Kindness Campaign

The Empathic Civilization

Author Jeremy Rifkin’s a new book, The Empathy Civilization, traces “the empathic evolution of the human race and the profound ways it has shaped our development and will likely decide our fate as a species.” An excellent review of this book is available on Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/only-empathy-can-save-us_b_447685.html?view. You can also go on Twitter and join a discussion thread on this topic at http://twitter.com/JeremyRifkin

Rifkin’s alternative view of evolution is very similar to the evolutionary path that we refer to as LOVEvolution in our new book, Healing Developmental Trauma. This heartful path is characterized by the ability to keep one’s heart open and to give and receive unconditional love.  The concepts of empathy and compassion are at the core of the LOVEvolution path.

Psychologist Carl Rogers once described empathy as the ability  “to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person, but without ever losing the "as if" condition. Thus, it means to sense the hurt or the pleasure of another as he senses it and to perceive the causes thereof as he perceives them, but without ever losing the recognition that it is as if I were hurt or pleased and so forth.”[9] Rifkin cites the human capacity for empathy as the cornerstone of what he is calling the “Third Industrial Revolution.”

What is the Third Industrial Revolution?

Rifkin describes “The Third Industrial Revolution” as both a distributed energy revolution and a new economic game plan. His visionary plan of the Third Industrial Revolution contains 4 pillars: 1) Developing Renewable Energy Sources, 2) Utilizing Buildings as Positive Power Plants, 3) Creating Hydrogen Storage Technology, and 4) Building Smartgrids and Plug-in Vehicles. He claims, "We have the science and technology to do it, but it will mean nothing unless there is a change in will."

Rifkin says that this new structure will not allow us to limit our notion of extended family to national boundaries in which Americans empathize with fellow Americans, Chinese with Chinese, and so forth. He also says that a truly global biosphere economy will require a global empathic embrace that requires us to think more globally as a species − as homo empathicus − to create an empathic civilization that is energetically embedded or located in our shared biosphere. An example of this global empathic experience is the recent worldwide response to the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. Small daily acts of kindness that happen all over the planet are the result of empathy and compassion, but never make the news.

According to Rifkin, this global shift in consciousness is essential if humans are going to survive as a species.
 If our true human nature is Homo empathicus, as both we and Rifkin are suggesting, then it is time to  begin creating new institutions and systems--parenting styles, relationship structures, educational and business models--that truly reflect our true nature.

According to our Developmental Systems Theory, the consciousness in most human institutions is influenced primarily by a second evolutionary track that we call “Developmental Trauma.” The effects of this invisible, compelling, trauma-driven system is disrupting and stalling the evolutionary expansion of all human systems, from individuals, to couples, to parents and families, to all other larger and more complex human structures. It is important that human systems rapidly recognize the devastating impact of hidden and unhealed developmental trauma on their evolution and take steps to heal it. Only then is it possible to shift to Rifkin’s homo empathicus.

Healing Developmental Trauma outlines these two evolutionary pathways and presents practical ways to help microsystems shift from the Developmental Trauma track to the LOVEvolution track of evolution. We and Rifkin believe this shift is essential for the survival of the species.

The Third Industrial Revolution

According to Rifkin, The Third Industrial Revolution will create a pathway to a post-fossil fuel era. It was the first Industrial Revolution that integrated print and literacy with coal steam and rail travel. The second Industrial Revolution combined the telegraph and telephone with the internal combustion engine and oil.

The core of the Third Industrial Revolution is the integration of distributed energy revolution utilizing the power of computers and renewable energy sources. Rifkin believes everyone can create their own energy, store it, and then distribute it to each other. Rifkin believes that empathy will help us see our common global dilemma. In 25 years, millions of buildings will operate as power plants that load renewable energy. He says, “We will load solar power from the sun, wind from turbines and even ocean waves on each coast. We can also make the power grid of the world smart and intelligent; we call it inter-grid.”

According to Rifkin, millions and millions of people will load power to buildings, store it in the form of hydrogen and distribute energy peer-to-peer; just like digital media and the Internet. The first inter-grids are going up in the United States this year in Houston, TX, Boulder, Colorado, and Southern California. The city of San Antonio, TX is planning a distributed energy program that will make it the largest city in this country to implement this approach. Rifkin has been consulting with European Union countries to actively move on this evolutionary path. Seventeen of the 27 EU countries have begun projects that implement his “Four Pillars” of The Third Industrial Revolution.

What Are the Four Pillars of The Third Industrial Revolution?

Pillar 1: Developing Renewable Energy Sources

Renewable forms of energy — solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, ocean waves, and biomass — make up pillar one of the Third Industrial Revolution. While these energies still account for a small percentage of the global energy mix, they are growing rapidly as governments mandate targets and benchmarks for their widespread introduction into the market and their falling costs make them increasingly competitive. Billions of dollars of public and private capital are pouring into research, development and market penetration, as businesses and homeowners seek to reduce their carbon footprint and become more energy efficient and energy independent.

Pillar 2: Using Buildings as Positive Power Plants

The construction industry is the largest industrial employer in many countries, and buildings are the major contributor to human induced global warming. Worldwide, buildings emit 30 to 40 percent of CO2 emissions and are responsible for consuming 30 to 40 percent of all energy. New technological breakthroughs are making it possible to design and construct buildings that create all of their own energy from locally available renewable energy sources, even re-conceptualizing buildings as "power plants.” In twenty-five years, millions of buildings — homes, offices, shopping malls, industrial and technology parks — will be renovated and constructed to collect and generate energy to provide their own power and produce surplus energy.

Pillar 3: Creating Hydrogen Storage Technology

As renewable energy is intermittent — the sun isn't always shining, the wind isn't always blowing—it is necessary to develop storage methods that will store and convert this energy. Batteries, differentiated water pumping, and other methods can provide some storage capacity. One storage medium, hydrogen, is the universal method to store all forms of renewable energy, for both power generation and transport. Hydrogen is the lightest, most abundant element in the universe, and when used as an energy source, the only by-products are heat and water. Spaceships have been powered by high-tech hydrogen fuel cells for more than 30 years. When renewable energy is abundant, electricity can be used to extract hydrogen from water, and it can be stored for later use.

Pillar 4: Building Smartgrids and Plug-in Vehicles

The fourth pillar has two components: one is updating the current electricity transmission system to a smartgrid. In the same way that people currently produce and share their own information on the Internet, businesses and homeowners will produce and share their own energy. A smart grid makes producing and sharing energy more efficient, reliable, and safe.

The second component is plug-in and hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles that become "power stations on wheels." Since the average vehicle is parked much of the time, when demand for electricity is low, vehicles can be plugged into electricity network to provide power back to the grid. Electric and fuel cell plug-in vehicles become a way to store renewable energy that can be sent back to the power grid in the form of electricity.

We believe that what Rifkin is proposing is entirely possible. Achieving his vision will require that each of us make some sacrifices and also look at exactly what in our lifestyle is unsustainable: the car we drive, the place where we live, the relationships and social structures we create, and how we spend our time and money. We have been driving a hybrid automobile since 2004, car-pooling where possible and have been averaging about 45 miles per gallon, while producing low carbon emissions. Our next car will be a plug-in hybrid that hopefully will get over 100 miles to the gallon.

Building A Sustainable Future

We have worked very hard in our 25+year relationship to heal our developmental traumas, and to keep our hearts open to each other so that we can give and receive unconditional love. Recently, we decided to sell our house that is larger than we really need, and move into an ecovillage in Asheville, NC where we can live more sustainably. We believe that this ecovillage can be a model of what Rifkin is talking about. All of the houses are required to meet the Energy Star requirements for green buildings. When fully operational, the energy systems at the Villages at Crest Mountain will be totally renewable and sustainable, including recycling the Villages’ water and returning power that can be used in a Smartgrid as Rifkin suggests.

 

Barry's WWNC Interview: Preventing Youth & Family Violence

Barry’s recent interview on The Tank Spencer Show at WWNC in Asheville, NC focused on his work over the past 15 years on the prevention of youth and family violence. The hour-long interview was played on all six of the Asheville radio stations owned by Clear Channel Radio.

You’ll hear Barry talk about how he developed CICRCL-sponsored youth and family violence prevention programs in a number of U. S. communities and schools. These programs include the Kindness Campaign, a community-based violence prevention program implemented in 13 U. S. cities and the Kind and Safe Schools Initiative, a school-based violence prevention program now being used in over 700 schools nationwide.

 He also discusses the unique strategies in his approach that emphasizes mobilize people to do the opposite of violence-- or acts of kindness. He also cites some of the research results that show how effective this approach can be in preventing youth and family violence. Click here to listen to his interview. 

The Science of Kindness

"Only a life lived for others is worth living." - Albert Einstein

By Janae Weinhold, Ph.D.

Kindness isn’t just a fluffy, feel-good, warm-fuzzy concept. It is a powerful, energetic experience that transforms both the giver and recipient at such deep levels that some say it can work miracles. You can read accounts of these miracles at the “Kindness Stories” link on this site. Kindness works miracles that can be validated with scientific principles drawn from the quantum sciences of biology, physiology, psychoneuroimmuniology and physics.

First let’s look at the biological and physiological aspects of kindness. When we open our hearts and reach out to others in kindness, our brain releases endorphins—the morphine-like chemicals that produce the feelings of exhilaration know as the “runner’s high.” Acts of kindness, according to researcher Paul Persall, also cause your brain to release “Substance P,” a neurotransmitter chemical that blocks pain. These two powerful physiological processes have an immense influence on our body/mind/spirit and the way that we experience life.

A steady flow of endorphins and Substance P through our bodies strengthens our immune system, keeps us feeling happy, joyful, optimistic and energized. This heightens our sense of well being so that we feel calmer, more centered and focused no matter what kind of stressful events might be happening around us. Physiologically, these brain chemicals improve circulation, reduce blood pressure, increase body warmth and improve weight control. Kindness helps us relax so that we can connect with others and with our own good feelings.

Other researchers discovered that the reverse is true. When we are angry with others, the flow of these “feel-good” chemicals stops. They are replaced by cortisol and adrenaline, which create fight, flight and freeze behaviors associated with trauma and stress. When they are flowing through our bodies, we have a “short fuse” that makes us feel irritable, hostile, helpless and depressed. Long-term exposure to these chemicals depletes the body’s organs, lowers the function of the immune system and leads to dis-ease and illness.

Now let’s look at acts of kindness from an energetic perspective. Kindness that comes from a place of deep love, joy, gratitude and appreciation stirs deep emotions that actually influence our DNA. Experiments at the Institute of Heart Math revealed that DNA changed its shape according to the feelings of researchers trained to generate and feel strong emotions.

In this experiment, researchers held some human placenta DNA (the most pristine kind) in containers from which they could measure changes in it. When the researchers felt gratitude, love and appreciation, the DNA in the containers was observed to relax and the strands unwound and became longer. When they felt anger, fear, frustration or stress, in the presence of these containers, the DNA responded by tightening up, becoming shorter and actually switching off its codes. If you’ve ever felt “shut down” by negative emotions, now you know why. When your DNA switches off, it closes down your body’s “growth” program and activates your body’s “defense” software. The HeartMath Institute experiment researchers found that when they shifted to feelings of love, joy, gratitude and appreciation, that the DNA relaxed, unwound and lengthened, which switched their codes on again.

The work of quantum biologist Bruce Lipton also takes this phenomenon a step further. His research indicates that our body’s “computer” can only be in “growth” mode or “protection” mode and that it cannot be both at the same time. A lot of the stress that humans encounter over the course of a day is the result of our DNA turning off and on again and again. The more that we are able to sustain the flow of the “feel-good” chemicals generated by acts of kindness, the more that our DNA relaxes, the more healthy, connected and creative we are able to be. This allows our centered and caring energy to ripple around us and influence the energy field of others.

Gregg Braden describes this as the Isaiah Effect, which is our ability to alter the web of energy known as the “universe.” He says that living cells communicate through this web and that it is not affected by time and distance. This is behind the assertion by Barry & Janae Weinhold that basic energy of the universe is love. They say that when you can open your heart to love others and be loved you experience what they call “lovevolution,” or the ability to evolve and grow. Valerie Hunt’s research on human energy fields also validates not only our ability to communicate through telepathic “mind-field” transmissions, she also says trees, plants and animals all do this. In the far distant past in our evolution, humans were once able to communicate telepathically. Since the development of the left hemisphere of the bran and the intellect, we have lost it. Now we seem to be reclaiming it as a species and learning how to use telepathy consciously.

So, here’s a recipe for dealing with interpersonal, economic, political, ecological and planetary stressors. Make performing acts of kindness a focus in your life. Look for ways to extend your love in the smallest ways—looking into the eyes of a child, stroking a plant as you pass by it, being compassionate while speaking to the Customer Service person, say please and thank when you transact with people and cutting people slack when you can see that they are at their edge.

As you do this, you may find yourself slowly becoming intolerant of the “feel-bad” chemicals and experience a growing dependence in your body/mind/spirit to the “feel-good” ones. Once you realize that how you feel and interact is a choice, you can use your consciousness to direct the flow of your life. It is also true from both psychological and from spiritually based research that what you focus on, you will attract more of into your life. By focusing on being more kind and recognizing the kindness of others, you will be able to consciously attract more kindness and joy into you life. This is real enlightenment!

Now that you understand the scientific foundation of kindness, we invite you to take the Kindness Challenge. For one or two days or for a week, focus on being kind and see for yourself how it changes your body/mind/spirit. Keep a daily journal of what happens to you. Then return to this site and email your Kindness Challenge stories here.

Take the Kindness Challenge!

“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses." - Confucius

Kind acts can transform your body, mind, spirit and your experience of life! Science proves it (read The Science of Kindness). But don’t take our word for it. Conduct your own experiment and try it for yourself for a day or two or even a week. Make performing kind acts a focus in your life during your experiment.

Challenge yourself to discover how many ways and places you can be kind. Think of all the people you interact with over the course of a day. What would it be like to sprinkle kindness energy around yourself that drops on all of these people: drivers on the streets and highways, the checkout people in the stores where you shop, the UPS person delivering a package, the people in line with you at the post office, the Customer Service person on the other end of the telephone.

You may find it most difficult to be kind to those closest to you, as these are often the ones with whom we feel the most free to be open, honest and direct in releasing the feelings related to stress and frustration. Here you get an opportunity to be the most accountable for your internal world and to take charge of your frustration in ways that do not hurt other people. Big challenge.

Also notice what happens when you give without expecting anything back. In fact, the less visible these acts are to others, the more likely you will learn about the impact of kindness on YOU. Performing acts of kindness that involve an external reward can contaminate your experiment, as it can shift your attention to getting the reward rather than noticing how being kind personally affects you. And notice your resistance to being kind. Become a stalker of your thoughts and behaviors to help you pay more attention to opportunities for being kind and to help you recognize either a missed opportunity or when you blew it and went into unkindness.

We want to caution you about one thing: that being kind does not mean being dishonest or failing to tell the truth at a critical time. We believe that you can say almost anything in a kind way. In fact, speaking kindly is likely to help other people really hear your truth. Notice when it is the most difficult for you to be kind, and question yourself about why this is. You will see that focusing on being kind can penetrate not only the corners of your life, but also the corners of your mind in ways that really accelerate your consciousness.

We are interested in knowing how taking the Kindness Challenge impacted your body/mind/spirit and invite you to share your experience with others. You can do this by personally witnessing your Challenge in your relationships, workplace, church, and neighborhood and by emailing a story about it here.

Success Indicators for the Kindness Campaign

Barry K. Weinhold,
Director, The Kindness Campaign

The following are the success indicators in Colorado Springs where the Kindness Campaign operated from 1994-2003,

• Participating neighborhood selected for “All-American Cities” award.
• Colorado Springs one of three U. S. cities named as “A Community of Kindness.”
• Started Kindness Campaign in 125 area elementary, middle and high schools serving over 70,000 students.
• Local CBS affliate TV station becomes media sponsor for five years.
• Viewer survey by media sponsor finds that 75% of viewers saw the Kindness Campaign as having a “significant effect” on reducing violence in the community.
• Campaign spreads to over 600 schools in U. S. and Canada and to 11 other cities.
• TV station creates a “Kindness Line” where people reported acts of kindness in the community. Received thousands of calls. At the end of the evening news, each night they played one of these messages on the air to viewers.
• Research shows that the Kindness Campaign in participating schools reduced peer violence (fighting, bullying, etc.) by over 30%; put-downs up to 90%.
• Media sponsor’s News Department rated top Regional News Show
• Established Annual Kindness Week celebration with special kindness events and a proclamation from the Mayor’s office.
• Established an Inter-faith Celebration of Kindness among area church and faith groups.
• KC volunteers made over 400 presentations on the Kindness Campaign to community and civic groups.
• Media sponsor created news features building from reported acts of kindness
• Established an Annual Community of Kindness Awards Celebration recognizing hundreds of children and adults for their acts of kindness.
• Campaign led to another organization starting “dialogue dinners” to bring people with differing values together to build “common ground.”
• Business adopted schools to help pay for starting the Kindness Campaign in that school and they rewarded employees for volunteering at adopted schools.
• Campaign led to creation of Community Forums on Race and on Education.
• New mayor makes returning kindness and civility to government her top priority.
• Neighborhoods create programs to recognize “Kindest Neighbors.”
• Pre-schools ask for help in reducing unkind behavior. Leads to the creation of a “Kind Beginnings” curriculum to teach kindness and respect to pre-school children.
• Parents request help to bring more kindness into their families. This leads to the creation of the “Raising Kind Kids” guide for parents.
• Columbine tragedy inspires new play for high schools and colleges to raise consciousness about the “culture of violence” in schools.

For more information on starting a Kindness Campaign in your community, contact Dr. Barry K. Weinhold, founder and director, at (828) 686-1890 or email HERE. 

The address of the Kindness Campaign is:

117 Lady Slipper Trail, 

Swannanoa, NC 28778

The Community of Kindness Index

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

1.Volunteer Participation

• What percent of the citizens volunteer their time to non-profits and civic-minded organizations?
• Is there evidence of a community effort to recruit and fully utilize volunteers from all sectors of the community?

2. Support from Government Officials

• Do government officials appear at community events and celebrations that recognize the acts of kindness of individuals and organizations?
• What evidence exists that city and county government employees practice kindness with each other and with the public they serve?
• Does the Mayor’s office issue proclamations and provide official sanction of Community of Kindness activities and events?
• Are there effective ways for citizens to bring their ideas, concerns & problems to the attention of elected officials?
• Are the ideas, concerns & problems of citizens treated with kindness & respect by elected officials?

3. Support from the Business & Non-profit Community

• Do businesses & non-profits become Community Sponsors of programs that promote acts of kindness?
• Do businesses & non-profits encourage their employees to join community efforts to recognize acts of kindness?
• Do the employees of businesses and non-profits practice kindness with each other and with their customers and clients?
• Do businesses & non-profits provide monetary or in-kind support to community kindness programs & events?

4. Support from the Religious Community

• Do the religious communities participate in community interfaith celebrations of kindness?
• Is there evidence that the religious institutions actively promote kindness activities and events in the community?
• What evidence exists that the religious institutions engage in outreach efforts to groups or individuals in need, such as the disabled, the poor, the elderly and those confined to nursing facilities?

5. Involvement from the School Community

• Are there kindness activities & events in area schools?
• Are there effective bullying and put-down prevention programs in area schools?
• Have area schools created systematic ways of recognizing acts of kindness among their students, faculty and staff?

6. Community Vision & Spirit

• Does the community have a far-reaching vision that was created with the input of a representative sample of its citizens?
• Is that vision updated on a regular basis? How often? In what ways?
• Is there evidence that this vision is used by community leaders and elected officials to guide their actions and decisions?
• What evidence is there of a healthy community spirit?

7. Efforts to Build Cooperation & Consensus

• Do community leaders and elected officials actively promote cooperation and consensus building in major decisions that affect the citizens?
• What evidence exists of cooperative & collaborative efforts to solve community problems?

8. Support by the Media

• Does the media report on kindness activities and events in the community?
• Does the media sponsor & promote kindness activities & events?
• Does the media actively seek ways to recognize citizens and organizations that are involved in doing acts of kindness?

9. Efforts to Involve Diverse Segments of the Community

• What evidence exists of efforts to recognize the efforts of and include diverse segments of the community in decisions that affect them and in community activities?
• What evidence exists of efforts to bridge racial, ethnic, religious, age, gender or sexual orientation differences in the community?

10. Community Efforts to Recognize Kindness

• What evidence is there of community-wide efforts to recognize acts of kindness by individuals or organizations?
• What evidence exists of community outreach efforts to extend kindness to visitors, the environment, animals and other communities?

The Kindness Revolution Has Begun

By: Barry K. Weinhold, Ph.D.

Revolutions are about changing the world. I’ve come here today to share my vision with you not only about changing the world, but also about directing the course of human evolution. Science has known for some time that Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection just doesn’t hold water. There is a complete lack of evidence of transitional fossils needed to prove this theory. Most scientists agree, but have been reluctant to say this because the only alternative is Creationism, which very few of them can accept. Now there is emerging a third option, that we are calling lovevolution.

This new theory, which has lots of scientific data to support it, is based the premise that the primal energy of the universe is love. If you are open to give and receive love, you will evolve. If you are not open to give and receive love, you do not evolve. You can find out more about many of the details of this new theory on our web site at www.weinholds.org.

First, I’d like to describe briefly the elements of this new theory and some of the scientific evidence that supports it. Then I want to help you ground this theory in your everyday life.

The Discovery of the DNA Molecule

Let’s begin with the discovery of the DNA molecule in 1952 by Crick and Watson. They believed that DNA controlled all of our physical development and that it was impossible to change it. According to their theory, when you are conceived, your DNA code is set in place and it never changes. Since 1952, this has been the prevailing belief in biology. Beginning about 1988 a few studies were conducted indicating that under certain circumstances, it is possible to change your DNA.

Now by 2005, there is a mountain of evidence that says it is really possible to change our own DNA. Scientists, like Dr. Bruce Lipton, are now saying that we are able to rewrite our own DNA based on how we think, feel and behave.

Lipton, a microbiologist, has put together an excellent description of how LOVEvolution works. He says that the heart of a cell is really not the nucleus, but rather its outer walls. Actually, when the nucleus is removed the cell it still lives. Here there are many receptors on the outer walls of the cell that allow it to interact with its environment. According to Lipton, when the cell perceives its environment as safe and supportive, the receptors open to feed the cell with important nutrients, mostly proteins

When the cell perceives its environment as dangerous or harmful, it protects itself by closing its receptors so that it will not take in the harmful energy. The danger signal sets off an instinctive response in the cell to close its receptors. Lipton also found that a cell can only be in one mode or the other—it cannot be in both modes at the same time. You are either in growth or protection. This means that if you perceive the world as dangerous or unsafe in some way and live in constant fear, you will not evolve and your cells will not get the necessary nutrients they need to grow.

The most important part of the theory of LOVEvolution is that the basic energy of the universe is love. We know that our thoughts and feelings are forms of energy. An e-motion is simply thought energy in motion. This concept is now pretty widely accepted as a basic law of metaphysics. So, by thinking positive thoughts and experiencing positive feelings, over time, you can evolve your consciousness to a higher level.

What is the Source of Love Energy?

Where does this loving energy come from? Is it just inside of us or does to come to us from the outside and depending on our receptivity we either take it in or not? It is now really clear that the greatest source of energy in our galaxy is the center of the Milky Way. It is a black hole larger than several million of our Suns, yet it is compacted into a space about 10 times smaller than the Earth’s orbit around the sun. While Galactic Center emits energy all the time, there are certain times when it has its strongest effect on us, such as periods of time when our Sun and Earth are more directly in its path. Every 26 million years, our solar system makes one complete rotation past Galactic Center. This Galactic Year cycle is about to be completed in around 2012. In 1986, our Sun began a 36-year transit where it passes directly over Galactic Center. According to the Mayan calendar, the most accurate calendar in the world, 2012 is also the end of a 26,000-year cycle.

Geologists and astronomers also have found that during these periods when the Sun and the Earth are lined up with Galactic Center, the energy from Galactic Center has a more powerful effect on our planet and us. They have correlated the alignment of the Earth and our Sun with Galactic Center with increases in sun spot activity, increases in volcanic activity, earthquakes, and severe weather changes. It is also believed to be a possible cause of global warming. The other possible effects of this alignment include the breakdown of social, religious, political, economic and national structures. Time also seems to be speeding up and it may be responsible for increased polarization between groups, religions, races and regions on the planet.

On the other hand, there are also signs of breakthroughs, such as the birth of more profoundly gifted children, the Indigo and Crystal Children, and people are becoming more spiritual and less religious in the traditional sense. We also see the emergence of new social structures based on partnership, collaboration and cooperation.

Many researchers now agree that the position of Earth and our Solar System has a direct effect on biology, chemistry, quantum physics, radioactivity and consciousness. When we are in the greatest alignment with galactic center, our consciousness will function most efficiently in its highest forms. Hence, by moving into a more energetic area of the galaxy we can expect higher consciousness, greater health and possibly even changes in the way matter and energy behave. These researchers conclude that these effects are produced by a previously unknown energy source called torsion wave energy that moves throughout the galaxy. This energy travels in twisting waves and breaks all the rules followed by electromagnetic, gravitational and atomic energy. Further these researchers are saying, when the Earth and Sun move into direct alignment with Galactic Center, this energy may actually restructure our DNA. It now appears that we could rename this newly discovered energy and call it love.

A New View of the “Junk DNA”

It has been known for some time that we use only about 3% of our DNA and, until recently, science referred to the other 97% as our “junk DNA.” Scientists now say that this 97% is made up of over a million different structures know as “transposons” or “jumping DNA.” These jumping DNA structures can move from one place to another on our double helix, settle down and then totally rewrite our DNA code. What makes them jump from one place to another? There is now clear scientific evidence that torsion wave energy or love may cause these transposons to jump to a new place. According to this theory, we literally can create a new set of DNA codes with our ability to give and receive love.

Dr. Glen Rein did an interesting experiment. He extracted some undifferentiated cells from a human placenta and placed them in sealed test tubes. He then gave these tubes to people who were trained to produce strong, accurate human emotions. He found that when people felt genuine anger in the presence of these cells, the DNA molecules in the test tubes contracted and knotted up like a braid of hair. However, when they felt love, kindness, gratitude and compassion, the DNA strands would unwind. This provided a solid connection between love and torsion wave energy showing that love is the primary emotional/energetic quality that shapes the DNA molecule and causes evolution to occur.

From other research, it is known that only when the DNA unwinds is the messenger RNA capable of accessing its codes for healing the body. When you are angry, afraid, stressed, bored or depressed, your RNA codes are not accessible and your body cannot heal itself. Only when you feel love, kindness, compassion or gratitude can your body heal in a natural fashion

I believe that my mission and that of each person is to consciously send and receive love, allowing it to flow through you and out into your relationships and community. This also means that you have to conquer duality. You cannot see things or people as good or bad. You have to learn to see those who enter your lives or events you encounter as catalysts and see that why you have attracted them is to help you clear your energetic body so that the full power of love can flow through you.

Sometimes love is saying no or setting limits on the behavior of others, may be necessary for us to love yourself and empowers others. Saying no with an open heart can be a great gift to others who are trying to manipulate or control you. Sometimes you inadvertently “rescue” others and do for them what they can do for themselves. If you rescue in this way, your reward will be that you get to feel like a Victim.

In any circumstance, you can think of yourselves as givers and receivers of love. In this experience, you to learn to witness the planet and all the kingdoms that live on it as a whole—with self-acceptance, self-forgiveness and unconditional love. Even in the most difficult circumstances, you can use the force of your will to seek the highest by asking, “Where is the love in this moment?” You can find ways to open your heart even in the darkest times. As you do this work, you are actually doing planetary work as well.

You can find comfort in knowing that when you do this work you cannot help but contribute to the planetary vibration. Even at times when you seem to have grossly mismanaged your time and energy and fall into an alienated mindset, there dwells within you a vibration that connects you with the basic energy of our Galaxy. These moments can become deeply spiritual gifts, for they help you become more humble, compassionate and conscious and loving.

Can Love Alter Our DNA?

The last piece of the puzzle is that this torsion wave energy or love not only can change the DNA, but also may be the source or creator of the DNA molecule. This would raise the ultimate question of this energy being associated with God or the source of all life. The Mayans believed that we all came from Galactic Center that they called Tula and when you die you will return there. If that were the true origin of this torsion wave energy then it would make sense that everything is created by the love energy that originates from Galactic Center then your soul would be drawn back to the source when you leave your body.

How does that happen? There are recent studies that strongly suggest that there is an energy field around the DNA molecule that some scientists have called the “phantom or shadow energy” of the DNA that continues to remain in place even when the DNA is removed from your body. In experiments it remained in place over 30 days after the DNA molecule was removed. These scientists are now speculating that this energy exists before the DNA is formed and is actually the creator of your DNA. I quote what David Wilcock wrote about this, “I believe that the wave actually exists before the DNA; the wave exists throughout the galaxy. I realized that the only logical explanation is that the phantom energy of the DNA is actually the creator of DNA. This energy exists throughout the galaxy, and wherever the materials that can create life exist, the subtle, spiraling pressure currents of this energy will arrange the DNA molecule into existence.” God is Love and Love is God.

Given all this scientific information, we have come to believe that the Kindness Campaign is an effective way to focus your love energy in ways that can benefit everyone. By recognizing the positive acts of kindness to occur in your environment, you help can change the world. By creating an environment that opens your cells and those of people around you to torsion wave energy or love, you can become a “LOVEvolutionary. “

How the Kindness Campaign Works

When you pledge to do an act of kindness you are given a Kindness button like the one you are wearing (In your case, your act of kindness was coming to listen to me talk today). When you wear it, you are to look for an act of kindness to occur so you can pass on your button. That person then wears the button and also passes it on. You can get another button by getting caught doing something kind, by pledging to another act of kindness or by calling the phone number on the button to order some more to pass out. We have people in the community who are serving as “Ambassadors of Kindness” by carrying around a pocketful of buttons to pass on. We have found when we are able to create a critical mass of individuals in a community wearing a kindness button and looking for an opportunity to pass it on it creates a collective torsion wave of energy that shifts the consciousness of the whole community. What people begin to realize is that “We Are All One.” It is only after you come to this realization that you can truly help make this “Heaven on Earth.”

When you give your button to someone to recognize his/her act of kindness there is a subtle alchemical exchange of energy that occurs. You feel good and the other person feels good. There is also a way you can see “the kindness revolution” in action. On the back of your button is a number and instructions about what to do after you have passed it on. You will be able to go to this web site and keep track of where your button goes after you pass it on. If you want to participate in the Kindness Revolution, you can email us at the contact information on this web site or call (828) 252-3054.

By focusing on positive, love-related thoughts that foster an open, receptive attitude, your cells will open to receive torsion wave energy. This will lead to an increase in the number of synchronicities in your life. You will find your thoughts manifesting right in front of you so quickly that will take your breath away.

The Healing Aspects of Kindness

Kindness has also been shown to heal your body and promote wellness. Researchers from the new field of psycho-neuro-immunology have found that kind thoughts, words and deeds can help you stay healthy. They found that kind thoughts have a positive effect on the body’s immune system. For, example, researchers found that your immunological resistance to the common cold is significantly increased when you do kind acts. They concluded that thinking about and doing kind acts releases endorphins that produce health benefits very similar to those achieved from exercise programs. For example, if you are regularly kind and helpful to others, you will develop a stronger immune system, improve your cardiovascular circulation, enjoy a heightened sense of well being and even live longer. They found that as little as two hours a week, or 17 minutes a day, of kind acts produce these results.
Other researchers found that when you are angry or fearful, the flow of helpful endorphins is cut off by adrenalin that supports a fight, flight or freeze response. This process lowers your immune functioning and limits any of the possible health benefits of being kind. Remember what Rein found about what causes the DNA molecule to unwind or contract. It is caused by your emotions and the torsion wave energy that they create.

These benefits are available to you, if you choose to think and act in kind and loving ways toward yourself and others. You can choose to exercise your “kindness muscles” and live a healthier, more enjoyable and longer life or you can choose to exercise your “unkindness muscles” and live a less healthy, less enjoyable and shorter life. The choice is yours. I know what my choice is.

All the evidence points to the period between now and 2012 as a huge window of opportunity to get yourself ready to receive the highest frequency of torsion wave energy or love that has been produced in this galaxy for maybe the past 26 million years. This energy will support you in becoming more loving and kind or it will accelerate your negative thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Are you ready to receive this energy?

I will close now with a poem that sums up where we are as a nation and what we need to do. It is titled, “A Sleep of Prisoners” by Christopher Fry.

The human heart can go the lengths of God...
Dark and cold we may be, but this
Is no winter now. The frozen misery
Of centuries breaks, cracks, begins to move;
The thunder is the thunder of the floes,
The thaw, the flood, the upstart Spring.

Thank God our time is now when wrong
Comes up to face us everywhere,
Never to leave us till we take
The longest stride of soul men ever took.

Affairs are now soul size.
The enterprise
is exploration into God.

Where are you making for? It takes
So many thousand years to wake...
But will you wake, for pity's sake?

Key Web site: www.brucelipton.com “The Biology of Belief”

The Kindness Campaign in America - Kindness as action for change

By: Grant Millin

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – The Declaration of Independence

“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.” - Jane Addams

Before the mutual aid society (civil society) comes knowledge of kindness. If too many have forgotten the definition of kindness and it’s civil importance as a foundation of thought, then Happiness for us all becomes elusive.

ABOUT THE KINDNESS CAMPAIGN IN AMERICA

Over the past sixty years, since the end of World War II, Americans have had mixed results in developing and maintaining the civil society, within our own borders and globally. The precepts of our system have been altered towards a pure economic equation for viewing life and much of what was wrong with the past has been forcibly dragged forwarded into this new millennium; a time that ought to have been a clean start for America and a new lease on our collective happiness.

For the most part, Americans do embody the concept of ‘kindness’ and personally understand it’s meaning of generosity and friendship, even towards strangers and those far away. We all visualize what is glorious and what is our highest potential based not in an image of self-aggrandizement, but in seeing all of us success together. Other forces of scarcity and competition drive these noble ideals away from their incorporation in our form of government because they are seen as “too expensive” or “un-American.” But despite this constant dehumanizing reeducation, we know better. Little children are born knowing what is kind, and what is not. There’s always a difference, always a choice to be made.

We can make the choice individually, privately, and within our personal circle if we wish. We can also seek to identify kind behavior in our elected public officials, praise it, and also suggest new reforming behavior towards a kinder, gentler hand that actually proves and for a “…more perfect Union…” and our mutual Happiness. Calling for, writing, shaping, and demanding more benevolent international, national, state, and local policies and laws are often extraordinarily important. The mission must be defined as a mission of kindness over a mission of division, hatred, and cynicism.

Around the world, and here at home, many people are wondering if America will ever heal from the cold, calculating one-dimensional policies of dominator economics.—Often unnatural and divisive ideologies, meant to represent all Americans have resulted in fewer freedoms, less equity, less environmental security, and unkind behavior. Kindness—in balance with economic and security needs—has to be our defining principle.

Kindness Campaigns have often focused on school bullying and animal rights. We certainly embrace these activities and pursue such goals. As the Kindness Campaign in America we seek further new rights and reforms in shaping the civil society for the betterment of all. Resetting basic economic relationships at the local, regional, national, and international levels; defining and supporting social and environmental policies; and fighting (yes, fighting) state-level organized crime that leads to anti-democratic politics and the corruption of our ideals for profit, are all targets of the American Kindness Campaign. Using kindness can mean using tough love and telling the truth.

Much is necessary in recreating that ‘kinder, gentler’ City on a Hill that was supposed to be America. We have the foundations remaining, but they are crumbling to the way of political chaos, organized crime, and cultural, economic and environmental degradation. From national distributed renewable energy projects to universal health care and the strengthening and inception of needed environmental laws and polices, to reversing political trends towards authoritarianism and domination, and the teaching of ignorance and apathy in our schools, the Kindness Campaign in America will be there.

The Kindness Campaign in America is hard at work bringing forth the message of hope, The Golden Rule, of equity and honesty, of truth telling, and the ideal of pursuing and keeping “…a more perfect Union” as our reality and our national purpose. We refuse to accept that kindness as policy leads towards unfreedom, economic lack, and one-dimensional thinking. Far from it. kindness has been, and always will be the only chance for democracy and economic policy that truly lifts all boats. We can heal our social, legal, environmental and economic wounds with kindness and then truly spread the ideal of American happiness.

Please spread kindness. It will make the world a better place.

Our Activities:

- Develop and help implement violence prevention plans in schools and places of work.
- Link resources with organizations focused on preventing domestic violence, racism, and gender/sexuality inequities and pursue the protection of victims of hatred and ensure their basic rights.
- Utilize the Kindness Campaign Index (KCI) to help evaluate public policy, public and private enterprise.
- Publicize the contributions of individual, groups, neighborhoods and communities to the spread of kindness in America.

Grant Millin
PO Box 9214
Asheville, NC 28815
828-687-6900