Declaration of Humanity

The Declaration of Humanity
by Dr. Ilchi Lee

I declare that I am a Spiritual Being,
an essential and eternal part of the Soul of Humanity,
one and indivisible.

I declare that I am a Human Being whose rights and security
ultimately depend on assuring the human rights
of all people of Earth.

I declare that I am a Child of the Earth,
with the will and awareness to work for goals
that benefit the entire community of life on Earth.

I declare that I am a Healer,
with the power and purpose to heal the many forms of divisions
and conflicts that exist on Earth.

I declare that I am a Protector,
with the knowledge and the responsibility to help the Earth
recover her natural harmony and beauty.

I declare that I am an Activist,
with the commitment and the ability
to make a positive difference in my society.

Mindful of Now

What is 'Now'? It is a simple concept yet defining it can present quite a challenge. In one way, Now is a place where there is zero point energy. What is 'zero point energy' I ask my guides and they respond, 'The point in your heart where all your aspects meet and intersect.' It can be used by drawing all your available energy from every part of your Self and focusing it through this point. However, it can only be controlled by a pure heart, mind and body; any other configuration will result in a failure to align personal Vision with the Creator's Vision which will in turn lead to pain in the heart, mind and in time, even in the body. Let the details fall away while being mindful not to ignore them. Let the illusion of time slip away while being mindful of its impact. Let the thoughts of those around flow through you while being mindful that none attach to you. Keep your mind in the present, your eye on the goal in the future, and your body continuously healing the past. Once you are well aligned with Divine vision for this life, physical manifestation of your inner vision will greatly depend on your ability to maintain all your aspects centred and focused consistently and persistently on one image; you must see it Now if it will Be in the future.

What you can visualize and conceptualize, you can manifest into physical reality. Be mindful that your mind is focused on that which you desire to manifest, not the obstacles to your manifestation. Focus your mind on the desired manifestation and you will attract all that you need to succeed. On the other hand, focus your mind on the obstacles and you will attract all that you need to create more obstacles. Be mindful of the reason for which you jumped on your path. Was Love the motivator? Or was it adulation? Control over others? Or any other ego-based desire? These motivations are not wrong in any way, but may give rise to conflict until you see your own heart's motivations with clarity. Once again, there is only one way to manifest your inner vision without incurring painful responses: through Love, which is ultimately, the Creator and prime creative force driving this particular universe. Now, how interesting it is that we feel Love through the heart, the same place that we find our personal zero point, the Now. This is no coincidence and calls you to be mindful of Now!

Reflections on the Season

by Rev. Pamela Grace

I hear and feel echoes of myself in my emptiness
Who we are dissipates into the other
Yet at the same time, who I am, who you are is a unique melody that sometimes we ourselves turn a deaf ear to
Bleakness is when we can no longer hear our own melody, beating in time to our heart
Blending with the orchestra of life, with occasional moments of breathtaking solos,
to once again recede and merge into the symphony of all our relations

This surrendering to darkness, to willingly let go
and spiral inward into our own echoes
where death and life hold us from one moment to the next -
one giving rise to the other

At this time of year I seek to remember my own light,
born from my darkness, my stillness –
my emptiness
Pregnant with possibilities

This time of Winter Solstice
where the pinnacle of night makes way for the light of day
We come together to celebrate the birth of all possibilities,
emerging from the womb of night

We honor all the places we have been because they've made us who we are
We let go of who we are to remember who we are meant to be

In this silent and holy of times,
we open to this moment -
this pause between the in breath and the exhale
It is in this space between notes that all things are possible

May we be Blessed

The Middle Road

I was meditating today during yoga, watching the endless display of images that run through my mind like a 3-dimensional holographic image in a living screen, hearing the words that flow through, being filtered down from another place. The message was, 'Stay in the middle!' Many of us know this but it is so easy to forget and become a little polarized. Fortunately, our Higher Self has ways and means to snap us back into centre; moreso if we invite the balancing. As I breathe, I see a star in my belly, one in my heart and one in my brain. They strive to line up, the bottom star needs to drop or ground, the middle star needs to hold the centre though it's between two tugging stars, and the one in my mind appears stuck in the front, left quadrant of my brain. Slowly I see it drifting back into the deep brain centre and suddenly a deep pain hits the area where it resided before the drifting began. As soon as it reached the deep centre of my brain, I felt a release on the cord that keeps the star in my brain connected to the star in my heart. My heart-star suddenly drops back and a sigh of relief escapes me. My heart-star is released and allowed to relax for the first time in years. Her face rises up, the one who created the situation that caused a part of mySelf to lock up the area between my heart and throat; it was way back in 'time' when I was a child. I now realize that she had attacked me and I did close up as a result; ever since, it is a constant challenge to merge my heart and Higher Mind and remained intertwined so. To the source, I returned that block. As my throat and tongue fell back and relaxed as well, it dawns on me that the opening I need to channel and speak is being stretched and there is a bit of physical pain. These releases (the stretching and associated pain) is accompanied by a flow of tears. It comes in a rhythmic manner and I'm reminded of the rhythm of birthing. There is no sadness, only thoughts of gratitude for the path which is currently unfolding ahead of me. Though there is fear, there is also quiet excitedness at the magnitude of the manifestation. I recognize my ways and means more clearly and am grateful that I have the ability to manifest my vision. I clearly recognize the synchronicity of events that has brought me to this very moment in time and space, the dreamwalk, the illusion in the forefront with the mystery behind the veil. And So It Is! A voice now enters and I hear, "Let I walk the middle road, the thin narrow path in between the Light and the Dark, the Love and the Fear, the Night and the Day, the Nagual and the Tonal, the Highs of Flight and the Lows of Crawl. Let I remain centred in the Zero Point of my Being. Let I create consciously in the moments between breaths! And So I Shall Manifest!" And So It Begins! And So It Is! Give Thanks!!"

Now I say, "Thank you Great Creator, Birther of All That Is!!" and find myself in corpse pose. The Journey is complete!