Post by WalksInSpirit on Apr 15, 2006 21:40:15 GMT -5
Earth Changes Chat: 04-15-06
"Peace"
(09:24:50) (janie) ok....well, I'm gonna start now, ok?
(09:25:05) (Cheryl) mMay the Lord Bless each & everyone of You in this chat with an Easter that will be very Blessed One, filled with Happiness, good Health Peace and the greatest of All ...LOVE. In Jesus Name Amen. Love, Cheryl
(09:25:15) (janie) Last week, I posted the following words about earthchanges:
(09:25:16) (Roz) Amen
(09:25:17) (Blu) Amen
(09:25:19) (WalksInSpirit) Nunwe
(09:25:21) (Cris) Amen
(09:25:29) (Bill) Amen
(09:25:29) (Cheryl) Goodnight God Bless Have to go to work again, :-D
(09:25:30) (merri) Amen and Thankyou Cheryl
(09:25:31) (Rosie) Awomen
(09:25:34) (janie) “It will not be averted by anything humankind can do…..The timing is, of course, subject to natural laws, and if something that we have not foreseen intervenes for a period in delaying the Shift, it will be a higher universal law that prevails. Humankind is powerless to alter these universal trends.” (Ruth Montgomery, “The World to Come” page 57-58)
(09:26:30) (janie) I got thinking about the ‘natural laws’ that Ruth may have been referring to…..what I came up with is, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap” (Galatians 6:7). And we all know that Cayce was really big on ‘mind is the builder’, so I looked up a few Cayce quotes:
(09:27:00) (janie) “That which the mind of a soul –a soul-- dwells upon, it becomes, for mind is the builder. And if the mind is in attune with the law of the force that brought the soul into being, it becomes spiritualized in the activity. If the mind is dwelling upon or directed in that desire towards the activities of the carnal influences, then it becomes destructive.” (EC 262-63)
(09:27:12) (Bill) natural laws = gravity for one
(09:27:44) (janie) “The constant thought of hate, malice, jealousy…results…(in) warring conditions of nations…(and) physical disturbances in a body.” (EC 3246-2)
(09:28:21) (janie) Each sojourn or indwelling may be compared to that as ye have your mental experience as a lesson, as a schooling for the purpose for which each soul-entity enters in earth experience; and why an entity under such environments came into that experience. Each study of each lesson then adds some phase of development for the soul.” (EC 1158-5)
(09:29:00) (janie) Ok, with that in mind, what are the lessons we’re learning here? We’re learning (thanks to Rosie’s great topic on Wednesdays!) that we CAN create our own reality. We’re also learning from the readings that earthchanges seem to be inevitable….that ‘natural laws’ will go into motion…
(09:29:28) (janie) Should we focus on the earthchanges? Should we focus on whatever war is currently being waged? I’m thinkin’ that what we focus on, we lend power to, and I’m thinkin’ also that if we focus on PEACE, we can lend some power to non-wartimes/a loving world for us, and a smoother transition when the poles DO shift (IF they do!).
(09:29:32) (Rosie) BUT if mankind continues to evolve spiritually that can lessen the severity, right?
(09:30:02) (janie) That's what I'm thinkin', Rosie! :o)
(09:30:04) (Rosie) You're absolutely right!
(09:30:25) (janie) I’ve been reading the book entitled “Peace is the Way” by Deepak Chopra, and his thoughts about earthchanges are:
(09:30:29) (Rosie) We have an obligation to do that, in my mind, and to encourage others to as well
(09:30:44) (janie) “It’s disturbing that so much….thought is centered on catastrophic earth changes….This kind of prophetic negativity cannot attain a good end. It encourages the prophecy to come true when what we want to do is exactly the opposite.” (“Peace is the Way”, page 22)
(09:31:18) (Rosie) The conclusion I've come to about prophecy is that its purpose is to allow us to change the predicted outcome
(09:31:38) (janie) “Love and respect for the environment would create a reversal of the spiraling deterioration in the physical world. We need to trust that this is true, because in a very real sense the environment is sustained by human awareness. If you align your awareness with catastrophe, Nature will factor those thoughts as your vote for the future. The peace movement can align itself with a healed planet, adding millions of votes to that side.
(09:31:52) (Rosie) it's a blessing...a gift...the time to change the outcome
(09:32:07) (janie) And since our votes carry depth of awareness, they will be far stronger than any thoughtless vote for destruction.” (“Peace is the Way”, page 22)
(09:33:08) (janie) I really loved this part of the book.....Chopra put into words what I've been beginning to think about recently.....(Can you tell I really liked this book!?!? heehee!)
(09:33:20) (Rosie) that's a cool thought...that collective intended thought can outweight thoughtless, perhaps unintended thought
(09:33:50) (janie) I wanna be the 'hundredth monkey'! heehee
(09:33:57) (Rosie) heehee!
(09:34:41) (janie) from "Peace" page 98: “The underlying question comes down to this: Are we causing earth changes? The spiritual answer is, of course we are, because Mother Nature is disturbed by our lack of love and respect for her. The scientific answer is, of course we are, but only indirectly through decades of reckless pollution.
(09:34:51) (Cris) The one learning without the struggle janie?
(09:35:03) (janie) . Everything depends on what level of consciousness dominates your awareness. All answers are tangled, yet in the untangling I believe that science will one day connect earth changes and human awareness. Natural disasters are not a message from God but a message from ourselves.” (“Peace is the Way”, page 98)
(09:35:04) (Rosie) This is why I wanted to do the chat I'm doing now...we spend so much time rehashing the past when I feel we should be focusing on creating the future we want....if we don't do it now we might not have another opportunity for millennia
(09:35:10) (janie) heehee@Cris! yeah! LOL!
(09:35:17) (merri) it makes sense, if one becomes as their thoughts it opens the way for peace & harmony if those are the thoughts
(09:36:48) (janie) I mean, granted, earthchanges HAVE been on my mind a LOT recently.....and in reading Chopra's book, it put the 'Ask and It Is Given' and the 'earthchanges' thing together for me!
(09:38:03) (janie) What Chopra had to say about ‘you create your own reality’ really cracked me up...
(09:38:07) (Rosie) We have a challenge before us
(09:38:29) (janie) ”When people ask, ‘Why don’t my dreams come true?’ the answer is that they are coming true, but when you have dreams that conflict with each other, that mix fantasy and true vision, that are laced with fear and anger, it’s no wonder that the results are confusing. You and I were put here as creators, but what good does that do us if we shrink in terror from our own diabolical creations?” (“Peace is the Way”, page 99)
(09:39:42) (janie) Loved that part 'diabolical creations'.....like car trouble when we THOUGHT we were focused on getting somewhere quickly....."Why the HECK did THIS happen!?" heehee!
(09:40:07) (Rosie) "I love my car. I love my car." :o)
(09:40:21) (janie) JUST what *EYE* was thinking, Ro! LOL!
(09:40:32) (merri) lol....I say that all the time on a long trip Rosie!
(09:40:33) (Rosie) Quantum physics
(09:41:00) (Rosie) we DO affect mechanical operations with our thoughts about them
(09:41:15) (Rosie) learned that from Chopra's book about Quantum Physics
(09:41:30) (Rosie) quite a difficult read!
(09:41:42) (janie) Oh yeah.....or simply with strong emotions! I blasted a puter monitor one day when I was REALLY angry and tried to turn the danged thing on!
(09:41:44) (Rosie) but worth it
(09:41:56) (Rosie) LOL
(09:42:25) (Roz) thanksgiving plays a big part also
(09:42:26) (janie) So…..for tonight (and hopefully each day of this coming week!) I’d like us to turn out thoughts to PEACE. In Chopra’s book, he gives a week, day-by-day, of ways to bring about peace in our lives. Ready for them? This is your assignment for the next week, so either cut and paste this or take notes! Pencils ready? :o)
(09:42:34) (Rosie) yes, roz
(09:42:42) (Cris) Yes
(09:42:47) (janie) exactly, Roz......making sure you keep your appreciation for EVERYthing!
(09:42:55) (WalksInSpirit) Sorta like the book "Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintainece." A good read, too. :-)
(09:43:13) (Rosie) I wish I still had my copy of that....read it decades ago
(09:43:34) (janie) SUNDAY: Being for Peace – Take five minutes to meditate for peace. Sit quietly with your eyes closed. Put your attention on your heart and inwardly repeat these four words: Peace, Harmony, Laughter, Love. Allow these words to radiate from your heart’s stillness out into your body. As you end your meditation, say to yourself, “Today I will relinquish all resentments and grievances”. Bring into your mind a grievance against someone and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness.
(09:44:27) (Rosie) excellent!
(09:44:45) (janie) (that one reminds me of “What the Bleep Do We Know?”…speaking loving words to the water/our bodies!)
(09:44:55) (Roz) and forgive yourself
(09:45:18) (janie) right, Roz....let it go!
(09:45:37) (Rosie) yep
(09:45:46) (janie) MONDAY: Thinking for Peace – Thinking has power when it is backed by intention. Today, introduce the intention of peace in your thoughts. Take a few moments of silence, then repeat this ancient prayer:
(09:45:59) (janie) Let me be loved, let me be happy, let me be peaceful. / Let my friends be happy, loved, and peaceful. / Let my perceived enemies be happy, loved, and peaceful. / Let all beings be happy, loved, and peaceful. / Let the whole world experience these things.
(09:46:17) (janie) If at any time during the day you are overshadowed by fear or anger, repeat these intentions. Use this prayer to get back to your center.
(09:47:23) (janie) TUESDAY: Feeling for Peace – This is the day to experience the emotions of peace. The emotions of peace are compassion, understanding, and love. Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else’s suffering, understanding is born. Understanding is the knowledge that suffering is shared by everyone. When you understand that you aren’t alone in your suffering, there is the birth of love. Then there is love there is the opportunity for peace.
(09:48:28) (janie) As you practice, observe a stranger some time during your day. Silently say to yourself, ‘This person is just like me. Like me, this person has experienced joy and sorrow, despair and hope, fear and love.
(09:48:47) (janie) Like me, this person has people in his or her life who deeply care and love him or her. Like me, this person’s life is impermanent and will one day end. This person’s peace is as important as my peace. I want peace, harmony, laughter, and love in his or her life and the life of all beings.’
(09:49:25) (janie) WEDNESDAY: Speaking for Peace -- Today, the purpose of speaking is to create happiness in the listener. Have this intention: Today every word I utter will be chosen consciously. I will refrain from complaints, condemnation, and criticism. Your practice is to do at least one of the following:
(09:49:46) (janie) Tell someone how much you appreciate him or her……Express genuine gratitude to those who have helped and loved you……Offer healing or nurturing words to someone who needs them…..Show respect to someone whose respect you value.
(09:50:10) (janie) If you find that you are reacting negatively to anyone, in a way that isn’t peaceful, refrain from speaking and keep silent. Wait to speak until you feel centered and calm, and then speak with respect.
(09:51:08) (janie) THURSDAY: Acting for Peace – Today is the day to help someone in need: a child, a sick person, an older or frail person. Help can take many forms. Tell yourself, “Today I will bring a smile to a stranger’s face. If someone acts in a hurtful way to me or someone else, I will respond with a gesture of loving kindness. I will send an anonymous gift to someone, however small. I will offer help without asking for gratitude or recognition.
(09:52:08) (janie) FRIDAY: Creating for Peace -- Today, come up with at least one creative idea to resolve a conflict, either in your personal life or your family circle or among friends. If you can, try and create an idea that applies to your community, the nation, or the whole world.
(09:52:20) (janie) You may change an old habit that isn’t working, look at someone a new way, offer words you never offered before, or think of an activity that brings people together in good feeling and laughter.
(09:52:57) (janie) SATURDAY: Sharing for Peace – Today, share your practice of peacemaking with two other people. Give them this text and invite them to begin the daily practice. As more of us participate in this sharing, our practice will expand into a critical mass.
(09:53:57) (janie) Those wonderful words of creating/BEING Peace are from the book by Deepak Chopra, "Peace is the Way". I highly recommend it!
(09:54:21) (Rosie) Excellent, janie! Thanks!
(09:54:43) (Cris) Thanks Janie
(09:54:47) (janie) You're welcome! :o)
(09:54:49) (merri) great words janie
(09:54:54) (Blu) Excellent is right!
(09:54:58) (Lory) Wonderful words of wisdom. Thanks janie.
(09:55:00) (WalksInSpirit) Thanks Janie! Great material!
(09:55:02) (Roz) good plan Janie
(09:55:05) (janie) (just great cut-and paste! LOL Others' words!)
(09:55:09) (ron) very very good janie
(09:57:11) (janie) So anyway, I hope you all don't mind that I turned 'Earthchanges' into earthCHANGES!? Not quite the usual fare, but I was compelled!
(09:57:56) (Cris) Maybe we needed this Janie
(09:57:58) (Lory) Does the ARE Library carry this book,janie?
(09:58:09) (Rosie) LOL....it IS earthchanges
(09:58:16) (janie) Not sure, Lory.....I got my copy through Amazon.....
(09:58:24) (Lory) OK thanks.
(10:04:22) (janie) As I was finishing that Peace book last evening, I was thrilled to realize that the 'Saturday' assignment was to share the daily tasks! heehee! Perfect timing for this chat on a Saturday evening! Perhaps it was NO 'accident'!? :o)
(10:04:37) (Rosie) indeed
(10:04:53) (janie) of course there are no accidents, so.......*sync*
(10:06:32) (janie) Honestly though, I'm always amazed at the folks this chat has guided to it.....such a wonderful mix.....really, I DO mean that....a WONDERFUL mix.....we talk about all sorts of things, and then, we have someone who tests us on our beliefs......I think it's all a wonderful opportunity for us in learning the lessons we choose to learn!
(10:06:32) (Blu) very
(10:07:11) (Blu) Instead of divison I see people working to find solutions, together
(10:07:19) (merri) find that to be very true janie
(10:07:20) (Anne) choose mabe a key word for some of us
(10:07:56) (janie) right, Anne....and there's always those lessons that we've chosen to learn, but think to ourselves, "Not NOW!!!!!" LOL!
(10:08:16) (Anne) so true
(10:08:23) (Rosie) what we choose in THIS time frame is so important for our own evolution and everyone else's
(10:08:59) (janie) right, Ro.....what each of us learn also helps to raise the vibration of others as well....if not directly, then certainly indirectly!
(10:10:14) (Rosie) that's true in any time, of course, but I've read in so many different places how important this particular time is...because of the particular and unique energies we are now experiencing and the change the world is about to undergo
(10:11:10) (Rosie) or is undergoing, I guess would be the better way to state it
(10:11:12) (janie) I think it's cool that I'm now thinking that 'earthchanges' COULD mean simply a change in vibration.....a change in the way people deal with each other.....
(10:12:49) (Rosie) I think that's the meaning of the "wheat and the chaff" thing...those that now choose higher vibrations will end up on a different evolutionary path than those who don't
(10:13:30) (janie) .....and also, I need to apologize for getting finished so early....not used to doing topics in my normal chat time, so I'm out of practice about judging how long things'll take.....
(10:13:54) (Rosie) it worked out perfectly, janie :o)
(10:14:00) (Bill) short is good Janie
(10:14:02) (Roz) right timing Janie
(10:14:07) (janie) heehee@Bill!
(10:43:26) (janie) Well folks, thanks for another WONDERFUL evening in the chat!
(10:43:38) (Eileen) yw janie, any time
(10:43:40) (WalksInSpirit) Thank you, Janie! Enjoyed it very much!
(10:43:42) (janie) LOVE to the room! Dream!
(10:43:49) (Rosie) Thanks, janie!
(10:43:49) (alrodnam) thx janie bye
(10:43:50) (WalksInSpirit) Night Blessings Janie!
(10:43:51) (kazu) night Janie
(10:43:52) (merri) Blessings janie
(10:43:52) (Anne) same to you
(09:25:05) (Cheryl) mMay the Lord Bless each & everyone of You in this chat with an Easter that will be very Blessed One, filled with Happiness, good Health Peace and the greatest of All ...LOVE. In Jesus Name Amen. Love, Cheryl
(09:25:15) (janie) Last week, I posted the following words about earthchanges:
(09:25:16) (Roz) Amen
(09:25:17) (Blu) Amen
(09:25:19) (WalksInSpirit) Nunwe
(09:25:21) (Cris) Amen
(09:25:29) (Bill) Amen
(09:25:29) (Cheryl) Goodnight God Bless Have to go to work again, :-D
(09:25:30) (merri) Amen and Thankyou Cheryl
(09:25:31) (Rosie) Awomen
(09:25:34) (janie) “It will not be averted by anything humankind can do…..The timing is, of course, subject to natural laws, and if something that we have not foreseen intervenes for a period in delaying the Shift, it will be a higher universal law that prevails. Humankind is powerless to alter these universal trends.” (Ruth Montgomery, “The World to Come” page 57-58)
(09:26:30) (janie) I got thinking about the ‘natural laws’ that Ruth may have been referring to…..what I came up with is, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap” (Galatians 6:7). And we all know that Cayce was really big on ‘mind is the builder’, so I looked up a few Cayce quotes:
(09:27:00) (janie) “That which the mind of a soul –a soul-- dwells upon, it becomes, for mind is the builder. And if the mind is in attune with the law of the force that brought the soul into being, it becomes spiritualized in the activity. If the mind is dwelling upon or directed in that desire towards the activities of the carnal influences, then it becomes destructive.” (EC 262-63)
(09:27:12) (Bill) natural laws = gravity for one
(09:27:44) (janie) “The constant thought of hate, malice, jealousy…results…(in) warring conditions of nations…(and) physical disturbances in a body.” (EC 3246-2)
(09:28:21) (janie) Each sojourn or indwelling may be compared to that as ye have your mental experience as a lesson, as a schooling for the purpose for which each soul-entity enters in earth experience; and why an entity under such environments came into that experience. Each study of each lesson then adds some phase of development for the soul.” (EC 1158-5)
(09:29:00) (janie) Ok, with that in mind, what are the lessons we’re learning here? We’re learning (thanks to Rosie’s great topic on Wednesdays!) that we CAN create our own reality. We’re also learning from the readings that earthchanges seem to be inevitable….that ‘natural laws’ will go into motion…
(09:29:28) (janie) Should we focus on the earthchanges? Should we focus on whatever war is currently being waged? I’m thinkin’ that what we focus on, we lend power to, and I’m thinkin’ also that if we focus on PEACE, we can lend some power to non-wartimes/a loving world for us, and a smoother transition when the poles DO shift (IF they do!).
(09:29:32) (Rosie) BUT if mankind continues to evolve spiritually that can lessen the severity, right?
(09:30:02) (janie) That's what I'm thinkin', Rosie! :o)
(09:30:04) (Rosie) You're absolutely right!
(09:30:25) (janie) I’ve been reading the book entitled “Peace is the Way” by Deepak Chopra, and his thoughts about earthchanges are:
(09:30:29) (Rosie) We have an obligation to do that, in my mind, and to encourage others to as well
(09:30:44) (janie) “It’s disturbing that so much….thought is centered on catastrophic earth changes….This kind of prophetic negativity cannot attain a good end. It encourages the prophecy to come true when what we want to do is exactly the opposite.” (“Peace is the Way”, page 22)
(09:31:18) (Rosie) The conclusion I've come to about prophecy is that its purpose is to allow us to change the predicted outcome
(09:31:38) (janie) “Love and respect for the environment would create a reversal of the spiraling deterioration in the physical world. We need to trust that this is true, because in a very real sense the environment is sustained by human awareness. If you align your awareness with catastrophe, Nature will factor those thoughts as your vote for the future. The peace movement can align itself with a healed planet, adding millions of votes to that side.
(09:31:52) (Rosie) it's a blessing...a gift...the time to change the outcome
(09:32:07) (janie) And since our votes carry depth of awareness, they will be far stronger than any thoughtless vote for destruction.” (“Peace is the Way”, page 22)
(09:33:08) (janie) I really loved this part of the book.....Chopra put into words what I've been beginning to think about recently.....(Can you tell I really liked this book!?!? heehee!)
(09:33:20) (Rosie) that's a cool thought...that collective intended thought can outweight thoughtless, perhaps unintended thought
(09:33:50) (janie) I wanna be the 'hundredth monkey'! heehee
(09:33:57) (Rosie) heehee!
(09:34:41) (janie) from "Peace" page 98: “The underlying question comes down to this: Are we causing earth changes? The spiritual answer is, of course we are, because Mother Nature is disturbed by our lack of love and respect for her. The scientific answer is, of course we are, but only indirectly through decades of reckless pollution.
(09:34:51) (Cris) The one learning without the struggle janie?
(09:35:03) (janie) . Everything depends on what level of consciousness dominates your awareness. All answers are tangled, yet in the untangling I believe that science will one day connect earth changes and human awareness. Natural disasters are not a message from God but a message from ourselves.” (“Peace is the Way”, page 98)
(09:35:04) (Rosie) This is why I wanted to do the chat I'm doing now...we spend so much time rehashing the past when I feel we should be focusing on creating the future we want....if we don't do it now we might not have another opportunity for millennia
(09:35:10) (janie) heehee@Cris! yeah! LOL!
(09:35:17) (merri) it makes sense, if one becomes as their thoughts it opens the way for peace & harmony if those are the thoughts
(09:36:48) (janie) I mean, granted, earthchanges HAVE been on my mind a LOT recently.....and in reading Chopra's book, it put the 'Ask and It Is Given' and the 'earthchanges' thing together for me!
(09:38:03) (janie) What Chopra had to say about ‘you create your own reality’ really cracked me up...
(09:38:07) (Rosie) We have a challenge before us
(09:38:29) (janie) ”When people ask, ‘Why don’t my dreams come true?’ the answer is that they are coming true, but when you have dreams that conflict with each other, that mix fantasy and true vision, that are laced with fear and anger, it’s no wonder that the results are confusing. You and I were put here as creators, but what good does that do us if we shrink in terror from our own diabolical creations?” (“Peace is the Way”, page 99)
(09:39:42) (janie) Loved that part 'diabolical creations'.....like car trouble when we THOUGHT we were focused on getting somewhere quickly....."Why the HECK did THIS happen!?" heehee!
(09:40:07) (Rosie) "I love my car. I love my car." :o)
(09:40:21) (janie) JUST what *EYE* was thinking, Ro! LOL!
(09:40:32) (merri) lol....I say that all the time on a long trip Rosie!
(09:40:33) (Rosie) Quantum physics
(09:41:00) (Rosie) we DO affect mechanical operations with our thoughts about them
(09:41:15) (Rosie) learned that from Chopra's book about Quantum Physics
(09:41:30) (Rosie) quite a difficult read!
(09:41:42) (janie) Oh yeah.....or simply with strong emotions! I blasted a puter monitor one day when I was REALLY angry and tried to turn the danged thing on!
(09:41:44) (Rosie) but worth it
(09:41:56) (Rosie) LOL
(09:42:25) (Roz) thanksgiving plays a big part also
(09:42:26) (janie) So…..for tonight (and hopefully each day of this coming week!) I’d like us to turn out thoughts to PEACE. In Chopra’s book, he gives a week, day-by-day, of ways to bring about peace in our lives. Ready for them? This is your assignment for the next week, so either cut and paste this or take notes! Pencils ready? :o)
(09:42:34) (Rosie) yes, roz
(09:42:42) (Cris) Yes
(09:42:47) (janie) exactly, Roz......making sure you keep your appreciation for EVERYthing!
(09:42:55) (WalksInSpirit) Sorta like the book "Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintainece." A good read, too. :-)
(09:43:13) (Rosie) I wish I still had my copy of that....read it decades ago
(09:43:34) (janie) SUNDAY: Being for Peace – Take five minutes to meditate for peace. Sit quietly with your eyes closed. Put your attention on your heart and inwardly repeat these four words: Peace, Harmony, Laughter, Love. Allow these words to radiate from your heart’s stillness out into your body. As you end your meditation, say to yourself, “Today I will relinquish all resentments and grievances”. Bring into your mind a grievance against someone and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness.
(09:44:27) (Rosie) excellent!
(09:44:45) (janie) (that one reminds me of “What the Bleep Do We Know?”…speaking loving words to the water/our bodies!)
(09:44:55) (Roz) and forgive yourself
(09:45:18) (janie) right, Roz....let it go!
(09:45:37) (Rosie) yep
(09:45:46) (janie) MONDAY: Thinking for Peace – Thinking has power when it is backed by intention. Today, introduce the intention of peace in your thoughts. Take a few moments of silence, then repeat this ancient prayer:
(09:45:59) (janie) Let me be loved, let me be happy, let me be peaceful. / Let my friends be happy, loved, and peaceful. / Let my perceived enemies be happy, loved, and peaceful. / Let all beings be happy, loved, and peaceful. / Let the whole world experience these things.
(09:46:17) (janie) If at any time during the day you are overshadowed by fear or anger, repeat these intentions. Use this prayer to get back to your center.
(09:47:23) (janie) TUESDAY: Feeling for Peace – This is the day to experience the emotions of peace. The emotions of peace are compassion, understanding, and love. Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else’s suffering, understanding is born. Understanding is the knowledge that suffering is shared by everyone. When you understand that you aren’t alone in your suffering, there is the birth of love. Then there is love there is the opportunity for peace.
(09:48:28) (janie) As you practice, observe a stranger some time during your day. Silently say to yourself, ‘This person is just like me. Like me, this person has experienced joy and sorrow, despair and hope, fear and love.
(09:48:47) (janie) Like me, this person has people in his or her life who deeply care and love him or her. Like me, this person’s life is impermanent and will one day end. This person’s peace is as important as my peace. I want peace, harmony, laughter, and love in his or her life and the life of all beings.’
(09:49:25) (janie) WEDNESDAY: Speaking for Peace -- Today, the purpose of speaking is to create happiness in the listener. Have this intention: Today every word I utter will be chosen consciously. I will refrain from complaints, condemnation, and criticism. Your practice is to do at least one of the following:
(09:49:46) (janie) Tell someone how much you appreciate him or her……Express genuine gratitude to those who have helped and loved you……Offer healing or nurturing words to someone who needs them…..Show respect to someone whose respect you value.
(09:50:10) (janie) If you find that you are reacting negatively to anyone, in a way that isn’t peaceful, refrain from speaking and keep silent. Wait to speak until you feel centered and calm, and then speak with respect.
(09:51:08) (janie) THURSDAY: Acting for Peace – Today is the day to help someone in need: a child, a sick person, an older or frail person. Help can take many forms. Tell yourself, “Today I will bring a smile to a stranger’s face. If someone acts in a hurtful way to me or someone else, I will respond with a gesture of loving kindness. I will send an anonymous gift to someone, however small. I will offer help without asking for gratitude or recognition.
(09:52:08) (janie) FRIDAY: Creating for Peace -- Today, come up with at least one creative idea to resolve a conflict, either in your personal life or your family circle or among friends. If you can, try and create an idea that applies to your community, the nation, or the whole world.
(09:52:20) (janie) You may change an old habit that isn’t working, look at someone a new way, offer words you never offered before, or think of an activity that brings people together in good feeling and laughter.
(09:52:57) (janie) SATURDAY: Sharing for Peace – Today, share your practice of peacemaking with two other people. Give them this text and invite them to begin the daily practice. As more of us participate in this sharing, our practice will expand into a critical mass.
(09:53:57) (janie) Those wonderful words of creating/BEING Peace are from the book by Deepak Chopra, "Peace is the Way". I highly recommend it!
(09:54:21) (Rosie) Excellent, janie! Thanks!
(09:54:43) (Cris) Thanks Janie
(09:54:47) (janie) You're welcome! :o)
(09:54:49) (merri) great words janie
(09:54:54) (Blu) Excellent is right!
(09:54:58) (Lory) Wonderful words of wisdom. Thanks janie.
(09:55:00) (WalksInSpirit) Thanks Janie! Great material!
(09:55:02) (Roz) good plan Janie
(09:55:05) (janie) (just great cut-and paste! LOL Others' words!)
(09:55:09) (ron) very very good janie
(09:57:11) (janie) So anyway, I hope you all don't mind that I turned 'Earthchanges' into earthCHANGES!? Not quite the usual fare, but I was compelled!
(09:57:56) (Cris) Maybe we needed this Janie
(09:57:58) (Lory) Does the ARE Library carry this book,janie?
(09:58:09) (Rosie) LOL....it IS earthchanges
(09:58:16) (janie) Not sure, Lory.....I got my copy through Amazon.....
(09:58:24) (Lory) OK thanks.
(10:04:22) (janie) As I was finishing that Peace book last evening, I was thrilled to realize that the 'Saturday' assignment was to share the daily tasks! heehee! Perfect timing for this chat on a Saturday evening! Perhaps it was NO 'accident'!? :o)
(10:04:37) (Rosie) indeed
(10:04:53) (janie) of course there are no accidents, so.......*sync*
(10:06:32) (janie) Honestly though, I'm always amazed at the folks this chat has guided to it.....such a wonderful mix.....really, I DO mean that....a WONDERFUL mix.....we talk about all sorts of things, and then, we have someone who tests us on our beliefs......I think it's all a wonderful opportunity for us in learning the lessons we choose to learn!
(10:06:32) (Blu) very
(10:07:11) (Blu) Instead of divison I see people working to find solutions, together
(10:07:19) (merri) find that to be very true janie
(10:07:20) (Anne) choose mabe a key word for some of us
(10:07:56) (janie) right, Anne....and there's always those lessons that we've chosen to learn, but think to ourselves, "Not NOW!!!!!" LOL!
(10:08:16) (Anne) so true
(10:08:23) (Rosie) what we choose in THIS time frame is so important for our own evolution and everyone else's
(10:08:59) (janie) right, Ro.....what each of us learn also helps to raise the vibration of others as well....if not directly, then certainly indirectly!
(10:10:14) (Rosie) that's true in any time, of course, but I've read in so many different places how important this particular time is...because of the particular and unique energies we are now experiencing and the change the world is about to undergo
(10:11:10) (Rosie) or is undergoing, I guess would be the better way to state it
(10:11:12) (janie) I think it's cool that I'm now thinking that 'earthchanges' COULD mean simply a change in vibration.....a change in the way people deal with each other.....
(10:12:49) (Rosie) I think that's the meaning of the "wheat and the chaff" thing...those that now choose higher vibrations will end up on a different evolutionary path than those who don't
(10:13:30) (janie) .....and also, I need to apologize for getting finished so early....not used to doing topics in my normal chat time, so I'm out of practice about judging how long things'll take.....
(10:13:54) (Rosie) it worked out perfectly, janie :o)
(10:14:00) (Bill) short is good Janie
(10:14:02) (Roz) right timing Janie
(10:14:07) (janie) heehee@Bill!
(10:43:26) (janie) Well folks, thanks for another WONDERFUL evening in the chat!
(10:43:38) (Eileen) yw janie, any time
(10:43:40) (WalksInSpirit) Thank you, Janie! Enjoyed it very much!
(10:43:42) (janie) LOVE to the room! Dream!
(10:43:49) (Rosie) Thanks, janie!
(10:43:49) (alrodnam) thx janie bye
(10:43:50) (WalksInSpirit) Night Blessings Janie!
(10:43:51) (kazu) night Janie
(10:43:52) (merri) Blessings janie
(10:43:52) (Anne) same to you