you, Oprah and Eckhart for being the catalysts; for persevering in your dream. This could become a use of technology that far exceeds the expectations of the initiators of the internet.

The Path of Peace begins in each individual heart;
Be still and know that you are not alone:

May this offering bring peace to all sentient beings.
May our thoughts and meditations contribute to the harmony of the universe.
And, may all hearts and minds be opened to the present'