What's This All About? Is it for You??
Can You or Do You ever... do any of these...
- Envision a happier, more peaceful world?
- Sit in silence and let the stress of the world float away?
- Pray for the health of a loved one?
- Meditate on a worldwide healing vision?
- Think of yourself as an Emissary of Light & Love?
- Dream up nonviolent "solutions" to violence?
- Do Reiki or other energy healing work?
- Hold our planet in the light?
If so, or any variation of these, then please join others in a planetary healing circle, building toward a perpetual world healing circle in Southeast Michigan (and anywhere/everywhere else). And please read the following to understand what this is all about.
Background:
One afternoon in December 2000, while driving home from participating in a healing circle followed by a global healing meditation, I was thinking about how much I enjoy putting my spiritual energy into such things, and I had an idea: Wouldn't it be great to have at least one healing circle for the world going on continuously, 24 hrs/day, 365 days/year. That way any time of any day I, or anyone, could drop in for 30 minutes or an hour and contribute my energy skills to the ongoing efforts of like-minded people working to "heal the planet.
That night I woke up about 1:00am and found that the idea was growing and demanding to be written down. So I started writing and thinking and writing and planning and writing some more. I've now discussed the concept with a number of people and have refined/simplified it a bit.
The Vision
Instructions:
At the entrance to the (silent) room, you see a sign with simple instructions on it, such as:
"Welcome. Please maintain mindful slience while in this room of healing intention. To enter the circle, please wait until the next chime (every 15 minutes). Thank you for being here and for your spiritual contribution to this important work."
The Circle:
You notice that some of the circle participants are standing, some sitting in chairs, and some sitting on cushions on the floor. Some have eyes closed, some open. Some may be holding hands. Participants are probably not arranged in a perfect circle, but rather a circular grouping, possibly with some behind others, because it would be disruptive to participants already there to have to move. At the center of the circle is an earth-globe as a reminder of the planetary focus of the circle.
The Wall of Miracles:
While waiting for the chime to allow your entry into the circle, you look around the room and notice the wall on one side with some slips of paper, each containing a request for any desired miracle or any sort of healed/improved situation in the world, as envisioned/requested by someone who has visited the room or mailed or emailed it in. On another wall you may see other slips of paper -- these list healings/miracles of any sort that have been reported from anywhere in the world. Nearby is a small table with pens, paper, and tacks so that you can add your own requests and reports when desired.
The World-Wide Web:
Yes, besides the spiritual connection with the rest of the world, there is also a web-cam to provide continuously updated images of the circle to anyone around the world interested in a more physical connection with the circle (doesn't need to be streaming video, just still images updated every few seconds).
Why Silence? (Why not include music, words, drumming, dance?)
There are many rituals and practices by which different people connect with spirit, and raise generate healing energy. Mindful meditative prayerful silence is one practice that can serve as a common denominator of all such practices. Certainly, participants are encouraged to pursue their favorite practices in other appropriate gatherings/venues, and participants are also welcome to practice them silently/internally while in the room of the healing circle.
Purpose
- Create a stable loving connection between god-the-spirit and god-the-living (that's us) and god-the-earth.
- Send/transmit/channel healing vibes to penetrate and facilitate healing (of people/situations) around the world (physical/emotional/mental/spiritual/cultural/political). This may be better described as two different aspects:
- sending healing flows/vibes with the specific intention of healing whatever it is aimed at (whether a personal illness, or a war, or planetary dysfunction).
- changing the vibes in the underlying "ether" of existence (with respect to a certain issue/location/people) to make it easier for their own intentions/efforts to work. I.e., soften or remove the seeming brick wall that individuals and cultural psyches sometimes seem to run into when attempting to change.
- Create a cosmic beacon of light for beings anywhere in the universe to come to as a place of hope for the full range of possible joys, encompassing everything from relieving immediate trauma to creating a playground of joyful creativity and learning.
Various descriptions of what the healing circle does:
- directing/flowing of healing energy, healing intention
- inviting the help/support of angels, spirit-guides, etc.
- channeling the love of God/Christ/Buddha/(your-favorte-deity)
- visualizing a healed planet
- silent prayer/meditation for healing of the planet
Nuts & Bolts
Start-up/Preliminary Steps:
- Get the word out to all potentially interested individuals & groups in the area (see basic promotional idea below).
- Set up a web site and email list to disseminate the ideas, receive suggestions, and answer questions (from those in the area and elsewhere).
- Find a donated space for at least one evening or weekend morning or afternoon each week, in an accessible location. Ideally, the space would include some sort of ante-room to allow participants to remove coats/shoes and prepare without disturbing those already in the circle. There could also be a box to receive donations to go to whatever organization is providing the space.
- Using the space described above, start having regular gatherings/healing circles with interested people in the area to start the spiritual momentum building toward a truly perpetual circle.
- Possibly set up and maintain a database of interested people and participants. Or find some reasonable to way to keep interested people informed of places/times of gatherings.
What it Is Building Toward: The Perpetual Healing Circle
- A (hopefully donated) space that can be accessed by participants 24 hrs/day.
- At least 500 people participating for at at least one hour per week in the circle. This number (actually 504 people) is the minimum needed to have at least 3 people there at all times assuming their schedules can cover all 24 hours of the day x 7 days/week = 168 hours. (168 hrs x 3 people each hour = 504 people). Thus, it could easily require over 1,000 participants to reach the point when every hour of every day has at least three participants.
- Some sort of support committee who can take care of things like maintaining the web site, answering questions from interested people including the news media, and interfacing with the owners of the space.
- Who knows? If this catches on enough, maybe someday it could have its own building with a central room for the perpetual healing circle, surrounded by other rooms for workshops, eating, etc. And of course other communities around the world would start up their own versions of it.
- Can you do Reiki or other energy healing work?
- Can you meditate on a planetary healing vision?
- Can you pray?
- Can you channel universal love?
- Can you envision a happier, more peaceful world?
If so, or any variation of these, then please join others in a planetary healing circle, building toward a perpetual healing circle. For information on location/times of gatherings, please contact: Craig Harvey
APPENDIX Other Word/Descriptions "Peace Generator" !! Perpetual: continuous, eternal, ongoing, non-stop, 24/7, unbroken (connection of time) Planetary: world-wide, universal, cosmic, global (connection of location/space) Healing: wholeness, hope, renewal, integration, miracles, reconciliation, growth, joy, mirth, God, fun/play, The Force, communion, all-that-is, creativity/creation, love, infinite potential, fulfillment, balance (connection of self with rest of self/divine) Circle: group, community, chamber, team, congregation (connection of individuals with one another) Circle of Miracles Circle of Planetary Wholeness Circle of Healing Lov