The Kevin Annett I know How does one describe a bright valiant soul like Kevin? I want to try. After all these years, I owe it to him. I first saw Kevin at a riot. He was seventeen and holding a megaphone. The cops were shoving people around but Kevin was standing there unafraid and unbending, keeping his cool. The scene looked kind of funny to me, an uninformed bystander. Here were all these long haired freaks going crazy outside the U.S. consulate, fighting with Vancouver's finest, and there was Kevin, speaking calmly, trying to get the cops to stop what they were doing and arrest the real criminals, the visiting Chilean dictators who'd just murdered 30,000 people. A strong, brave, passionate voice of good will and reason right in the eye of the storm. That was Kevin. I'm one of those, I guess we're the majority, who love bright souls like Kevin from the sidelines because we're too afraid to risk what he does and face what he's endured through his life just for being who he is. Just because we lack his valor doesn't make us love him any the less. But for a long time my cowardice made me afraid to approach him. When I did I was even more impressed. My admiration for him has only increased over the years. I was a mousy girl in the high school I went to with Kevin, University Hill. I showed up there in grade eleven and I never mixed much, especially after one of the teachers there raped me and I got threatened to shut up about it. That made me burn inside with anger and a gut feeling for anyone who gets screwed over and shut down to protect some asshole. The same kind of righteous outrage that won't look away that Kevin has always carried. We only spent a year together at U Hill before Kevin and I went our own separate ways. But it was hard for me to lose contact with Kevin. He's not the kind of guy to stay unnoticed, as you may have noticed. Some ignoramus in our grad class said Kevin was the one most likely to become Prime Minister. The funny thing about that statement is Kevin is a born revolutionary. I mean that in a good way. He can't tolerate any wrong, no matter who's doing it. And he dreams of a world without somebody screwing or exploiting somebody else. From what I can see, he's never let go of that dream. In 2004 I reconnected with Kev face to face after he'd been thrown out of the United Church for exposing their residential school house of horrors. I came to one of the information pickets he and a few Indians were holding outside one of the downtown Vancouver churches. There was that same smiling, fearless Kevin. He was happy to see me there. He didn't judge me like I judged myself, for being too chicken shit to do anything about all the bullshit in the world for so long. It was enough for him that I was there. I think Kev is the only man I've ever trusted. He is gentle to his core but as hard as iron. He has an other worldly quality about him that lets him be present with anyone. He really is able to love his enemies to their face, not just as a nice idea. Like on the day we picketed that church together, the United Church minister came out and started screaming at Kevin and heckling him, taunting him, hitting him low blows about not being a good father and husband. Kev's wife had left him by then and he'd had his daughters taken from him. But in all his pain and personal loss, and with all that hatred thrown in his face, Kev didn't strike back. The hate and vile shit didn't faze him. He stared his attacker down and kept trying to reason with him and reach his heart. I've never seen anything like it. I don't think a sick world like ours will ever understand or honor a man like Kevin. That's why I had to write this. At least someone sees him and maybe if there is a God that's enough for Him. I know Kev's always been there for people like me, the silenced and messed up victims who never get their say or day in court. Fighting for us is enough for him. Knowing that there's even one like Kevin Annett in our world is enough for me. I didn't think I could write this because of all my demons and my shame for wasting my life. But at least part of me is inspired by Kevin's light, knowing that it will never go out. My love and respect for him has no words. He is still walking his lonely road and I wish him all the hope and love and happiness that he has brought me and so many others. Anna |
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Beloved Lady Athena, I just listened to your last show. What a great topic you offered to us! There was a supreme moment for me when you said [toward the end]: "OH GOSH IT BECOMES FUN WHEN YOU ARE NOT ATTACHED!" I really was uplifted by your gift there.Thank you, thank you my dear friend -- for the supreme assistance you give to all who would take of it. Love, Noel |
Dharma Doors ! I Love that. Another fine show -- thanks Lady Athena. Lots of love, Ruth |
Dearest Lady Athena, In another seminar you spoke about the light body and how to integrate it....for several months prior to that I had been doing this. I find your seminars are like John-Roger's, sometimes I am already doing what is said and then there is lots of new stuff which I am always amazed by . You spoke in another seminar about Maitraya....whenever I think of him In another seminar you mentioned tummy trouble, that week I had been |
Dear One Lady Athena, You will behold without, that which you hold within, is.a very informative, thought provoking talk. There is so much to learn, so much to accept, so many thoughts to change, so many misunderstandings to adjust to. Then to express them in such a way that it is done in a loving and compassionate way that does not hurt, belittle or offend others. I am still learning these hard life lessons. Presently I have daily communications with Only Archangels and so, new understanding are sometimes stated. Even so we all, including myself will also make changes as needed. I am being taught daily and really appreciate your huge efforts to bring truth, . May the One infinite and supreme Almighty God protect and bless you. Nameste, John M. |
Dearest Lady Athena, I was aware of my breathing as your show ended, and I realized just how powerfully your pacing just invokes chanting. Like a tuning fork -- you transmit attunement to everything within your sound expression.
I was really hoping that you would speak to Innercessory work in your show this week. Yay ! I'll be listening to what you shared over again. Loving us all more and more--loving you always, |
Hey Dave - Nice job. I watched streaming for a while. ~ Les |
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Hi Lance, I love your interviews. I happened to catch the May 7th interview with Laura Walker, but only the last few moments of it...will you be posting this soon? I really hope so, wondering how Laura is doing and what she has to say! L. Thompson |
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Dear Lady Athena assisting others in their reconnection with their higher self is what you do so well on your radio show such as you describing your personal experiences with Sai Baba. By the way, speaking of your radio shows, the last 3 were really enlightening. You seem to have reached an even higher level of what I call divine awareness that is at the same level as "The Impersonal Life" book which you can read on line. Sincerely, Larry |
It is always a real pleasure listening to our Lady Ashtar Athena, I resonate with every word. Every message is a joy to hear. Our beloved Athena is and always will be our guiding Light into the unseen Realms of Love and Light. Thank you Lady Athena. Leander |
Very Nice show today Marcia - You and your guest were in your element! ~ Rise H |
Thank you, Lady Athena! It’s so marvelous to listen to the voice of unlimited wholeness as you bring so much together in your focus. Every time I listen to one of these messages I come away with a greater sense of the LOVE I AM and the benevolent process of life that we each are immersed within. I especially enjoyed learning about the collectives of elementals that are part of us and learning within us as we experience our individual subtleties of sublime awareness. There is always more to appreciate about the nature of life. Thank you so much for your clarity and peace which becomes part of my awareness as I listen and expand along with you. Starflower |
Dearest Lady Athena, It was quite a challenging day. And I just was flooded with relief when I heard your voice as I turned to your show. Joy and more perspective were right there -- as I turned my sight to how you might view my frustration with situations. You are such a blessing to this world and certainly in my life. Love, Noel |
Commander Lady Athena it is always a pleasure listening to you talk on the radio. I hope many listen and get inspired by your words. It is so important and you are a gift to Humanity. Be blessed with Unconditional love and light. Namasté, Denise
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I never cease to be grateful for these cosmic talks, Lady Ashtar-Athena. For me it is like a door of new metaphor opens revealing a different shape to the consciousness I had settled into. New subtle differences appear to be appreciated, integrated, and then, simply transcended. And transcendence seems to me to be an advancing clarity that is beyond all the meanings I ever remember making. Sometimes it feels like I am (in the process of) absorbing all I am until only pure love expresses. Such ideas remain very vague until someone lights the lamp of their awareness and in that light one can see what they had no words, nor even feeling for, before. This particular talk acted like a great vibrant window into a Realm where all I see and sense is white light. It is not at all a normal state for me to be the ocean, much more to be the most loving wave merging through other waves; but one does not know what they have never felt. And you help me feel things I had not imagined before. I especially loved this metaphor that the world becomes your living room when your "I" becomes the I Am That I Am that lives and dwells in the hearts of all human beings, every single person an embodiment of your own Self. And there, you just love because only love is true. Thank you ever so much! Starflower |