Hello. My name is Jim Ellison
and I'd like to ask you, if you would, give me about 5 minutes
I'll give you a quick "About Me". I was born in 1947.
I have done a defensive martial art called aikido since 1979
And I've been studying spiritual things since I was about 6 or 7.
One of the things I did in my early years - we didn't have television...
Television was on maybe 3 hours a night. It wasn't something that kids were really all that hung up on
We still played outside and used our imagination
One time I was out there, laying on the ground, looking up at the stars
and it dawned on me
I'm a part of something bigger.
And I think a lot of people are like me. We've gone through our lives and we have thought
"I'd like to help, but I don't know what to do. What can one person do to help?"
Well, I've thought about this a lot
And I think I've come up with a way we can help, especially if we all work together.
If you have thought that...I've thought that...there are more people out there that have thought this way also.
You know, change is happening. Let us be part of that change.
Let's help instigate a better change
Thoughts are energy. And there are a lot of negative thoughts out there right now.
It doesn't seem to be beneficial for me, them, or anyone else.
And I know that thoughts are powerful because...
We have seen it. We have entered rooms filled with hostility, and we felt it (the energy in the room) before we knew what was happening
We've seen it with sick people, where their friends and family pray - and the person gets well.
And the doctor says "That was a miracle!" Well...it was a bunch of energy
If you want to call that a miracle, call it a miracle.
We've been in situations where we have stared across the room at somebody
And all of a sudden they turned around and looked at us
And I'm going to tell you I believe that
If you go to football stadium and you see
somebody get hurt on the field - now there are 70,000 - 100,000 people in these stadiums
And everyone takes a deep breath and sends the injured player prayers or good energy
I think that person gets better, more times than not, because of some of that energy.
What do you think would happen if everyone went "I'm glad you're hurt because you're on the other team!"
I can't even hardy do that. But it wouldn't...
They wouldn't get well like they do.
Now, if you don't see that, then think about it for a little bit.
