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The Story of the 1970 Concert that Launched Greenpeace October 16th, 1970, 8 p.m. Night has fallen and it’s dark outside the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver’s largest concert arena, but inside all is bright and tinged with the adrenaline buzz of ten thousand ticket-holders.  A pungent potpourri of patchouli, sandalwood and Acapulco Gold is wafting through the stadium.  My mother, flanked by my fifteen-year-old brother and me, is sitting in the first row of chairs lined up in front of the stage.  Every seat has been taken, and those unwilling to sit in the stands are plunking themselves down in the aisles and on the floor in front of us, with scant resistance from volunteer ushers. Shortly after eight the house lights dim and a raucous cheer erupts as Terry David Mulligan, deejay of local rock station CKVN, saunters onstage.  The whole arena is humming, vibrating with anticipation.  I slip off my chair and slide into the...

Remember the concept that our mind is the projector and what we see and experience in our world is a creation of that which we project? So what does that mean then when we are so easily finding fault in others, but not in ourselves? Our sensitivities must be developed and coming from our own perception which then creates this need to project our discomfort onto others... seeing them as causes of our discomfort.  Otherwise would they really bother us? Would we even notice? If I'm thinking that you're not ok, where is that thought coming from? And why do I care sssooooo much about that and find a need to focus on THAT..... like it's going to KILL me! Remember, follow the thought... Until later, Leland www.CounselligandMediation.co Leland@CounsellingandMediation.com

"Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in." --Leonard Cohen Until later, Leland www.CounsellingandMediation.com Leland@CounsellingandMediation.com 705 999 2107 905 510 9117

My mind is like a steel trap... not in the way that suggests that I have a good memory, but rather in the way that it is limited and myopic in it's focus! Although I try to understand another person's experience and am empathetic, I am limited to relate to another person's perspective in exactly the way that they do. Our ego's job is to differentiate... to demand that we stay at arm's length. It does this in self-protection in order to define itself as being unique and exclusive. How then do we create the sensation of connection? If we know, understand and apply this knowledge we can begin to suspend the innate judgment (based on difference and fear) to allow ourselves to feel more connected. In fact we do not have to create the connection, we have to be aware of the natural process that our egos undertake as use that to our benefit. To not use the judgments that occur a thousand times per second to focus on our separation or differences... to become aware of our e...

This is an interesting piece from Eckhart Tolle on love...  It may help to understand the difference between ego love and the essence of love... worthwhile read... Eckhart on Personal Love Q:  If we’re all one, why do we feel drawn toward certain individuals in an expression of “personal love”? ET:  True love is transcendental.  Without recognition of the formless within yourself, there can be no true transcendental love.  If you cannot recognize the formless in yourself, you cannot recognize yourself in the other.  The recognition of the other as yourself in essence – not the form – is true love.  As long as the conditioned mind operates and you are completely identified with it, there’s no true love.  There may be substitutes, things that are called “love” but are not true love.  For example, “falling in love”…perhaps most of us have experienced it.  Maybe one or two at this moment are “in love”, and those who have experienced it have ...

Ok, for some of us, this is kind of obvious...  Delaying sex makes for a more satisfying and stable relationship later on, new research finds. Couples who had sex the earliest — such as after the first date or within the first month of dating — had the worst relationship outcomes. "What seems to happen is that if couples became sexual too early, this very rewarding area of the relationship overwhelms good decision-making and keeps couples in a relationship that might not be the best for them in the long-run," study researcher Dean Busby, of Brigham Young University's School of Family Life. Busby and his colleagues published their work Dec. 28 in the Journal of Family Psychology. The study was supported by research grants from the School of Family Life and the Family Studies Center at Brigham Young University, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon Church. Past research on sex and its link to relationship quality has revealed two d...

Are you in a state of conflict, having struggles, relationship issues, financial problems, confused, feeling helpless, feeling lonely, wondering when something good is going to happen? Many are seeking an answer... the answer... looking for some magical solution to resolve their problems once and for all... maybe winning the lottery? There is an answer that will help! But it takes some effort on your part... but if you're saying I'll do anything... I'll do whatever it takes... anything is better than the way it is right now... If you don't have what you think you want in your life... why not? Call or email me to set up a time when you can begin your path to peace. Until later Leland Leland@CounsellingandMediation.com 705 999 2107 905 510 9117