I am Jacquelyn Rose

I was always interested in the power of the mind, in discovering who we are as living women and men on this planet. I studied psychology at the University of British Columbia but did not learn what i was seeking. Psychology teaches us to label, manipulate, and control human behaviour. This equates to power over others. I have since discovered that real power is power over self, over our capacity towards selfishness and harming others. Real power is gained gradually by embracing dignity and honour in all your relations.

Post university, I traveled the world for many years. I postulated that people of different religions and cultures would see the world and the events of their lives through the lens of those beliefs. I realized that if I was raised in India, immersed in Hinduism, I, too, would see the world through that lens. So what then is true? Belief systems are systems of belief, not systems of what is true.

I came to realize that knowing and believing are very different.

I studied the Science of Mind for years, James Allen's As A Man Thinketh, Louise Hays' You Can Heal Yourself, and many other books and studies on who we are, how to think, and how to go within. I studied remote viewing and other mind capacities. I read about near death experiences, learned about energy and auras, and studied the basics of quantum physics. The notion of freedom arose again and again. Freedom has everything to do with personal development. It has everything to do with respect, responsibility, and accountability. It has to do with the volunteer cooperation among free men and free women to accomplish mutual objectives.

We are at a time in history where it seems our current systems are breaking down around the world. We have all seen the results of our systems. Homelessness. Rampant disease, obesity, ill health, and great ignorance. Divisions on every level. Most people are impoverished on a planet that freely produces abundance year after year. What if we decide instead to try freedom. Maybe what is true matters. I wonder if latent creativity and boundless zeal for life would be unleashed. I wonder if meaning and dignity can be restored to peoples lives.