Sunday, March 20, 2011

Prayer for Japan

I dreamed a dream, you and I facing each other in a tiny yellow boat. On green water, under blue sky, me and my son, and a tiny yellow boat. And we laugh, and the boat rocks, and the ripples spread from the boat, to pond, to sea, to sky, and nothing can stop them, and nothing ever will.
excerpt from Joan of Arcadia

As mom and I lay in bed last night, letting both the literal and figurative darkness set in around us, we talked about what had been consuming ours and most of the world's thoughts for the last week; Japan. When you are across the ocean from a catastrophic crisis where thousands of people are deceased, missing, or in danger of nuclear poisoning, you can't help but feel detached and helpless. Mom, an extremely sensitive soul, had been phasing in and out of a teary eyed panic all day, stating that she felt guilty for smiling, so I thought I would share a piece of insight I read a year ago that has stuck with me. The best thing you can do to improve the energy of the world, to instantly make a difference, is to be as kind, loving, and respectful to everything you come into contact with, and the effect will ripple outward. 

I was informed yesterday that in contrast to the looting and rioting that ensues in the face of disaster in most parts of the world, the Japanese have been nothing but nurturing and generous with each other. If we can all apply this concept of one people, one world, we are doing the greatest service to the grief stricken global state. Pray for Japan. Send out the most sincerely healing vibe possible. Keep the effected people in your mind and heart, and practice simple love in every interaction. 

When you become light and you radiate, there is no darkness. A candle has one future, to spread the light. How does the candle spread the light? By burning itself, the candle spreads light and consequently knows the future. If you burn yourself, you will radiate and will spread light. The job of the human being is to radiate through the finite self the infinite light.

-Yogi B

2 comments:

  1. Hi, there! I was just doing a search of my blog to see if it turned up anywhere in the blogosphere, and in this way stumbled upon your blog space! Thank you so much for linking me :)

    I love your "about me" section, it really captivated my attention and made me want to read more about your journey, which is what led me to commenting on this post. I love the piece of wisdom that you carry around with you, it is exactly what I have been thinking lately. I actually think it was right after Japan that my friend and I were having an online exchange about hippies, an obsession of mine. I was telling her I believe in the original philosophies, and we came to discussing the subject and I remember telling her what it meant to me. I told her my opinion that most people cannot truly make drastic changes, or save the world from disasters like Japan, but what everybody can do is try to be good to one another. Loving each other, in that way touching another's life with magic, is so important, because it lightens our lives while they are intact.

    Thus, reading what you wrote, that "The best thing you can do to improve the energy of the world, to instantly make a difference, is to be as kind, loving, and respectful to everything you come into contact with, and the effect will ripple outward" was like a beautiful deja vu :)

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  2. Thanks so much for your comment! I do so enjoy reading your blog. I actually found it by searching for a quote about the power of the written word and stumbled upon a lovely passage you had written.

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