Well, San Francisco
still is the land of the hippies.
There’s a lot of us older ones, and some younger ones have joined the
fray too. And yes, we were all there at
the 25th New Living Expo at the SF Concourse Exhibition Center. Down off of Vermont Avenue – Gee sounds like
Hollywood and LACC to me – this part of SF, once industrial no doubt, is now
buzzing with art galleries, SF Academy of Art and this Exhibition Center. So the tix at the door were $20, BUT if you
brought 4 cans of food to donate to the homeless shelter you got in for free!
(Or $4, depending on how you looked at it.)
This was my first indication that
“If you’regoing to San Francisco/ Be sure to wear some flowers in your
hair.” (Actually, seems that the Taper
occasionally did this same thing to fill the seats. I liked it back then; I like
it now. ) Further, you know this is an
older hippie event when people under 20 get in for free. The clientele was varied, but the speakers
were for the most part on my radar for a New Age event. – Gregg Braden, John
Gray, Lynn Andrews, plus 5,280 massage therapists, one of whom did some lovely
cranial sacral work on my brain and energy system for a 10 minute blitz. Free yoga tent – tomorrow I’ll wear some
loose slacks – If I can find any! A
meditation room, although the overall noise level was overwhelming. The convention space is cavernous and
speaker’s tents had forty feet above them for the sound to reverberate.
But how lovely to refresh in this
way. I had thought I would try to catch
Mikael Barishnykov in a new production -
maybe next week- but to replenish with hope for the world, hope for my
children, hope for the grandkids. Yeah,
this beats theatre hands down.
So what did I learn?? Some
ayurvedic methods for clearing energy points, clearing the energy before it
manifests into illness. Then, I listened
to John Gray who has moved from “Women are from Venus,” mode into talking to
his audience about how ADD kids can get help with 300 mg of grape seed extract
and 500mg of vitamin C. This apparently is popular in Europe for many boys.
Don’t think I didn’t call my daughter and discuss it immediately. Also Lithium
Oxalite is a natural anti-depressant, without the side effects.
I listened to a most intelligent
Gregg Braden on a panel regarding 2012, which really changed my attitude about
him. Articulate, thoughtful and from the heart – and that is the gist of all
the new/old age stuff – and yes, I would love to run off 12/21/12 to Machu
Picchu for this moment of the equinox and convergence when the Sun Earth Venus
align. Braden said that as a scientist,
(he apparently worked as a defense engineer before he was new age) and a geologist,
all of this end of age is a geologic age coming to an end. Earth has done it
countless times, not just ending this 5,125 year cycle, and what is important is how we react to it. In other words,
embrace mother earth, don’t panic. We will survive. He also said that the other indigenous
cultures, that he had studied, look at
this as just another part of living on earth and making peace. This I
liked.
And then I listened to Laura Eiesenhower
for 90 minutes. Great Grandfather Dwight’s
warning about the ‘military industrial complex’ was apparently a lot more
loaded than the rest of us might suspect.
She subscribes to a David Ickes’ theory, which is pretty spooky,
reptilian, but possible in my world, anyway. Her message in the end was to live
from your heart, be true and hold faith in that reality. We are infinite,divine beings, and that will prevail.
I liked my day
so much, I stopped in at the dollar store for another $4 of non perishables, so
I could return tomorrow. I intend for my life to be joyfullll. That's why all those people smile back!
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