Symposium Quotes

"Very good day - enjoyed it. Liked the spiritual aspect, the unifying nature"

"Thought it was very good. What made me sit up and think was your attitude - nonjudgment"

"I was inspired by it and delighted by the information. It's a fabulous resource"

"Touched by the attention to own lifestyle - I have to be more resolute, honest, responsible. Point was very well made - the connection between the individual and the whole. Excellent body of material. Stunningly good interviews"

"Got everything I wanted from it. Liked the personal nature of the symposium, having a speaker as well as videos, also liked Q & A (would have liked even more Q & A)"

"I did not have any expectations for the day, however a symposium for me meant a large number of people attending, several speakers talking and giving out latest research findings, academic and quite formal. For me the symposium showed that raising collective awareness need not always consist of the formal, rational, fact convincing presentations. Inspiring...yes...very inspiring....in that sense it's very different to other conferences, or symposiums where data collection is the focus."

"The information may have been repetitive for some and basic for others but I felt that that was not the only aim of the symposium. The spiritual, meditative approach was excellent for approaching this subject and I thought the speakers played an amazing role in making this happen. Certainly I did not feel bombarded with figures and information excessively."

"The videos were powerful and well chosen...The space to think, feel and absorb was present. I found the reference to ancient knowledge interesting and inspiring. I really believe that ancient knowledge needs to be revived and I was very happy to see this perspective brought to bear on current issues"

"I found the group works very stimulating, interesting questions that also required the use of visions and dreams. I thought that people were getting much more inspired by the end, and this was obvious, while groups were exchanging numbers and wanting to arrange follow up meetings.

The symposium was very much a pleasure for me in many ways and for that thank you for having me there as part of the lovely team. I really enjoyed the symposium because of its spiritual approach, the videos were amazing...the speakers too and more... I would call it a success and you did an amazing job organising this on your own here in Oxford...so we owe you a big thank you for that.

The most important thing for me was the good news that there are all these other people doing it. I'm not alone. I just have to connect. I just thought the whole thing was fantastic.

Liked the flow and the journey we went on. The connection between intellect and feeling. My big realization - I'm not alone, there are lots involved in this.

Overall experience very good - well done. The journey from bad news to good news was handled well. Inspired me to action. Reinforced my recognition that I'm not alone.

My work is on environmental matters - how do we make better use of science in policy making, how do we engage stakeholders. How the symposium changes me - it will over time. Focus on longer term goals, remember why I'm doing this in the first place. I liked the exercise on the future. A feeling of connectedness not just in the present but connection between past and future. Sense of connectedness with others, with Gaia. Sense of responsibility to change for the future generations.

A really worthwhile day. I find that this has been very positive. I'm much more drawn to read about these issues whereas I wasn't before. I found the visioning exercise very powerful and the videos were nearly all powerful.

It was a wonderful event and I was delighted to have had the opportunity to attend. It was inspirational. The exercises were a fantastic way to encourage interaction and interconnectedness with everybody. The acknowledgment of intuition as an alternative source of truth was good. I came away with a renewed sense of joy at being alive. It inspired me to make every effort to spread recognition of interconectedness and to look after the earth.