Today is a Nice Day for Remembrance Day!

My father served the Canadian military for 28 years. 4 Different tours and some secret missions. Had the chance to run the Canadian Communications Officers College in Kingston, ON, and had many other careers that were a big influence in communications for Canadian Military men and women from across the globe.

He was recently (a few years back) given the Military Merit, the highest honor any enlisted men/woman can receiving honoring their service for our Country.

His father, and his grand-father also served for our Country. If is wasn't for my blood disorders, I would of done the same. It's in my blood, there's no denying that.

Please share your stories and memories and photo's today. I understand war is messy, which is hard for some of us to talk about. But let's also remember those people in our families and friends; who have given us the freedom's we cherish each day.

Happy Remembrance Day :) ♥

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Remembrance Day: 10 momentous battles for Canadians

Source: The Globe & Mail 

Battles of Gravenstafel Ridge and St. Julien – April 22 to May 5, 1915Canadian Casualties: 6,064

wounded and killed Known as the Second Battle of Ypres or the First Gas Attack, the 1st Canadian Division found itself thrust into the position of defending a massive breach in the Allied salient around the ancient city of Ypres. The Germans initially released a massive wave of poison gas directed at the North African troops stationed to the left of the Canadians, driving the French territorials back in panic. The Canadians plugged this gap but suffered a second gas attack as the Germans desperately fought to break through the Canadian lines. Urinating in their handkerchiefs, the Canadians were able to block the worst excesses of gas exposure and tenaciously held their positions, preventing a demoralizing Allied retreat.

Vimy Ridge – April 9 to 12, 1917 10,602 wounded and killed

For the first time, all four infantry divisions fought together as part of the Canadian Corps. The ridge had been the site of previous defeats by both the British and French in attempts to dislodge the Germans from this strategically vital high ground. The Canadians utilized numerous innovative methods, including large-scale battle rehearsal, the creeping barrage (a barrage that ‘creeps’ over no-man’s land in front of the advancing troops), and leap-frogging (after capturing an objective, a unit is 'leap-frogged' by a second unit moving forward to the next objective) in order to rapidly overcome the German defences. In a blinding snowstorm on April 12, the last and most formidable German position, nicknamed “The Pimple,” was captured and the entire German defensive system in the region was exposed, forcing them to conduct a large-scale withdrawal.

Amiens – Aug. 8 to 12, 1918 9,074 wounded and killed

Known as “The Black Day” for the German army, the Canadians utilized infantry-tank co-operation on an unprecedented level to spearhead a decisive blow in the first battle of an offensive that came to be known as Canada’s Hundred Days. Corps commander Gen. Arthur Currie had tricked the enemy into believing the Canadians were actually stationed in Flanders, and thus the Germans were shocked to discover Canadian troops penetrating their defences at distances up to 8 kilometres. This battle heralded in a period of unprecedented military success and many in the German high command were now asking Kaiser Wilhelm to sue for peace.

Canal Du Nord and Cambrai – Sept. 27 to Oct. 11, 1918 13,672 wounded and killed

Near the tiny village of Bourlon, Gen. Currie utilized a daring and innovative tactical plan to overcome German defences positioned around a dry, unfinished segment of the Canal Du Nord and capture the city of Cambrai. By squeezing his corps through an extremely narrow frontage, utilizing the highly effective counter-battery corps under Col. Andrew McNaughton, and employing his controversial and newly formed engineer brigade, the Canadians were able to rapidly cross a daunting physical obstacle and capture a vital transportation hub. On Sept. 27 alone, the engineers constructed 17 bridges and built seven miles of tramline. This was the first time on the Western Front that such a large-scale engineer formation had been utilized and ushered in the era of modern warfare where engineers would play a pivotal role.

Dieppe – Aug. 19, 1942 1,413 wounded and killed, 1,946 captured

At the coastal villages of Dieppe, Puys and Pourville, Canadians of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division stormed the beaches in an ill-fated raid with poorly defined objectives and shockingly limited naval, air and artillery support. The beaches in and around this port city became a killing ground as Canadian soldiers and British commandos attempted to force their way inland. Over half of the attacking troops never made it back to England. The lessons learned at Dieppe would play a significant part in informing plans for the invasion of North Africa, Sicily and eventually Normandy. The operation would also prove to be highly controversial within military history literature as historians grappled with the reasons for the assault and who was to blame.

Assoro – July 20 to 22, 1943

In one of the most audacious and daring Canadian operations of the entire Second World War, the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment scaled the 900-metre, terraced back side of the hilltop fortress town of Assoro during the Allied campaign in central Sicily. The small group of Germans at the top of “Castle Hill” was easily overcome and from this newly won position the Hasty P’s called down artillery fire on the German troops in Assoro proper. The shocked Germans attempted several attacks on the Canadian position but were unable to remove them from the ruins of Castle Hill. The exposed nature of the German position as a result of the Canadians now above them forced a general withdrawal from one of the most daunting and physically intimidating defensive positions in all of Sicily.

Juno Beach – June 6, 1944 1,200 wounded and killed

Juno Beach was considered one of the most heavily defended of the five Normandy beaches, and Canadians overcame stiff resistance to advance farther inland on D-Day then any other Allied unit. The unprecedented artillery support failed to fully neutralize the German positions, and rough seas delayed the arrival of the floating Duplex Drive tanks, yet soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division were able to advance inland and establish strategically vital defensive positions in the face of a building German counterattack from 21st Panzer Division and later from the 12th SS Hitler Youth division, a unit that became notorious for the shooting of Canadian POWs.

Breskens Pocket – Oct. 6 to Nov. 3, 1944 600 wounded and killed

In some of the most gruelling conditions experienced by Canadians in northwest Europe, soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Division overcame stout German resistance in flooded, mud-soaked fields and over well-defended canals and dykes in what came to be known as Operation Switchback. Vital in order to begin clearing the approaches to Antwerp, the 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion launched a frontal assault over the heavily defended Leopold Canal with the support of numerous Wasp flame-throwers while the 9th Canadian Infantry Battalion carried out a difficult amphibious assault in a two-pronged attack to reduce the Breskens Pocket. German resistance was tenacious but this almost month-long battle opened the way for the clearing of the Scheldt Estuary and the eventual opening of the port of Antwerp.

Groningen – April 14 to 18, 1945 209 wounded and killed

In one of the last significant actions of the entire war, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Dvision launched a difficult urban assault on German, Dutch and Belgian troops holed up in the medieval fortress city of Groningen. Limiting their use of artillery due to the large presence of civilians, the Canadians utilized bold and rapid manoeuvres to continually outflank German strongpoints while effectively co-ordinating their tank and infantry in a textbook combined-arms urban assault operation. Although Ortona has captured the public’s imagination for its brutality, Groningen stands as one of the largest Canadian urban assaults of the war.

Kap Yong – April 22 to 25, 1951 33 wounded and killed

The Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry is one of only a handful of non-American regiments to ever receive the U.S. Presidential Unit citation, because of its involvement in the incredible battle of Kap Yong. As part of the 27th Commonwealth brigade, the Canadians found themselves surrounded in the Kap Yong Valley by a vastly numerically superior Chinese force. Along with the Royal Australian Regiment, the Canadians waged a series of impressive and desperate defensive battles, effectively stopping an entire Chinese division from breaking through the United Nations front and threatening the city of Seoul.

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/remembrance-day-10-momentous-battles-for-canadians/article15372348/

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I pray for those families who still have members across the globe fighting for the country and freedom.

Namaste! <3
Martin R. Lemieux

Human Relationship Paradigm Shift – My Profound Experience!!!

What I’m about to share with you is something so profound, even I’m still trying to figure out how to describe what I; felt, saw, experienced, and what it will do for mankind as we know it. Human experience is everything, aside from experiencing life, human relationships amongst one another is so profound, it will literally shapes who you are, which also shapes who you become as a person later in life, and the choices you make in your existence.

The other night as I sat here, speaking to friends and people online, I had an experience which has ultimately changed the way I looked at human relationships forever, but the kicker is that this experience was literally shared with millions of other people at the very same time.

For the skeptics out there, this is your opportunity to leave and find someone else to bother, since that’s what you do best. Thanks for coming, see you never. Now that I got that out, how about we get into what actually happened…

The Emotional Weight – The Unbearable Truth:

As I sat here, I had just finished helping someone counseling them with their marriage, when it started to hit me. My body started to warm up like a tea kettle, I was dripping with sweat within minutes. No, this wasn't a panic attack, trust me I know the difference. Every possible human emotion one can have was suddenly filling my heart. The weight of this sensation was so euphoric, I barely have words to describe it. I will do my best to try to detail that moment in time, so that others can understand the changes within all us.

I now realize this rush of emotions was a taste to sample each emotion one at a time, but also, all together at once. This moment I was having was to ensure that if at that point in life, I hadn't felt one or two of any human emotion available to us, I was going to sense it now and with conviction. Most of the emotions I experienced were very familiar, but some others, well I must say, I had never felt that before. I guess in each of our lifetimes, we as humans get the chance to experience probably around 85/100 of all emotions possible, but there are still those few that elude us. Not because we cannot feel them, but because we haven’t had the chance to be within that situation which triggers it within us.

But for me, in one small moment in life, I had the chance to experience every single thing any person has ever experienced as an emotion. If you’re thinking to yourself, “wow – that would be something”, you’re right it was and trust me when I tell you, it has been increasingly harder to even describe to you what it felt like, as you can just imagine.

The one thing that really caught me as strange is that each emotion I had experienced, it was connected to an emotion with another human being. That one thought changed my perspective about human emotions forever.  I mean when you think about it, our experiences in one given day is beyond this world, we think about 1000’s of thoughts a day, most of which are the same that we entertained from the previous day. But for emotions, these unique life experiences are something else entirely, they’re not only thoughts that comes from the synapse of our mind, but they also affect the body as well. They change the energy around us, and the people connected to us.

Each Emotion You Have, Directly Affects Everyone You Know:

As most of us are all aware of, we are all energy that is inner-connected to one another. What I felt the other night, all of these emotions; I could clearly see how they were affecting everyone I've ever known at the same time. Let me say that again, every emotion you experience in this day and that day, is also directly affecting every single person you've ever come into contact with; directly, or indirectly in your life.

That one realization is SO profound, the implications of the meaning is very daunting when you think about it. Every time you’re sad, someone you know is also sad for you, they also feel your sadness. Now in our time of evolution, we as humans are only starting to understand that sometimes we can sense how another person is feeling. It’s like a bell in our gut that does off that something is wrong with that person. This gut feeling isn't an accident. It is showing us, that our connections are so strong; we are affecting everyone we know on a daily basis.

When all those emotions ran through me like a highway full of cars, I saw and sensed every person I know, have ever known, and when I did, I realized they too were feeling the same thing I was. My heart so was heavy, I couldn't contain the love I felt. I tried to get up, my body was glued still, my hands so heavy, I couldn't lift them from my keyboard. My head drooped down towards the floor; nothing could stop me from experiencing that moment. My eyes began tearing up, a flow of tears of such intense release was happening without me being able to do a single thing about it. Please understand that I am not a crier by nature. Crying is probably the last thing I would ever admit to anyone in public, but here I am writing about it, because it’s not my right to hold that back from this profound teaching.

Finally after what felt like an eternity, I was able to lift myself up to go to the bathroom, where once again, I couldn't contain any of the emotions I was feeling. I had to prop myself up against the wall, holding onto a ledge to prevent myself from collapsing. I quickly came back and sat back down on my couch and once again. And once again, all the emotions ran through me like the sea pounding its waves on the shore one after another, over and over again.

This is when I thought to myself, I need to better understand what is truly happening, this moment was given to me for a reason, and If I didn't use all my training with meditation and connecting with the universe, that it would have been a loss for all of us. This is where the story really get’s interesting.

Building my Archetype Foundation – My Meditative State:

While this experience was going on, I knew that if I was to understand this moment fully, I was going to have to use all my training combined, which ultimately meant with all the strength I could muster, I had to build my meditative archetype foundation. For those of you who don’t what an archetype foundation means, let me explain it a little.

Building your archetype foundation in a meditative state is a concept which was talked about and further explained from the late Carl Jung. Mr. Jung was a man who came up with the concept of the Jungian archetypes - Jung revised and broadened the concept of archetypes even further, conceiving of them as psycho-physical patterns existing in the universe, given specific expression by human consciousness and culture.

I know this might all seem a little too advanced for you, so let me explain this concept a little further in layman’s terms. We all have the ability to connect our spirit to a higher consciousness; we accomplish this by forming the pillars of knowledge of the universe. For me, when I meditate, I envision seven crystal pillars of knowledge. Each pillar is accompanied by an individual in my life that represents one stage of wisdom. Below I've outline the 7 pillars.

Archetype Foundation – 7 Pillars of Wisdom: 

(In no particular order)

1 – Seer in Time: Clairvoyant
2 – Poet: Truth Seeker
3 – Believer: Friend
4 – Protector: Parents
5 – Conduit: Children
6 – Guide: Spirit Guides
7 – Wisdom: Teacher/Master

With these 7 pillars, I am able to connect to my higher being, my vibration is increased by 10 fold instantaneously, and I can see the whole world as it is, all at once. This happens all in one thought during my meditative state. Forming this foundation takes a lot of skill, practice and understanding of you. While building your foundation, you must envision massive colorful energy beams that come from; the sun, moon, trees, water, and earth.  All of these beams are directly connect to your chakras, each one providing the energy needed to connect to each of the 7 pillars within your foundation. You must combine all that energy and send it out to each person on a pillar for the connection to be complete. Once this energy connection is accomplished, your meditative state is now deeper than ever thought possible. This crucial step was extremely important to understand my experience, since it held the key as to what happened next.

Millions of People – The Understanding of that Moment:

While still going through this massive rush of emotions, connecting to everyone I know, and while meditating to understand the implications of this wisdom, something happened that I was not expecting.

In a flash, my meditative archetype foundation showed me millions of faces all around the world, they saw me for who I was and what was happening. These individuals had also been searching for different truths in their life. They were ready to receive this knowledge. In one moment, millions of people worldwide suddenly felt every emotion I had experienced at all once. I saw them on their hands and knees also sensing and going through the exact thing I was going through, like I triggered this for them all at once.

It is one thing to have a moment that connects to you everyone you've ever known in one moment, and it’s entirely different to connect to millions of people you have never met in your life. But was strange about this moment, not a single person felt unfamiliar, like I had known them all my life. Have your ever met someone that you feel so connected, there’s a sense of warmth and truth about that person? Like you've known that person somehow, even though you just met them? I’m sure we've all met someone like that. These people are inner connected to our life, they are in essence a part of us, connected to our journey, and a stage of wisdom within that is to come.

Emotions Carry a Memory Imprint with them:

When I connected to these millions of familiar faces, I realized that we have many more of these “people” we meet, that feel we've known them all of our lives than we can even imagine, and now I know exactly why we do know them!!!

Remember previously when I said, each of our emotions we experience are also sensed by those who have known us? That whenever we feel; loneliness, sadness, hurt, love, being annoyed, etc… All of these emotions are instantaneously shared with people you know. Now we’re about to go a little further, these emotions also carry your memory imprints of how that emotion came to be.

So for example, when you have a moment of sadness, there’s an emotional imprint on that sadness of knowledge on how you experienced that sadness. This memory imprint into this emotion has now been passed along to the people you know. So in essence your experience, the wisdom of that experience is shared with those whom you know. Here’s where it gets very interesting, not only do the poeople you know now share that very same experience and wisdom, they too have instantaneously shared your emotional memory imprint with the people they've know in lives, and so on.

You see, the knowledge of our experiences and emotions are passed on to the entire planet almost instantaneously, everyone has now understood how you felt when you experienced that emotion, what you learned from it, and sometimes, what you still need to learn from it.

This is profound, it is now being understood around the world in ways humanity has never understood in the history of its existence!

For a long time now, scientists have been telling humans how we are all connected; energy is everywhere, connecting all things together. We are now as a species about to understand that not only do all of our actions is affect everyone, but our emotional learning experience is also teaching everyone at the same time. This is how we are changing.

The Human Shift – The Change Happening:

So many of us now know that we are changing, evolving into something better than ourselves. What I just experienced, what I just taught you, should ultimately change the way you treat every relationship and emotion from now on. Your actions on a daily basis, and emotions that come from them, are taught to the entire world instantly. Every time you've hurt or loved someone, those emotions and the wisdom imprints have been passed on from one, to another, to another.

We must learn from this, we MUST share this knowledge now. For if we don’t teach this knowledge and share it with everyone we know, we will have learned nothing at all. This world is desperate for change. Change of course, must come from within first, only then can you teach others. I've changed, oh boy trust me I've changed.

I leave you with this. If you've ever hurt someone in any way, or if someone has hurt you in any way, your wisdom of that experience stays with that person. We must move on, forgive ourselves to teaching this dreadful wisdom, we must also ask for forgiveness for giving that knowledge away, for if we don’t, humanity will continue to teach negative wisdomo each generation that passes.

Peace and love;
Martin R. Lemieux

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