(includes link to free 21 day meditation series with Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey)
The World Wide Web of Action began, in the UK, in Trafalgar Square, with a meditation. Sitting in a circle, together on the tarmac, those assembled wanted to set the tone of peace, centre their thoughts on what they were creating, connect with others doing it too, calm their nerves, and attract attention. I’m sure it did all that, and more, as meditation is one of the post powerful tools we have to use at this turbulent time.
At the anti-fracking
protest in Balcombe last summer, there was a meditation tent. It got trampled
by the thuggish police (anyone want to investigate 'common purpose'?) but I
love that it was there, to bring peace, stability and solidarity to the area.
Cos that is what it would have done - so great are the powers of meditation. There
have been enough tests and testimonies to show it can do many cool things:
improve exam results, lower crime in an area, ward off stress, high blood
pressure, disease and slow aging.
Having meditated
sporadically for the last 9 or so years, ten minutes in the mornings before my
first boy was born (he's 7), a distant memory, in the last couple of years,
I've been to three big group meditations, in Trafalgar Square.
The first one (below) with
Tibetan Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, in March 2012, which filled the place
with people sitting in silence as he spoke his incredible words of wisdom. A
massive range of folk, wrapped up in blankets, sitting on cushions, together,
in peace. Afterwards, I walked to the Tube that grinning from ear-to-ear. It
felt amazing to bring peace to such a noisy area - and to sense the peace
inside me despite the sounds and busyness all around.
TRY IT!
* Why not get a spiritual leader to come and speak at your town hall or community centre. Have a look at this list and see if any are local, or visiting the UK this spring and summer: Watkins bookshop have an excellent list of the top 100 spiritual people every year.
One, on International
Peace Day, 21st September 2012, was a lovely ‘flahmob’ meditation,
where we sat in a circle, around a CND sign made of flowers, under trees, in
the rain and sang Imagine. It was a much smaller group but a powerful sentiment
and message. Being rained on. Bah!
DO IT!
* Anyone up for doing the same on an upcoming significant date in their village green? In a yurt in a field - take a picture and post it.
The third one (pictured at the top) was another
brilliant and fairly big 'flash mob' meditation, organised by Wake Up London http://wakeuplondon.org/
a meditation group for 18-30 year olds (although anyone can join in the
flashmobs), trying to affect change with meditation. They've done others around
the city and should definitely get involved with this Wave, because what they
do is powerful and creates such a massive change - in you personally, and in
the surrounding area, and world at large.
JOIN IN!
* Join a regular meditation group, or get others to join in with a flashmob meditation in your local square or school?
Meditation is just so good
in countless ways, emotional, personal, global, galactic. It makes you feel
calm, at peace, relaxed, chilled, happy, loved, loving, connect to something
deeper that goes beyond the surface world, feel the peace within us all, see
the peace within us all. It will make you less stressed, give you more time,
make you look younger, help you deal with issues, know there is always the
present moment where everything feels alright. Makes you breathe. And stop
thinking on and on. Lets the mind rest. Gives you more energy. Makes you nicer,
kinder, more patient (eventually, I'm hoping). Connects us to each other,
something deep inside us, always there. Life Force. Source. The Universe?
And, most of all, it's
actually fairly easy. After not that long at all, you'll get to like it, crave
it, that time for peace. Given some focus, dedication - but only for ten minutes
a day to get started - and willingness to sit with it. That's mostly all it is:
sitting. And being. And allowing. Watching the breath, repeating a mantra,
simply trains the mind to be still, stop chatting away nonsense, going over the
past, worrying about the future.
Then, in the stillness,
better ideas arise, creative insight, solutions to problems. You feel connected
to the all, us all, so you want to do more for the all, for the good of
humanity. You might suddenly want to get into your local allotment; spread the
word about meditation or whatever else gives you peace or raises your
awareness; helping kids read, giving food to the homeless, dropping spiritual
DVDs on park benches for others to watch or screening OCCUPY LOVE in your local
cinema http://occupylove.org/screenings/
. It all contributes to the world, at large, in a positive way. And that's how
we've got to make change, by doing what is virtuous and fun (as the previous
blogger says). That's not saying that people don't already do this anyway,
loads do. We just need more to join in, showing the way forward, living the way
out of this mess.
GET STARTED MEDITATING NOW with this free 21 days finding your flow series of meditations with Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey - https://chopracentermeditation.com/ . It began yesterday, so get your skates on and sign up. You could even do the first two today to catch up with thousands around the world tuning into it. It will only make you feel good.
For anyone who’s
interested, the astrological influences of this very time – with the lunar
eclipse right now, are pretty intense and all point to this wave being big, if
we all go for it!
“If we can gain a greater
sense and presence in our authentic nature at this time of great calamity in
world events, we will want to be able to integrate this sense of self into
society so that we can help not only ourselves, but others in need. It is
important at this time to reclaim your sense of Will and the power of your Self
not for yourself, not to brag about yourself on social media, but to powerfully
make your presence felt so that you will be heard, to put yourself in position
to not only listen to others, but to take action on the behalf of others or to
serve the needs of others around you in dire straits…
We do not need some
outside hero to come rescue us at this time, however- our hero and heroine is
inside of us.
And for a lively, always
informative, weekly update on planetary influences: check out the amazing
Kaypacha on www.newparadigmastrology.com
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