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Return Again by Ani
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It seems like everything is turning upside down and inside out, with high-speed changes and deep transformations becoming the norm. Politics are becoming even more bizarre, global warming and environmental imbalance evidences itself more every day, and fear and impending war reign supreme in every news media. Yet a profound and sudden rise of conscious awareness, healing, liberation and loving-kindness is occurring with equal zeal and strength. Quite often I must remind myself to breathe, to keep breathing deeply and evenly, to not slip into overwhelm. The other day I was wandering through the Sedona Library, leafing through several books, and came across an old favorite, "Return of the Bird Tribes" by Ken Carey. I hadn't looked at the book since 1989, and just opened randomly to quite a clear description of the current state of our world. The following excerpts are from the timeless truth in Carey's book, published in 1988: "The world is constantly changing. It always has its momentary drama, a wave of emotional turmoil that seems to have the ability to put fear into the hearts of more than ever before. But no matter how wild and turbulent the waves of your culture's gods become during these last days before such illusions vanish, be not the waves of fear, nor influenced by them. Times need not be troublesome for you humans of this closing age. For wherever there is just one that does not succumb to the emotional undercurrents of fear that would herd you like sheep into some collective folly, there radiates an influence of peace, stability, healing and blessing. God will amplify the influence of that one and blend it with the influence of others who are incarnate and doing the same. Through these will pour the peace. And no sea will rise against them. Do not subscribe to the passing illusions of this age. Do not blindly follow the archaic warrior programming that leaves you unconscious, an automaton, a puppet controlled by those who have for centuries made it their business to map and chart the currents of fear. Realize your choices. Should you feel a habit of violent reaction, whether in thought, word or deed, realize that it is only yourself with whom you strive. Do not contend so anxiously with yourself. There is only one of you here, shadowboxing on the wall. Defend yourself from this alone: the programming of unconscious fears. Every time a human being reacts violently toward another being instead of communicating, that person is hurting him or herself. The essence of intelligence is simply this: It is always to your advantage to cooperate rather than to retaliate. Something is touching down upon this earth, something from the stars. Something is landing upon the still waters of the hearts of people who love... We have come in this age to calm the waters of human emotional turbulence. We are the means to this calming. The water is calmed wherever we stand. We walk on the water singing... clear water... we walk on the water singing." To 'realize our choices' is a key phrase here. Do we continue with warrior-dominant madness, or do we choose life, and a world that focuses on increasing that life energy to benefit all beings? In a speech made by US Representative Dennis Kucinich from Ohio on September 21, 2002, he said, "There is much to do on the world stage, but we cannot do it by creating war when we ought to be working for peace... Each government report which drums terror and fear weakens our nation." The Seattle Times September 1, 2002 issue reflected a similar attitude to the message of the Bird Tribes. The front page-dominated article interviewed Navajo elder and weaver, Rose Yazzie at home in her peaceful hogan in Monument Valley. When asked about how she felt last year when she heard about the twin towers, she said she felt bad for the children... the children who died, the children whose parents were killed, the children of the terrorists, and the children on the reservation, who now fear airplanes. "The children," she said, and looked away. "It is a sad thing, but it is not our world." Walking on the water singing? Which world do we choose to create, at this critical turning point in human evolution? As Navajo medicine man Billy Yellow once said, "Our task is to chant the world, chant the beauty. The world is a reflection of our chanting." The Third Millennium, Vision and Terra Christa, and can be reached at P.O. Box 910, Mountain View, MO 65548. Contact Rep. Kucinich to support his environmental and peace projects at Dkucinich@aol.com
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