AVIA……………………………………….wendy salter


*HUMAN RIGHTS
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*Alberto Villoldo
April 1, 2009, 3:16 pm
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Alberto Villoldo and the Inca Prophecies.alberto-villoldo

On 27th April 2009, I went to hear Alberto Villoldo speak at the New Age meeting place, St James’s, Piccadilly, London.

I heard that they had sold out and the old Edwardian church would be packed with people eager to hear Alberto’s inside information on the Inca Prophecies.

The opening routine of ‘3 rhythms’ brought our hearts and minds together. First, three candles were lit, representing, Love, Wisdom and ‘Drawing from the well’, (Alberto’s choice). Second, we introduced ourselves to a stranger sitting nearby, with hand-shakes and smiles, and third, we held a three-minute silence.

Alberto introduced his young South American partner, Marcella, and then called the spirits of The Four Winds, which is the name of his school for shamanic practices, and the title of one of his books.

Calling the spirits is a world-wide practice of the indigenous people, to engage the aspects of Great Spirit, here on Earth. The four directions of the medicine wheel represent many different facets of wisdom, and are identified by a spirit animal helper.

The East is called first – the place of birth and enlightenment, new beginnings, the sunrise and the Eagle, or Condor. The South is the place of the Serpent, the flowing waters of the Earth and the growth through outer experience. Next, of course is the west, where we go inside like the setting sun, into the womb of the mother with the elusive Jaguar. In the north we call the Humming Bird and the Falcon, the grandmothers and grandfathers who are the wisdom keepers of the night and death. Then,  Pacha Mama, the Earth is honoured for her love and protection for all the animals – the furred and feathered, the finned and the creepy-crawlies. Finally we acknowledged  Father Sky, the Light and Life of the sun, and all the Star Nations – our relations.

The Inca, Maya, Apache, Hopi, Navajo, and many other indigenous Indian nations all have the same ‘prophecy’ in their teachings, passed down from generation to generation. They are optimistic and serve to remind us all of the natural 26,000-year cycle when Planet Earth is pulled back into alignment with our galaxy. The centre of the galaxy is a ‘black hole’, according to our astro-physicists, but to our ancestors it is the place of no-thing, no-one and no-time, so is held in our psyche as a place of fear and darkness.

The coming alignment heralds a new age, a golden age of peace and harmony, called the ‘Fifth Sun’, but like all good things we have to be ready to receive it. There will be all manner of changes – elemental, geological, social, human, physical, emotional and psychological, because we need to be prepared, made ready. Everyone will be affected and there will be no hiding place.

(I noticed here that Alberto was a bit breathless, and the microphone was not working too well.)

Aberto explained the old myths, of being cast out from Eden by the sin of woman, when the fate of man was to toil the land with thistles and thorns, in perpetual suffering; where evil only exists in the human world, which is predatory and dangerous; where time is linear and runs out at death, when it is a hell or heaven lottery; where medicine is all about protection from invasion; where humans have only fear and distrust of each other.

The new myths are for us to create. ‘God rested on the 7th day’ means that God left the rest for us to create. When humans are in relationship with the natural world and our-selves, including the animals and micro-organisms, there is nothing to fear. When we realise that time is cyclical, life never ends and there is no death.

Alberto invited us to dream our own future. He suggested we could light a candle on the full moon and dream with the ancestors, the elders, for peace and purity. We can, he said, bless our food and water and purify what we eat and drink and stay healthy. We must learn to trust and not live in fear.

“Cancel the newspaper and switch off the TV!” he said. He has spent the last 20 years working and learning with shamen and they say it is time to ‘pachacuti’ – step out of time. We have to not only hear the prophecy but become the prophecy. “Get out of therapy and climb the mountain” he says, and we all laugh because we all know about the therapy! We know he’s right – we need to be outside in the elements to reconnect to the spirit of life.

Marcella took over to guide us through an exercise to enlighten our energy body. By putting our hands up above our heads we could feel the Light in the 8th chakra and we then brought it down and around through our whole energy field (aura).

Alberto took the faulty mic. again and explained our DNA – the protein manufacturer of our body, and the mitochondrial DNA, which creates and regulates fuel. He explained that about 5% of our DNA is encoded with our evolutionary processes, including the negative patterns and mis-takes.

But 95% of our DNA is a “pool of possibilities” and creates an energetic magnetic field, (aura).

It is imperative that we remove these old patterns, and joked that there is a saying “if you don’t learn the lesson, you’ll end up marrying it!”. The next exercise was to finalise and release three past lives. The first ‘life’ was where we had used our time unwisely, the second was where we had not completed something, and the third was where we had used our gifts, and we would go back as our angel and take us safely and happily to our death in that lifetime.

Just before we started we were told that we could sign up for his trainings. This is an irritating habit of trainers on the circuit, which I thought was unnecessary, as anyone wanting to know and do more would naturally seek him out afterwards.

The shamanic journey was started by calling the jaguar and visualising 3 pebbles dropped in a pond, to invoke the images of the past lives we would work with.

Although Alberto concluded his talk early we only had a few minutes for questions:

Q. “What will happen after 2012?”

A. “Absolutely nothing! Be happy!”

He then continued by telling us about the lack of solar flares at the moment. He said when the flares start up again, when the Northern Lights will be dramatic, the ‘solar plasma’ will increase and we can receive the new ‘codes’ by facing and looking at the sun and absorbing the new energy. (I didn’t hear a warning about possible eye damage, but I guess you are all sensible enough to go with caution).

Alberto confirmed for us that after this the world will not be the same – “nothing like it was before” – but we have to “dream the dream”. “The only safe place will be inside”, he says.

My thoughts -

That is why, in our internal reality, in our consciousness and perception, we are being guided, on all levels, to increase our conscious perception. It is absolutely imperative to be totally aware of how the energy of our time works, how every thought word and deed has an effect on everyone and everything else.

This is becoming common knowledge – for precisely that purpose. Like it or not, (and you’d be a fool to pass up this golden opportunity), your perception of everything will change. It will change despite your opinion on it. You will change. As a butterfly has to change, from the pupa in the chrysalis, to emerge with its beautiful wings to fly, so we will change.

I came away wondering what we all wanted to hear from Alberto. What is it that we are all waiting to hear? Was there anything new that I had learned?

In hearing essentially the same message as I have heard many times before, I realised this:

By listening to this message, more than once, hearing it over and over again, and more and more people talking about it and thinking about it, it is becoming a reality. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And that is a good thing, I think, because the world cannot go on the way it is. Something has to change. It may as well be us, and the way we think. But after the prophecy, after the dream, after the vision of the future, must come the action…

Wendy Salter

(original writing)

The Four Winds Society –http://www.thefourwinds.com/

‘Alternatives’, St James’s, Piccadilly, London -http://www.alternatives.org.uk/Site/

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Arriving at St. James's, Piccadilly, London

Arriving at St. James's, Piccadilly, London



*The Bookwright
March 1, 2009, 11:38 am
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INTRODUCING TOM EVANS – THE BOOKWRIGHT.

Tom Evans

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If you are a budding author and could do with some help, Tom’s your man!

This is a questionnaire that easily describes Tom from my point of view. To visit his website click here

The BookWright Questionnaire

Name : Wendy Salter

Company Name (if applicable) : www.wendysalter.com

Profession : Writer

What stage were you at with your writing before working with Tom?

I knew I wanted to write a book, but I hadn’t started it. I had been writing for years in essays, short stories and journals.

What is the purpose of writing a book for you?

I hoped to turn my experience and knowledge into an enjoyable read for those who could benefit from its message.

What was it that inspired you to work with Tom?

Tom is inspirational because of his enthusiastic personality, a love of his craft, knowledge of the technology of making a book and his friendly encouragement during the process of turning my writing into an actual book.

What Specific problems were you having that made you seek Tom’s expertise?

My greatest problem was a lack of self-confidence and technology required to turn what I wrote into an actual book.

How did you work with Tom?

Tom became my mentor and I attended his workshop.

What specifically did you achieve from working with Tom?

Firstly, Tom encouraged me to start a blog where I could air some ideas and the first installments of my book. This helped me overcome my fear of criticism and rejection by the general public reader as I received much encouragement from a surprising number of visitors to the blog-site, which has grown constantly. Secondly he helped me to self-publish my book. I was too nervous and impatient to seek out numerous rejections from publishers. Once I had a book in my hands, it has been a steady progress to success. Tom’s positivity has never wavered.

Where would you be now with your book if you hadn’t met Tom?

I can categorically say that my writing would still be hidden in a file on my lap-top if I had not met Tom.

If recommending Tom to others, what would you say makes him stand out from other Book Mentors?

In all honesty I have never needed another book mentor. What stands out though is that Tom provides everything a budding author could need. His love of his craft, technological know-how and dedication to each writer, as though they are the most important writer in the world, is a special combination that is hard to surpass.

An thing else you would like to add?

As with any service, the specific requirements of the client are paramount, for that service to be relevant and effective. Tom treats us all with a great respect, for the strange and unique beings that writers are, being of the creative and artistic group of human. Others may fail when they start presuming that we, the writers, can all be bunched together and treated the same. An artisan is hardly ever a good business person, and so the technical and marketing side needs tremendous support. Tom provides not only this support but his understanding of the psychology of the creative mind is probably his trump card.

I have sold over 50 copies of my first book, solely from home. I am now just completing my second book. Readers of the first book are now asking me to write more and on other subjects.

I wish Tom a lasting success for all that he has given me.



*Obama’s Request
January 1, 2009, 11:50 pm
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OBAMA’S REQUEST

I have been sent this and I’m putting it here for you all to read and think about. We live in a time when anything is possible. Whatever a person thinks becomes a possibility. To keep a positive thought behind a new idea gives it wings to fly. To cover a new thought with doubt and scepticism extinguishes it like a candle in the wind. Let’s give it a go, for the sake of possibility, re-empowerment for the people and a shining light in our future. Wendyobama-hope

Subject: Obama Request To Evolutionary Leaders / PetitionThe Obama Administration has asked the “Evolutionary Leaders” to communicate about what is transpiring on the planet, and how we can change the course of the unprecedented events that are challenging this planet. This is a window of opportunity that must be taken! A deadline was given for this information to be conveyed to the Obama Administration.

The Evolutionary Leaders like Deepak Chopra, Gregg Braden, Michael
Beckwith and many, many others, gathered together to write up the
information to present to the Obama Administration. They are also asking us to sign a petition to show the Administration how many people  are in favor for these changes to occur. They need 10,000 signatures. We need your help to reach that number and beyond! Below is the information presented to the New Administration.

The petition link can be found here:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/248704259

By the Evolutionary Leaders
The human family is in the midst of the most significant transformation of consciousness since its emergence in Africa over one hundred thousand years ago. Consciousness has been evolving for billions of years from the first cell to us. We are  becoming aware that through our own consciousness the universe can know itself. This awareness reveals incredible new potential for our individual and collective humanity.

Simultaneously, we are the first species on this Earth aware that we can destroy ourselves by our own action. This may be the greatest wake-up call to the evolution of consciousness since the origin of Homo Sapiens. We now realize that we are affecting our own  evolution by everything we do. This knowledge awakens in us the aspiration to become more conscious through subjective practices including meditation, reflection, prayer, intuition, creativity, and conscious choice making that accelerate our evolution in the direction of unity consciousness and inspire us to deeply align our collective vision.

THE CHALLENGE
At this juncture in human history, urgent global crises challenge us to learn to live sustainably, in harmony and gratitude with one another and with the living universe. The changes required of humanity are broad, deep, and far reaching. Only by acting swiftly and creatively can we birth a planetary culture that will bring well-being to every form of life in the Earth community. The good news is that a compelling new story of our potential as a whole human species is emerging-a story of collaboration, citizen action, dialogue and new understandings propelled by unprecedented levels of democratic freedom, multicultural exchange, and access to communication technologies. It is nothing less than the story of our
collective evolution.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
We recognize that the inner and outer aspects of life evolve together. A dramatic awakening in consciousness will involve an equally dramatic shift in outward aspects of our lives. In particular, we see the following as vital opportunities for our conscious evolution, both personally and collectively:

Cultivating a Paradigm of Aliveness: We regard the universe as deeply alive and conscious by nature. In a living universe, our sense of subtle connection and participation with life around us is the basis for a compassionate and cooperative approach to living.

Educating for an Evolving Consciousness: Awakening consciousness is the foundation for all the change we seek to see in the world. We can work to elevate our capacity for conscious reflection and creative action in our personal lives as well as our collective lives as communities. We must support research and educational  strategies that optimize human capacities and explore the nature of consciousness.

Restoring Ecological Balance: The balance of planetary ecosystems is fundamental to our survival. We must reverse the pollution of our global commons-the water, air and soil that nourish all life. We must encourage the proliferation of clean, renewable energy sources and expend all necessary resources toward mitigating the effects of climate change.

Encouraging Conscious Media: We must find innovative ways to use the new electronic media as the mirror of our positive evolutionary story, investing in their capacity to reach across differences of generation, culture, religion, wealth, and gender to build a working consensus about our collective future.

Engaging in Social and Political Transformation: More sustainable ways of living will require the support of a more conscious democracy and vibrant civil society from which more enlightened leaders will emerge. All individuals should be encouraged to use their gifts to create participatory, responsible and compassionate models of  governance.

Working for Integrity in Commerce: Conscious businesses that are aware of the scope, depth, and long-range impacts of their actions are key to achieving sustainability.. Business must become an ethical steward of the Earth’s ecology and consciously establish an economic basis for a future of equitably shared abundance.

Promoting Health and Healing: The science of mind-body-spirit health has demonstrated the profound connection between the health of a whole person and the health of the system in which he or she lives.  Whole systems healing, respecting both traditional knowledge and modern sciences, must be supported in physical, social, and spiritual domains.

Building Global Community: The new story is about all of us who share this planet. Together, we can create a culture of peace that eliminates the need for armed conflict,  respecting and appreciating the glorious diversity of our human family.

YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VITAL
Our group has done its best to articulate possibilities for the evolution of consciousness at this crucial moment in time. Please reflect on this document, feel what resonates in your being and calls forth a response on your part. We invite you to discuss it with others, continuing this global conversation by adding to it the wisdom that is uniquely your own.. Together, let us co-create a new narrative of conscious evolution that is a call to individual and collective action, birthing the most significant transformation  of consciousness in history. Join in the Call to Conscious Evolution by signing the pledge now.

The petition link can be found here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/248704259

FOUNDING SIGNATURIES
Chopra Center , Carlsbad , California , July 26, 2008
Michael Beckwith, Joan Borysenko, Gregg Braden, Rinaldo  Brutoco, Thomas Callanan, Deepak Chopra, Mallika Chopra, Dale Colton, Gordon, Dveirin, Duane Elgin, Leslie Elkus, Barbara Fields, Debbie Ford, Ashok Gangadean, Kathleen Gardarian, Tom Gegax, Charles Gibbs, Kathy Hearn, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Bruce Lipton, Judy Martin, Rod McGrew, Steve McIntosh, Lynne McTaggart, Deborah Moldow, James O’Dea, Carter Phipps, Wendy Craig-Purcell, Carolyn Rangel, Rustum Roy, Peter Russell, Gerard Senehi, Emily Squires, Brian Swimme, Diane Williams, Marianne Williamson, Tom Zender.

Imagine Peace!



*Noticeboard May 2009

Topics: (Keep scrolling down…)

  • Trees. The Green Mantle has been renewed. See post for some photos of my local ancient forest.070
  • Leadership. A look at what it means to be a born leader. See post.
  • World Peace March. Click here to see video news.
  • Alberto Villoldo – Inca Prophecies. For my report on Alberto’s talk, see post.
  • Space-Based Weapons. Click here to hear how the plans to ‘protect us’ may have a different agenda. 
  • arctic148x200Polar Bears. Where will they go? Click here to add your name to the petition.

Victory for Seals!
Victory for Canadian Seals!The European Union just voted to ban seal products as a protest of Canada’s commercial harp seal hunt, which kills hundreds of thousands of baby seals every year. This new ban, supported by most of the EU public and Care2 activists, will take effect for the 2010 hunt.

United in Peace

United in Peace



*Notice Board March 2009

Topics:

  • Lost dog
  • Maddie McCann
  • Australia’s Loss (fires)
  • Canadian masseur
  • 2 New Films for Peace
  • About ipeace.me
  • Power – see post
  • Dream World – see post

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Urgent Plea – Lost Dog. Please visit http://missingbraccojacob.blogspot.com/

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*Please helpMadeleine McCann’s uncle is appealing for us all to still be watchful.

APPEAL: (please copy and paste into an email and forward it to as many people as you can)

Sent by Madeleine McCann’s uncle on behalf of all Madeleine’s family.

“As you are aware, my niece, Madeleine, is still missing and I am asking everyone I know to send this as a chain letter i.e. you send it to everyone you know and ask them to do the same, as the story is only being covered in Britain, Eire and Portugal. We don’t believe that she is in Portugal anymore and need to get her picture and the story across Europe as quickly as possible. Suggestions are welcome. Madeleine’s Eye Holds Vital Clue. Her hair may have been changed but her distinctive eye marking is unmistakable. (There is a dark ‘bar’ across the iris in her right eye) Phil McCann”
PLEASE HELP US FIND MADELEINE.

Thank you, Wendy

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*CANADA For anyone visiting Montreal, Canada, please connect with Benoit Dube, for a spiritual healing massage. benoitdube66@hotmail.com

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AUSTRALIA’S LOSS

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http://www.brunosart.com/ This is the website of Bruno Torfs, an extraordinary artist who had over 300 pieces of unique living sculpture, and paintings, in his forest garden in Victoria, Australia.

I invite you to visit the website and ‘take a tour’ via a slide-show of his creations. Please take a few minutes to reflect while you watch the pictures.

Thankfully, Bruno and his family are safe and well, but unfortunately the family home and the gallery have been destroyed and the sculpture garden has sustained severe damage.

I am posting this for all those people who have lost their lives, those who have lost loved ones, their homes, their livelihood, and the loss of art and beauty, wildlife and trees and all the other living things that were caught up in these blazes.

And also for all those who fought the flames, the fire-fighters, and those who are caring for the severely injured and the traumatised.

Wendy

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*TWO NEW FILMS FOR PEACE

The first invitation is to watch a beautiful and moving film for World Peace made by Jash Ashar (Earth ’soldier’) from Mombai, India, who is a film student.

I really urge you to watch this amazing film – made to make us think.

About iPeace
iPeace is a community of PEOPLE who believe that peace isn’t just a dream. Let me know if  you would like an invite in.
iPeace

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The second invitation is to view another beautiful, moving film by ‘Velcrow Ripper’ a memoir by a Hiroshima survivor, ‘Lanterns of Memory’.

About iPeace
iPeace is a community of PEOPLE who believe that peace isn’t just a dream. Let me know if you would like an invite in.
iPeace


*Painted Lady

PAINTED LADY.

I was in Jersey last week (end of May, 2009) staying with my friends Carrie and Ian. We were graced by the sudden arrival of thousands of ‘Painted Lady’ butterflies, along with the first really warm weather this year. They swooped and flitted around us in a cloud of colour, so noticable in their profusion, particularly around a mass of thistles just coming out into flower. Painted Lady Butterfly

The Painted Lady butterfly is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.

Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonizing mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, (this year) frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.

This year they have arrived earlier than usual and maybe, like all natural phenomena, herald a certain weather condition, hopefully, a good summer!

Ian Currie’s weather predictions for the rest of 2009 – (www.netweather.tv)

“May looks set to be on the warm side. It will turn warmer as the wind turns to the South. In the second half of the month, especially, it will be quite wet with some heavy thundery rain. June will be near average for rainfall and temperature but with a few days exceeding 28 c (82 f). Sunshine may be below average. July will not be anything special. Rainfall will be normal and although the sun may not come out as much as we’d like, some days should see temperatures climb to 28 or higher. August will start with similar conditions to July but the second half of the month will turn warmer and may reach 30 c during the last week which will precede a warm autumn. September will provide an “Indian Summer” at times with a number of days exceeding 21 c. October looks like being a particularly dry month and at times quite warm, with a continuation of the Indian Summer conditions. November too looks like being drier than average but the temperature will be back down to average with frost and fog prevailing during the second half. December will be fairly unsettled. It will be quite mild at first but will turn quite cold in the second half with a distinct possibility of a white Christmas……….”

The Gulf Stream – (www.guardian.co.uk)

The powerful ocean current that bathes Britain and northern Europe in warm waters from the tropics has weakened dramatically in recent years, a consequence of global warming that could trigger more severe winters and cooler summers across the region, scientists warn today. Researchers on a scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean measured the strength of the current between Africa and the east coast of America and found that the circulation has slowed by 30% since a previous expedition 12 years ago.

‘The Painted Lady’ was Marie Therese Walter, discovered by Pablo Picasso when she was 17, who then became his model, muse, mistress and mother of their daughter, ‘Maya’.

http://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/marie-therese-walter.php

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Maya – As someone who observes synchronicity for a hobby, I was suitably impressed by this fact – the ‘Painted Lady’ was the Mother of Maya, and the Mayan prophecies are foremost in our minds at the moment as they seem to be fore-telling the coming ‘events’ of 2012. Maybe the sudden arrival of these beautiful ‘Painted Lady’ butterflies is just one of those ’signs’! In the Spirit Animal teachings, the butterfly signifies ‘transformation’.



*Put People First
January 1, 2009, 5:02 pm
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‘Put People First’ march, London 28/03/09

“It’s March 28th, 2009, 7:00hrs and a bright, crisp morning. I join two others where the coach is to stop and we introduce ourselves with warm friendliness but cold hands. I am a first-timer but these two are veterans. Viv, an ex-precision engineer and now a free-lance gardener, first demo’ed when he was 27, in ’81, on a march for jobs. Viv can talk knowledgeably about the history and ups and downs of politics and says “It’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees.” His philosophy of ‘Have Less, Be More’ strikes a positive chord in me. Gloria, in her mid-seventies now, started standing up for what she stands for at school, when she refused to bow down to the monarchy. “We should be a republic, you know, for the people”, she says. Tim , our young organiser, adds that the party system needs abolishing, but Viv warns that the vote was fought for, long and hard.

I wonder if all the presidents in the world add up to a convincing argument for laying off our monarchy, but that is not the point here. We are going to London to walk under the banner of Put People First’.

The coach stops en-route and gradually fills up with more demo’ers, who chat quietly until we arrive in the City. At Victoria Embankment we blend into the gathering crowd, which is here to represent over 150 global organisations under this flag. (see http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk/ for the list).

The mood is cheerful, mixed with an air of anticipation, and the police are passive and quiet. Boris Johnson’s “crusties and ear-rings” – in fact, ordinary, sensibly-dressed people of all ages – start walking down the cleared route of 4.3miles towards Hyde Park. There is no aggro, just a cheerful, orderly swathe of people enjoying the occasion, but taking this opportunity to represent how the People feel about our current ‘crisis’ very seriously indeed. Many have prepared banners, leaflets, colour co-ordinated clothes and eye-catching costumes. The most eye-catching are banana suits.

That’s the reason for being here – to catch the eye of those responsible for having let the ‘crisis’ happen, for letting us down and, ultimately, for getting us out of it – the G20, the world’s top 20 leaders, including our own Prime Minister, Gordon Brown… particulary our own Gordon Brown. As Mr Daniel Hannan so eloquently said in his European Parliament speech last week – Britain is worse off than any other European country and he knows, and we know, and he knows that we know! (see http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184614595?bctid=17690501001 for the video)

There are as many onlookers of tourists, shoppers, police persons, film crews and photographers as there are walkers – the passive and the active sides of this demonstration of the public voice.

Viv and I enter Hyde Park before the head of the human serpent and Gloria goes off to find a pitch to sell her paper, the ‘Morning Star’. A modest stage, large screen and speakers have been set ready at ‘Speakers’ Corner’. The crowd approaches, banners high. After a while the timely team of speakers are introduced by Tony Robinson, each presenting a passionate soliliquy on social emergencies. Then the warm sun is eclipsed by a sleety shower.

Yet no ‘incident’ eclipses the gentle, friendly solidarity of the ordinary British folk who have come to vote with their feet against the injustices and imbalances in social politics in 2009. Whether any of the G20, let alone Mr Brown, will have noticed this demonstration, or not, it is a fact that radical change is brought about by a change in collective consciousness and there is plenty of evidence that a change is happening right now. “

Wendy Salter 28/03/09

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*Notice-board April 2009

Topics:

  • Mayan CalendarProphecy – Important Reminder of the ‘Original’ Interpretation – see post
  • Inca Prophecies -  Talk by Alberto Villoldo (shaman), 27th April 7-9pm, Piccadilly, London, http://www.alternatives.org.uk/Site/Talks.aspx (sold out now unfortunately, but come back here for my report after 27th)
  • Cherry Tree – a poem for Spring – see below
  • http or https? – Do you know the difference? – see post

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CHERRY TREE

In winter, you may look at Cherry Tree

And think perhaps it’s dead,

On freezing morning, there’s no sign,

No leaf, no life therein.

Imagine the surprise to find,

When frosty fog has gone,

That winter sun gives light anew,

To melting drops of dew.

Those shafts of light, for all the world,

Make diamonds of the view.

It isn’t only when it snows,

That Cherry Tree and I,

Play snowball fights and snowmen make.

No, snow arrives again in Spring,

When sunlight’s warmth explodes the buds,

And Cherry Tree becomes a sight-

A pom-pom tree of pink delight,

In which the bees drink up the wine

And hum in unison as they dine.

Then when the blossoms give their last,

The western wind provides the force

That blows each petal from its flower,

But in a pink snow shower.

Summer long, the flowers now gone,

Usurped by leaves of green,

My Cherry Tree becomes the host

Of every bird of song.

Out sings the tree as though it were

The voice of such a throng!

Until their cover turns from green

To every golden colour.

November’s gales wrought havoc strong,

Yet Cherry Tree hangs on;

It’s trunk and branches mighty made,

Withstand that force, until it’s gone.

To stand once more in winter’s shade.

Gold leafy coins, of fortunes told,

Lie round about its roots instead,

But Cherry Tree, though once you thought,

Is very far from dead.

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Wendy Salter (original writing)



*Notice Board Jan 2009

BOOKS

*Announcing the Launch of ‘HERSTORIA’, a novel by Wendy Salter.*last-lot-jan-30-047

The most nerve-wracking and exciting thing I have ever done! I have written my first novel, self-published it and am now happy to offer it to the world. Click on HERSTORIA FOR SALE for all the details, and BOOK REVIEW by John Lehman.

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POLITICS

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IN BRITAIN IS NOT BEING HANDLED IN THE BEST WAY, AND THE VOTE SHOULD GO TO THE NATION, YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR NAME TO THE PETITION CALLING FOR CHANGE (GENERAL ELECTION)

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/GoToCountryNow/

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SPIRITUAL VACATION

FRIENDS OF AMARI is an International Association contributing to the revitalisation of the village and valley of Amari in Crete through the Art of Storytelling and by supporting local cultural initiatives. We are committed to living in harmony with nature through sustainable practices, working alongside the people and respecting the land that has sustained human life for thousands of years.

Amari, Crete

Bringing the Senses Fully Alive’ with Roisin Murray – 4-11 August 2009

A fun and relaxed week of playful exploration of two landscapes. First the beautiful surroundings of Amari – the sights, sounds and smells and tastes of unspoiled village life in the Cretan mountains. Second our own internal landscape of imagination and personal insights.

Full program – www.friends-of-amari.org/

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ART
Introducing Emma Winthrop

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Emma is an inspired intuitive artist. Below is a selection from her portfolio.

Emma takes commissions to your choice of price, colour range and subject

and if you would like to purchase her work, please CONTACT ME for her details.

Wendy Salter

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First picture  is called ‘Chasing Butterflies’

Second is ‘Oceans and Earth’

The first  below is ‘Flower in its Landscape’

The second below is ‘Mother and Child’

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