I had the honour to volunteer my services at a spiritual event in Whistler a couple of weeks ago  which hosted North America’s spiritual Guru Deepak Chopra.  The public event was a gathering of local residents as well as people from all over North America hoping to spend a couple of hours with this incredible figure and learn something deeper about themselves and the world.

Interestingly, the evening spoke more to a global consciousness than an individual awareness.  Deepak spoke of the evolution of our spirituality in North America and how we are making great strides to improve the way we think and perceive ourselves and each other, however it is our human responsibility to begin to take this knowledge and share it with a global consciousness.  His message was to make good on the World, share your passions, stand up for what you believe in and share it.

Guests that spoke at the event were incredibly inspiring, one little girl and her father took the stage after we all watched a news report featuring the two of them.  After a trip up north to the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, they were stunned to discover that the Grizzly Bears they traveled to see were being trophy hunted right before their eyes!  Kali, the little girl, was devastated by what she saw and decided she wanted to do something about it.  So they wrote letters to the Premier asking him to stop such a horribly barbaric hunt but to no avail.  Kali persevered and contacted Deepak Chopra who in turn offered to sign her next letter for support.  Again, there has been no response but Kali is not giving up.  A little girl with a big heart.  I realized that Kali and I shared a common goal, and at that moment I prayed that we would both have happy endings.

Later we were all asked to chat with the people next to us and discuss the ways that we have been contributing to the World.  This was such a great opportunity for me!  I jumped at the opportunity to share my blog and my decision to refrain from eating seafood for a year.  My group was slightly amazed and possibly confused and didn’t really offer much of a response.  Maybe because they weren’t expecting that anyone would actually be doing anything to discuss or maybe because they didn’t want to hear why I stopped eating seafood.

Regardless, that night I realized just how important my cause is, and how proud I am to have finally done something to give back and support our strained Mother Earth.

It was a magical night, full of inspiration, love and music all in the presence of the power of a collective spiritual energy.  We all left feeling like we were infact an important part of the big picture, one that we can fix if we put are hearts and minds into it.  A powerful gift indeed.