This is one of my all-time favourite quotes from Einstein.  I think

it is particularly relevant to this time.

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us "universe", a

part limited in time and space.  He experiences himself, his

thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest...

a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion

is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires

and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.  Our task

must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our

circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the

whole of nature in its beauty."

I am thrilled that Barack Obama has been elected.  However this

is not the end of our work as his supporters, it is the beginning.

So, what do we do now?  How do we learn to live sustainably?

What we must do is to bring about real and meaningful, lasting

change in this world.  It begins at home.  It begins within.

--Since 1960, thirty percent of all wild animals on earth have

vanished, almost one-third. 

--In the last 24 hours, 50,000 to 60,000 people have died of

starvation around the world (about 30,000 of them, children). 

--In the last 24 hours 100 species have gone extinct.

--In the last 24 hours at least one-quarter million acres of rain-

forest have been destroyed.

--In the last 24 hours at least ten million tons of highly toxic

waste, not landfill, have been realeased into our air and our

waters and our soil. 

And yet, I am hopeful.  I am hopeful because if this young man

has been willing and able to raise himself to the height of

President of the strongest nation on earth by organizing from the

grass roots up, which he has done, who am I not to offer my

small share to support our dreams?

Obama has spoken about "greening" our economy.  That would

satisfy two of our major problems--employment and our

dependence on outside sources for energy.  What can we do to

contribute to this aspect of the plan?  How can we support him in

this endeavour?--and how can we push it forward? Van Jones has

written a fantastic book on the subject, "the Green Collar Economy".

I am hopeful too, because New Hampshire has voted a majority of

women into its House seats.  I'm not saying this as a "sexist". 

We have learned that it is not the agricultural revolution, nor the

use of oil, or availability of food that has caused this population

explosion in one "tribe".  What modern sociologists have found is

that, in those cultures where women have relatively equal power

to men, there's a flip that happens and it'll very often happen in

a single generation, where population goes to replacement and no

more.  It happens regardless of access to technology and its

regardless of access to wealth.  

How do we heal from the wounds our country and our world has

suffered?  And how do we provide for all while living this life that

restores us and our earth to Wholeness? 

One could say that the most powerful movement in the world

to stabilize population, to diminish, reduce, hopefully even

reverse the destruction that we're doing to the planet;  the

most powerful movement for human rights, for civil rights, for

the rights of life on this planet, is the women's movement.

The future is not going to be like the past.  It cannot be.  We

must face reality.  It would take four planet earths to provide

the natural resources to make all the things for the standard of

living that we, here in the US, consider the poverty threshold.   

Our work has only begun--but we will learn the lessons we must

and we will walk this Path toward Wholeness together.  I know

of no tools and techniques more applicable to these challenges

we face today than those offered within the Heartmath system.

With Heartmath we traverse the path all the way from defining

our true, core values to learning to live in this world of stress

and tribulations happily, peacefully and honourably within those

values.

--More than 70% of Americans want national health care.

--More than 90% of Americans want clean air and food.

--More than 90% of Americans want to know the country of origin

of the food we eat (GMO free etc).

--More than 60% want a structured social safety net that includes

unemployment insurance and strong social security, retirement

and pension programs.

These are not policies from the "left", we're centrist, we're the

majority.  We must learn to live in the world, not to occupy it.

Please come visit me at:

http://www.macarthurparknaturalmedicine.com

and let's talk about Heartmath.  We all have a part to play. 

We all count and together "yes, we can..........."