2008年03月29日
Earth Hour
Earth Hour is an international event that asks households and businesses to turn off their lights and non-essential electrical appliances for one hour on the evening of 29 March at 8PM local time until 9PM to promote electricity conservation and thus lower carbon emissions, and to raise awareness about global warming.
The first Earth Hour was held in Sydney, Australia on the 31st March 2007, and was estimated to have cut Sydney's mains electricity consumption by between 2.1% and 10.2% for that hour, with as many as 2.2 million people taking part.
The second Earth Hour, taking place today is an international event, with 26 major cities around the turning off the lights on major landmarks, and with individual people all over the world participating. Please join!
2008年01月12日
Building a dock
A friend of mine wrote this online. Enjoy
Since I have been back in the States, I have become much more aware of the endless negativity infecting the world. Violence, Greed, Hatred, and Deceit are spreading like weeds. How badly we need to tend to the garden before it becomes completely overgrown. To see what I could do to put a stop to the negativity, I asked the spirit of ayahuasca for advice.
"What can I do to stop the negativity in the world?"
This was my question. After a few moments of deep concentration and determined intention to find the answer. A voice in my head replied with the following beautiful message:
You cannot stop the flow of the River of Negativity, and it is not your job to. This river has been here since the beginning of time, constantly pouring into the Sea of Misery, and it shall continue to do so until the end of time. There is nothing you can do to stop it.
What you can do is clear a space by the bank of the river, and at this space you can build a dock, and from this dock you can make a trail going away from the river and eventually joining up with the Great Path, which leads to the Eternal Light of Love and Compassion.
And when people float by on their rafts of bad habits, they will see the dock and know they have choice. And if they decide to get off their vehicles of defilement and put an end to their path towards misery, the dock will be there to make it easier to disembark. Then, when they get to the shore, they will have a new path to follow, one that will lead them on a journey towards their own salvation.
A time will soon come when the waters of the River of Negativity will become so polluted, that no one will wish to travel it. There will soon be a migration away from the Sea of Misery and towards the Mountain peaks of Love, Peace, and Harmony. Know the paths up these mountains... and when a guide is needed, you will be prepared."
While this message was an answer to a question I personally asked, I feel the reply applies to nearly everyone who wishes to better the world. All that we can do is know our way as well as a guide knows the trails of the jungle, and when the time comes, people will seek us out for guidance and help. Then, we need only show them the way.
This was a very inspiring exchange. I hope that reading it will give you more determination to continue on the healing path. The world can and will be healed, not by stopping the negative, but by our own decision to head the other way, towards the light.
I feel very optimistic about the future, for it looks bright.
Since I have been back in the States, I have become much more aware of the endless negativity infecting the world. Violence, Greed, Hatred, and Deceit are spreading like weeds. How badly we need to tend to the garden before it becomes completely overgrown. To see what I could do to put a stop to the negativity, I asked the spirit of ayahuasca for advice.
"What can I do to stop the negativity in the world?"
This was my question. After a few moments of deep concentration and determined intention to find the answer. A voice in my head replied with the following beautiful message:
You cannot stop the flow of the River of Negativity, and it is not your job to. This river has been here since the beginning of time, constantly pouring into the Sea of Misery, and it shall continue to do so until the end of time. There is nothing you can do to stop it.
What you can do is clear a space by the bank of the river, and at this space you can build a dock, and from this dock you can make a trail going away from the river and eventually joining up with the Great Path, which leads to the Eternal Light of Love and Compassion.
And when people float by on their rafts of bad habits, they will see the dock and know they have choice. And if they decide to get off their vehicles of defilement and put an end to their path towards misery, the dock will be there to make it easier to disembark. Then, when they get to the shore, they will have a new path to follow, one that will lead them on a journey towards their own salvation.
A time will soon come when the waters of the River of Negativity will become so polluted, that no one will wish to travel it. There will soon be a migration away from the Sea of Misery and towards the Mountain peaks of Love, Peace, and Harmony. Know the paths up these mountains... and when a guide is needed, you will be prepared."
While this message was an answer to a question I personally asked, I feel the reply applies to nearly everyone who wishes to better the world. All that we can do is know our way as well as a guide knows the trails of the jungle, and when the time comes, people will seek us out for guidance and help. Then, we need only show them the way.
This was a very inspiring exchange. I hope that reading it will give you more determination to continue on the healing path. The world can and will be healed, not by stopping the negative, but by our own decision to head the other way, towards the light.
I feel very optimistic about the future, for it looks bright.
2007年11月10日
11.11am, 11.11.07
11AM of November 11th
Do you know what that is? It’s the time when the WWI ended in 1918. And it became the World Peace Day. It is a holiday in many countries in the Western World, but few people know it in Japan.
http://rainbow-festival.net/en/project/
They ask:
"If you are in your workplace, on the road, if you are with your loved one, on November 11th at 11:11AM please say “Thank you, Mother Earth” “May the peace prevail on Earth”.
You can then either sing, dance, say a prayer, work, meditate… You are free to express the prayer of gratitude in your own way."
In Nara Park today and tomorrow there is a peace festival. If you're in the area, why not go and visit?
http://rainbow-festival.net/en/
Do you know what that is? It’s the time when the WWI ended in 1918. And it became the World Peace Day. It is a holiday in many countries in the Western World, but few people know it in Japan.
http://rainbow-festival.net/en/project/
They ask:
"If you are in your workplace, on the road, if you are with your loved one, on November 11th at 11:11AM please say “Thank you, Mother Earth” “May the peace prevail on Earth”.
You can then either sing, dance, say a prayer, work, meditate… You are free to express the prayer of gratitude in your own way."
In Nara Park today and tomorrow there is a peace festival. If you're in the area, why not go and visit?
http://rainbow-festival.net/en/
2007年10月11日
A secret for you
From:
Post Secret
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard
2007年10月02日
Thankyou
Firstly, thankyou to everyone who input their energies and their wishes for Burma. I've got no idea if it did make any subtle changes on an energetic level, or whether doing something like a collective prayer for the same outcome really can make an impact. But in more easily monitorable experiments it is clear that focused attention does bring results, so we can only hope.
Regardless of whether or not it really helps at all to do something like a "Wish Project", it does feel good and right to take some time to put positive energy into the Universe, instead of just wasting time on the internet, or some other such worthless activity.
Thankyou again
Regardless of whether or not it really helps at all to do something like a "Wish Project", it does feel good and right to take some time to put positive energy into the Universe, instead of just wasting time on the internet, or some other such worthless activity.
Thankyou again
2007年10月01日
THE WISH PROJECT
A year ago, while lying on a beach in Rio de Janeiro, I realised something quite odd. When you stare at somebody who's relaxing with their eyes closed, and say over in your head "Open your eyes, I'm looking at you!", usually people will respond and open their eyes, immediately staring back at you. Give it a try.
I found this phenomenon quite bizarre, and decided to extend testing. With friends, we made an experiment. We stood on top of a building roof, overlooking the street. Nobody noticed us, nobody looked up - we were pretty much out of sight.
We tried to focus our intent together. Three of us picked one person together, and all of us stared at him as he walked past far down below us. We all said in our heads "Look up, we're staring at you!". Low and behold, the man looked up. We repeated the experiment and it worked.
I've seen in my own life that when INTENT is focused, results manifest. We have an expression in English that says "Be careful what you wish for, because it might come true". I've seen this happen too many times.
So, I was given the idea to start a Wish Project.
(I'm getting strong Deja Vu while writing at this moment, by the way)
Once per week, at a certain time I'm going to ask everyone I know, to, just for a few moments, join me in wishing for the same thing. Whether it be world peace, consciousness change, saving the rainforests, or something more simple like happiness and health for particular individuals, I would like it to be positive and helpful. We live in troubled times, and every little bit of positive energy put out there helps.
So, if anybody would like to join me, please lend a few moments of positive thoughts for change - whether through prayer, meditation, contemplation, ceremony or simply thinking about it and giving a wish.
The first wish project shall be to wish for peace and freedom in Burma. I will be wishing for this at this time:
I hope you'll join me!
Any suggestions for the next wish project are welcome!
I found this phenomenon quite bizarre, and decided to extend testing. With friends, we made an experiment. We stood on top of a building roof, overlooking the street. Nobody noticed us, nobody looked up - we were pretty much out of sight.
We tried to focus our intent together. Three of us picked one person together, and all of us stared at him as he walked past far down below us. We all said in our heads "Look up, we're staring at you!". Low and behold, the man looked up. We repeated the experiment and it worked.
I've seen in my own life that when INTENT is focused, results manifest. We have an expression in English that says "Be careful what you wish for, because it might come true". I've seen this happen too many times.
So, I was given the idea to start a Wish Project.
(I'm getting strong Deja Vu while writing at this moment, by the way)
Once per week, at a certain time I'm going to ask everyone I know, to, just for a few moments, join me in wishing for the same thing. Whether it be world peace, consciousness change, saving the rainforests, or something more simple like happiness and health for particular individuals, I would like it to be positive and helpful. We live in troubled times, and every little bit of positive energy put out there helps.
So, if anybody would like to join me, please lend a few moments of positive thoughts for change - whether through prayer, meditation, contemplation, ceremony or simply thinking about it and giving a wish.
The first wish project shall be to wish for peace and freedom in Burma. I will be wishing for this at this time:
| Tokyo (Japan) | Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 10:00 AM |
| London (U.K. - England) | Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 2:00 AM |
| New York (U.S.A. - New York) | Monday, October 1, 2007 at 9:00 PM |
| Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) | Monday, October 1, 2007 at 6:00 PM |
| Corresponding UTC (GMT) | Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 01:00 |
I hope you'll join me!
Any suggestions for the next wish project are welcome!
