Twentieth Anniversary Honoring Burning of Sikh Temple post 9-11

I wil be speaking this Saturday at Gobind Sadan in a ceremony to remember the burning of its old temple  20 years ago and the love and community  was fostered through forgiveness. Gobind Sadan is one of the top places listed in my book Sacred Sites in North Star Country: Places in Greater New York State (PA,OH,NJ,CT,MA,VT,ONT) That Changed the World

 

“Gathering Around the Light”

A Celebration at Gobind Sadan, USA – “God’s House without Walls”

“Everyone is part of my community, I see no one as an “other.” Guru Nanak Dev ji

Saturday, November 13

4-8 p.m. followed by a community meal

Gobind Sadan, USA

134 Graves Rd

Central Square, NY 13036

 

With the blessings of Baba Virsa Singh ji, Gobind Sadan’s beloved founder and preceptor

November marks the 20th anniversary of the post 9-11 arson attack on Gobind Sadan, USA. It was the first “hate-inspired” attack on a place of worship following Sept 11. Unfortunately, such misguided attacks, and those on people considered “others,” continue today. But based on the teachings of the Sikh Gurus, we responded with a powerful prayer and statement of forgiveness from Baba Virsa Singh ji.

 

We witnessed 2 great miracles as the Light triumphed over the darkness: 

In the midst of the blaze, the Holy Scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, did not burn.

And the power of forgiveness overcame the hatred, healed, and transformed the lives of those involved, and rebuilt a community of love.

 

The program will focus on what we can learn from Gobind Sadan’s model and how we can educate our youth to prevent such actions in the future.

 

4 p.m.  The meditation center will be open

4:30- 6:00 Program “Building a World without Walls: Bringing Peace within Ourselves and the World”

Ralph Singh will moderate a panel discussion on the transformative power of GS’s forgiveness and the need for cross-cultural education to prevent future acts followed by Respondents

Break – Tea with Snacks

6:45 – Sacred Music and Meditation

8 p.m. Langar - Community Meal

 

The panel will include

ATF Senior Special Agent Henry Meyer who served as the lead federal investigator

is excited to return and celebrate with us has stated that the level of forgiveness and healing shared by the community relative to this event has had a significant impact on his personal life and career n what he believes is one of the most successful examples of healing and community transformation following a hate crime.

Cassie Hudson, the young arsonist who has transformed her life with the support of our forgiveness. She is now a successful travel nurse and parent. She has sent a letter in advance in case she is not able to be physically or virtually present.

 

Don Todd – fmr. Ass’t DA on the case – sharing how our position of forgiveness significantly reduced the sentencing of what would have been the first example of the Governor’s newly enacted hate-crime act.

 

Mark Lichtenstein, the former President of the Mexico, NY School Board (the arsonists were graduates) who so wanted to take responsibility for the kids’ actions that he accepted an invitation to travel to India with Ralph Singh to learn and offer his forgiveness to Gobind Sadan

 

A full list will be furnished as part of the program

Respondents will include:
Area educational and community leaders and members of the various area community groups who were active in the early rebuilding efforts will join the Gobind Sadan community and be recognized.

 

So as Sikhs are called on to “Recognize everyone as one human race,” we gather to celebrate the Light that brings us all together.

 

At a time when our country and the world is deeply divided, let us gather and celebrate our shared values and commitment to making a better world for future generations.

 

Thank you for helping us build a house and a world without walls

For more information - ralph@gobindsadan.org

 

COVID safety protocols will be followed, including asking everyone to wear a mask. According to the Sikh tradition, we also ask that people remove their shoes and cover their heads.

 

 

Windmills Kill

I first became aware of the damaging effects of wind turbines back in 2008 when driving in the Tug Hill Plateau section of New York east of Lake Ontario.  I got out of my car to look at some newly erected wind turbines near Barnes Corners. My head immediately felt as if my temples were gripped by a vice that was putting more and more pressure  on them. I realized immediately that wind turbines are very damaging to the environment and hurt our Mother badly. Since then I have written numerous articles, done videos and posted several blog posts on this blog, http://motherearthprayers.blogspot.com/search?q=wind+turbine

Today I came across a kindred spirit a blog titled Windmills Kill.

Check it out Windmills Kill 

Powerful Solar Flare to Hit Earth Saturday

NASA reported Sun Releases Significant Solar Flare that is set to hit the Earth on Saturday.  It has been classified and  X1-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc. Flares that are classified X10 or stronger are considered unusually intense.

The concern is that the solar flare overwhelms the protective geomagnetic field that surrounds the Earth and exposes it to harmful radiation. Not only is this harmful to all of life, but it can be particularly damaging to satellites circling the Earth and in the process disrupt communications and GPS.

Earlier this year I posted on how this current solar activity cycle has begun strongly, New Solar Cycle starts on a Tear and will not peak until 2025. With our increased dependence upon digital communication we are increasingly vulnerable.

World Heritage Forest Have Gone From Carbon Absorbers to Carbon Producers

 

Clarks Gully Post

 I posted my pictures from my Labo Day Weekend visit to Clarks Gully. Click on the link below to see them. 

Labor Day Weekend--Four Tiered Mound, Keepers Area

Sacred Sites Update--Peacemaker's Sanctuary Onondaga Lake

 Tim Hart and I returned to the Peacemakers Sanctuary at Onondaga Lake and moved the benches to make them accessible for people to sit on. As I  noted in my previous post high water forced us to move the benches to prevent them from washing away.Sacred Sites Update--Peacemaker's Sanctuary Onondaga Lake

The water was still a little high so we did not put the far bench back to its original location. USGS 04240495 ONONDAGA LAKE AT LIVERPOOL NY WATER LEVE

The pictures below show the new setting. Both benches still have Energy Vortices attached to them. There are also other divine features close to the benches.

We think we will not move the far bench back until next spring. We are going to leave ropes attached to the benches just in case the water rises again. The ropes should not have any affect on the quality of sitting down. 

Sacred Sites Update--Peacemaker's Sanctuary Onondaga Lake

The deluge of rain last week overwhelmed Central New York's lakes, rivers and streams, including Onondaga Lake  and the Peacemaker's Sanctuary  The water level of the lake was as high as I have ever seen it. USGS 04240495 ONONDAGA LAKE AT LIVERPOOL NY WATER LEVEL. 

Fortunately last Thursday I hd enough sense to go to the lake and check on  the benches. The seat of the far bench was covered with water and although its legs are heavy metal it was beginning to float.

The  water had not rise enough to cover the closer bench.

I dragged both benches to higher ground. I should say that I floated and guided the far bench to higher ground.

It will probably not be until Labor Day weekend that the water levels will have subsided enough to return the benches to their normal locations.