The following is by Dave Pasinski who has served as chaplain at our vigils at the Peacemaker's Sanctuary. It was posted on Syracuse.com

10 ways to lift your spirits in time of coronavirus (Commentary)

Dave Pasinski, of Fayetteville, has served for 25 years as a chaplain at different health institutions, and for 28 years in mental health disaster services crisis intervention.

By Dave Pasinski

Whatever our “ spiritual orientation” — or none at all — we know how our “spirits” as humans are struggling as the coronavirus crisis just begins to unfold and we face weeks, if not months, of extremely changed routines and activities. While this is first and foremost a health crisis and we must adhere to medical advice, we know it is also an economic one for so many, a deeply disorienting emotional one for all, and that these dimensions combine to diminish our coping resources. We need to find personal ways to sustain us individually and together at this time.

During the crisis of 9/11, many of us flocked to churches or other civic events for mutual support. That is not our option right now, and that is a major loss as we can feel very isolated.

It is not just the most reasonable fear of illness for ourselves or loved ones, but anxiety about the various dimensions of serious financial sustenance for many, educational challenges for all students, and the myriad of events, meetings, interpersonal relationships that are now changed with acute personal pain.

There is surely no one or definitive way of dealing with all of this in this ongoing and yet-to-peak crisis.

Nevertheless, these following 10 suggestions may be helpful to our spirits that are under attack in ways that we have truly never experienced before.

1. You may well not be able to “keep calm,” but you can take three deep breaths when you feel those often or expected anxieties. Try it right now.

2. Ask “What can I do right now?” Now. Right now. Do something physical and tactile — wash your hands thoroughly, then go wash your face. Feel the hot or cold water. Let yourself really feel it. And, of course, wash your hands!


3. ”My mind is racing! I’m worried about ... I must ... Why don’t they? ... What will happen if?”

Sit down. Take a pen and write down something. It may be those thoughts, or just a word, or some lines or circles or a rough drawing. Stop after after a few minutes and see what you’ve done. What does it tell you about how you’re living this moment?

4. Who can you call to mind to “send” thoughts (and prayers, if you wish) who may particularly need support? Think of them right now. If desirable and possible, call or send them a text right now.

5. Can you go outside? If so, do it. Whether it’s for a just moment or a longer walk, go outside and take in the air, being conscious of your breaths, of the surroundings, of greeting others from a safe distance. If you cannot go out, can you look out a window and imagine being there.

6. Sit quietly ... and realize that you are human, with a mind and spirit, but also limited as a finite creature. You do not have the control of your life that perhaps you thought you did just last week. Think about that and accept it. For some, this may evoke a movement toward prayer or support from some spiritual writing ... or tears. Accept them.

7. Ask: Is there anything that I can do to help someone else? This is not to put myself or them at risk, but is there something simple that would be helpful to anyone else at this time? Think about it . Do it.

8. Nothing is going to make everything OK. However, with thoughtful reflection, thoughts of “loving kindness” toward all others, and a “one step-enough for me” approach, perhaps we can share common support at this most trying time.

9. For many, a simple repetition of the serenity prayer can be a great resource. (“God, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”)

10. What works personally for you? You are challenged to come up with your own very personal way of coping which is consistent with your spiritual journey. What would you add or what would be one thing that you think you could do to help yourself at this time?

May this stimulate your own mind and help you to cope and know that somehow, at some point, our nation will come through this.

Second Warmest February and Winter

Earth just had its 2nd-hottest February on record

The NOAA report also said that the earth had its second warmest winter(December-February) so far.

Pyramids at Giza Egypt Can Channel Electromagnetic Energies--Were They Built to Tap Into Them

For years I have been a proponent that many of the sacred stone structures around the world were constructed to tap into Earth Energies and work with Mother Earth--to enhance Her, or to better be able to experience Her. This goes against conventional thinking which is that they were built for astronomical purposes to view the stars and planets; what is called archaeoastronomy. 

A research report I came across recently (thanks to Jan Woodworth) helps substantiate my thesis that many stone structures have an Earth Energies focus, Study reveals the Great Pyramid of Giza can focus electromagnetic energy. They study concluded that,

An international research group has applied methods of theoretical physics to investigate the electromagnetic response of the Great Pyramid to radio waves. Scientists predicted that under resonance conditions, the pyramid can concentrate electromagnetic energy in its internal chambers and under the base. The research group plans to use these theoretical results to design nanoparticles capable of reproducing similar effects in the optical range. Such nanoparticles may be used, for example, to develop sensors and highly efficient solar cells...Calculations showed that in the resonant state, the pyramid can concentrate electromagnetic energy in the its internal chambers as well as under its base, where the third unfinished chamber is located.

This adds to the work of others such as John Burke and Kaj Halberg who traveled the world and visited many stone structures with their magnometers and tested them for electromagnetism. They consistently found higher readings around the stone structures. They catalogued their trip and its findings in their book Seed of Knowledge, Stone of Plenty. Well worth a read. 

The idea that archaeoastronomy continues  to be  held in such high esteem given the work of Burke and others is not surprising. People tend to see the world through the lens of our conventional norms and their respective training. And because we live in the Scientific Age this means the lens of the material world. Sadly many people into stone structures, sacred sites and the like are not geomancers or dowsers; consequently they have little intuitive ability or  possess spiritual gifts. So they see and analyze things based upon what they can see and touch.

The challenges to conventional  archaeological thinking are all too apparent. As Graham Hancock and others have pointed out, civilization is much older than archaeologists think.  As I have been  researching and writing my next book The Environmental Crisis is a Crisis of Our Hearts I have come to learn that the Neolithic period (from 10,000 BC to about 1,500 BC and varies dramatically upon location) was the time of  the  Goddess. A time of matrilineal societies, a focus on Nature and communal life. Many stone structures such as  Stonehenge were constructed during the Neolithic period.

The idea of a matrilineal society flies in the face of conventional archaeological thinking. It also challenges and is a threat to our patriarchal society as expressed in science and organized religion. But there was a time when women and Nature were held in esteem.

I mention this because this because I want people to reexamine archaeoastronomy and see it in a different light. No doubt people did look to the sky and some stone structures were built to align with the celestial sky, but it is a pittance compared to those aligned to tap into and work with Earth Energies and our Mother.

Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Shifted

The magnetic north pole has officially shifted

Earth’s magnetic north pole has been moving East at a rapid pace from Canada towards Russia and has now crossed the prime meridian.

NOAA Reports Last January was the WARMEST on Record

January 2020 was Earth’s hottest January on record

The long-term trend of above-average temperatures continues

In the span of 141 years of climate records, there has never been a warmer January than last month, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. 

What’s more, the temperature departure from average was the highest monthly departure ever recorded without an El Niño present in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

January 2020 marked the 44th consecutive January and the 421st consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average.

The Great Goddess and The St. Michael's Ley

I have been working on my next book The Environmental Crisis is A Crisis of the Heart and came across an interesting take on the St. Mchael's Ley line in southern  England one of the most famous Ley Lines in the world. It is a Ley Line that connects many holy places (stone circles, megaliths, churches...). 

A Ley Line is a very contentions term to describe holy places aligned in a straight line. Some feel that they are merely a relflection of things aligned in a straight line. Others think them to be Energy lines, or an electrical current like a meridian, or nadi. Others like me think them to be conduits of consciousness that act like superhighways in the unseen world.
As John Michell notes,

The St. Michael Line of traditional dragons sites in south-west England (…) is remarkable for its length and accuracy. It appears to be set between two prominent Somerset hills, both dedicated to St. Michael with ruined churches on their summit. 

Dragon Slayer?
Really?
Monica Sjoo and Barbara More in The Great Cosmic Mother, Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth have a very different take on St. Michael, on what a dragon slayer is, and what the St. Michael's line represents.
To them Dragon Slayer is another term for Goddess Slayer. Sjoo and More along with many others tell how the ancient religion of the Goddess/Nature and their matriarchal societies were assaulted by the Abrahamic patriarchal societies. You know "kill the pagans, burn the witches, Eve (evil women) is a sinner who tempted Adam(man), etc...."  

Michell in the New View of Atlantis and others have talked about how the Church went to great lengths to seize, redefine and co-opt pagan holy areas by constructing churches over them. Basically defiling them. The sacred sites that the St. Michael's Line connects is one example.

Sjoo is into sacred sites and has visited many in Europe; particularly in England. I would not be surprised if she was a dowser and that some old timers may know of her.

Here is what Monica Sjoo and Barbara More  wrote n The Great Cosmic Mother, Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth 

For hundreds of years male archaeologists have been excavating the (Silbury) mound (England), desperately hoping to find within it theBronze Age burial mound of an Essex king..But as Micheal Dames ... points out Neolithic culture was based on kinship not kingship. In Dames view the Silbury mound expresses a vision of cosmic unity long lost too patriarchy...One such dragon-slayer, or serpent-killing"hero," is St. MICHAELF. MANY OF THE EARLIEST Christian churches Britain, dedicated to St. Michael, were built precisely on the ancient mounds and high-places of the Great Goddess. in Christian lore, St. Michael was the head chief of band of angles (read "patriarchal Invaders") that went to war with the Mother Dragon and her people" Pages 105, 107

Perhaps the St. Michael Ley Line should be called the Great Goddess of Holy Places Ley Line?

The Boomerang(Karma) of Love, Joy, Happiness

Boomerangs are Acts of Kindness that Karmically Boomerang back to you. In the video below you will learn how bringing others Laughter, Joy and Happiness can boomerang back to you in unimaginable ways. A lesson in how to make Karma work for you. From Everything Has Karma: Learning to Embrace Our Interconnectedness.