Hi

I just thought I would mention that The press box approved this Press
Release about the Start of the World Tour.

I know the link at the bottom of the PR is not active, but people can cut
and past it if they want to find out more. See below for more details and
click on the link to see the Press Release. I hope it still works as it is
quite long.

George
Humanity's Team Marketing Programmes Coordinator

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Title: Humanity's Team World Tour Starts with Maori Welcoming Ceremony
URL: http://htworldtour.org
Category: International
Description: Seeing Eye to Eye, The Maori greeting stops the heart, when
Neale Donald Walsch arrived in Auckland, New Zearland.

The Humanity's Team World Oneness Tour got underway yesterday with a
wonderful welcoming ceremony in New Zealand from the Maori, the indigenous
people of this island nation, who are called the "Home People."

22nd March 2007 from Neale's Blog - Immediately upon arriving in Auckland we
were driven straight from the airport to a Meeting House of the Maori, where
elders of the community greeted us. We were told that the Spirits of the
Ancestors filled the Meeting House, and we were welcomed with warm speeches
from several elders in the room. I was invited to say a few words as well,
and I thanked the community for the honor of beginning our World Oneness
Tour in the Meeting House of the Maori.

A representative family of the Waitaha people -- who, legends say, are the
first natives of this land -- also was present, and he and his family sang a
tradition Waitaha song for us, and then later, in a quiet, private ceremony,
gifted me with a pair of beautiful big white books, one called Song of
Waitaha and the other titled Whispers of Waitaha. These volumes contain the
history and secret wisdoms of the Waitaha, a people who lived in the
Matriarchy, without violence or conflict and in the Spirit of Oneness, which
they now seek to share with the all the people of the earth. Until now, most
earth civilizations were demontrating that they were not ready or willing to
accept this wisdom and knowledge. Now,during this special time in humanity's
history, is appears as if people everywhere -- in every land and culture --
are opening to a new idea about themselves and each other...a "new idea"
which turns out to the Ancient Wisdom revisited.

I was humbled and grateful to receive these wonderful books -- and plunged
into reading them as soon as I made it to my hotel room last evening.

The Maori people have a wonderful way of greeting each other -- and total
strangers as well. Men approach other men and bring their faces close
together and touch noses and foreheads, looking deep into each other's eyes
in closest proximity for a long moment. This conveys an extraordinary
feeling of "I have nothing to hide from you. Look into my eyes as I look
into yours, as close as eyes can be. We are touching foreheads. Our thoughts
are traded, clearly and cleanly. We are brothers. We have trust."

Women greet others with the same face-touching, but then add a gentle kiss
on the cheek.

This Maori greeting is at once moving and disarming. CWG says that the eyes
are the windows of the soul. I have never experienced this so profoundly in
public before. In private, intimate moments with my beloved, yes. But never
in a public place, with many people around.

It is virtually impossible, I would think, to fight with a man or to try to
manipulate or maneuver with a man or to think of being or remaining in a
conflict with a man whom you have just looked in the eye so deeply.

The indigenous people here have a saying: "Family, forever and ever and
ever." It is quite a remarkable culture, and I was incredibly moved and
deeply touched by the welcoming ceremony -- the second Maori welcome I have
experienced here. (On my last visit to New Zealand I received a similar
greeting.)

Following the ceremony we were invited to break bread together with the
community members and elders. Sharing of food is, of course, a common custom
among all peoples of the world who wish to say, "You are welcome here. You
are family here." It added a marvelous final touch to our Maori greeting
ceremony.

I have much to say about all of this...and I will.

Visit: http://www.htworldtour.org to see the full list of tour stops around
the world.

Contact Name: George Lockett
Contact E-mail: george.lockett@...

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