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This came to me from one of my other pagan mailing lists, along with the wish from the author that it be passed along. Wise words indeed.

From: "Axis Mundi"
To: "Friends & Community"
Subject: PERSEVERANCE IN TOUGH TIMES...No One said it would be easy

PERSERVERANCE

Dearest Friends and Community ~

There is no Evil but the Illusion of Separation and the ignorance of Fundamentalism that it fosters. �Whether it is the Islamic Taliban or it's mirror twin the Evangelical Right, Fundamentalism has been a core reason for untold suffering on this planet since the dawn of recorded history. Whenever one group labors under the delusion that they are separate from the collective web of life and "more right" than anything and everyone else, that they hold God granted Dominion over the Planet and all it's Species and Resources, that everyone else who experiences the Divine in a different way from them is not only "wrong" but also doomed to hell or may righteously be harmed in the name of a vengeful God, than we have division, hate, war, injustice, pain and suffering on a global scale, that also radiates out from our planet into many dimensions beyond with it's palpable Vibration of Fear.

At this critical time, it is imperative that we understand the overwhelmingly seductive appeal and hypnotic effect that fundamentalism holds for so many across our globe. On one hand, we must �acknowledge that the core desire to experience a rapturous state of connection to something higher than ourselves, together in a like-minded community, is partly what drives the Fundamentalist movement. �On the far less positive side, �the simplistic yet strongly soothing delusion that you and you alone have a "corner" on God and The Divine, "Truth", faith, values, goodness of heart and Right Livelihood, that God is exclusively "on your side", and that furthermore you have been given an unquestionable "rule book for Living" that has directly come from no less than the mouth of God and removes the pesky, tiring chore of thinking for yourself and unburdens one from the stress and anxiety of considering issues in their true complexity, is for many people no different or less potent or resistible than the delicious, addictive warm muzzy feeling of safety and security that engulfs a child being rocked by a protective Mother crooning her baby to sleep with a lullaby. �And the result is the same - huge numbers of people are "asleep".

As members of a Connected Community of Resonant Souls, we must never cease our efforts to awaken people from the addictive and mechanical thralls of delusion and hubris, to embody the liberating and joyful alternative to this sad state of delusion, and manifest the Core Reality of Higher Unified-Field Consciousness, Quantum Evolutionary Potential, Symbiotic Connection with each and every Species and Natural Element on this Planet, Universal Love, Cooperative Shared Destiny, and the Immanent, Self-Arising Divine Investiture of everything and everyone that IS, �through the Focused Intention of Pure Hearts and our Active Wills during these hard times and beyond. �If we truly believe in the prime universal principle of "Mind Over Matter", than we must overcome our natural reactions of depression and hopelessness and re-affirm our commitments to Create The World We Want.

No one said this would be easy. �EVERYONE said it would be hard. �Every major world sacred tradition has foreseen that this particular Moment In Time we are privileged and challenged to be alive in, will be filled with the chaotic and often violent Energy of Dissolution as a Cosmic Cycle comes to an End, and a New One is tumultuously Birthed Into Being. The Hindu Kali Yuga, the Mayan End of Time Transformation from the Fourth World Into the Fifth, the Christian Apocalypse and Epiphany, the Messianic Second Coming, the Hopi, Tibetan, Sumerian and Egyptian Prophesies, the end of the Piscean Age and the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius....no matter which particular frame of reference you look to, they all say the same thing. �This is IT. Our current lifetimes fall within the Transition from one huge cosmic Cycle of Energy and Consciousness into another, perhaps of an entirely different Order. Granted there is the possibility that we may snuff ourselves out like a candle flame in the process. That is an evolutionary option that was pre-installed at the factory, as it were. But also hardwired into our "options package" is the Capacity for Transformation. �And never before have so many "capacitors" been overtly awakened, brought on line, and started coherently linking up with each other, thus creating the appropriate and crucial conduit for the Transformational Energy of Critical Mass -- also known as the Hundredth Monkey Effect -- and it's related Collective Consciousness Transmission and absorption of "memes" - which are strong collective "thought forms" that become deeply ingrained in entire cultures and populations and operate on an almost unconscious level to govern both individual and societal group behavior. ��Our job, now more than ever, is to persevere in our vision and efforts to manifest, to become, and to geometrically multiply, these open channels for higher wisdom and unified consciousness to flow through.

Hoping you are all well ~ and don't forget to Breathe deeply through the stress.
I see myself and many others physically contracting around the Sadness, curving the Spine and compressing the rib cage around the Heart, and breathing becomes very shallow.
Throw your arms up, Open Up...Take Deep Breaths, and let Life in.

Namaste` ~ Auntie Matter (aka Sondra)

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This is great, Rae!

Thanks for sharing this timely message. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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Glad you liked it, Janet!

In the last two years, I have come into contact with a multi-denominational group that is working to create events and gatherings where everyone can share, grow and reach their highest vision.

This came from one of those people. Truly, a blessing to have such "found family" at this time....

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Wow, that surely is a blessing! I live in a very rural area, and I haven't encountered any groups like this in my area. I'd have to travel an hour away to Pittsburgh just to find something like that. Even then, I wouldn't know where to look.

Ah, well. Maybe someday. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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Janet,

The event that connects all these amazing people is called Firedance. That is held a few hours south of me, and the main organizers are in Las Vegas. They are the folks I just visited for their Fall Fest/Bonedance. There are maybe a dozen of us in the broader Bay Area, and bless 'em, we've started a montly drum/dance circle to keep the fire burning in between the larger events.

There are East Coast branches off this unique family tree. No one is right near you, but the closest one is Celebrate the Spirit!

On those mailing lists recently someone was speaking of gratitude. I am grateful that no matter where I am, I know there are others and that tools like the Internet can be used to stay connected. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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Amen, Rae! In my last post, I was going to say "the internet is my church" because it's through this medium that I connect with like-minded others and discover information that I need on my path.

Thanks for the link! Looks like they're located about 3 hours away from here, approx. It was fun to read the links there and learn about everyone and what they do. What a fascinating type of gathering! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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