Chers Coéquipiers, chères Coéquipières,

Résidant en Alberta, j'oublie parfois que le Canada est un pays bilingue. Ce qui est sot de ma part, d'autant plus que ma mère est née à Montréal et a été éduquée en français; ce qui rend la situation encore plus inconséquente. Au niveau mondial, la majorité de notre travail, au sein de l'Équipe Humanité (c.-à-d. Humanity's Team), se fait en anglais et la majorité de notre travail, au sein de l'Équipe Humanité Canada, a aussi été fait en anglais. Une suite d'événements récents m'a amenée à réaliser que nous ne communiquons pas (ou pas du tout) d'une façon efficace avec nos coéquipiers francophones.

Mon intention est de travailler en plus étroite collaboration avec nos frères et sœurs francophones incluant, bien sûr, tous ceux et celles vivant au Québec. Afin que (je) nous puissions accomplir ceci d'une façon efficace, nous lançons un appel à nos coéquipières et coéquipiers bilingues, les invitant à se joindre à nous pour la réalisation de ce travail. En particulier, nous souhaitons avoir une coordonnatrice ou un coordonnateur provincial(e) bilingue dans la province de Québec, ainsi qu'une équipe de traducteurs et de traductrices qui pourront nous aider dans la traduction de nos communiqués, bulletins, contenu de notre site WEB, etc. adressés à tous nos coéquipières et coéquipiers francophones.

Si vous recevez cette invitation comme un message vous offrant la possibilité d'Être le changement, ou si vous désirez en connaître plus sur les différentes autres opportunités de bénévolat au sein de l'ÉHC, je vous invite à me faire parvenir directement un courriel à tanya@humanitysteamcanada.com.

C'est avec beaucoup de joie que j'attends des nouvelles de vous!

Je profite de cette occasion pour exprimer ma gratitude à Helen Layton, laquelle a accepté d'être la coordonnatrice provinciale en Colombie-Britannique, ainsi qu'à Janine Cantin qui a accepté d'assumer la fonction de coordonnatrice nationale pour notre programme de communication auprès des prisonniers. Voici deux autres coéquipières formidables qui ont choisi d'Être le changement qu'elles souhaitent voir dans le monde, en travaillant avec nous. Une chaleureuse bienvenue à vous deux, Janine et Helen! Nous sommes vraiment reconnaissants que vous soyez toutes deux ici, avec nous, en ce moment-même.

Avec beaucoup d'amour,

Everything begins with the original information. Even those people who do not "believe in God" are affected by the ideas about God held by those who do. This is so because (a) there are many more people creating the common culture worldwide who do believe in some sort of God than who do not, and (b) all societies are built on laws and customs rooted in the sacred myths and cultural stories of the society's ancestors.

While everything begins with the original information, it is that very information that too few have chosen to question - even if the information is producing a disaster. We simply refuse to question our most basic assumptions and our most basic beliefs. Thus, humanity has for centuries tried to solve its problems at every level except the level at which the problems exist. It continues to do so today.

We approach our problems as if they were political problems, open to political solutions. We talk about them, we hold debates about them, we pass resolutions about them. When nothing changes, we seek to solve our problems through economic means. We throw money at them, or withhold money from them, as in the case of sanctions. When that fails, we say, Aha, this is a problem to give to the military. We'll solve it with force. So we drop bombs on it. That never works either, if a long term solution is what anyone is looking for, but do you think we would learn?

Naw, we just start the cycle all over again.

The reason we keep running and getting nowhere "like a mouse on a wheel" is that no one dares to look at the cause of the ongoing condition we seem fated to endure. Either we truly don't know, or we are afraid to admit, that our biggest problem today is not a political problem, it's not an economic problem, it's not a military problem.

"The problem facing humanity today is a spiritual problem."

Once this is understood, the solution becomes obvious. Until it's understood, the solution escapes everyone.

It's what people believe that creates their behavior. Therefore it is at the level of belief, not at the level of behavior, where behavior can most profoundly be modified. For decades we've been talking in psychology circles about behavior modification, or Behavior Mod. What we really should be talking about is Belief Mod.

Ah, but here we go. Oh, boy. Watch out. We're talking now about the most sacred part of people's underpinnings. Many people would rather die for their beliefs - or kill others - than change them.

It doesn't matter whether the beliefs are functional. That is, whether they are working, in the sense of making people happy and producing a better life. Many people would rather be unhappy doing what they believe than happy doing something else. They are actually happy being unhappy. Under this convention, as I have already pointed out, suffering is a virtue.

What makes this unlikely scenario possible? It's quite simple. People will allow themselves to be unhappy, they will even kill themselves with bombs strapped to their chests, or seated in the cockpit of airlines, if they think they are doing What God Wants.

They do think that, of course, and they are part of a large number of people in our world who hold an inaccurate belief about God.

Part of the problem that exists at the level of belief - and this is something that no one wants to say out loud, but that must be said, - is that the world thinks that God condones violence as a means of conflict resolution.

Indeed, it is from the written accounts in the Bible, in the Qur'an, in the Bhagavad Gita, in the Book of Mormon, and in other scriptures, that many people of many faiths draw the moral authority for their actions, and that every school child of every culture learns about the Wrath of God.

Of course, there is no such thing as the Wrath of God. It's one of humanity's false beliefs. But many humans think that there is such a thing. They also think that it's appropriate for us to act with each other in the same way that God acts with us. After all, if we can't use God as our model, who can we use?

This is a 14-month custom calendar created with real photos of real pets bringing true- to-life messages of Love, LIFE & ONENESS with all of creation.

With this as a starting point, we began our search for material. Two wonderful sources have come up, along with stories and music. More music is needed, as well as meditation techniques for children so I invite anyone to input on that for us.

The source I will write about today is a book called:

I came upon this book in a bargain bin and the bookstore during a time I had been specifically trying to design a " mirroring" activity for the childrens spiritual gathering program . When I flipped it open- there was an activity for children called mirroring! That synchronicity was not lost on me, and I closed the book and bought it immediately. That was only the beginning of the exciting things found within, all of which I believe can be used a firm basis for developing the " whole" child in a total education system

Written in 1986, Jeff Goelitz M.Ed. was at the time a faculty member of the Consciousness Research Institute in California, and co-creator of an innovative and successful private school. His book is now out of print, but can be found used. A search on the internet found Jeff is now program director for the non profit Institute of "Heartmath " ( a topic for a future edition of the newsletter).

Jeff describes himself as one who sees the " whole being" when he looks at a child, and wrote "The Ultimate Kid" to respond to children's needs at all levels of their being. He feels academics must be accompanied by learning how to express and understand feelings, developing social skills, listening to the guiding voice of their own intuition and enjoying the creativity of an open imagination. He recognizes different levels of consciousness within individuals and the effect on learning and emotions.

The book is formatted as practical activities that help develop the total child (ages 5 to 13), divided into seven domains of learning. These are sensory, social, intellectual, emotional, conceptual, intuitive and imaginative. Many of these chosen activities emphasize skills not currently recognized in traditional schools, and which naturally incorporate the acceptance of the tri part spiritual nature of children. The following are two example sections ( in summary).

Intuition:

"Intuition is the least recognized and valued skill we are capable of developing. Intangible and hard to measure, it is a quiet tool that knows without knowing how it knows. Intuition comes when the mind is still. Insights and perceptions of reality then appear, filling the space left by the vacating mind. The tendency in out society is to occupy the mind with as much chatter as possible ( TV, radio. gossip, media stories) and more to fill the mind to the brim. A consequence is that we lose sensitivity to others and to our own quiet intelligence or intuition. Our ability to make decisions, to see into the future, and to perceive deeper levels of reality becomes impaired. We can do a wonderful service to our children by providing for them the opportunity to further develop their intuitional skills. In doing so, we equip them with a tool they can use the rest of their lives."
Pg 108, "The Ultimate Kid"

This section is them goes on to outline practical activities in step by step format for children, that can be used to train the children in intuitive skills with activities such as super-sensing, deciding Yes or No, Truth telling, Seeing into the future and learning a technique used in ancient Greece called the Delhi Oracle.

Sense of Security/Emotions

"We do not give out hearts enough attention in everyday lives, and identify with our minds and daily activity. Although we pay no mind to the calls of the heart, we are none the less moved and motivated by it. To grow, we must explore and know out hearts ( the feeling self is who we are) , starting with children. Children are still in touch with their feeling selves, and we need to elicit and support heartfelt responses for self exploration. Nature holds a key to unfolding the heart, as it gives freely with no asking in return. If we understand the beauty and radiance of nature, we will in turn reinforce those qualities in ourselves and children."
pg 70, "The Ultimate Kid"

This chapter then goes on to easy to use activities in caring, energy awareness, exploring nature, feelings, and trust.

These is just two of seven chapters devoted to education of " the whole being" of children. Each and every chapter is unique and valuable, and HT kids will be providing the activities from this in children's spiritual retreat programs( beginning with Faith in the Rockies) as part of our HT kids program. I encourage all to use this book as part and parcel of our approach to educational goals, starting in the short term with retreats and HTgroup meetings and parents at home. Exciting stuff!!

That's it for this month, and thank you.

Love and LIFE.

Wilma Lagerwerf

Many of us as children live with vivid imaginations, hopes and dreams of what we’d like to do or become when we grow up. But somewhere along the lines our belief in our dreams begin to diminish as we are told they are silly or unrealistic. Over time we lose sight of what once made us feel alive and our dreams become buried so deep under other people’s expectations of us we forget they even existed.

Surprisingly even countless successful people live in this illusion. You know them, perhaps you are even one of them. To everyone else it appears like they have great jobs, earn lots of money, and it may seem like they are perfectly suited to their career. Yet if you ask them if they are happy they may likely tell you they don’t feel fulfilled in their chosen profession. An integral piece is missing. They have lost touch with their passions and feel out of alignment with their purpose in life.

Being disconnected from our Spirit manifests imbalances in many areas of our life. Chronic feelings of anger, stress, fearfulness, easily upset or emotional outbursts can be signs of being out of synch with your soul purpose or passion. Restlessness, jealousy, poor time management, procrastination, depression, and pushing one self too hard to achieve are other signals to watch.

Without questioning the deeper meaning in our lives many people mistakenly believe letting go and moving on to something else is the answer. It isn’t. That feeling of emptiness or disconnection will follow us wherever we go, unless we ask the most important fundamental questions there are. What do I want? What makes me feel alive? To assist you in determining the answer to these questions think about moments in your life when you were happiest. When what you were doing gave you joy and confidence.

Every time we think we have the answer, ask it again, and again until it makes our pulse quicken and stirs something so deep inside we know with absolute certainty we can no longer live without it. Then we have touched our uniqueness, our purpose for BEing. It can be the most significant moment of our lives. The reason for asking the questions over repeatedly is to ensure that we move past what our ego believes we are meant to do, discover our Truth, and then live it without doubt.

Of course, that’s just the beginning of our journey for healing and rediscovery. For some it may mean a whole new direction in their lives, for others perhaps just a few minor tweaks here and there, adding their new perspective or level of consciousness to their existing circumstances will create the fulfillment necessary. Abandoning the current situation altogether may not be the answer. Finding the right balance is the key but in all cases it will take careful thought and planning to integrate these dreams throughout the various areas of our lives.

Our quest is to connect not only to our soul but also to the world, creating a life of meaning. In years past, I often dreamed of disappearing to a cabin in the woods. Living a life separate from chaos in peace and simplicity. But where would be the challenge to grow and blossom into the wonderful people we are meant to be? No, the answer is not hiding ourselves in solitaire but to discover our uniqueness, share our gifts with the world, and live a happy, limitless and fulfilling life. As Neale Donald Walsch says in his books Conversations with God1, create yourself "in the next grandest version of the greatest vision ever you held about who you are."

Throughout this process you must learn to master the ability to listen to yourself first and last. Most people have gotten into the habit of listening to others in determining what we will do, what we like or dislike, and how we to respond to external factors. Checking in with yourself first is a skill that requires patience and time to develop as it means rewiring the way we think and act but it can be done with constant monitoring of how we feel physically and emotionally.

How do we know if it’s our soul purpose or our ego in the driver’s seat? It’s easy to detect but not always easy to accept and change if our ego is ruling. We will feel fulfilled, at peace, and joy will permeate our existence if we are in alignment with our Spirit. Everything we do will flow without resistance. The universe will support us in our endeavors and provide us with opportunities to heal what needs to be healed and learn the necessary skills to carry us forward.

On the other hand if fame, fortune, power, and the need for approval is motivating us, check in with ego and bring it in balance with soul to avoid straying away from our path and coming up against unwanted struggles. Thankfully though, it’s not necessary to abandon our ego altogether. Janet Amare says it nicely in her book Soul Purpose2, "The better we are able to harness the power of both the ego and the soul, and act on the inspiration of both, the closer we will be to our true purpose."

There is so much life to live. Feel the burning fires inside and give up the fears within. Take a chance. Surrender to your dreams and let the familiar solid ground beneath your feet transform into a fluid unknown force capable of letting you soar to unbelievable heights on the wings of Angels. Hold your dreams in your arms, nurture them, and don’t let them go. Your soul, your dreams and your purpose are the reasons you exist. Make a commitment to discover your dreams. Right here. Right now. There is no better time.

Listen to the stirring in your blood-Spirit is calling to you, my friends.

References Cited:

Walsch, Neale Donald. Conversations with God: Books 1-3. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1995, 1997, 1998.
Amare, Janet. Soul Purpose. Campbellville: Life on Purpose, 2001.

Kiernan Antares’ work serves to entertain the mind, motivate the spirit and feed souls that are hungry for possible answers to life’s endless questions. Her personal experiences have strengthened her and taught her to find solace in the earth that nourishes, the sun that refuels and the stars that watch over, guide and inspire her. All these natural elements have created a powerful force and produced an amazing author.

Kiernan Antares is currently working on her first novel "Phoenix Star" - an inspirational adventure on the quest for uplifting humanity to higher levels of enlightenment. Kiernan can be contacted via email at kiernan@kiernanantares.com.

Kiernan Antares will be doing a book reading with the HT Mississauga group on Saturday March 11th 2006 from 4pm – 5.30pm. Please contact yasmin@humanitysteamcanada.com for details.

March - THE ALMA DRAWINGS
The documentary directed by Jeremy Munce, which covers the story of Huntsville artist, Alma Rumball. The documentary won Best Direction, Canadian Short to Mid-Length documentary, a great accomplishment for Jeremy Munce.

Dates to be announced.

Feel free to call me anytime. Namaste and thank you for BEing!

His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a t-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of university. He is brilliant, kind of esoteric and very, very bright.

He became a Christian while attending university.

Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church. They want to develop a ministry to the students, but are not sure how to go about it. One day Bill decides to go there. He walks in with no shoes, jeans, his t-shirt, and wild hair. The service has already started and so Bill starts down the aisle looking for a seat. The church is completely packed and he can’t find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one says anything.

Bill gets closer and closer to the pulpit, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats down right on the carpet. (Although perfectly acceptable behaviour at a university fellowship, this had never happened in this church before!) By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.

About this time, the minister realizes that from way at the back of the church, a deacon is slowly making his way towards Bill. Now the deacon is in his eighties, and has silver-grey hair, and wears a three piece suit. He is a godly man, very elegant, very dignified and very courtly. He walks with a cane and, as he starts walking towards this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you can’t blame him for what he’s going to do. How can you expect a man of his age and of his background to understand some university kid on the floor?

It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy. The church is utterly silent except for the clicking of the man’s cane. All eyes are focused on him. You can’t even hear anyone breathing. The minister can’t even preach the sermon until the deacon does what he has to do. And now they see this elderly man drop his cane on the floor.

With great difficulty, he lowers himself and sits down next to Bill and worships with him so he won’t be alone. Everyone chokes up with emotion.

When the minister gains control, he says, "What I’m about to preach, you will never remember. What you have just seen, you will never forget. Be careful how you live. You may be the only "Bible" some people will ever read."

Who is in control?

The other day I asked the question

"Am I feeling the sense that I am not in control" and before that thought had registered in my mind Spirit was back in a flash – " You never have been".

I laughed out loud at the thought that we are so confident that we are running our lives when in fact we are not. We are either allowing Spirit in to guide us or our sub conscious ego is in charge. On the surface this appears to set up a battleground between Spirit and ego and here I feel we need to be most cautious.

The last two books I have read have left me with the aftertaste that ego is undesirable. They were The Power of Intention by Eckhart Tolle and The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer. Always remember that ego is a part of who we are and if we have our problems with it then we need to bring love, forgiveness, patience and understanding to the situation. To offer resistance in place of love creates separation, the very arena in which ego thrives. Whilst we may focus on healing that part of ego that challenges us remember that the ego is a creature of habit and also learned to do things that are synergistic with Spirit.

As I delve further into the challenging world of ego it is my current thought that no matter how much healing and forgiveness we go through, how much the inner child is healed, the ego remains with its vision and energy intact, although our attention may have made it quite dormant. It remains for us to be on guard for its return.

It is for our conscious mind to be aware and choose who will control our life. This, to me, is the point of human power and where our conscious mind can serve us best. Turning our life over to Spirit is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves. This is choosing love over fear.

God is with us every moment of every day, He loves us and we would be wise to align ourselves with that love.

"Your soul seeks the highest feeling. It seeks to experience - to be perfect love."
-CWG B1-P85

We do need to focus our intention and at times go into action, although sometimes opportunity simply knocks in the form of a phone call or e-mail without any seeming effort.

When we experience and FEEL that moment of perfect love the outcome of anything no longer seems to matter. In that moment we have chosen Spirit as our guide. Forever seek this wonderful place of being while at the same time seeking to understand and embrace ego, for it can be a great teacher. In fact, my current line of thought suspects that Spirit sometimes co-operates with ego’s agenda to seek a long term goal and lets us sink into difficulty to get our attention. And we wonder why we feel confused at times.

We each have our own interpretation of God, of Spirit, that is the beauty of our spiritual movement. In similar manner we have our own view of ego and mine is changing as I delve deeper and discuss the subject with others. My thoughts are shared in the hope it will help you further redefine ego for yourself and that you will see it as part of you and to be embraced, not resisted.

Namasté.

Ivor Green
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Dear Ivor,
Your thoughtful insight is much appreciated.
Thanks as well for opening up and sharing your understanding of God with us.

Hi Team

Sheila Wardman here with a share regarding the Indigo Evolution and a request.

I took my family to see the Indigo Evolution movie on Sunday in Kelowna. I loved the movie and enjoyed the variety of children who spoke and sang in the movie. I shed several tears as I always do when something moves me this much. These children have amazing wisdom and gifts to share. The art and music was incredible! Hard to believe a ten year old could unfold art work of this nature, yet not so hard to believe when you really allow yourself to be present with children. I have a seven year old son Ben and a nine year old daughter Miranda. I watched their expressions with joy as they too saw the magnificence in the works of the children. I asked Ben after the movie: What is an indigo? His reply: An indigo is a child that can heal people and knows god!

I listened to other parents in the movie recounting stories their youngsters had told them so clearly and in such perfect detail no one could question their validity. I realized mine too have this wisdom.

When Ben was between four and five he was at our eating bar waiting for his pancake breakfast. Out of the blue he recited John 3:16 word for word. Now, for a well schooled church going child maybe that would be expected but Ben had been to Sunday school three times. I was helping there and participating so I knew they did not practice this verse in detail.....how could he know it??? I asked Ben where did you learn that??? He just knew it was his answer and he proceeded to tell me he talks to God frequently. I was quite amazed. I shared this with some of the neighbors and the next time at Sunday school he was asked to share it with the minister. He recited it once again. Everyone started to ask him to recite John 3:16. He stopped doing it eventually.....he'd had enough attention and wasn't interested in being a show I guess.

Just recently I overheard Ben talking with his sister at the eating bar again. I was in my office above them and could clearly hear the conversation. Ben said to Miranda, "In 1942 I was picked up by aliens, they took me to see the milky way Miranda, it was so cool!" Then he asked her have you ever been to the milky Way Miranda? "Not that I can remember," was her response. Ben then replied that his trip wasn't in this lifetime here, right now. They spoke to each other in such seriousness I was totally taken back by this. I stopped what I was doing and went downstairs. I asked Ben to tell me more about the milky way, it sounds so interesting! He gave me the look....Yah right Mom........as if, obviously I was not serious enough about it. He would not elaborate further.

What I have learned is to Be present with your children when your with them, be open to anything they have to share, Love them and learn from them, be open to the gifts they have to bestow on to you and others, there's magic happening...EMBRACE IT!

With that said I would like to request that Humanity's Team sell merchandise such as the Indigo/Indigo Evolution movie, What the bleep, Down the rabbit Hole, The Celestine Prophecy the soundtrack from Indigo Evolution. I would like to buy these things through HT as well we could take on bringing these movies to our areas and marketing them to raise funds for HT if there are groups interested. Let me know if you like this idea.

Love and Cheers!

Sheila Wardman
Eagle Bay, B.C.