Dear Friends, I hesitated in sending this, because I promised myself, no more forwards from GN. However, I think the basic message of this piece, is totally germaine to Bd Farmers & gardeners and anyone connected to vibrational healing. The author posits, that now is the time to combine our acitivities of daily life with our spiritual ideals & practice. Farmers are lucky, in that along with all the hard physical labor they do, they are also connected with the land and hence, closer to spirit, IMHO. Of course, I am not talking about industrial farms here.
JS ----------------------------------- Leigh Tremaine The World Healing Project http://www.worldhealing.co.uk/whp/usingwhs.html Like the current crisis befalling humanity, this bulletin is a wakeup call to all of us to say NO to war, not just in thought or meditation or passing conversation, but in real action. The imperialist war machine fronted by Bush and Blair only exists because the people - us - give it the power it needs to survive. That power might be the taxes we pay, the politicians we elect, the jobs we carry out for the Government and its agencies, or it may be our own silence and inactivity as we sink into apathy and unconsciousness. Thanks to the efforts of healers, lightworkers, meditators, and alternative thinkers, we now have a substantial shift of consciousness on the planet, which means that the days of withdrawal into meditation are becoming less important. What is important now is to become an active, walking meditator, for without action, nothing materialises. For those of us who are used to retreating into our quiet spaces to meditate, this may present a big challenge to us, but it can no longer be avoided if we are to turn the world around towards greater peace and healing. Being an active, walking meditator means ensuring that all our activities and choices are congruent with the ideals and truths we hold in our peace meditations. It means that our every activity and choice is an extension of our meditation. It means acting and choosing with greater, focused awareness, so that we express the truth of our inner light, rather than live a bi-polar life. We are all responsible for whether peace or war breaks out, because we all involved in the current situation befalling humanity. The choice to be silent and inactive when a murderous war is being plotted by a confused and disturbed minority is a choice to collude with that war and those plotting it. Therefore, let us see the current world crisis as a personal opportunity for peace, and let us not see Bush and Blair as our enemies - however much we disapprove of or hate their behaviour - but as our greatest teachers. War is planned for a week's time, on March 17, a few hours before the Virgo Full Moon. The Virgo Full Moon represents an opportunity to serve for the good of others, but it also represents the blind duty of service - like the soldiers who believe they serve their country by going to war. I suggest that one of the things to hold in the forefront of our minds at this time is an awareness of what and who we are serving through our daily thoughts and actions, and who benefits, and to look at how we can serve the highest good of all, the spiritual self-realisation of humanity. Mars rides through Capricorn teaching the lessons of responsible will. These lessons are not just for those who would abuse their authority by waging war, but for those who would support the war, or fail to act to stop war. I have heard it said by "lightworkers" that war can be a good thing because it brings things to the fore to be learnt from. While there is some cold truth in this, the problem with this reasoning is that wars have gone on for centuries and still we have yet to learn and heal the disease that perpetrates it. So I pray that this reasoning is not used to excuse inactivity amongst those who say they stand for peace. For me, March 15 Washington Convergence will be more important than the Harmonic Convergence of 1987, for waking up to spirituality counts for little if we remain spiritual prisoners in a materialistic world. We came to this Earth not simply to evolve our consciousness, but to inhabit a body that would provide us with the lesson of evolving our consciousness through physical action. Why else would we have a hand that could either caress another with love, or pull a trigger to destroy life? The good news is that the peace movement is growing. Leigh Tremaine
