Several years ago, my good friend Joe Simonetta was approached by Neale Donald Walsh after Neale had read a book of Joe’s and asked if he could rename it and publish it through his publisher. Joe agreed and Seven Words That Can Change the World was born. A few years later, I was visiting Joe in Vilcabamba and suggested that he turn the book into a video. He thought that was a good idea and I soon found myself shooting, directing and editing the DVD. Over the years it sold a few hundred copies and most recently, Joe decided it was time to gift his work to the world so here it is.

Seven Words That Can Change The World – Part 1 from Joe Simonetta on Vimeo.

Here’s the backstory on Seven Words:

At Harvard Divinity School in the fall of 1992 at a senior thesis seminar, each graduate student stated the subject of the paper he or she would present for graduation. Joe Simonetta, then nearly 50, said he would write on a new world belief system. His fellow students, incredulous, were taken aback that someone would undertake such a frivolous endeavor. Seven Words That Can Change the World is that belief system.

The author and speaker, Joe Simonetta, has had rich experiences in a broad range of fields: military, professional sports, business, politics, architecture, religion, writing, and higher education. His interdisciplinary journey has yielded clear, easy to understand, insights relevant to the challenges humanity faces.

Those who have heard Simonetta speak say he is “ingenious”…”brilliant”…”inspiring”…”the clearest presenter of reality”…”he provides the basis for a new world belief system”…

John Raatz, Founder of GATE (Global Alliance of Transformational Entertainment), says that “Simonetta brilliantly connects the dots of cosmology, evolutionary biology, religion, science and belief systems and presents a new understanding of the architecture of life itself.”

A graduate of Harvard Divinity School (Master of Divinity), Simonetta also holds a Master of Architecture degree. He is the son of an immigrant blue-collar worker who raised him in a World War II housing project.

Simonetta says that “a completely new understanding of reality is needed to arrest and reverse humanity’s destructive and unsustainable momentum, end its needless suffering, prosper together, find peace, achieve sustainability and advance civilization.”

“Our window of opportunity to accomplish the necessary and monumental transition in thinking is small compared to the large obstacles within our current belief systems (business, political and religious) that must be dissolved” he continues. “Yet, we must do this if we and all the life forms that share this jewel of a planet are to survive.”

In the film, Simonetta guides the viewer on a powerful journey through time, the cosmos, evolutionary biology, the world of religion, and our competing sets of survival instincts that have produced the troubled world we live in today.

“Simonetta has been able to see through all the garbage of the centuries like a laser beam and then state the obvious – truth – in such simple, straightforward words.” says Phyllis Leonard, of Sherborn, MA.

When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online — and found a medical treatment that even his own doctors didn’t know. It saved his life. Now he calls on all patients to talk with one another, know their own health data, and make health care better one e-Patient at a time.

Not sure why this day has brought so many interesting new ideas, but here they are for your review.

Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible by Daniel Burrus is a powerful new business book that promises to unlock our ability to intuit the future which is a strategic advantage in business and a wonderful plus in anyone’s life. The book has received great reviews and is already #1 on Amazon. When you purchase the book from Dan’s site, you’ll receive a treasure chest of free bonuses that are worth many times the cost of the book. Learn more about this must read book and order your copy here.

Cancer Commons is a new website that brings together doctors, patients and researchers in a free open source data base that provides treatment protocols using real time updates of what has worked and what has not. The founder had a serious type of melanoma and was fortunate to have a friend who connected him with a promising new drug that saved his life. Now he wants to help others weave their way through the cancer maze without the confusion of where to look for answers that are working. The site is initially focused on melanoma and plans to expand to all types of cancer overtime. Worth bookmarking. Click here to visit CancerCommons

The Healthy Money Summit is a free teleseminar with some of the leading experts in redefining our relationship with money. Hosted by Vicki Robin, it will feature calls with an outstanding group of visionaries including Hazel Henderson (Developer of the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators),  Lynn Twist (The Soul of Money and Pachamama Alliance), David Korten (Yes! Magazine and When Corporations Rule the World) and Bernard Lietaer (The Future of Money & GaiaCorp). There is truly no more critical subject than transforming the role of and our relationship to money so this priceless gathering is well worth attending. Enroll here.

We have written before about the extraordinary life of Grace Gawler and her book, Grace, Grit & Gratitude. This video and accompanying song by Olivia Newton John share some of the highlights of her amazing life. If you are looking for a book of courage, dedication and winning in the face of almost insurmountable odds, this one is definitely worth a read. A great holiday gift for the women on your shopping list.

In “Vegan-licious” Reuel Ari reminds us all of the continual heightening, year by year, of young people’s awareness of food, their desire for a change of lifestyle, and the overall embrace of purer and more simple dietary habits by the community at large.

As a vegan vegetarian lives on a plant-based diet only Reuel thoughtfully dispels some of the ‘avoidance myths’ that have penetrated popular conceptions of what it means to embrace the least violent way to eat.

Here we find the entire range of nuts, seeds, grains, greens, roots, fruits, legumes, and sprouts of every kind included in his life-giving recipes – enough variety to keep you supplied with delicious and nutritious meals on a daily basis, year round.

Many of these can bring you the energy of love through oil-less water sautéing – perhaps the healthiest of all types of cooked foods! “Vegan-licious” will be a simple and practical guide for everyone’s journey to self-healing and a vibrant life.

Click to learn more about Reuel’s discoveries: