Watched the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission findings which was broadcast on CBC-TV today. There were almost 100 calls for action from the Commission.  It was all very moving. 

People talked about Canada coming of age after a loss of innocence after learning about the horrors of the Residential School era.  Loss of innocence usually happens during our teenage years or earlier.  This suggests to me that facing how horrible we have been in the past offers Canadians the opportunity to attain greater maturity.

The Churches, represented by archbishops, were talking about how spiritually arrogant they were behaving at the time.

In business terms Canada has the opportunity to move from unconscious incompetence - i.e. childhood, to graduate from conscious incompetence - i.e. teenage years, and arrive at conscious competence - i.e. early maturity.

For what seems like six months before the election, the Conservatives funded a TV campaign that vigorously attacked, now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as immature (using patronizing words) but with nice hair (male objectification, if that's all they noticed about him).

There is something mature about what Trudeau did, based on compassion, today - wanting to befriend those of us from First Nations and bring about justice by adopting all the almost 100 calls for action.

To become friends people have to earn each others' trust.  There is no trust where there is injustice.

Trudeau showed the essence of leadership - empowering individuals to bring forward the most they have to offer society.  We cannot contribute fully in a social system that we do not trust, or that is not empowering.

He did a lot to combat ongoing talk of terrorism and fear of Islam last week when he looked deeply and with compassion into the eyes of Syrian refugees arriving in Canada, and reassuring them that they has a future here. 

The fear that some of us feel about how the world is changing is very real.  

It seems in retrospect that the Conservatives pushed away at any political opposition for months in an immature manner based on fear.  It is good that we have people able to show us another way based on compassion and justice.

Let's hear it for liberating our minds

We cancelled our cable TV account six months ago.  Suddenly the cable service has reappeared free of charge. 

I wondered about this.  At first I thought that the cable carrier owns a lot of TV channels. Perhaps the cable carrier and its TV media outlets are worried about becoming irrelevant.

Then, today I thought that there cable companies stand to make more money from advertisers when more people look at cable channels and mainstream media instead the internet or Twitter.

We are in a time when so much of what is happening makes little sense when we look at situations superficially, which is all the mainstream news gives us.  People are getting direct information using Twitter, which keeps us more deeply informed and ahead of the news reports.

This way of staying informed continues to develop our minds / discernment / understanding.

Some people seem to think that we need to go beyond the mind - which is true to some extent.  We need linear brain functions for business and science.  But this approach to thinking is heavily over-estimated.  

The Ancient Greeks were right to emphasize logic. But it seems inadequate for tackling the challenges we face today.  Why would we continue to limit our mental functioning to what happens on one side of the brain when so much is at stake?

People in business are now recognizing the importance of insight which requires more than linear thinking.  Insight is powerful simply because it uses more of the brain than traditional logic.

We are realizing just how incompetent we are at tackling everyday challenges when we restrict ourselves to logic.  We are like teenagers becoming aware of our own incompetence for the first time.

We get a lot of symbolic information from dreams. The information is holistic and never literal - which allows us to develop ideas on our own.  So no-one is giving us instructions in dreams - which happens with channeling, or with government policies, for example.

The nature of my dreams changes as my ideas are changing.  Our ideas become more fully integrated and realistic as we mature. 

So let's hear it for liberating our minds.

Cheap solutions to world problems - Plasma Energy Power Units

We will be hearing more about a ‘Plasma Energy Power Unit' designed by Keshe Foundation.  We will read about it on the internet - but maybe not in the mainstream media.  

These 'world-changing' units are designed  to be affordable. For about $200 a home can generate power and be less reliant on power companies. For those who cannot afford the unit funding will be available from many sources, especially in the developing countries.

A unit will maintain a heating system and cooling system in our homes. A consistent room temperature will be available no matter how hot or cold it is outside.  Units will also be available for cars therefore also saving us thousands of dollars in fuel costs. 

The Keshe Foundation was started by Professor Mehran Tavakoli Keshe, an Iranian plasma physicist and nuclear scientist. It has offices in China and California.

He also started Keshe Foundation Spaceship Institute, or KF SSI, located in Bari, Italy. It was set up to teach industry, organizations, and individuals, how to develop systems and technologies based on the Keshe Foundation knowledge. The Institute hopes to become a central hub for the spread of plasma technology and knowledge.

The KF SSI is primarily an organization dedicated to understanding of space, and learning all aspects of survival in space.

Mehran Keshe repeatedly says that plasma units will go out for worldwide distribution. Keshe says that within the next 6 to 12 months things will change dramatically for the better as manufacturing will have created enough units for the entire world.

When Mehran Keshe gives his plasma reactors to delegates at a Peace Conference in Rome on October 16th, we can anticipate fuel price starting to drop permanently.  

So October 16th, 2015 could be a significant date for everyone and the planet. It could be another turning point towards a more enlightened way of operating and loving our planet.  It is something that many have been working toward for centuries. 

That's him - on the right.

Obama was reputedly given a plasma unit on September 24th of this year.  North America will hopefully go after cheap energy, as an alternative to what people have been saying for twenty years - 'War is not an Energy Plan'.   

There is no copyright and in fact Keshe made sure that it cannot be copyrighted.  People around the world will accept peace and cheap energy - which will change everything.

The Keshe Foundation Spaceship Institute claims that, "for the first time we have managed to create atomic hydrogen and carbon as gas and as solid matter at room temperature."  

Technical notes:

This new method uses atom-thickness layers, and multiple layered carbon, i.e., graphene.  Several international patents with over 300 potential uses have been filed in past years.

Graphene has the same composition as what we find at the core of pencils but is structured differently.  Until now this has only been produced at temperatures of 700° to 800°C.

Keshe is excited about the healing powers of this technology and how it produces a force field that protects against nasty psycho-tronic devices that have made misery of people's lives.

He claims that how we interact with the plasma is dictated by our overall vibration at the time.  Somehow the unit is sensitive to our vibrations.  That should be interesting if we wake up feeling grumpy.  It should give new meaning to phrases like stay positive, or, be happy!

Check out www.keshefoundation.org .

Solving Stress through Nutrition

There have been so many big changes in the world this summer.  Now we're giving ourselves some time to get-together and consider the opportunities we have for a new kind of society and a better world.
We need to ensure we take good care of ourselves to be effective in the world.


Our featured speaker:

Dr. Olia Filina, a doctor of naturopathy, helps solve issues of stress and anxiety.  Dr. Olia uses many forms of treatment including nutrition.

Come to the Columbus Centre, the Italian community's cultural centre, Tuesday September 29, 2015 from 7 to 9pm.

Columbus Centre is conveniently located near Highway 401, and the Spadina subway (a walk or short bus ride from Lawrence West subway station).

Location: The beautiful boardroom along the corridor to the right of the ground floor restaurant.  

This free event is held in conjunction with the Social Creator network's Universe City of Toronto.  We will look at expanding Universe City as a place you go to get the skills and experience you need for today's economy of creativity, sustainable development and learning.  Universe City is organized in seven movements.  One movement is about Food Affordability & Quality Assurance for increased food security.

We are looking forward to getting together with like-hearted individuals.

Let Nick D'Aleandro or I know if you plan to attend.  Bring a friend.

Send us your email if you want to know about our events.

Passes to Women's Eye Film Festival in Toronto

It's official.  Free All Access passes (to all events) at the Women's Eye Film Festival go to the following Social Creator network participants:

David Savia,
Nella Starai,
Leo Buccilli,
and 
Magda

Fifteen passes to individual films go Social Creator participants who have attended  since April 23.  Mention the group at the box office and they will be handed out on a first come, first serve basis:

Women's Eye Film Festival is on from June 16-21, 2015.

At a recent meeting we heard from the inspirational, Leslie Ann Coles who founded the film festival.  She worked in modern dance theatre as a choreographer before becoming a filmmaker.  She took a dance piece about several generations of women in her family and recreated it as her first movie.

We heard about the Global Media Center for Social Impact (UCLA, Los Angeles) which has been coaching film and TV scriptwriters to include relevant social themes.  This group affects how scripts are written so that movie goers and TV viewers are not only entertained but also empowered to change our world.  their representative will attend on Saturday June 20th.

Leslie Ann Coles presented at our World Creativity Week celebrations  -  and gave away more film festival passes.

Launch of Universe City in Toronto / World Creativity Week events

We will be celebrating Leonardo's birthday at the Columbus Centre, the Italian community's cultural centre, during our World Creativity Week celebrations April 16 - 23, 2015.

This will mark the launch of the Social Creator network's Universe City in Toronto on April 15.  Universe City is where you go to get the skills and experience you need for today's economy of creativity and learning.  It is organized in seven movements.

World Creativity Week

Be sure to join us.

Leslie Ann Coles will be presenting and also holding a draw for more passes to the Women's Eye Film Festival.  She will show some short films before leading a workshop on developing a script.  Its fun and also no previous experience is necessary.  This creative and practical event will be held on April 16 at 7pm in the Columbus Centre boardroom on the ground floor to the right of the main restaurant.  $10.

She will also be giving away more free passes to screenings at the Women's Eye Film Festival that starts in June.

Cosmological Gardens

Spring is in the air so think flowers and garden.  As part of World Creativity Week, Andrew Owens will be presenting on Cosmological Gardens - and how to get the garden of your dreams by working holistically.

We will discuss holistic thinking that uses the whole brain and cosmological thinking (fore brain).  This creative and practical event will be held on April 23 at 7pm in Room 303 of the Columbus Centre at Lawrence and Dufferin.  $10.

Columbus Centre is convenient for Highway 401, and the Spadina subway (a short walk or bus ride from Lawrence West station).

Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy.  (For those cosmologist / psychologist participants - Leonardo had Sun and Venus in Taurus - very grounded, with Moon and Jupiter conjunct in Pisces - very socially aware.)

Universe City

Collaborative Leadership

Some of you may know of Peter Senge.  He promoted the terms 'learning organization' starting in the early 1990's.  He is now a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management. 

Here is a link to a fascinating article he wrote recently.

http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_dawn_of_system_leadership

If you believe we need to get beyond the myth of the hero, Senge is looking at the power of collaborative leadership. Together we come up with visions for more sustainable styles of society.  Together we participate in co-creating the society we want.

In the article you will also find new insights into the food crisis, youth crime, toxicity found within fashion items.

Movements help us get around rigid monopolies

At the last event we discussed how the present economic system will not serve many of today's youth and how young adults are organizing in parallel economies outside of the established channels.  We focused on promising methods of organizing as a society that suggest a way forward.

For society to be organized requires predictable structure and movements for change - like a Snakes and Ladders board.  Movements have always been the main way to get around rigid monopolies.  Movements, such as human rights, have drawn our attention to the need for change whenever some of us find it difficult or impossible to get ahead socially and economically.

We will meet again on Wednesday March 11th. at 7p.m in the library of the beautiful Columbus Centre.  Take the elevator to the second floor and follow the signs.

The Columbus Centre is an Italian cultural centre just west of Dufferin on the south side of Lawrence. 

 
(Use the Allen Expressway or take the subway to Lawrence West Station and take a bus a few blocks west to Dufferin.)

Leslie Ann Coles will be our visiting speaker sharing with us her inspiration for starting the Female Eye film festival.  (See below for more information.)

This Social Creator event is free with light refreshments catered by Mama D'Aleandro. 
Let Nick or I know if you are attending.  Bring a  friend.

 


Its time to fill out the Snakes and Ladders board for a post-2012 era. We will look at immediate economic opportunities and set educational objectives so that we learn to become more fulfilled. 

Our session we will go beyond logic and we will learn to use tools for insight.

 

There will be lots for everyone to talk about after selecting various breakout groups to discuss visions and educational objectives:

1. empowering ourselves for a More Lively and Loving Toronto,
2. a proposal to organize Neighbourhood TV,
3. influencing food quality and freshness,
4. influencing how the health industry operates,3. an income model for these and other proposals.

The Female Eye film festival is ranked one of the world's "Top 50 Festivals" by Movie Maker.  See: http://www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com.  Read more, below this email...

We will also have a draw for free passes to some of the films.

​Leslie Ann Coles (above) has been an actress and producer since 1997.

In 2003, the Female Eye Festival launched the script development program.
In 2004, FeFF produced the first Dec. 6th program with films that pertained to issues of violence against women.
In 2005, FeFF traveled to the UN Headquarters to present films on International Women’s Day.
In 2006, FeFF launched a photo exhibit and produced the first Young Filmmaker Development Workshop.
In 2011, Jules Koostachin became the director of FeFF's Aboriginal Filmmaker Series. 

What happens after the World Economic Collapse in 2008?

You probably missed news of evidence of massive bank fraud if you only follow the mainstream media.  We will never understand what happened when the world's economy almost tanked in 2008 and ruined so many lives unless we turn to other sources. 

Banks have paid huge fines to stay out of court and stop the rest of us finding out about their actions. 

A Canadian woman, Alayne Fleischmann, gave an exclusive interview on DemocracyNow.com.  She is the whistleblower who helped the Justice Department of the US make JPMorgan Chase pay one of the largest fines in U.S. history for its role in the world economic financial crisis.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/1/matt_taibbi_and_the_9_billion

The Rolling Stone article they refer to is at:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-witness-20141106

No-one at any of the banks has been prosecuted.  We could conclude that the Department of Justice never really went after the people who practically wrecked the world economy.

Eric Holder, as head of the US Justice Department, justified his forgiving attitude towards banks when testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013, by suggesting some banks are "too big to jail." 

The bank that Alayne Fleischmann worked for seems unchanged.  The board of JPMorgan Chase gave their CEO a 75% salary increase after the collapse.


After so many people lost their homes, powerful people in government felt the need to help banks keep news and evidence of vast banking fraud away from the public. In the DemocracyNow,com interview we hear that Eric Holder used to work for a legal firm which had JPMorgan Chase as a client.  He worked his way up from being a corporate lawyer defending companies like JPMorgan Chase before becoming head of the Justice Department.

We now know that the main message Occupy Wall Street had to offer us, about the way the world is run, has proven correct. In the DemocracyNow,com interview we hear that a Wall Street CEO can phone the head of the Justice Department and ask for favours, like not prosecuting, and negotiating getting help with hushing things up if there were massive fraud.

Should we be thankful that the government did not aggravate a bad situation?  In the DemocracyNow.com interview, reporter Matt Taibbi goes through reasonable courses of action the Justice Department could have taken but decided not to.

Eric Holder was severely criticized for his statement on "too big" to even prosecute let alone jail. 

He resigned from the US Justice Department in September 2014.  Obama said that Holder served the people well.

So how do we begin to live with this news?  Do we resolve this within ourselves by looking for whose naughty and whose nice?

Mainstream media work are a big part of this story.  In a big media company we work together at a similar steady and reliable pace as the rest of business and governance as we have known it.  A lot of emphasis is put on 'naughty and nice'. 

Naughty is coming to mean the same thing as 'disruptive'.  Some of us operate at a pace that the rest of us find disruptive.  Yet the future of our economies has depended on disrupting what went before.

So naughty has become an issue of pace of operation.  In some parts of society pace of operation or functioning is called 'frequency'.

Creation exists as a long series of stages within a larger evolutionary progression.  Specific people and animals are representative of each stage.   

Collectively the entire range of stages has introduced and extended higher functioning into the material dimension including worldly events. 

Each stage works, much like an electrical transformer, to reduce the frequency of vibrations.  The frequency at which each creature functions and operates is either suited to that creature or the creature cannot be sustained within the larger being we call Life.  

A person will get ill and die relatively early if they operate at a frequency that disagrees with them.   

No-one can make a person that is able to thrive wrong.  We learn to live with what others do without denying the reality of the situation.

People used to learn to live by imposing fear and intimidation on one another.   As a way of daily functioning this caveman or clan-like mentality is very low on the scale.  

The vast majority of us are happy to live beyond that level of functioning.  It is a familiar reaction to rationalize wanting to lash out at others in the face of overwhelming emotions.  Today we recognize this is only a defense mechanism that buffers the immediate shock.

Then there is the stage of negotiating when the reality and the pain that goes with it re-emerge.  We use some form of logic to justify what we do.  The intense emotion is deflected from our vulnerable core.  We redirect or 'project' the emotion of anger on to others even complete strangers when we have no idea what motivates their actions.

Many in the Occupy movement were concerned citizens.  They wanted us all to stop for a while and learn a more functional way of living with one another. 

I like to discuss higher levels of functioning on another website:  betaDigest.wordpress.com.