Truffles

Our new addition–a Shih-Chon puppy (aka “Teddy Bear” dog) has brought more smiles into our home in the last two days than we’ve had in the last two years! Her name is Truffles–the coloring of a chocolate and vanilla truffle (and the sweetness of one) and the rarity (and expense we are discovering!) of the French delicacy by the same name. Her antics–and our learning curve–are sure to show up in my Sunday talks.

Many of you got the chance to meet Lynne in person at Sunday Services. I thought that for those of you that didn’t, I’d like to share a little bit about her. This way, you will feel more connected with her when she facilitates the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium here at The Unity Center on October 30^th.

A little bit from the Q and A from the teleseminar Lynne and I held a few weeks ago.

Lynne Twist

I introduced her…

“…Lynne is a veteran global activist and fundraiser.  She’s a cofounder of The Pachamama Alliance and is the author of what I think is one of the very best books on the topic of money and prosperity called The Soul of Money.

Lynne, I’d like to get started by having you give our listeners just a little bit off a snapshot of your background….”

Here’s what Lynne Twist said:

“How wonderful.  Thank you so much, Wendy.

Well, let’s see – my background. I spent about 20 years working in the arena of ending world hunger.  I was one of the early executives to something called The Hunger Project which is a large global organization working to eradicate hunger and addressing the core issues of poverty.  So, I had the great privilege of working in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, all over Sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world where hunger and poverty were persistent.  In service of that organization, I was responsible for many things, but particularly relevant in my life was being responsible for fundraising and garnering the financial resources to wage a worldwide campaign for ending hunger.  That’s really where I cut my teeth on – global activism, learning about money, learning about the state of the world as it relates to hunger and poverty.”

…more about what Lynne had to say in the next few days….

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The Symposium is going to be a huge event and I don’t want you to miss it! Register at http://www.unitycenter.net

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I would love to know what you think about Lynne’s book, The Soul of Money. Have any of you read her book?

I have known Lynne Twist for almost 8 years and am a huge fan of her work as both a global advocate and spiritually motivated force for good in our world.

We arranged a teleseminar a few weeks ago so people could “meet” Lynne in advance of her appearance at The Unity Center on the following Sunday.

I had attended the Symposium previously and asked Lynne to explain what it was so the congregation could get a sense of why it’s so important to The Center to host this Symposium.

Here’s what Lynne said: “…I should say that the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, in particular the Achuar and the Shuar people told us when we had our very, very initial encounter with them back in 1995 – they called us to come to them and that’s the kind of story that you’re referring to – they wanted partnership. They wanted help in preserving their land and territory, but they also knew and told us very clearly that the most important work anyone can do…to preserve the Amazon and the fragile ecosystems of this planet, was to go back where we came from and change the dream of the modern world – a dream that’s currently rooted in accumulation, acquisition, commercialism, consumption – a dream that has us lose our way, has us disconnect from our soul. So, their real mandate to us was to change the dream of the modern world.”

Wow…a pretty big job! I absolutely love the mission of the Pachamama Alliance: to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just presence on the planet. It’s completely in alignment with our mission of inspiring personal greatness – transforming our world with love.

The number of registrations we have received so far is impressive. The Symposium will be here at The Unity Center a week from Saturday on October 30 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. We decided to make it FREE so there would be no barrier for anyone who wants to be here that day.

You can still register at www.theunitycenter.net. We’ll have lunch and snacks available for you to buy or you can always bring your own lunch. This is going to be great!