Saturday, January 31, 2015

I'm in! #1000Speak



I'm in!

Why do I think this can make a difference?

On a mass level:  In 1993, The Global Peace Initiative conducted a strictly controlled experiment, where 800-1400 volunteer Sidhas engaged in mass, simultaneous meditation in Washington DC, accompanied by other unofficial participants from all over the world. Crime dropped by 23%, attributable to nothing else but the meditation. Before the experiment, the police chief had been quoted as saying that the only thing that would make crime drop by 20% was 20 inches of snow. Ta-daah! Meditation...even stronger than Mother Nature?

Or part of Mother Nature?

More and more, science is learning that thoughts are things. They have force, they have power, they may even have mass of some sort. When we persist in looking at the world a certain way, that is what we will see. When we optimistically expect that everything will be all right on a consistent basis - everything is all right. Some people call this luck. Some call it faith. Others call it magic, real magic, not bibbity-bobbity-boo stuff.

I call it...reality.

It doesn't have to be meditation. Not everyone meditates, but everyone practices their own form of sending will and desire out into the Universe. It is a prayer, it is a candle on an altar, it is a spell. It is a wish on dandelion fluff, or a lucky shirt, or a personal ritual, or a smile for a stranger, or a random act of kindness. It is that fervent "Oh pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease" accompanying a midterm or a biopsy. It is a blog post.

When we focus our thoughts and our will and send them out with intent and purpose, it creates a ripple of energy throughout the aether. When we join with others to focus energy and intent on a common goal, the results can be wonderful and amazing.

It makes my heart melt a little that #1000Speak exists.

I'm in.

Tarcio Saraiva, used under Creative Commons License


4 comments:

  1. Completely awesome, Deb! And absolutely perfect! Your talented, passionate voice joining in with 1000+ others (and counting) on February 20th to speak about Compassion in an effort to make the world start thinking and doing more about it - to do what we can - united as writers to hopefully make a difference - YOU are such a tremendous plus in this #1000Speak movement! I'm so very glad you're IN ... and I'll be sharing this wonderful post everywhere.

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    1. *blushing* Thank you! I'm looking forward to your post too, and all them! Thanks for inviting me!

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  2. I'm so glad you're in, and YES - those energies, those convictions and determinations to be a particular way or to achieve a particular goal, are what motivates us, so of COURSE they will have an effect. And thank goodness.

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    1. Thank you so much, and it's a pleasure to "meet" you! I'm honored to a part of this!

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