Enjoy every flippin’ moment…

The things that are common to you, like windy mornings, starry skies, and old trees; beetles, strawberries, and doorbells; coffee, blue jeans, and summertime… are not common to us.

Enjoy every flippin’ moment…

Loving you more today than yesterday

An unmistakable trait of every true genius, is their persistent awareness of how much more there is to know. And an unmistakable trait of every true sage is their persistent awareness of how much more there is to love.

(Loving you more today than yesterday – Christina)

Love yourself

I do believe that the single most important thing I could ever, ever share with you, with regard to maximizing the health, harmony, and happiness in your life, not to mention expediting the manifestation of your heart’s fondest desires, can be summed up in just one word:

Love yourself. Okay, two words. Love yourself. I do.

Christina

The start of believing

Playing make-believe, dear reader, is always the start of believing…

Where shall we go today?

Christina

It makes for the BIGGEST life changes!

It’s quite a small thing, dear reader, to begin wondering which beliefs of yours are limiting, which thoughts shut out others, and which philosophies need updating, but OMG, it makes for the BIGGEST life changes!

“And the people of London began to gossip…” -

Christina

Volunteer programs

Corporates across the world have very structured and detailed volunteer
programs for their employees.

An example would be IBM’s Corporate Service Corps program where high
performance IBM employees work outside the traditional office on
community-driven economic development projects
(https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps ).

If you are an Indian Government office and would like to use the services of
volunteers for specific initiatives or on an on-going basis, send an email
to info@karmayog.org with details of the name and location of the government
office, description and duration of project/volunteer work, contact details
of person in charge. Karmayog will collate, circulate and upload these
details, so that corporates and other volunteer groups can contact you
directly.

Examples of types of volunteer work that can be undertaken in government
offices: documentation of projects, surveys and data collection, development
of training and curriculum, training programmes, development of management
systems, communication strategy, research papers, presentations, etc.

An example of one such project in India is “Workpractices at an Information
Commission” - 75 page report – July 2009  – Prepared by volunteers Yutika
Vora and Shibani Ghosh – for Mr. Shailesh Gandhi available at
www.karmayog.org/redirect/strred.asp?docId=25546 for your reference.

How you holding up? Loving yourself?

Indeed, dear reader, there are Masters among you. Scattered amongst the continents to shine their lights as brightly as possible, simply by being themselves, living mostly “ordinary” lives. Until, with enough of them walking the earth, at the deepest psychological levels, a tipping point will be reached so that all others will be raised ever higher into the light, simply for being in their midst, as if through osmosis.

Of course… there’s always been the risk that these Masters, once immersed into a sea of limited thinkers, might mistaken their “ordinary” lives as simply ordinary lives, think they’re simply one of the herd, and therefore not appreciate their unique perspectives, grasp their mission, or love themselves as they are no matter what others think, and the whole osmosis thing won’t work.

How you holding up? Loving yourself?

Just checking,
Christina

Gaza bloodshed

Dear friends, 

The Gaza crisis has exploded — put your name to our emergency petition demanding a ceasefire. We’ll deliver it immediately to the UN Security Council, the Arab League, the US and other world leaders!  Take Action Now

As we watch the Gaza bloodshed with horror, appalled at how the crisis is spiraling further out of control, one thing is clear –this violence will only lead to further civilian suffering and an escalation of the conflict. 

There must be another way. Over 280 are dead so far in the Gaza Strip and hundreds more injured — rockets are striking Ashdod deep inside Israel for the very first time, and the sides are mobilising for invasion. A global outcry has begun, but it’ll take more than words – the immediate violence won’t end, nor will wider peace be secured, without firm action from the international community.

Today, we’re launching an emergency campaign which will be delivered to the UN Security Council and key world powers, urging them to act to ensure an immediate ceasefire and address the growing humanitarian crisis – only with robust international oversight and action can civilians on all sides be protected and real steps be taken toward a wider peace. Follow this link now to sign the emergency petition and send it to everyone you know: 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_time_for_peace/?cl=161975839&v=2606 

After Gaza’s bloodiest day in recent memory and eight or more years of ineffective US and global diplomacy, we need to get world leaders to do more than issue statements if they’re to ensure a lasting ceasefire.¹ Through the UN Security Council and other international bodies, the world can provide the help and pressure needed to stop the violence and change the situation on the ground in Gaza – preventing the rockets and incursions, re-opening crossing-points under international oversight so that instead of weapon-smuggling, the 1.5 million ordinary people of Gaza can get the fuel, food and medicines they so desperately need.

All sides to the conflict will continue to act as they have in the past if they believe that the world will stand by and allow them to do so. We mobilised for a ceasefire in 2006’s Israel-Lebanon war and succeeded, but this time the international community must not delay – let’s raise a truly worldwide outcry. 2009 is a year that things can be different. As we face this crisis, and the possibilities of a new year, it’s time for us everywhere to work together to stop this violence.

With hope and determination,

Christina, Brett, Ricken, Alice, Ben, Pascal, Paul, Graziela, Paula, Luis, Iain and the whole Avaaz team 

¹ Further actions could include: a formal resolution from the Security Council rather than issuing a press statement as was done on 28 December 2008; explicit private and public international pressure on the parties to end the hostilities including developing clear terms for the resumption of negotiations; proper international oversight of the Rafah border; and in time, a detailed Security Council resolution setting out the terms in international law for a permanent peace between Israel and Palestine. For background, see this Jerusalem Post article, “No international pressure to end op”:http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456497503&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull)

The Eco-Renovation Network

The Eco-Renovation Network is a new and voluntary initiative. We want to encourage individuals to take action to increase the sustainability of their own homes. Our aim is to make it easier for people to find out and share information on eco-renovation and to reduce the costs to people through co-operative buying.

http://www.eco-renovation.org/

Christina

Join us in face-to-face meetings with climate negotiators

Dear friends,

While the world’s attention is elsewhere, the global negotiations to tackle the climate crisis are reaching a crunch point. Talks are underway in Poland and Brussels to hammer out a deal that should lead to a new and powerful global treaty. But now, Italy, Germany, and Poland itself are aggressively undermining the talks. We need to urgently influence these 3 European countries’ leaders — Merkel, Berlusconi and Tusk — within days. If they don’t change course now, Europe will fail to reach a unified position, which could unravel the entire global process. Here at the Poland UN conference and at the EU talks in Brussels, Avaaz members have secured face-to-face meetings with climate negotiators to deliver our global petition and we’re preparing a flood of popular pressure — organising a big rally next week when Merkel and Tusk meet and commissioning fresh opinion polls showing support for a strong climate deal. Click here to add your name to the campaign, then pass this along to friends to help build a roar they can’t ignore: http://www.avaaz.org/en/europe_climate_crunch_time/97.php?cl_tf_sign=1

For the last year, the US, Canada, and Japan have been the worst obstructionists in climate talks — as more than 300,000 of us helped expose in Bali. But now, Bush, Fukuda and Harper are gone or heading out the door. A breakthrough could be near as we approach the final stretch… if only Europe weren’t on the verge of abandoning its ambitious climate program. Coal and heavy industry lobbies are using the financial crisis as a smokescreen to block progress. Due to Germany, Italy, and Poland, the European Union is deadlocked in Brussels — and ineffective at the United Nations talks. We must succeed this week to have any chance of building the road map to the final UN meeting in Copenhagen next year. In all three countries, it’s not too late. We can show these governments that their own citizens and the rest of the world will not settle for anything less than strong climate action.

Our plan: On Tuesday, Merkel and Tusk are meeting in Warsaw–and Avaaz will greet them with a mountain of petitions and messages from around the world. We’ll follow up with independent opinion polls in Italy, Poland, and Germany that demonstrate public support for action. And we’ll press on in meetings, stunts, and through the media at the UN and EU talks to shame, cajole, and encourage EU leaders to do the right thing. http://www.avaaz.org/en/europe_climate_crunch_time/97.php?cl_tf_sign=1

Before Obama takes the helm in the US, the next step in the world’s response to climate change depends on European leadership. Here’s what we need Europe to bring to the global table: 30% emissions cut by 2020 if a global deal is reached, 100% auctioning of permits, and a strict compliance regime to ensure targets are met. The EU’s climate policy will either electrify or turn out the light on the international negotiations in Poland, while setting the stage for the final meeting in Copenhagen. For all of us who have ever been concerned about climate change, now’s the time to send a message calling for leadership and vision. By the time we reach the new year, Europe’s policy could be sealed, and with it much of the global response to the climate crisis.

With determination, Christina, Ben, Iain, Brett, Graziela, Ricken, Paula, Milena, Paul, Alice, Pascal — and the rest of the Avaaz team

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