A five year old's perspective.....Sept 17,
2001
My daughter Aine and I were walking in the woods today playing a game.
She was pretending that there were monsters in the forest and that they
were coming to eat us. We had to be vigilant. We had to defend ourselves.
I asked her "What is the plan? What are
we going to do if we see one of the monsters?" She
replied, "Feed them."
"Feed them?" I said. "Yes,"
she said. "If we feed them they won't want to eat us."
In response to what we can do now. Build a strong cauldron, see our
leaders
enlightened, see our path clear for peaceful resolution, see that we
must
"let go" to gain, remember the people involved, remember ourselves,
enlighten me so that I might help more, see an atmosphere of what we
want
versus what we have, see the energy of the storm as a great phoenix
of
change.
Many blessings, Kahla Wheeler - PrairieWise
I have never seen our world so much in touch with one another. We are
all mourning. Everyone is more friendly after this tragedy. If you walk
outside, American flags, purple ribbons and candles are viewed by many.
We now are beginning to realize how wonderful our country is and how
lucky we are to be living today. from JHR183
I feel it is so important for all of us to feel everything, allow all
emotions to be expressed fully and be present with this devastating
dilemma. I Love you and may the dark goddess that call us to her be
protecting you.......Julie
MEGWICH!!!
OUR CANDLE LIGHT VIGILS HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND THE GLOBE ALONG WITH
SO MANY OTHERS
MANY HAVE ASKED THE MEANING OF "MEGWICH" THIS WAS PASSED
ON TO ME BY PETE WILLIAMS (THANK YOU! PETE)
"MEGWICH" IS A CREE WORD THAT HAS NO NEGATIVE CONNOTATION
IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD OF ALL
IT MEANS THE SPIRIT WITHIN ME GREETS THE SPIRIT WITHIN YOU AND WITHIN
ALL THINGS - ONE CANNOT SAY "MEGWICH" WITHOUT A SMILE ON YOUR
FACE.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON
LOVE & LIGHT
JUSTICE is not RETALIATION
JUSTICE is not REVENGE
JUSTICE is not VENGEANCE
I believe the American people, being a just people, want justice for
the terrorist acts that took precious, innocent lives in New York and
Washington, D.C.
We do not want retaliation, revenge, vengeance or war. None of these
will bring peace to the souls that have been lost. None of these will
make the world a safer place. None of these will raise America to where
she should be: a true leader of free people and a champion of justice.
Retaliation will take other precious, innocent lives. Is a mother
or fathers life in Afghanistan any less precious than one in New
York?
Seek always justice in all things. We must resist the temptation to
twist justice into revenge, retaliation or vengeance. It will only diminish
us.
It is time to recreate America in her highest image. How we act in
the face of this crisis will determine if America really is a world
leader or just a bully. Let us find an outlet for our anger and grief
that will make the world a better place for all, not an uglier one.
Betsy
To my list members,
At a time like this it is hard to know how to offer comfort. My heart
and prayers goes out to victims directly affected by our nations tragedy,
and to our nation as a whole and to those who toil in the rubble of
the destruction day by day, in hope of finding survivors. I'm proud
to live in a country that shows it heart in times of need. Please join
me and give to The
Red Cross or another charity to help the victim's families.
We may find ourselves affected by the horror and feelings that life
will never be the same. When you need to find a sense of peace, go to
a quite wooded spot and ponder Nature. I did this yesterday and it was
comforting. Somehow the birds are still singing, bugs are still crawling,
and flowers are still blooming; an affirmation of the continuance and
strength of the Life Spirit in our fragile world. Nature is strong and
endures her wounds in a constant struggle for survival, I have always
found strength in that in times of struggle and questioning.
Plants that are cut down come back twice as strong, and so will the
United States of America. We are the Home of the Brave.
Love and Peace to all of you,
Karen Shelton
Editor of Alternative Nature Online Herbal
Dear friends around the world,
The events of this day cause every thinking person to stop their daily
lives, whatever is going on in them, and to ponder deeply the larger
questions of life. We search again for not only the meaning of life,
but the purpose of our individual and collective experience as we have
created it-and we look earnestly for ways in which we might recreate
ourselves anew as a human species, so that we will never treat each
other this way again.
The hour has come for us to demonstrate at the highest level our most
extraordinary thought about Who We Really Are.
There are two possible responses to what has occurred today. The first
comes from love, the second from fear.
If we come from fear we may panic and do things-as individuals and
as nations-that could only cause further damage. If we come from love
we will find refuge and strength, even as we provide it to others.
This is the moment of your ministry. This is the time of teaching.
What you teach at this time, through your every word and action right
now, will remain as indelible lessons in the hearts and minds of those
whose lives you touch, both now, and for years to come.
We will set the course for tomorrow, today. At this hour. In this moment.
Let us seek not to pinpoint blame, but to pinpoint cause.
Unless we take this time to look at the cause of our experience, we
will never remove ourselves from the experiences it creates. Instead,
we will forever live in fear of retribution from those within the human
family who feel aggrieved, and, likewise, seek retribution from them.
To us the reasons are clear. We have not learned the most basic human
lessons. We have not remembered the most basic human truths. We have
not understood the most basic spiritual wisdom. In short, we have not
been listening to God, and because we have not, we watch ourselves do
ungodly things.
The message we hear from all sources of truth is clear: We are all
one. That is a message the human race has largely ignored. Forgetting
this truth is the only cause of hatred and war, and the way to remember
is simple: Love, this and every moment.
If we could love even those who have attacked us, and seek to understand
why they have done so, what then would be our response? Yet if we meet
negativity with negativity, rage with rage, attack with attack, what
then will be the outcome?
These are the questions that are placed before the human race today.
They are questions that we have failed to answer for thousands of years.
Failure to answer them now could eliminate the need to answer them at
all.
If we want the beauty of the world that we have co-created to be experienced
by our children and our children's children, we will have to become
spiritual activists right here, right now, and cause that to happen.
We must choose to be at cause in the matter.
So, talk with God today. Ask God for help, for counsel and advice,
for insight and for strength and for inner peace and for deep wisdom.
Ask God on this day to show us how to show up in the world in a way
that will cause the world itself to change. And join all those people
around the world who are praying right now, adding your Light to the
Light that dispels all fear.
That is the challenge that is placed before every thinking person today.
Today the human soul asks the question: What can I do to preserve the
beauty and the wonder of our world and to eliminate the anger and hatred-and
the disparity that inevitably causes it - in that part of the world
which I touch?
Please seek to answer that question today, with all the magnificence
that is You.
What can you do TODAY...this very moment?
A central teaching in most spiritual traditions is: What you wish to
experience, provide for another.
Look to see, now, what it is you wish to experience-in your own life,
and in the world. Then see if there is another for whom you may be the
source of that.
If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.
If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they
are safe.
If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things,
help another to better understand.
If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness
or anger of another.
Those others are waiting for you now. They are looking to you for guidance,
for help, for courage, for strength, for understanding, and for assurance
at this hour. Most of all, they are looking to you for love.
We love you, and we send you our deepest thoughts of peace.
Neale, Marianne, James, James and Doreen
Beloved Community - Emissary of Light
This is what John F. Kennedy called a true "Profile in Courage."
Her name is Barbara Lee and she is the Congresswoman from the 9th District
in California.
She was the only member of Congress on September 14th to vote against
the bill to give Bush carte blanche powers to go to war however he saw
fit.
534 members of Congress and Senators voted YES and only one brave woman
-- while denouncing the terrorist act and demanding justice for its
victims -- refused to run with the lemmings as they headed off to war.
We salute you, Representative Lee, and we want you to know there are
MILLIONS of Americans who believe as you do.
You can write to Rep. Barbara
Lee or visit her at: http://www.house.gov/lee
Contributed by -Michael Moore The Awful Truth
STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA LEE (D-CA) IN OPPOSITION TO
S.J.RES. 23, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE
I rise today with a heavy heart, one that is filled with sorrow for
the families and loved ones who were killed and injured this week. Only
the most foolish or the most callous would not understand the grief
that has gripped our people and millions across the world.
This unspeakable attack on the United States has forced me to rely
on my moral compass, my conscience, and my God for direction.
September 11 changed the world. Our deepest fears now haunt us. Yet
I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of
international terrorism against the United States.
This resolution will pass although we all know that the President can
wage a war even without it. However difficult this vote may be, some
of us must urge the use of restraint. Our country is in a state of mourning.
Some of us must say, lets step back for a moment and think through
the implications of our action today so that it does not spiral out
of control.
I have agonized over this vote. But I came to grips with opposing this
resolution during the very painful memorial service today. As a member
of the clergy so eloquently said, "As we act, let us not become
the evil that we deplore."
Dear Friends,
I am deeply saddened by Tuesdays terrorist attacks against America
and its people. The destruction of the World Trade Center in New York
and damage to the Pentagon in Washington are serious blows against the
US and the global community. The powers of our national spirit are being
invoked to meet the challenge of this time. We have been witnessing
scenes of heart breaking devastation along with images of compassion,
courage and great goodness. I'm awed by the power of human nature to
spontaneously do just the right thing in times such as this.
Today, September 14th, was a National Day of Remembrance in honor
of the victims of Tuesdays attacks. This day has been marked by
prayer, silence, ringing of bells and candle lightings tonight. There
was a prayer service at the National Cathedral at noon today and other
services all over the world.
The Balsamic Moon is bringing to light everything that is shadowing
our lives personally and together as a nation and world. All the patterns
of thought and behavior that are causing us and the world problems are
being brought up to be transformed.
The Balsamic Moon brings a special healing opportunity each month.
Our deepest needs are apt to be felt at this time. Healing comes through
feeling. The more a need is felt these few days (14-16 September), the
more invocative energy goes into the beginning of the Moon cycle. Fulfillment
comes at the Full Moon in response to what is seeded at the New. We
will be guided during the next two weeks as to how we can do the transforming
work that is needed and so receive the blessings that are seeded now.
Deep breathing with deep feeling before dawn can help dispel astral
shadows and invoke healing.
There are psychic and spiritual dimensions to these terrorist incidents
that need to be understood in order for us to deal effectively with
their threat. It is unfortunate that there is still so much ignorance
of the workings of the astral plane because this is exactly where the
spotlight needs to be directed. There are books available from the Theosophical
Society and Lucis Trust that can be helpful in understanding this dimension
of the psychic world. My now 93 year old Aunt Maude has been my best
teacher in this.
The simultaneous hijacking of several commercial airplanes to be used
as weapons to destroy both towers of the World Trade Center towers and
attack the Pentagon demonstrates an incredible degree of coordination.
How could our American intelligence agencies have failed to see this
coming? How could our psychics, our spiritual leaders, our angels have
failed to alert us to this coming horror?
Those who did this were motivated by a radical anti-American belief
based on concepts of fundamentalist Islamic jihad or holy war.
But this belief system is no more true is Islam than white supremacy
is true to Christianity. It is an astral evil with a false cloak of
spirituality.
The level of destruction this past Tuesday went beyond what I imagined
possible. I had not believed that terrorist groups could exist within
this country for an extended time without disintegrating. I was wrong
about this and have to reassess the power of this enemy. Yes, this is
a war and it is that legendary war in heaven and on earth.
Our challenge is to handle this as much as possible on the inner planes
to prevent further suffering in the outer world.
All people are at times subject to lapses of judgment and most all
of us will have emotional reactions occasionally that make us susceptible
to negative astral influence. Fortunately there are very few individuals
who succumb to astral evil for a prolonged period and become enthralled
by it. Those that do can be really dangerous. One such individual was
Mohammed Atta, the Egyptian national who flew the first plane into the
World Trade Center. A cousin of his piloted the other. Mohammed Atta
appears to have been overshadowed by an evil astral power. He exerted
hypnotic influence over others in his terrorist cell. I believe it was
such psychic influence that kept the terrorists organized and focused
on their agenda while living in the US
There are many things we can do on the physical to support the spiritual
forces that are helping us win this war against evil. The spontaneous
prayer circles and candlelit vigils are a real help. Drum circles can
also be tremendously effective. It has recently been discovered in scientific
studies that drum circle participation increases the production of killer
cells that counteract the aids virus. Other healing and transforming
effects occur when people join together in a rhythmic beat. The drum
beat also serves as a carrier wave for prayers and pure hearted intentions.
Group singing and chanting can have a similar effect especially when
timed with the canonical hours. Candles lit in these times carry prayers
powerfully. The hour just following Sunset is very powerful for healing.
Jesus gathered groups to be healed by the waterside at Sunset. Full
Moon celebrations at city centers and natural places of power will also
do much in future to bring healing and spiritual renewal.
Osama bin Ladan was undoubtedly involved with these terrorist actions
and others will be found who were complicit. But the larger issue is
the astral dimension. I think we need to think in terms of dismantling
the fundamentalist Islamic jihad belief system on the psychic plane.
And I believe this is entirely possible. It is important to keep reminding
ourselves that this perverse belief system is not really Islam but an
evil shade of Islam. The Islamic faith is one of the worlds great
religions but like all others it has a shadow side.
The astral shadow of Islam will give way as more energy goes to the
soul of Islam. Muslim religious practice therefore needs to be encouraged
in the West rather than discouraged or pushed underground. It would
be good for all of us to observe Ramadan this year (beginning mid November).
And it will be helpful to understand some of the esoteric teachings
regarding Islam. We might relish the fact that radical Islamic fundamentalists
really despise our sharing the core teachings of the Muslim faith. There
are hidden mysteries here that are anathema to them like crosses to
vampires. Whenever it is necessary to destroy an outmoded form it is
only necessary to draw out the soul of it. I think this is the lesson
of young King Arthurs drawing the sword from the stone. The sword
is essential truth, the stone is outworn tradition.
It is clear on the psychic level that the physical attack against
this country is over. The chief dangers now are the collective fears
that have been stirred and precipitous US military reactions that might
result. A worst case scenario is a major conflict in the Mideast This
is part of the astral plane agenda we are called to counter. Our prayers
and meditations are needed to help ameliorate the present tensions.
A cleansing rain is beginning to cover the eastern United States.
Lightning storms over New York are breaking through the astral dark.
Helena Blavatsky taught that lightning is an intelligent and beneficent
force of Nature called Fohat. Storm systems are also seen as ensouled
by devic or angelic powers. Hurricane Gabrielle brings the blessings
of Archangel Gabriel, blessings commensurate with the needs of this
time. Gabriel is the Angel in Tarot #20, the card of the Last Judgment.
Gabriel is blowing his horn calling people to be reborn from the tombs
of old ways. Gabrielle will be heading north along the coast after clearing
Florida. Send to Gabrielle all you wish to let go. Archangel Gabriel
spoke the Koran to the prophet Mohammed. Now Gabrielle comes to clear
the shadow of Islam that has been darkening our land.
Let's continue to share perspective and work to dispel unreasonable
fears and delusions that might be a danger now. And lets count
our blessings and affirm the wonderful power of the American spirit.
Wishing you & yours well & strong in this grievous yet spirit
filled time,
Steve Nelson
Mythic Times
My daughter is this Cub Scout Packs Leader. They felt the pain, fear
and confusion of that Tuesday..Sept. 11,2001. They were about to study
about the world and on the very page in their book that they were to
study on was the Trade Towers...standing tall and erect.
The Next Tuesday, when they met they put together the attached letter.
These are their words..they as a group put this together.
May we walk in peace and love with all.
Sandy Stands Tall
Agehya Gadoga Inaigati
TO OUR FELLOW CITIZENS:
We are the Coldspring Bear Cubs of Pack 845. We wanted to reach our
community with our words.
We, too, were affected by, the bad things that happened on September
11, 2001. We watched the TV, not sure of what had happened or of what
was to come.
Our parents cried, we knew lots of people died and were hurt. We wished
we could help in some way. We feel very sad.
On Tuesday, the very day of the plane crashes, we were learning about
America and what makes America special to us.
We are proud to be an American and this day has given us much to be
grateful for. We have a new appreciation of our freedom, safety and
comfort in the country.
We know that we are the future and with that in mind, we must keep
moving forward with our heads held high, with courage and pride.
We learn, as Cub Scouts, to serve God and Country. We also learn to
obey and to help others. We see how our nation has pulled together to
help each other. We are proud of all the work the rescuers are doing.
We cannot take back the bad things that happened Tuesday. We can only
live for the future; for we are our own future.
We want to give our love and prayers to the families, injured victims,
rescue workers and the governing forces, at work in our country today.
We stand united with strength in numbers.
God Bless America;
Arnold Dabney
Joshua Felton
Matthew Shick
James Vance
Michael Stevens
Chad R.
This Cub Scout Pack put this letter together on Tuesday night on September
18, 2001. They wanted the President and the rest of the world to know
their feelings on this traumatic event.
One cannot alter a condition with the same mind set
that created it in the first place.
- Albert Einstein