- "Right now is a good time to try out loving awareness on someone" ( LA promo )

For almost thirty years now Radio Caroline has been promoting Loving Awareness

(in short LA). Many promo's have been produced since the start of the LA campaign

Even a concept album was released in 1976 by the Loving Awareness Band (still

LA is no religion and it doesn't harm you nor any other person. Just

remember to find the love which is embedded in yourself; share it with others and act

accordingly. LA is about giving up nothing and gaining the world.

Above all: Do onto others as you would do onto yourself and the spirit of LA will

forever guide your life. By practising this, others are more willing to share in return a life

- "Bringing you love and piece of mind" (definition of LA in a Caroline jingle)

So "Keep as cool as you can. Face piles of trials with smiles. It riles them to believe

that you deep the web they weave and keep on thinking free" ( LA promo)

The above indicates that an integral part of Loving Awareness is about dealing with

your inner world , how to enlighten yourself, reaching higher levels of consciousness

and working towards a stable piece of mind. Getting into LA also means freeing your

mind from stress, discomfort, conflicts and the surrounding labyrint of misleading

thoughts and indoctrination.

LA makes you aware that "Life is about relationship - the relationship we have with

ourselves, with each other, with the world, as well as the connection to that which is

beyond any of us yet imminent in each of us. When our relationships are good, we

feel good; when they are bad, we feel awful. Let's accept it: we need each other. We

need to feel connected; we need to feel each other's presence and love."

A bit of reading on wisdoms , insights, thoughts and even concentration techniques

from other cultures might help us in the direction of inner LA. Some old cultures have

thoroughly studied and written down how to reach different levels of piece of mind.

The American Lama Surya Das is a person who is able to explain things in an easy

Give love and piece a chance (Ronan O'Rahilly)

There's people who don't believe at all in it. They say it's not possible or it never

happened before, or it couldn't possibly happen. Now to accept that view, for me,

is to accept that the planet is finished. So I'm an optimist and being an optimist, I

have to look to the only possibility for the planet not being finished. And the only

possibility for the planet not being finished is to get into Loving Awareness.

We call it Loving Awareness because it is Loving......Awareness: The Love

and the Awareness of other human beings. That's Loving Awareness.

Now if we don't get into that and because we have nuclear weapons, because the

result of agression is nuclear, and because nuclear wipes out the whole planet and

everything living on it < >We are generating an energy of love for humanity. That's

our contribution, to get people into that idea. Right ? If that took off, then the people

who became loving as the result of putting the effort in, and getting into the habit of

take the decision. It's nothing to do with us. We are just a catalyst. We're like a

transmitter... Well, that's what we are. A transmitter. We're transmitting this idea.

We hope people will pick up on it. (1977)

(O'Rahilly Quotes : Interview 1977 for OEM nr 81)

Caroline worthwile because of LA (Ronan O'Rahilly)

I believe Caroline is worthwhile < > because of the Loving Awareness thing. The

value of the station is based on the fact that by using it, to stimulate the loving idea.

A lot of people, believe it or not, more people than you think, are into it. It's just a

little fantasy in their brain, but if you plant the seed, that's powerful. I mean it is

brainwashing. The whole trip is brainwashing. I mean we watch television, we go to

school, the whole thing. It's just WHO does the most brainwashing. (1977)

Words from the title track of George Harrison's latest album "Brainwashed"

released in 2003.

'Life is not meant to be about wealth and consumption. It’s meant to be about peace,

love, and harmony with oneself, one’s neighbors, and the universe at large. The soul

does not love. It is love itself," he sings on the title track, offering a final wish and

become apparent.

Caroline DJ Tony Christian giving his interpretation of Loving Awareness:

"In the beginning Ronan our founder of Radio Caroline devised a concept of Loving

Awareness, a theme and belief that has stuck with Caroline throughout the years.During

my early days while working for Caroline, I must admit to not fully understanding all this

and thought it "far out man", but ran with it.

Basically it's all about being nice to people, respecting people, not intentially hurting one

another and loving people around us. In reality, that's not too much to expect of people

around you. Personally over the years I have thought hard about this concept, and totally

believe in it, even more so in recent years.

So thats fine, but in this 24hr world when most people are rushing around 24/7, having to

work long hours purely to survive, I personally find that there are very few genuine people

left in this world, with very few people that you can trust as friends, as life has become so

competitive.

It's a dog eat dog world out there with most people only careing about themselves and not

careing who they upset to get what they want. I believe some people would steal your teeth

if you opened your mouth sometimes, and stab you in the back as soon as you turned round.

If only people had more respect for each other, what an ideal world this would be, It's not

hard really is it to adapt this way of thinking. How right Ronan O'Rahilly was in his way of

thinking and his beliefs. Here endeth this sermon".

(photo 2001 in Maidstone UK - from Chris Bent's website)

For me, Loving Awareness is:

- Smiling, being kind, not being nasty, being prepared to admit you are wrong, making life easier for

others, brightening someones day, listening to others, thinking with your heart, playing good music.

Appropriate in relation to Loving Awareness is a song titled 'Reflections', sung by Sally Kellerman

(better known as the actress playing the role of Hotlips in M.A.S.H). The lyrics are as folows: