“When emotions arise, I don't attempt to suppress or repress them, so that I can discern their basis or cause.” Quote by Michael Beckwith
“Going back to my mother's passing, there was no way I could hold back my tears or sense of grief at knowing her physical presence left the planet. Working consciously with such an in-my-face overwhelmingly painful loss, I was able to process it to the point of accepting that although my relationship with her would be different, I could still sense and celebrate that there was no separation between our spirits. Being present and open to each stage of grief eventually led to her visiting me in my dreams and a tangible sense of her presence.” WayStillsDifferentDreamWould BeAbleFacesSpiritMotherLeftProcessLossGriefAcceptingKnowingStageTearsPlanetsPainfulSeparationPassingPassingsCelebrateTangibleVisitingStages Of Grief Author:Michael Beckwith
“Human beings have a tendency to push away unwanted pain, but my experience is that when I give my consent to it, it delivers its gift and moves on.” GivingHumansPainMovingHuman BeingsTendenciesConsentUnwanted Author:Michael Beckwith
“We are having to pull money into site-level protection for elephants just to keep them alive. But there isn't enough money to go around. The people involved in protecting those elephants, like rangers on the ground, are so under-resourced. They have very few vehicles, they have very poor weapons (if any weapons at all), and they are treated as the bottom of the tree when it comes to law enforcement priority.” PeopleIfsEnoughLawPoorLevelsAliveTreeInvolvedWeaponsBottomProtectionPrioritiesTreatedVehicleSiteElephantsLaw EnforcementEnforcementRangers Author:Allen Crawford
“In my view, nobody is really effective in tackling those organized crime networks that are making connections from Africa to Asia to fund and facilitate the poaching of massive volumes of ivory, and then selling it on the Asian market. Very few people have tried globally to tackle that serious organized crime threat that is also linked to militia groups. That needs to change. You need to bring the full weight of government attention to dealing with that.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentViewsAttentionGroupsCrimeSeriousConnectionsWeightThreatSellingOrganizedFundMassiveVolumeAsiaLinkedAsianNeed A ChangeFacilitateMilitiaIvoryTacklingOrganized CrimePoaching Author:Allen Crawford
“We are all consumers of wildlife. We may not realize it but there's probably something in your home or something you own that came from wildlife.” MayHomeRealizingConsumersWildlife Author:Allen Crawford
“Probably the majority of those things that people possess may be legal or sourced sustainably, but there are other things that people just don't realize. You have to really watch out for this, particularly when you are traveling or buying things off the internet.” PeopleMayRealizingWatchesInternetMajorityBuyingBuying Things Author:Allen Crawford
“There's a good deal of ivory being sold that claims to be antique ivory. In fact, we've seen evidence that there are fake antiques being carved in countries like China.” CountryFactsDealsEvidenceClaimsChinaFakeAntiquesIvory Author:Allen Crawford
“People ought to shop smart and really think about what they are buying.” PeopleThinkingOughtSmartBuyingShops Author:Allen Crawford
“You can stand on a stage in New York City and make very strong statements, but now everyone has to be held accountable equally.” StrongCitiesStageNew YorkStatementsNew York CityVery Strong Author:Allen Crawford
“Fighting climate change isn't just an obligation we owe to future generations. It's also an opportunity to improve public health - and drive economic growth - in the here and now.” FightingOpportunityGrowthGenerationsEconomicClimateClimate ChangeObligationFuture GenerationHere And NowEconomic GrowthPublic Health Author:Michael Bloomberg