[Reellife] A Life Lived More Consciously

[dave olsen]

PIVOT Legal Society <http://www.pivotlegal.org/> is hosting a special screening 
of /The End of the Road/ <https://www.facebook.com/Lundtheendoftheroad/> at the 
Vancity Theatre 
<https://www.viff.org/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=fc9387-end-of-the-road> 
in Downtown Vancouver tonight (Sunday, August 27) at 7pm.

The film is a lovely ride back in time to the Hippie invasion of Lund, BC, 
literally at the end of the road on the mainland going north from Vancouver and 
Powell River.

It's a thoughtful trip with lots of archival images and flashbacks. Americans 
escaping the Vietnam war, Canadians escaping conformity, all met in a place that 
had no electricity, running water, sewers, or any of the comforts of civilized life.

But it had so much potential: virgin forests, clean running water, no rules, and 
a small working class (fishers, loggers) population. And they found many 
treasures: more conscious living as well as themselves.

The film doesn't hide the fact that they also recreated some of what they ran 
away from: patriarchy and rules.

But the overwhelming message is love.  All of us are loving beings deep down, 
even if our outer selves do their best to hide that reality.  These folks 
trusted this knowledge and at least tried to work through all the dysfunctional 
behaviours they brought from their childhoods.  Their children speak honestly 
and eloquently to this beauty, which shines through on the big screen in this 
wonderful film.

*Tonight only*, a benefit for the PIVOT Legal Society, including a Q&A with the 
filmmakers: 7pm at the Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver.
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Warmly,
dave/
//
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Hit by a car at 60 km/h (40mph), a pedestrian has an 85 per cent chance of being 
killed; at 50 km/h (30mph) s/he has a 45 per cent chance of being killed, while 
at 30 km/h (20mph) the risk falls to 5 per cent. Source: British Parliamentary 
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...read Ina May Gaskin's insightful book, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, packed 
full of birth stories and her experience of helping deliver over 2,000 babies!
...consider Natural Infant Hygiene (aka Elimination Communication) and reduce 
the expense of diapers (and much more)...check out http://www.diaperless.org and 
http://www.natural-wisdom.com

Did you know that in Scandinavia...
--> there are laws protecting children from all forms of spanking and bullying, 
even from parents
--> these laws do not imprison or punish parents but instead raise awareness 
(http://www.empathicparenting.org)
--> the elderly are able to remain at home thanks to programs that provide free 
meals, free transportation, and free care/

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