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History of WE Internationalby Liz Nelson, founder of WE International
In January of 1988, I sold my home and moved in with a friend until I could clear up my affairs and relocate to Santa Fe. Ten days later, there was a fire that destroyed almost everything we owned, as well as my plans. While her home was being rebuilt, we shared a town house. She was an early to bed, early to rise kind of person, and I was the opposite. So, most nights after she went to bed, I turned off the TV and read. One night, however, I decided to take up an old hobby, needlepoint (I don't know how I managed it because I had acute nerve damage in my right hand at the time). I didn't have a pattern and just started stitching. All I remembered later was that when forms began to take shape, I remarked aloud, "Is that a bird? No, it's a space ship." As more unfolded, I said, "That looks like a pyramid," And I was conscious of stars being at the top and bottom of the piece. So, while I was doing the work, I was also an observer. 
At 4:00 am, I "came to" and saw it was finished. I felt good and went to bed. The next day, I explained to my friend that the letters W and E stood for WE:Walk-ins for Evolution and I knew it was going to be a newsletter. In addition to the fire, I had just come through a divorce, surgery with complications, and several other traumatic events, so I simply put the needlepoint away. About two years later, I came across it and was going to throw it away. By this time, I was quite sure the Universe was very unfair and I was done with spiritual stuff! But my friend wanted to show it to her partner, so I gave it to her with the admonishment that she not give it back to me. "Just get rid of it", I said with great satisfaction. Well, she didn't. She returned it to me a couple of years later and I was really a little annoyed. I didn't want it, but it wouldn't get lost. By this time I'd gone through counseling with medication. It seems that because of the collective trauma, my blood chemistry had changed and had caused a siege of clinical depression. When my friend returned the needlepoint to me, my doctor was trying to balance the chemistry (I was beginning to feel my spirituality again, too, but with some resistance). I threw (I thought) the needlepoint into a drawer, but realized later that I had actually put it away quite carefully so it wouldn't get crushed. I was reminded of it again in June of 1993 when I finally felt centered in my spirituality again. It began to take on a different meaning for me. I realized there was no throwing it, losing it, or giving it away this time. The thoughts started to come and I began to listen (sometimes at the typewriter at three o'clock in the morning!). The editorial on page one was written in August of 1993. It told me then, as it told its readers in January of 1994, the intent of WE. Press releases were mailed to New Age publications, book stores and centers. The feedback has been steady. I sense a real need - it's almost a longing - in people who are going through the walk-in experience. There is a thread running through my correspondence.
WE International is committed to being a clearing house for information by and about walk-ins and the walk-in experience/phenomenon. These needs are feelings that all beings experience as they have their spiritual awakening. WE is dedicated to helping connect people be who they mean to be. |
History of WE
