An imagineering project in progress ..

The Conference  wHerethetwoworldsTouch!

April 19, 2009:  For my 60th birthday, I will be immersed in the first conference --- where?

This could actually be two-three different conferences that we could have each year:  one through the ESC, one through the DTCII, and one through wHe.. as a whole.  At first, maybe it will be wHe.. as a whole that sponsors it.  Eventually it could become two per year, offered of course in widely different parts of the country, or even other countries if we actually get that well-known.           Or maybe we could set it up as a tour, like Abraham-Hicks, and in each part of the country, we essentially do the same thing each time, but the people who will attend and those who lead also are drawn largely out of the local constituency.  Especially for this first tour, it will be mapped out much as below:  5-day conference [assuming 'x' amount of people attending, adjusting if less than we hope], then 3 days post-conference to review, sit with it for a day and go play, maybe some sort of discussion event like an after-dinner thing to go dream about, then come back the 3rd day and make plans for the next [local] conference.           We will also offer the conference LIVE on the website for those who cannot attend, and also record it [each speaker and/or event].

Experience is main emphasis of the conference/s:           These conferences are absolutely experience-focused in a few ways.  These are not events where you go to passively listen to speakers.  Instead people are very actively engaged in working with their potential and their gifts toward continuing to build and widen / strengthen the bridge 'wHerethetwoworldsTouch'.           First, we encourage people to share their stories.  We also could do things like a lottery from which random people are picked [who chose to be in the lottery] to share their stories from front and center stage.  We could even give rewards to those who enter, such as we discount or pay [or reimburse] the cost of part or all of their hotel accommodations.  [Or maybe prizes for something like this would not be a good idea!]           Second:  We teach people the fullness of the art of EHE autobiographical work, as well as other options to best potentiate their other-worldly experiences into fully empowering EHEs and to increase the EHEerly quality of life.  [Also, make this integral to the EHE study group, along with a packet of articles written by Rhea and others about this process.]           Third:  People actually work with their experiences in the conference, through the workshops and special events.  They might get some therapeutic help with any residual challenges from their EHEs; learn some new techniques to apply to their daily lives that will optimize their being more aligned and attuned to the multidimensional reality, bringing all that to bear 'here' or getting better at visiting 'there'.           Fourth:  Help people set up or connect up with EHE study groups in their area.  Create some form of informational and assistance module for this that people can buy pretty much at cost.             Also, every evening at, say, 10 pm, there is a group 'meditation'; this could actually be many different things, with maybe one option always to be a silent meditation.  But the  objective is to send people to bed more prepared to let go into deep, restful sleep and to be more "susceptible to revelation."               In the mornings at 6.30 am, this can be brought full circle.  People have the option to participate in a silent meditation time OR to partner up with another and share their dreams and the trails of glory they come back with before they are fully into the dail mo-jo beta energy again.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~               It is the opening day of our first conference.  I feel like I'm in a dream I'm living, a lucid dream.   How long I've indeed dreamed of this very moment! It's as if I'm watching myself and others as we converge on this huge conference complex.  Off to one side is its companion hotel, a brilliant white under the bowl of a perfect blue sky.             Divided into 5 days and nights packed with activity.  There are three additional days planned for those who made this happen for fun and relaxation and also for reviewing and assessing the conference and making plans for the next big event.     The evening before Day 1:           A night of meeting in a huge hall.  A few people speak briefly to welcome everyone and to set the mood for what is to come.  There are some fantastic entertainment and some wonderful stories.           Most of all there is the delightful, warm, gentle greeting and meeting among this magnificent group of beings who presage the coming of the world that is to be .. everywhere!  Imagine the whole world filled with people who are consciously, even joyously in the process of Awakening and being Awake through physical incarnation!  People everywhere work toward healing the Earth and healing our humanity, this great, great force for Good.   There is a very life-like rendition of Mother Earth and her companion moon hanging in the center of the ballroom, softly lit from within.             The first three days are everything to do largely with the LLR, LAL, and some aspects of the PDD [e.g., environmentally green burial; caring for our own at death; what the funeral industry doesn't want you to know; state laws; a practical, educational pamphlet or book about D&D; preparing for our own deaths, going through the process of paperwork and choices that are to be made; cultural and religious differences around the issue of D&D, but clearly in the spirit of the beauty and strength of each.].  This way, people can choose, if they can't be there for the whole event, how to prioritize according to the interests emphasized on certain days.  For those who are not members of the ESC or DTCII, they may prefer to show up primarily for the first 3 days.  Those in the ESC and/or DTCII may wish to show up especially for the last two days.  Or maybe we'll give the first TWO days only to the LLR, LAL, and PDD, then launch into the depths of the ESC and DTCII the last THREE days.             Another option:  all of them, all FIVE days; but the PDD, LLR, LAL emphasized the first TWO days; the ESC and DTCII especially emphasized the last THREE days.             Are the ESC and DTCII events for 'members only'??  Probably, but you can sign up right there at the conference.           Booths, exhibits, etc. are the same [??] for all 5 days.  A 'booth' idea:  set up a silent chamber to keep out the conference noise, a video camera and an interviewer, and ask people to volunteer to come share their stories with us.  Implicit in this is they give us permission to use these on our website programs.  We can even collect and ultimately compile these into a book, online or on paper.  If we do this we need to set up some form of royalty agreement with all who participate.  We could also give them a percentage discount for a future conference or a copy of a favorite resource we have created [their choice if more than one].   Day 1: The opening:           We begin with a moment of Silence.  We acknowledge all that we are grateful for and that we are indeed embodied spirit coming together for a sacred purpose and what a wonder-filled thing that is.  We invoke the fullness of presence and participation and our mutual awareness of Spirit and invite all energies and beings that cherish this experience with us and support us to companion us throughout every moment of our being together.  We ask their blessing and in turn we together bless this multidimensional work-play we have chosen to create together.           Give an overall sense of what is here, what the plans are for the week; giving people time to acknowledge one another and to stretch and vocalize [toning?] and rise to the occasion. Who is the primary guest speaker who sets the tone for the entire conference?  I probably can't entirely get out of sharing that responsibility, but I want a co-host or special guest.  It has to be the next main person in this work who also really GETS this vision and provides the means for this next leg of its unfolding into this reality.  It will be someone who hirself is steeped in 'all things EHE', who is a seasoned player in the larger world of Earthly community than I have been, and who glories in this project of transcendence as much as I, who is here to nurture it into fulfilling its greatest possible potential.           Starting at 10 a.m., we are flung far and wide into the galaxy of options:  all the planned speakers / workshops; all the booths and exhibits set up, which should be a LOT, primarily from the vendors of products / services from LAL; from books, music, etc. recommended on the website; from all works produced by EHEers [for exhibit, for sale, for educational purposes] and perhaps from DTCII [papers, books, research]            ... [[[A note:  we are not scientists in the formal sense, even if some of us are scientists!, but maybe it would be useful to have in play some form of peer-review process as an option.  Individuals and groups can offer their work for this process, and in fact we can produce our own journal primarily based on these works.  But people do not 'have to' have their work scrutinized in this way at all.  And yet, through a kind of 'magazine' rather than a journal, all these works [both peer reviewed and not] can be appreciated and explored and brought to the public.  Especially during the conferences, we can recognize and award prizes, grants, etc. to those who have contributed outstanding projects through the ESC and DTCII.]]]   Day 2:           Starting with Day 3, the conference will become much more ESC and DTCII focused.  Much more into actively cultivating together what E. Pagels refers to as . . .  "modes of consciousness susceptible to revelation."   My guess is, this can be particularly powerful in a group of like-minded/hearted people like this!  [[[AND, very important:  At the same time, to help us be more grounded in the here and now of the everyday.  David Spangler's incarnational spirituality will be equally important in this work!]]]   Day 3:     Day 4:     Day 5:   Now, it's review and assessment time -- and R&R time!   Day 6: Leisurely morning; meet at 10 a.m.           We will have designated aspects each will report on, from registration to parting, from the responsibility for invited guests to the recording of all events,  from suggestions / complaints to whether we are financially in the red or black, from accommodations and transportation to food; from what worked to what didn't.          End with an assignment -- to inwardly brood on the conference with the intent that night to dream about it for insights, especially with the aim to look at qualitative assessment, any trouble areas, how we can do this better,  how to connect more fully with Spirit in this work together.          Take the rest of the day / evening off, no itenerary, to go do other things.   Day 7: Leisurely morning; meet at 10 a.m.             Talk about any dreams, new insights and to  gain closure on how this went and the consequent tasks at hand to take care of all loose ends [any payments yet to be made, clean up yet to be done, contacts to be made, recorded materials and what we intend to do with them [make available for sale as, e.g., dvd's or to be downloaded; much material will be made available in other formats free for the viewing]].           Let's dream together about future conferences / events and our continued work ..           Let's go do something FUN together to celebrate all our good work, including a leisurely dinner.   Day 8: Leisurely morning; meet at 10 a.m.           Is the previous conference now taken care of insofar as we can do this now?  What's left to be done and who's doing it?             Do as much pre-planning for next conference as we can, including already putting things in place, making calls, lists, designating responsibilities.  If we are doing this on a tour basis and having several such conferences / year, what can we do to streamline this process and even do at least some aspects of more than one conference at a time [e.g., line up special speakers; get a deal for using the same hotel/conference center chain; cultivate relationships with people who offer certain services (catering, equipment rentals, transportation, special events ..) so we can have certain things in place each time we come there.             We can also set up equipment, computers, items we sell or want on hand like brochures, business cards, pamphlets, signs, projectors, recording equipment, other paraphernalia we need everywhere we go to be 'pre-packaged', or like 2-3 sets, so one is sent ahead for each event that we don't have to think about.  Also we can create a list of contacts, local options, so we always have backups and backup plans in place.           We have one last dinner together and a let-the-hair-down share time.  Share stories, dreams, inspirations; not for airing the dirty laundry.             We also do some "retreat work" together to improve our teamship and the focalizing of what we are doing together, using the very best of groupwork exercises, especially including our EHEerly knowledge and experience to help each other with personal challenges and to hone what it is we have to offer others as a team.   Day 9: Leave-taking day.  No itinerary.   ~~~~~~~~    *    ~~~~~~~~