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18 February 2008

Dear Reader

In my last newsletter - in December last year, how time is flying! - I mentioned that I sensed that 2008 would be a year of great change, and that we would likely see some old traditional structures giving way to new ways of doing things and new ways of being.

Today, I have felt compelled to write, because in this last week, I have been touched and moved to tears – twice – and on both occasions, would you believe it, by politics.

For a few years now, I have had a clear knowing that we have been moving into a new era – a time of harmony and alignment, a time of creatorship, and a time of belonging and peace. We will do business in a whole new way - here’s just one example www.dosomegoodnow.com. It has already begun... and work will become simply an aspect of joyful living, and no longer because we have to earn our keep.

For too long, I have criticised myself for being unrealistic, for being too idealistic. But this is what I now clearly see. I cannot only speak of it in circles where I personally feel safe. It’s time I also trusted my own inner knowings.

Transformation happens when we change our perspective, because through new eyes, the whole of our reality changes, and it is only when we can see the other potentials that are waiting and available, that we can clearly choose the new, and then to create it.

Never more clearly has this change been in evidence, until now.

This week, in Australia, on the first day of Parliament, the new Prime Minister issued an apology to the indigenous people, for mistreatments in the past. If you’ve watched the film The Rabbit-Proof Fence, then you’ll have the beginnings of an idea of some of what happened. The simplicity, directness and sincerity of his apology moved me and thousands of others to tears. Here's what he said.

"Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

We reflect on their past mistreatment.

We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.

The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.

We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.

We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.

For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.

To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.

And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.

We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation.

For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written.

We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.

A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again.

A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity.

A future where we embrace the possibility of new solutions to enduring problems where old approaches have failed.

A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility.

A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia."

He also went on to say, "As Prime Minister of Australia, I am sorry. On behalf of the Government of Australia, I am sorry. On behalf of the Parliament of Australia, I am sorry. And I offer you this apology without qualification...

"We have had sufficient audacity and faith to advance part way to that future, with arms extended rather than with fists still clenched...

"Let us allow this day of national reconciliation to become one of those rare moments in which we might just be able to transform the way in which the nation thinks about itself.

"For the nation to bring the first two centuries of our settled history to a close ... and embrace with awe these ancient cultures which we are blessed, truly blessed to have among us...

"Let us turn this page together: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, government and opposition, Commonwealth and state, and write this new chapter in our nation’s story together."

The leader of the opposition, who normally sits on the opposite side of the house, sat next to the Prime Minister. Together they moved to greet guests, including aboriginal leaders and members of the "stolen generations", seated in the distinguished visitors' gallery on the floor of the chamber. Together they represented an aligned and united front.

The energy for reconciliation and healing was palpable.

Then, across the ocean, in the United States, there came this clip - a music video containing cuts of Barack Obama, with a clear message. "We can change".

Take a look at it here. (Or visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY).

In my knowing, we have moved into the new world. The seeming chaos that we are seeing in the world at large today – the instability of the financial markets, the instability of our weather patterns, the apparent instability of our earth’s plates – are all symptoms of change... a destabilising and falling away of the old, to create space for the new to settle in.

It is so clear to me, that we and our world are changing, because we are choosing differently, and so we are creating anew.

The time is right. The time is now. We are on track.

Trust yourself. Let go of the old, and follow your own inner truths.

Love

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