evolution track #3 june 2011

Birthing a New World

If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person.If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.

Chinese Proverb

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Bi rthing a new world

We l ive by choice not chance

Conscious evolut ion

Forgiveness: a way out of the darkness

Staying hopeful in t ry ing t imes

A posit ive att i tude can be destruct ive

Tr in idad & Tobago World Peace Fest ival

Right or happy

Wealth today

3 Appreciat ive inquiry

Conquer fear in 10 steps

Three part beings

Successful marr iage and parent ing

Chal lenging your bel iefs

Inner Centre of Inspirat ion and Truth

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It’s June 2011 already! Originally I had intended that this

would be a quarterly Emagazine. I knew it would be a

challenge, but I figured I’d have some down time I could

squeeze it into over a three month period – I was sure it

could be done.

No such luck. After completing the January issue the

speed of life has accelerated and carried me into all kinds

of directions I never foresaw; some not so pleasant, most

inspiring and exciting. So, the April issue got moved to May

and now finally June is here and my quarterly schedule is gone out the window.

To relieve my tortured ego, I finally had to surrender to the fact that this is a

hobby, not my full time job. This magazine is something that gives me tremendous

joy and has me literally dancing with joy at each new milestone (you should see

my little celebration jiggle!), but to single-handedly make it a quarterly publication

at this juncture is just not going to happen. I am grateful to the many talented

individuals who continue to happily submit articles, please keep them coming,

they will be posted on the website and circulated via the email list. I do commit to

publishing one more issue this year to commemorate the first anniversary on 29th

September. Next year, who knows, there may well be four issues, maybe more.

This issue’s focus on Birthing a New World emerged from many

discussions about the previous issues of the magazine. A question that keeps

coming up is something to the effect of: it’s all well and good to meditate and do

yoga, pray and talk about metaphysical stuff and all that, but what about actually

DOING something that makes a difference, that changes the world visibly?

A good question. Meditation, prayer, yoga, talk and “all that” does change

the world, but what about action, service, giving back? I started asking people:

“What are you doing to make the world a better place?” Silence was the most

common response. A thoughtful silence. Even from people that I know are doing

significant things to change the way things are.

There is much talk internationally about changes anticipated as we

approach 2012: a shift in human consciousness, humanity evolving, people being

more empowered to change their personal experience of life locally and globally,

hence: Birthing a New World.

This issue looks at a few things that are being done to change the world

– the Forgiveness project, The TT World Peace Festival, ICIT, how yoga teachers

in Canada introduced youth to yoga and Appreciative Inquiry a business model

for change that is having a huge impact on the world. There is also a list of twenty

simple things you can do, as well as the usual thought-provoking articles – since

thinking changes the world too.

It is not too late to share what you are doing to change the world, send

your stories to [email protected] and I will share them on the website,

via the mailing list and in future issues. You may inspire someone to action.

ThanksBarbara King

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EditorBarbara King

ContributorsBarbara Marx HubbardGarfield KingHal UrbanHeather GreavesHillary “Coach” BengocheaKaren StollmeyerMaureen Marks-MendoncaMarilyn RobbMike GeorgeNeale Donald Walsch

Sandee Bengochea

Design and LayoutKaribgraphics Ltd.

evolution track is published by InkingsLillian Heights, D’Abadie, TrinidadTel: (868) 646-3158, 774-4942, 774-0965Email: [email protected]: evolutiontrack.com

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We can choose our friends,

careers, lifestyles, political

affiliations, faith, where to live, what

kind of car to drive, and what kind

of music to listen to. But there are

some other choices which, while

less obvious, are far more important.

We’re either unaware of them or just

don’t give them much thought. Yet,

they’re the choices that determine

the quality of our lives. Based on

what life has taught me, these are

what I consider to be our most

important choices:

We’re free to choose our

character—the type of persons we

become. We can allow ourselves

to be molded by others and our

environment, or we can commit

ourselves to self-development. We

can become less than we’re capable

of, or we can become all that we’re

capable of.


values. We can let the media tell us

what’s important, or we can decide

for ourselves. We can base our

standards on what others are doing,

or we can base them on what we

know is right and good.

We’re free to choose how

to treat other people. We can

put them down, or we can lift

them up. We can be self-centered

and inconsiderate, or we can be

respectful, kind, and helpful.


to handle adversity. We can allow

We live by choice, not by chance Reproduced with kind permission of

ourselves to be crushed, to give up,

and to feel sorry for ourselves. Or

we can choose to look for a source

of strength within us, to persevere,

and to make the most out of what

life deals us.


much we’ll learn. We can look

upon learning as an unpleasant

duty or as a great opportunity for

bettering ourselves. We can be

close-minded or open-minded; we

can be stagnant, or we can grow.

We’re free to choose what

we’ll accomplish in life. We can

allow our circumstances or other

people to determine what we make

of ourselves, or we can choose

our own direction and goals. We

can be undisciplined and lazy,

or we can be self-disciplined and

hardworking.


own belief system. We can ignore

our spiritual nature, or we can

accept it as an important dimension

of life. We can worship pleasure

and the world’s material things, or

we can look for something that’s

ultimately more important.


own purpose. We can wander

aimlessly, or we can search for

a meaning in life, and then live

according to it. We can live to

please only ourselves, or we can

find a cause that’s greater, one that

helps us understand and appreciate

life more fully.


attitude regardless of circumstances.

This is the most important choice

we’ll ever make because it affects

everything we do in life.

We’re always choosing

Much of our potential goes to waste

simply because it’s never used,

just like the battery that corrodes

or the muscle that atrophies after

lying dormant for too long. Most

of the time, we fail to exercise our

choices because we’re not aware

of having them. Yet, those choices

are available to us every day of

our lives. We can make changes

in minor aspects of our life, or we

can change our entire lifestyle just

by making different choices. We

can teach ourselves to deal more

effectively with both circumstances

and with people. In fact, we can

change almost anything we do if

we’re aware of our choices and if

our desire is strong enough.

Excerpt from: Chapter 4 - “We

Live By Choice, Not By Chance”

- in Life’s Greatest Lessons, (2nd

edition) By Hal Urban.

Read more about Hal Urban on

http://www.halurban.com/ New

edition now available.

hal Urban, from Life’s Greatest Lessons


While consciousness has been evolving

for billions of years, conscious evolution

is new. It is part of the trajectory of human

evolution, the canvas of choice before us now

as we recognize that we have come to possess

the powers that we used to attribute to the

gods.

We are poised in this critical moment,

facing decisions that must be made consciously

if we are to avoid destroying the world as we

know it, if we are instead to co-create a future

of immeasurable possibilities. Our conscious

evolution is an invitation to ourselves, to open

to that positive future, to see ourselves as one

planet, and to learn to use our powers wisely

and ethically for the enhancement of all life on

Earth.

Conscious evolution can also be seen

as an awakening of a ‘memory’ that resides in

the synthesis of human knowing, from spiritual

to social to scientific. Indeed, all of our efforts to

discover the inherent design of life itself can be

seen as the process of one intelligence, striving

to know itself through our many eyes, and to set

the stage for a future of immense co-creativity.

This awakening has gained momentum

as 3 new understandings (the 3 C’s) have

arisen:

Cosmogenesis: This is the recent discovery that

the universe has been and is now evolving.

As Brian Swimme puts it, “time is experienced

conscious evolutionbarbara Marx hubbard, Foundation for conscious evolution

as an evolutionary sequence of irreversible

transformations,” rather than as ever-renewing

cycles.

Our New Crises: We are faced with a complex

set of crises, most especially environmental.

We are participating in a global system that is

far from equilibrium, conditions that are known

to favor a macroshift. This kind of dramatic

repatterning can be a sudden shift toward

devolution and chaos, or it can be an evolution

toward a higher more complex order. At this

moment in evolution the outcome depends on

our choices, and time is running out. We must

change, or suffer dire consequences. Our crises

are acting as evolutionary drivers pressuring us

to innovate and transform.

Our New Capacities: The advent of

radical evolutionary technologies such as

biotechnology, nanotechnology, quantum

computing, space exploration, etc., offer us the

possibility of profound change in the physical

world. At the same time that we are facing the

possible destruction of our life support systems,

we can also see that the tools are there to

transform ourselves, our bodies and our world.

We can and are actually moving beyond

the creature human condition toward a new

species, a universal humanity, capable of co-

evolving with nature.

Barbara Marx-Hubbard is co-founder and chairperson of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. An

evolutionary educator, speaker and social innovator, she is the author of six books communicating the new

world view of conscious evolution. She has also produced the DVD series entitled “Humanity Ascending: A

New Way through Together.” Part One: Our Story; Part Two: Visions of a Universal Humanity, brings together

cutting-edge scientific, social and spiritual visionaries to create a positive vision of our future equal to our new

capacities. http://www.barbaramarxhubbard.com/com/


“Forgiveness is not a single magnanimous gesture

in response to an isolated offence; it is part of a

continuum of human engagements in healing broken

relationships. Nor is it a one off event because one

day you might forgive and the next day hate all over

again. Above all, it is difficult, costly and painful,

but potentially transformative. An integral step to

forgiveness, as The F Word stories show, is to face the

past because if you do not face the past, it can run

you all your life.”

Forgiveness is an inspiring, complex, exasperating

subject, which provokes strong feeling in just

about everyone. Having spent all of 2003

collecting stories of reconciliation and forgiveness for

an exhibition of words and images which I created with

the photographer, Brian Moody, I began to see that for

many people forgiveness is no soft option, but rather

the ultimate revenge. For many it is a liberating route

out of victimhood; a choice, a process, the final victory

over those who have done you harm. As Mariane Pearl,

the wife of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, said of

her husband’s killers, “The only way to oppose them is

by demonstrating the strength that they think they have

taken from you.”

The exhibition tells some extraordinary stories

– stories of victims who have become friends with

perpetrators, murderers who have turned their mind to

peace building.

As I talked to friends, colleagues and strangers

about this exhibition, I noticed that forgiveness cuts

public opinion down the middle like a guillotine. There

are those who see forgiveness as an immensely noble

and humbling response to atrocity – and then there

are those who simply laugh it out of court. For the first

group, forgiveness is a value strong enough to put an

end to the tit-for-tat settling of scores that has wreaked

havoc over generations. But for the second group,

forgiveness is just a copout, a weak gesture, which lets

the violator off the hook and encourages only further

violence. This is why we called the exhibition, The F

Word. For some people forgiveness is a very dirty word

indeed.

I chose this subject because, having worked

as a freelance journalist for many years, I knew I

was far more moved by stories of forgiveness than of

revenge. With the war in Iraq still a topic of fierce

debate, and against a background of pay-back and

retaliation, these narratives of hope seemed to tap into a

deep public need for alternative and peaceful responses

to violence. The stories reflect the complex, intriguing

and deeply personal nature of forgiveness, occupying a

space of inquiry and authenticity rather than dogma or

the need to fix.

I also chose this subject of forgiveness because

gentle people attract me more than resolute ones,

vulnerability more than strength, and because I believe

there are very few truly malevolent people in the world.

As Father Michael Lapsley says, “All people are capable

of being perpetrators or victims – and sometimes both.”

Read more about the Forgiveness Project: http://

theforgivenessproject.com/about-us/founder/


Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the chairman

of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation

Commission (TRC). The TRC was created by

Nelson Mandela’s Government of National Unity in

1995 to help South Africans come to terms with their

extremely troubled past. It was established to investigate

the violations that took place between 1960 and 1994,

to provide support and reparation to victims and their

families, and to compile a full and objective record of

the effects of apartheid on South African society.

“To forgive is not just to be altruistic. It is the best form

of self-interest. It is also a process that does not exclude

hatred and anger. These emotions are all part of being

human. You should never hate yourself for hating others

who do terrible things: the depth of your love is shown

by the extent of your anger.

However, when I talk of forgiveness I mean the belief

that you can come out the other side a better person.

A better person than the one being consumed by anger

and hatred. Remaining in that state locks you in a state

of victimhood, making you almost dependent on the

perpetrator. If you can find it in yourself to forgive then

you are no longer chained to the perpetrator. You can

move on, and you can even help the perpetrator to

become a better person too.

But the process of forgiveness also requires

acknowledgement on the part of the perpetrator that

they have committed an offence. I don’t like to talk

about my own personal experience of forgiveness,

although some of the things people have tried to do to

my family are close to what I’d consider unforgivable. I

don’t talk about these things because I have witnessed

so many incredible people who, despite experiencing

atrocity and tragedy, have come to a point in their lives

where they are able to forgive. Take the Craddock Four,

for example. The police ambushed their car, killed

them in the most gruesome manner, set their car alight.

When, at a TRC hearing, the teenage daughter of one

of the victims was asked: would you be able to forgive

the people who did this to you and your family? She

answered, “We would like to forgive, but we would just

like to know who to forgive.” How fantastic to see this

young girl, still human despite all efforts to dehumanise

her.

Read more stories of forgiveness:

http://theforgivenessproject.com/stories


These are trying times. As the saying goes,

sometimes life throws you a curve ball. Yet

at times my life can feel like a continuous

curve ball or like I am forever making lemonade

with these lemons of life. With my own personal trial

joined by world crises - earthquakes and tsunamis,

violence all around, etc., I decided it was time for me

to build some kind of protective wall around myself.

That meant breaking down the patterns I carry that

could possibly interfere with the peace and quiet of

life. I chose one pattern to work at persistently and

consistently, that many others hang on; knowing that

ripping that one out by its roots would certainly mean

reclaiming my inner peace and quiet. Thus I set out

on a journey of finding and keeping hopefulness at

the centre of my being. Staying hopeful in these trying

times was and is still my goal.

I figured tackling this pattern from both a spiritual

and emotional angle would help me understand the

crossroads at the blending of spiritual and emotional

healing. For the spiritual healing reciting prayers learnt

as a child was not enough. I set out to learn how to

have a real conversation with God, especially hearing

His voice. I had to learn what the saying ‘walking by

faith and not by sight’ was really all about. I signed

up for several daily devotionals on the internet; I read

a lot and practised all that I read about. I tuned in to

‘praise music’ on the radio. More and more as I saw

the way things worked when you trust in a higher

power, I found it easier to stop worrying and trying

to control the events in my life. My favourite saying

became ‘faith and fear cannot co-exist’.

Doing the spiritual work allowed me to see how the

feelings of fear, hopelessness and despair were blocking

me from having complete faith. How could I say I

trusted God to keep me safe and work things out when

I had a chronic fear that bad things would happen to

me? How could I surrender and let God do His work

when all my life I felt hopeless about getting help. To

release these emotions I had to stop hiding them. I had

to show the fear and shake it out. And I had to show the

deep sadness that despair feels like and cry hard with

somebody’s good attention. My counselling partner has

since spent many, many hours allowing me to cry away

the despair and watching me shake that fear right out of

my body.

Emotional release is helped by using positive

contradictions to the negative thoughts that flood

the mind. I had to train myself to recognize the

hopelessness wrapped up in those incidents in present

time when something goes wrong or a crisis strikes.

I would then mentally check off the list of things that

have gone well or are actually positive in my life,

repeatedly asking myself what is the truth of my life? The

actual written list in the metal tin in the ‘helpful people’

section of the bagua* map of my house reinforces this

practice.

For every hopeless thought I could come up with at

least three hopeful ones (and counting still). I learned

to count all the blessings every day, big and little ones.

The more I practiced, the more blessings I came up with

at the end of each day. I even got to the point where I

could just say thanks for blessings seen and unseen.


So to keep hopeful in these trying times I can

recommend:

Pray to whatever spiritual entity you believe in. Prayers

never go unanswered; it may not be answered when

and how you want or expect, but trust it could only be

answered in a way that is for your greater good.

Acknowledge the feelings of sadness, hopelessness,

despair, fear (even of the unknown) and open yourself

to letting those feelings come up and come out.

Clearing these feelings out opens channels for hopeful

living.

Feed your mind with hopeful thoughts and memories.

Do not let the negativity take up residence in your

mind.

Trying times are for us to grow. It is up to us how we

choose to face them.

* The Bagua is the map that is used in Feng Shui to map

a room or location and see how the different sections

correspond to different aspects in one’s life.

To find out more contact Marilyn on: 868-221-8890

Email: [email protected]

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Some people mix up possessiveness with

caring. Something attracts them and they

decide they must have it. They reach out,

grab the item and hold it tightly because they

want to be close to it. They may even believe they

have to protect this precious object. This grabbing

does not only relate to things. There’s the story of

a small boy who saw a butterfly fluttering around

one brilliant sunny day. The beauty of the butterfly

so captivated the child that all he wanted to do

was reach out and hold it.

After almost an hour he caught the butterfly

in his tiny soft hands. The joy he felt at having

this beautiful creature as his possession was

overwhelming. No way could he let it go. He held

the butterfly very tightly in his grip and ran home

to show off this amazing specimen. When he

opened his fist in front of his mother, the butterfly

was lifeless, crushed to death by his little innocent

hands.

Ever noticed how we sometimes grab at people;

individuals we are attracted to and who we feel

the need to be close to? We can’t bear the thought

of being far from them. Then there are those we

love and want to protect. We hold them much

too tightly and, if we are not careful, we suffocate

them. With the best of intentions what starts out as

love and caring can cross that thin border line and

enter the land of possessiveness; a place where it’s

easy to forget that those we love have to breathe,

they need freedom and the space to grow.

Garfield King

A Possessive Attitude can be Destructive

A Joyful PlaceAn Educational and Family Resource Centre

Family, Adolescent and Educational CounsellingDr. Marilyn Robb Ph.D.

Educational Consultant, CounsellorPhone: 868-221-8890

Email: [email protected]: www.ajoyfulplace.webs.com


In 2000 at the 2nd Annual Yoga Conference for Yoga teachers who are Black, I met Krishna Kaur, founder of the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers. Her love for empowering youth shone through. Krishna Kaur developed Y.O.G.A. for Youth in 1993 a non-profit organization that brings yoga, meditation, breathing techniques, chanting, deep relaxation and stimulating discussions on the philosophy of yoga to urban youth. In my heart a spark was lit. In Hamilton, Ontario, inspiration turned into action. With funding from the Government of Canada, we taught yoga and Kwanza to 60 Black youth through SAPACCY

(Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth). In 2002 at the graduation ceremony, one youth spoke of his life transforming experience, and in a Black Cap program director’s heart, another spark was lit. In 2007, The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black Cap) a not-for-profit was honoured by Ontario Trillium

Foundation for the difference its Mate Masie program made in the lives of over 300 young people. Mate Masie, a West African philosophy that means “What I hear, I keep”, combined Yoga with its HIV/AIDS and STI prevention education program offered to African, Caribbean and Black youth in Toronto’s high-needs communities.

May many more sparks be lit!

heather Greaves helps yoga enthusiasts become yoga teachers in a yoga alliance certified program. She lives and works in hamilton, ontario, and is the owner of body therapies yoga training http://www.togatogo.com

Making the World a Better PlaceThere are many small but meaningful things we can do to act on our desires to make the world a better place.

They may seem simple or insignificant but just try one and see how you feel. One little thing can make a big

difference.

Say thanks

Shop locally

Use a mug instead of a plastic/styrofoam cup

Just fill your kettle boil with as much as you need

Hold open a door for someone

Smile more often

When someone is talking to you – really listen

Support a small business

Treat family, friends, clients and customers with

politeness and respect

Have more meals at the dining table, together

Put litter in bins

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Talk nonsense with your parents

Do something for nothing

Recycle toys, glasses, printer cartridges,

Drop off glass bottles for recycling

Plant a tree or some flowers

Grow something you can eat and give some to a

neighbour

Find out how your money is invested

Don’t judge someone by the job they do

Don’t be an ideas killer.

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You can find more ideas like these on: www.wearewhatwedo.org

Making yoga accessible to our youth


he principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual

traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves.

Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow

creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and

to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without

exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect.

It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically

from inflicting pain. To act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism, or self-interest, to

impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by denigrating others

- even our enemies - is a denial of our common humanity. We acknowledge that we have

failed to live compassionately and that some have even increased the sum of human misery in

the name of religion.

We therefore call upon all men and women ~ to restore compassion to the centre of morality

and religion ~ to return to the ancient principle that any interpretation of scripture that breeds

violence, hatred or disdain is illegitimate ~ to ensure that youth are given accurate and

respectful information about other traditions, religions and cultures ~ to encourage a positive

appreciation of cultural and religious diversity ~ to cultivate an informed empathy with the

suffering of all human beings, even those regarded as enemies.

We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized

world. Rooted in a principled determination to transcend selfishness, compassion can

break down political, dogmatic, ideological and religious boundaries. Born of our deep

interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity.

It is the path to enlightenment and indispensible to the creation of a just economy and a

peaceful global community.

charterforcompassion.org

Compassion manifests itself in the world not by thinking, but by doing. Visit: charterforcompassion.org. Browse some of the suggested commitments, or enter

your own. Whether learning more, volunteering in your community, or engaging in work that challenges your mind and spirit, every commitment makes the compassionate voice a

more potent force in the world.


“There is no way to peace. Peace is the way”. A. J. Muste

Trinidad and Tobago World Peace Festival

Karen Stollmeyer, MA Yogacharya

“Celebrating Unity in Diversity”

It has been said that all wars start in the minds

of people before they are ever fought on

the battlefield (Tom

Oliver), so if we are to

put an end to war on

Earth, then we must first

stop being at war with

ourselves and with each

other in our minds. Our

minds are tremendously

powerful instruments

that can cause as much

harm as they can good,

and if we are not aware

of this fact, then we

can be unknowingly

contributing more to

the continuation of war

rather than to peace on

Earth.

Many people

believe that bringing

peace to countries is the

responsibility of our governments, but in reality,

peace is the responsibility of each and every

citizen of planet Earth. Peace begins with us, in

our minds, in our hearts, in our words, thoughts

and actions.

Each word that you speak, each thought

that you have, and every action that you perform

carries the energy in which it was created. If that

thought was a kind thought, then it carries with it

the energy of kindness.

If the words you just used were used in

anger, then the words carry the energy of anger.

If your actions were done in love, then they carry

the energy of love. If you hate someone then you

radiate hateful energy.

If you are a peaceful

person, you will radiate

peace and love onto

the earth. It is important

for an individual to be in

a group of like-minded

people so that individual

thoughts put together

form a really strong

mental state.

In the words of

Mahatma Ghandi, “We

must be the change we

wish to see in the world”.

Inner peace precedes

outer peace and we

must love ourselves

before we can love

others. Finding peace

within our selves, means

first taking the responsibility for healing ourselves

in body, mind, and spirit. It means facing up to

the inner demons that plague us all, and healing

our hearts and minds so that we can love and be

loved.

Peace on earth means each human being

seeing the other as an equal, and respecting

and honoring all life on earth and Mother Earth

herself. Our environment too, is simply a reflection

of who we are, and the outer garbage, chaos,

and confusion are simply reflections of our inner

collective garbage.


Coming to peace means cleaning ourselves from

the inside out, and finding the right therapist,

support group, healer, or yoga teacher is

sometimes the first step towards healing and

peace. It was with this intention that the Trinidad

and Tobago World Peace Festival was formed.

Our national anthem contains the line

“Here every creed and race find an equal

place”, which could bring peace to Trinidad and

Tobago if we actually lived by it as Trinbagonians.

But even though we all sing it, many of us do

not practice it, and the racism and hatred that

plagues us as a society has corroded the very

fabric of who we are as a people. The answer

to our problems begins with bringing peace and

love back into our hearts and then extending that

to everyone around us.

The Trinidad and Tobago World Peace

Festival (TTWPF) is a festival designed to promote

peace, health, spiritual consciousness, social,

environmental and spiritual activism, and

awareness. It is also intended to provide a

way to educate the general public on what

organizations and businesses are already present

within our local communities that support peace

and peaceful living.

The TTWPF, hosted by Bliss Yoga Trinidad,

will be held on Saturday June 11th 2011 at the

National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA)

from 11 a.m – 8 p.m. Admission will be free and it

will be open to the public.

The Trinidad and Tobago World Peace

Festival seeks to attain its vision by increasing

the connection, capacity building and

communication between the general public and

organizations that share a similar vision, and to

satisfy the simple curiosity of the average citizen

who wants to learn more about peace and

peaceful living.

Karen Stollmeyer MA

Yogacharya, Yoga Therapist

Founder/Director Bliss Yoga, Trinidad

www.omblissyoga.org

www.facebook.com/blissyogatrinidad

WAnt to ChAngE youR WoRlD?take the 29 day challenge. give 29 gifts in 29 days. It’s simple. Just 3 steps:

Each day yourself a gift. For example, a few minutes of exercise, some time alone, something that gives you joy.Each day give a gift to another.look for the gifts you have received each day and celebrate them.

this is not about material giving alone. you can give the gift of a smile, a listening ear, any random act of kindness. give without any sense of obligation, conditionality or expectation of reward.

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Right or happy?

As women in relationships

we know that arguments are

difficult and can be hurtful

and frustrating. And yet, they

are a normal aspect of any

relationship. Like salt, they

add flavour to the lives of

couples and can help build

better relationships. However, if

disputes are handled poorly, they can potentially wreck

a strong relationship.

Truly, it’s fun to argue and later make up,

knowing you have worked through the issue together.

And knowing that it’s better to be in relationship than to

be right helps! Come to think of it, does it really matter

who’s right and who’s not? In a relationship, it is never

good to assert too much if it means you could hurt your

partner unnecessarily. Instead of having to be RIGHT,

decide that it is more important to be HAPPY.

Family issues are no longer purely private and

personal matters removed from the workplace. With the

rise of a knowledge economy, moms no longer simply

seek ‘balance.’ Instead, we strive for an integrated

lifestyle. As knowledge workers, whose job requires that

we think and analyze rather than produce a product,

many of us need to carry our laptops and cell phones

even as we shuttle the kids to after-school activities.

Work and family responsibilities have never

been this “tightly coupled” before, and the clichéd

24/7 means our work and private lives have become

inseparable. Our “integrated” lifestyles often mean that

there are no boundaries between work and family. Our

challenge as mother is finding that dividing line for both

work and family activities and ensuring that both family

and employer appreciate it.

Wealth today

Wealth today is the access to

tools and the ability to use

them to generate a continuous

flow of income. It is not the

accumulation of cash or savings,

it is not necessarily your home,

and definitely not your pension,

as all these can easily lose

value due to inflation or the

devaluation of your currency.

Wealth today is an ability to create a continuous

flow of income no matter what external shocks the

system experiences. And to do this you need tools.

These tools can be the traditional tools of land

and machinery, for centuries these have provided many

with the ability to generate income. The drawback

of these tools however, is that they are linear, that is

they can only generate income incrementally like in a

numerical sequence and we live in an exponential age

where things change exponentially. Take for instance

the recent turmoil in North Africa, it was exponential. It

started in January 2011 with one person and by the end

of February it involved close to one hundred million

persons. That’s exponential increase!

For these exponential times we need

exponential tools such as Knowledge, Information,

Software, Brands, Social Media and Associated skills

to use them. These are the new wealth creation tools.

They have the potential to create wealth exponentially.

Embrace them.

Sandee and HIlary Bengochea are co-owners of Sandee Communications Ltd., a Marketing Promotions Company specializing in Personal Development Promotions

May 2011 evolution track 15

Appreciative InquiryIf your organization is planning to conduct strategic planning exercises and you want a new,

energetic method that inspires ownership, generates enthusiasm and produces innovative, profitable

results from unified employees, try Appreciative Inquiry. This tool has been successfully used by state

enterprises such as British Airways and the BBC, by City corporations like Chicago and international

organizations like the United Nations to transform their operations and generate world-changing

projects.

What is Appreciative Inquiry?

Ap-pre’ci-ate, v., 1. valuing; the act of recognizing the best in people or the world around us;

affirming past and present strengths, successes, and potentials; to perceive those things that give

life (health, vitality, excellence) to living systems 2. to increase in value, e.g. the economy has

appreciated in value. Synonyms: VALUING, PRIZING, ESTEEMING, and HONORING.

In-quire’ (kwir), v., 1. the act of exploration and discovery. 2. To ask questions; to be open

to seeing new potentials and possibilities. Synonyms: DISCOVERY, SEARCH, and SYSTEMATIC

EXPLORATION, STUDY.

Appreciative Inquiry is about the co-evolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations,

and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what

gives “life” to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in

economic, ecological, and human terms.

AI involves, in a central way, the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a

system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential. It centrally involves the

mobilization of inquiry through the crafting of the “unconditional positive question” often-involving

hundreds or sometimes thousands of people. In AI the arduous task of intervention gives way to the

speed of imagination and innovation; instead of negation, criticism, and spiraling diagnosis, there is

discovery, dream, and design.

AI seeks, fundamentally, to build a constructive union between a whole people and the

massive entirety of what people talk about as past and present capacities: achievements, assets,

unexplored potentials, innovations, strengths, elevated thoughts, opportunities, benchmarks, high

point moments, lived values, traditions, strategic competencies, stories, expressions of wisdom,

insights into the deeper corporate spirit or soul-- and visions of valued and possible futures. Taking all

of these together as a gestalt, AI deliberately, in everything it does, seeks to work from accounts of

this “positive change core”—and it assumes that every living system has many untapped and rich

and inspiring accounts of the positive.

Link the energy of this core directly to any change agenda and changes never thought

possible are suddenly and democratically mobilized.

A Positive Revolution in Change: Appreciative Inquiry, David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney

Read more and explore case studies of AI at: http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu


conQUeR FeaR in 10 StePSMaureen Marks-Mendonca

Fear is our greatest adversary. It lurks behind every

violent act from terrorism to corporate backstabbing.

Some people — people who live in poverty or

war-torn areas — know it as a gnawing, oppressive

spectre, forever prowling in the pit of their stomach.

Others are more familiar with the fluttering butterfly

effect that can keep a person on edge for days on

end. What we all know is that fear is ever present, in

our homes, our neighbourhoods, and our workplaces,

slowly diminishing our lives, and hindering many of

us from happily living our dreams.

If we want to expand our horizons beyond the

imaginable, fear must go.

If we truly want that kinder world, we, as individuals,

must conquer fear.

So let’s do it!

identify irrational fears and stop them in their tracks!

Recognize fear for what it does. Fear is insidious. You

start off with a tiny fear about a parking ticket. It embeds

itself in your gut and grows, and before long, you’re

scared of losing your job and your partner for no reason

at all.

Disassociate from harmful programming

Practice reprogramming your mind. Most fears are

programmed responses. One kid says to another, ‘I don’t

want to play.’ The other kid shrugs and says, ‘Okay,’

and goes to play with someone else. The adult mind,

trained to fear rejection, would agonize over a similar

experience. Don’t let ego-based responses rent space in

your head!

in a crisis, step back, study the problem, seek a solution

Don’t let your mind roam down the fear highway. There

are no solutions to be found there! Breathe, let your fear

level drop. Take a moment to recall times when you

solved seemingly insurmountable problems. Didn’t the

solutions always come when you were more receptive

to your inner guidance?

consciously choose the energy

you prefer in your life

Fear lowers our vibration. It closes our hearts, fogs up

our brains, and makes us think small. On the other

hand, courage and faith raise our vibration, open our

hearts, and inspire us to reach for the stars. If the latter

energy is what you want, verbalize it, write it down,

then begin to live it!

Focus on increasing courage rather than eradicating

fear

A word of caution: what we focus on, we become.

Chanting, ‘I will not fear’ in mantra-like fashion can do

more harm than good. If we focus too much on fear,

we may soon begin to fear fear itself! Choose positive

affirmations like, I am strong! I have confidence!

be your own person, march to your own drum!

If someone tells you that unless you do what they do

you’ll never succeed, pay no heed! Allowing yourself

to be distracted by others’ agendas is the surest path to

uncertainty and fear.

let unwanted thoughts go, hold on to thoughts that

uplift you.

We are what we think. We can’t even begin to count the

numerous thoughts that flit through our minds on a daily

basis, but what we do know is that we can move from

laughter to tears in a flash, all because of some errant

thought that has no place in our lives. Control your

thoughts and you control your destiny.

Watch that law of attraction!

Fear attracts fear, love attracts love. If you live a fear-

based life, you’ll attract fearful experiences and fearful

people. The opposite is also true so remember, good

things come to those who draw them.


Guard against the sway of others’ emotions

You’re cruising along a scenic route, you’re feeling great,

suddenly a passing motorist shakes a fist at you, and you

get upset. Minutes later, you find yourself yelling at an

innocent driver, whom your churning mind has decided

to label a probable serial killer. Learn to differentiate.

When fear enters you, make sure it’s a legitimate fear of

your own.

Follow your intuition and you’ll never go wrong

Be more aware of what goes on in and around you.

If you don’t feel comfortable in a situation, remove

yourself from it. In the same way that chickens know

when a meteorological storm is brewing, our instincts

tell us when trouble is on the horizon.

From: Exploring Creative Power

http://www.swanlight.org

Maureen Marks-Mendonça,

author and life coach,

currently lives in Ontario,

Canada with her husband. Her

novel, Legend of the Swan

Children, is available at any of

your favourite bookstores.

www.swanislandhome.com (youth)

www.swanlight.org (adult)

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Join her on Facebook.

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an old couple in a cafe ............

The husband leans over and asks his wife, ‘Do you remember the first time we had sex together over fifty years ago? We went behind the village tavern where you leaned against the back fence and I made love to you.’ Yes, she says, ‘I remember it well.’OK,’ he says, ‘How about taking a stroll around there again and we can do it for old time’s sake?’ ‘Oh Jim, you old devil, that sounds like a crazy, but good idea!’A police officer sitting in the next booth heard their conversation and, having a chuckle to himself, he thinks to himself, I’ve got to see these two old-timers having sex against a fence. I’ll just keep an eye on them so there’s no trouble. So he follows them. The elderly couple walks haltingly along, leaning on each other for support aided by walking sticks. Finally, they get to the back of the tavern and make their way to the fence. The old lady lifts her skirt and the old man drops his trousers. As she leans against the fence, the old man moves in.. Then suddenly they erupt into the most furious sex that the policeman has ever seen. This goes on for about ten minutes while both are making loud noises and moaning and screaming. Finally, they both collapse, panting on the ground. The policeman is amazed. He thinks he has learned something about life and old age that he didn’t know. After about half an hour of lying on the ground recovering, the old couple struggle to their feet and put their clothes back on. The policeman, is still watching and thinks to himself, this is truly amazing, I’ve got to ask them what their secret is. So, as the couple passes, he says to them,’ Excuse me, but that was something else. You must’ve had a fantastic sex life together. Is there some sort of secret to this?’ Shaking, the old man is barely able to reply, ‘Fifty years ago that wasn’t an electric fence.’


PReSencentReD aWaReneSSLIFE ORIENTATION for PERSONAL WELL-BEING

one on one counselling/guidance sessions

“In the deepest within, the most infinite beyond”

(Ken Wilber)

Gestalt therapy:

… is a ‘Humanistic Psychology’ which holds the core belief that we have the inner potential

for growth & self-actualization. When connected and centred, we have a natural, intrinsic way

to auto-regulate and in this way we live out our true inner nature in a harmonic way with its

environment.

the Process:

… The intention is to provide a co-creative, nurturing ‘holding space’ to facilitate our INNER

AWAKENING through increasing and deepening our attentiveness in the present moment. It is a

supportive space where by being more present and centred we become more conscious of ‘how’

we really function in the world…with ourselves and our environment (family, friends etc).

In this way, we can come to accept the ‘what is’, the reality of ourselves and of our situation

… ‘how’ we are moment by moment

… ‘how’ this may or may not be working for us

… ‘how’ we avoid certain feelings, thoughts and sensations

… and ‘how’ we can create new ways of being and interacting in the world that are more fluid

and expansive instead of rigid and constricting; a of more authentic living and interacting with

more presence-centred awareness; learning to accept all of who we are, the perceived positive

as well as negative qualities.

Accompanied in your process by

Vanessa Soodeen - Gestalt Psychotherapist

http://vanessa-soodeen.blogspot.com/

15th August – 12th September 2011

Contact number: 355 9715

April 2011 evolution track 19

three part beingsAn excerpt from Conversations With God, Book 2, by Neale Donald Walsch

You are three part beings.

You are more than your body,

and more than a body with a mind.

Are you nurturing your soul?

Are you even noticing it?

Are you healing it or hurting it?

Are you growing or withering?

Are you expanding or contracting?

Is your soul as lonely as your mind?

Is it even more neglected?

And when was the last time you felt your soul being

expressed?

When was the last time you cried with joy?

Wrote poetry?

Made music?

Danced in the rain?

Baked a pie?

Painted anything?

Fixed something that was broken?

Kissed a baby?

Held a cat to your face?

Hiked up a hill?

Swam naked?

Walked at sunrise?

Played the harmonica?

Talked til’ dawn?

Made love for hours … on a beach, in the woods?

Communed with nature?

Searched for God?

When was the last time you sat alone with the silence,

travelling to the deepest part of your being? When was

the last time you said hello to your soul?

When you live as a single-faceted creature, you

become deeply mired in matters of the body: money,

sex, power, possessions, physical stimulations and

satisfactions, security, fame, financial gain. When

you live as a dual faceted creature, you broaden

your concerns to include matters of the mind,

companionship, creativity, stimulation of new

thoughts, new ideas, creation of new goals, new

challenges, personal growth.

When you live as a three part being you come at last

into balance with yourself. Your concerns include

matters of the soul: spiritual identity; life purpose;

relationship to God, path of evolution; spiritual

growth; ultimate destiny.

As you evolve into higher and higher states of

consciousness, you bring into full realization every

aspect of your being. Yet evolution does not mean

dropping some aspects of Self in favour of others. It

simply means expanding focus: turning away from

almost exclusive involvement with one aspect, toward

genuine love and appreciation for all aspects.

Conversations With God, Book 2

http://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Bk-2-Neale-

Donald-Walsch/dp/0340765445/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8

&qid=1305941709&sr=8-1


The people who

are most successful

in marriage relationships

are the same ones who are

most successful in parenting

relationships. This is the conclusion of

psychologists Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt

after observing and researching parent-child

relationships.

Why should this be? The counsellors say, in

their book, Giving the Love That Heals, that

this is partly because marriage and parenting

have some important things in common. “For

one thing, they share a progression through

stages. Both begin with romantic attachment,

move into the power struggle, and then (if

you are smart and lucky) on into healthy

interdependence.”

According to Harville and Hunt our internalized

image of our parents, shapes both our

marriage and our parenting relationships

in important ways. It affects our choice of

marriage partner and the way we parent

our children is also powerfully influenced by

the experiences we had with our parents

during childhood. “But at the center of

both relationships, if they are successful, is

the commitment to become more aware

- of yourself, the other

person and conscious of

the way that internalized

image affects your choices

and behaviour.”

The people who did well at both

marriage and parenting made a

commitment to become conscious about the

process. They were willing to see what was

hidden in themselves and, without prejudice,

to understand the connection between past

wounding and present functioning. They were

able to override their self-protective impulses in

favour of responses that were less me-centered

and more relationship-centered.

The authors say, “All parents can become more

conscious if they chose to do so. Consciousness

is a natural state, available to everyone. There

are only two requirements: an awareness that

you are not as conscious as you want to be,

and a willingness to engage in the process of

deep self-reflection.”

Giving the Love that Heals, Harville Hendrix and

Helen Hunt pp xviii-ix

http://www.amazon.com/Giving-Love-Heals-

Harville-Hendrix/dp/0671793993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U

TF8&qid=1303592831&sr=1-1-catcorr


“Around 25 years ago I hit a hard wall in my life which stopped me in my

tracks. It drove me to investigate and learn the deepest causes and most

effective remedies for the kinds of stress that are now at epidemic levels

worldwide. I soon realised that relaxation is an inside job! Happiness is a

decision not a dependency. And that the authentic love that we all seek is

only ever one second away.”

challenge your beliefsFrom Clear Thinking by Mike George, U.K.

What you are about to read may challenge

some of your most deeply held beliefs.

For example: Stress is a form of pain or

discomfort which comes to tell us there is something

we need to change. By this definition there is no such

thing as positive stress, or to put it another way, the

inability to relax anywhere anytime is a message that is

simply telling you there is something you need to learn.

However, most of us have learned to believe some stress

is both natural and necessary. This belief blinds us to our

need to learn how to change the way we respond to the

world around us.

The messenger of pain or discomfort can come at

any level - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

The most common messages that come at a mental/

emotional level are anxiety/worry/tension/fear/anger.

If not resolved they will eventually lead to physical

disease or illness. Unfortunately most of us mistakenly

accept the ‘stress experiences’ as part of life, and do

little to alleviate the pain or discomfort at the mental

and emotional levels, until it becomes so severe, even

life threatening, at the physical level.

One of the most powerful illusions which keeps us

locked in a stressful lifestyle is the idea that our stress

is caused by circumstances, events and other people.

As long as you think this way you will always be in self

created pain, and likely to be crying ‘victim’. Some

people have been in pain for so long they cannot

imagine being pain free, and real relaxation is a dim

and distant memory. So they justify their pain as a

natural part of living and then project it’s cause onto

others. They also tend to convince themselves they are

comfortable being uncomfortable, relaxed when they

are not relaxed. This is fatal. To listen to the messenger

of pain means seeing and acknowledging our stress as

our own creation. It is the result of how we respond to

the uncontrolables in life i.e. circumstances, events and

other people. No one else creates our responses.

If you can see and accept that you create your own

stress according to how you are responding, you will

then see that there is something you need to unlearn as

well as learn. The old response needs to be unlearned,

and a new response needs to be learned.

This is not an instant process, but a gradual, personal,

inner work, over time. The purpose of a little ‘chilled

thinking’ each week is not only to give you some

insightful thoughts to think about, but also to challenge

those deeply held beliefs and perceptions which you

are both consciously and unconsciously holding on to,

and which are the real root causes of your stress and

discomfort.

Are you ready to challenge yourself and learn new ways

to change your responses to life, the universe and most

of all... other people?


Mike George is a best selling author, motivational

speaker and spiritual teacher who, for the last twenty

years, has been coaching, guiding and facilitating

the personal and executive development of people in

companies, corporations and communities in over 30

countries. He is founder of The Relaxation Centre

and Director of The Spiritual Intelligence Unit and

www.relax7.com

“Around 25 years ago I hit a hard wall in my life

which stopped me in my tracks. It drove me to

investigate and learn the deepest causes and most

effective remedies for the kinds of stress that are now

at epidemic levels worldwide. I soon realised that

relaxation is an inside job! Happiness is a decision

not a dependency. And that the authentic love that

we all seek is only ever one second away.”

To subscribe and have Clear Thinking sent to you

directly please send your email address to

[email protected]

ive from the heart. Don’t give with the expectation of getting something in return. You can give with the thought that you are sharing - that you are giving because you have so much.

You are giving because you know and trust that you will always have what you want so you can afford to give something even before you receive what you seek.

This mere act of giving from the heart and with the full knowledge that you have plenty and with the trust that you will always have more than enough - creates a bond between you and your higher power, spirit, universe, subconscious mind, God or whatever you want to call that part of us that we feel is connected to a higher entity. That bond is a trust - in which you are saying: “I know I will always have more than I want so I am now giving something because I want to - fully trusting that I will always have more than what I want - and therefore I can share because I want to.”

Charity Café.com


Rev. Cheryl Hernandez the Founder and Director of the

Inner Centre of Inspiration and Truth.

inner centre of inspiration and truth

affiliation

The Inner Centre of Inspiration and Truth (ICIT

pronounced ‘I see it’)is a New Thought Study group

and Empowerment Centre founded by Rev. Cheryl

Hernandez in 2003. We are affiliated to the Universal

Foundation for Better Living whose founder is the

Reverend Dr. Jonnie Colemon-Nedd with headquarters

is in Chicago U.S.A.

our vision

ICIT is a centre that develops and supports people to do

ministry efficiently and effectively; a centre that teaches

people to develop and balance the spiritual, mental,

emotional and physical aspects of their lives.

Mission of icit

To empower people to consciously create for themselves

the abundant life which is their birthright by teaching

them to love, serve, heal, fellowship and apply in all

aspects of their lives, truth principles as espoused by

Jesus Christ and practiced by New Thought Christians.

our aim

At ICIT our objective is to teach people how to:

See It — By finding and tuning in to our own

spiritual centre, we receive revelations of Truth from

our Divine Spirit within us. We call these revelations

“I see it moments” and they are represented by our

symbol, the spiritual eye.

Be It — By being consciously aware that we are

spiritual beings having a human experience and

living from that awareness.

Live It — By applying the practical techniques of

New Thought principles to everyday affairs, we will

begin to live the abundant life of which Jesus spoke.

Hence our Motto — See It, Be It, Live It

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how is icit Different?

Inner Centre of Inspiration and Truth is different

because:

At ICIT we focus on helping you develop your

spirituality instead of focusing on religious symbols

and rituals.

We empower you by encouraging you to be a

seeker of Truth rather than a dogmatic believer.

We are a New Thought organization (not to be

confused with New Age). We interpret the Bible

metaphysically. This means we go deeper than

the literal meaning in the Bible. This is a teaching

ministry therefore you get more teaching here than

preaching.

We teach the principles handed down to us by our

way-shower Jesus Christ.

We believe church can be fun so we use a variety of

approaches to get the message across e.g. sermons,

workshops, group discussions, joy singing, films,

games, etc.

We are about practical Christianity; we encourage

you to apply what you learn here to your daily life

and then, if you wish, to share your progress.

We do not preach fire and brimstone, instilling guilt

and fear in your mind. We believe that we all were

given free will and are responsible for the choices

we make. We simply remind you that all choices

have consequences.

What Do We believe?

WE BELIEVE that it is God’s Will that every

individual on the face of this earth should live a

healthy, happy and prosperous life. (Luke 12:32)

WE BELIEVE that such a life is within the reach of

each one of us and the way to its attainment begins

with the realization that the Kingdom of God is

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http://www.innercenter.net/aboutminister.html

http://www.innercenter.net/aboutminister.html

http://www.ufbl.org/

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within us, waiting for us to bring it into expression.

(Luke 17:21)

WE BELIEVE that we can bring this Kingdom forth

by practicing the universal spiritual principles

handed down through the ages and taught by our

Way-Shower, Jesus the Christ. (Luke 17:21)

WE BELIEVE with Jesus, that our experiences are

the reflections of our beliefs and therefore the key

to happy and successful living is right thinking

followed by right action. (Prov. 23:7)

WE BELIEVE with Jesus, that the basis for right

thinking is LOVE - love of God and all that is good

in our fellowman and ourselves. (Matt 19:19, 22:37)

WE BELIEVE that learning to listen to the

whisperings of the ‘still small voice’ within us will

insure that we are guided into right action. (Prov.

3:6)

WE BELIEVE that rather than devoting our primary

efforts to providing for the needy of the world,

the time has come to make available to all men

everywhere a teaching that will enable them to

provide for themselves by learning to release the

divine potential within them. (Matt. 6:33)

WE BELIEVE that the Inner Centre of Inspiration and

Truth, ICIT, in tune with its leader, is a vehicle for

the spreading of such a teaching. (John 15:16)

WE BELIEVE that a mighty new wind is blowing.

Men everywhere are hungry for practical techniques

that will show them how to fulfill the good desires

of their hearts. We at ICIT believe that we have these

techniques and we offer them to everyone without

distinction, confident that with the help of the Holy

Spirit we can teach all who are willing to learn how

to overcome whatever would keep them from their

highest good. (Matt. 28:19-20)

What Do We teach?

At ICIT our study and life journey with Self is based on 5

basic principles:

The Omnipresence of God (There is no spot where

God is not)

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The Divinity of Man (Man is made in the image of

God)

The Value and Power of Thought (Our thoughts

create our world)

Practicing the Presence (Regular communication

with God)

The Law of Manifestation (Our thoughts are

manifested in visible form)

We are a bible based organization therefore the

Bible is our main text book. However we study other

inspirational books that are in alignment with our five

basic principles and our nine statements of what we

believe.

What is new thought?

New Thought is Practical Christianity. It empowers

people to realize their potential by becoming

consciously aware of God’s Spirit within them. New

Thought teaches universal spiritual principles that

enable people to build happy and prosperous lives.

New Thought helps people to change their

circumstances by changing their thoughts, feelings

and beliefs. We agree with the bible quotation “Be ye

transformed by the renewing of the mind”.

New Thought uses a wide range of approaches

to God, to man, to life and its seeming problems. Our

approach is Philosophical, Psychological, Practical,

Metaphysical, Spiritual and Theological.

New Thought gives a new perspective on the

same unchanging, spiritual principles, a perspective that

is relevant to present times.

For over thirty years the Universal Foundation for

Better Living has been a vigilant champion of the self-

empowering teaching of New Thought.

De Gannes Building, Suite #4, 137 Eastern Main Road, St Augustine (Opposite the gas station that is next to Emerald Plaza)Telephone: (868)-753-5870 Email: [email protected]

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See me? I ain’t taking that on!

That’s the attitude most of us adopt

when faced with difficult situations. We are

intelligent, we are good people, but when we

see something that’s clearly wrong, most of us

would rather not make waves, we don’t want

to rock the boat. We forget that when the boat

is stuck in mud, the only way to free it and get it

moving might be to rock it a little.

We enjoy the pastime of complaining to friends

and colleagues about how bad things are

and share lamentations on the state of the

community, the job, the country or the world.

We may even write a letter to the editor or

summon the courage to call in to one of those

radio talk shows. But will we take the necessary

action that would bring about the changes

we want to see? Hardly ever. We would rather

wait for someone else to take the first step. And

because we are all waiting, no steps are taken.

What we often do is withdraw our cooperation

thinking, “If I’m not involved, I’m not responsible

if something goes wrong. Let those fancy

people who think they know everything sort it

out. At least no one can blame me for messing

up.” Or we may be short on hope, “I’ve tried in

the past and nothing changed and now I’m just

too tired to keep trying.”

But if we don’t speak up time and time again,

how can our voices be heard? If we don’t take

the actions necessary for improvements, how

can things get better?

Will you or won’t you take it on?by Garfield King

There was a time when I was overwhelmed

by events happening around me and felt

powerless to do anything about it. I comforted

myself with a Bruce Hornsby song popular at

the time, “That’s just the way it is”. Whenever

something didn’t go my way I’d sing the

chorus… “That’s just the way it is, some things

will never change…” Or I’d quote the old Bajan

saying: “When better can’t be done let worse

continue.”

A good friend pulled me up on it. She said

that it’s quite appropriate to accept the things

beyond your control and not get overly upset

about them, but it’s something else entirely to

resign yourself to situations because of fear or

laziness.

Most circumstances that cause conflicts for

human beings are created by human beings

and therefore can be changed somehow.

But you wipe out the possibility for change if

you keep thinking there’s nothing you can do

because you feel that’s just how things are. By

realizing that there is something you can do,

all sorts of exciting alternatives open up. You’re

then in a position to take action and make

things happen.

In a calm, but firm tone she said, “If you can

improve your attitude and expectations

about yourself, circumstances will likely take a

turn for the better.”

We can all be instruments of change, but first

we must believe that we can be.


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