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In addition to all the people listed on the flyer who spoke and/or performed on stage, we would like to thank Blue Thunder, the Shoshone wisdomkeeper, for speaking, Karen Blades and V for stage management, Paul West for PR, Heather Wakefield, Liana Benning, Virginia Wenzel and Shasta,the artists from the Harmony Festival, for the brilliant backdrop and banner, Mich Davis and Lucy Freeman for logistical and vibration support, Paul Kmetco from Sight & Sound for the sound, lights and stage and the mayor and all the folks at the Santa Cruz city offices for all their help and support.
Guiding Each Other Into Love
As in all our previous 74 One Love Events, here and in Jamaica, we reminded everyone that the Creator has given each of us an personal assignment with the "original instructions." The assignment is our individual lives and the instructions are to teach love and forgiveness. It does not matter what we have done in our past or what has been done to us. It does not matter our economic, social or educational status. It does not matter our political, sexual or religious persuasion. It does not matter whether we are guided to teach the many or the few. We can always claim our God-given destiny as peacemakers. By doing so, we are back on the Beauty Path - returning to the Creator - whom we have never really left.
Heading Toward the Final Tipping Point
Throughout history, all great healings of human unconsciousness - the advent of democracy, the end of slavery, advancements of rights for all people no matter their color, gender and sexual preference, the end of apartheid, the dismantling of colonial empires, fair labor practices, the political enfranchisement of women, etc. - has never been initiated and propelled forward by the political, social religious or business leaders. It has always begun with a small group of people holding the vision and sharing that vision with more and more people until a "tipping point" was reached in human consciousness and the needed changes were enacted.
The End of War
This has been the same formula that has worked through the ages and will be the one successful in healing the last, but most important, human blindness - war. People will demand that their leaders make peace - not war. Then tremendous resources will be freed up to advance humanity and heal our planet. Join us in moving the species toward that tipping point through your acts of love and forgiveness.
As world-famous anthropologist Margaret Mead noted, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
Teachers of Love Work With The Power of The Creator's Will
It may be difficult to imagine how the teachers of love - the peacemakers - can possibly prevail over the teachers of fear and separation - who seem so well organized and powerful. However, one key factor must be understood - the peacemakers have the power of the Creator accessible to them as it is the Creator's will that we live in peace and love. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. noted, "Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."
Finding Peace Within
We hope the efforts of the peacemakers in Santa Cruz will lead to a city-wide healing manifested in lower crime, drug abuse, domestic violence, etc. However, we must remember that our Creator is not asking any of us to end all wars, all exploitation, all injustice. He is only instructing each of us to walk our own life, our Beauty Path, with love and forgiveness. What the other six million people do is between them and their Creator. The outcome of the planet is the Creator's will.
Everyone is a peacemaker. Join us on the Path. Bring healing to the piece of the planet you have been assigned by asking the Creator, "Who are you sending me today to love and forgive?" You have been perfectly prepared to do your part. Just as the healing of the Iroquois nation, catalyzed by a small group of peacemakers, created the seeds of democracy everywhere, so can we continue to plant the seeds of planetary peace.
"WITH Forgiveness" begins today, Sept. 11
We would like to make you aware of a beautiful project that's beginning today. It's something I feel each and every one of us can relate to - forgiveness. Two very special women: Sheri Rosenthal, DPM and Susyn Reeve M.Ed., have created an experience that we can all participate in and learn from.
The program is called WITH Forgiveness, an international multi-media project designed to illuminate the path of compassion and unconditional love. There's a reason for launching this project today on September 11th, the 5th anniversary of the tragedy at the World Trade Center. As a country we're still reeling from the impact of this event, and we continue to suffer from deep pain and anger. Now more than ever is it necessary to think about forgiveness and to take action to bring resolution to our hearts both personally and as a nation.
WITH Forgiveness is free. Sign-up now and receive: A WITH Forgiveness flash video and 52 days of forgiveness messages, exercises and affirmations†
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