"Once upon a time there was a Land. This Land was a paradise.
It was filled with beautiful diverse landscapes and wonderful villages: mountains, seas, rolling hills, forests, all sorts of trees, wetlands and almost deserts, and such a very fine and rich architecture!
This Land was enjoying a mild and forgiving weather allowing all kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers to grow all year round. What an incredible place to live in!
However the people of the Land didn't seem to realize how blessed they were.
Fights with others and themselves, harsh competition, and the craving for more were everywhere. They wanted more material goods, more money, more work, more results at school or at work, more social recognition, more awards and rewards, always more of this and more of that...
Over the years and generations, the Spirit had left them and their Land. But they were unaware of this as they were so busy taking care of their fights and of their craving for more. They didn't know who they were anymore, nor did they have any idea of why they were living. They didn't even know who the Spirit was!
How sad to see more and more of their children dying because they could not stand these fights and competition anymore, because the hope of a meaningful life had left them...
How sad to see more and more of their children dying inside, stuck in deep pain, close to despair because of the feeling that they had nowhere to look for a new life and no help to let their light shine again...
How many children had to become violent, end up mentally disturbed or die for the people of the Land to wake up, change their lives and finally embrace the path of joy and talent, the path of Life, and open the way to it for their children?"
Laurence Martin
Summer 2002