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New RaysNew Rays of Light, Love, Truth and Freedom.
Updated 4:45pm-mst February 11th rich@premieres.comHow does it feel to know you are a living breathing FULLY CONSCIOUS component of Eternity clothed in flesh? Strangely enough it is kind of an empty feeling, for you have emptied your whole self into your function; you ARE YOUR MISSION and nothing can break this solid state integrated circuit. On this exalted plane of consciousness, being human seems light years away down "the tube." Yet as I make my daily journey down the tube into the outer kingdom this inner Kingdom does not seem light years away. It ceases to exist. This is where decades of metaphysical training comes in. Zochbeed 2/4/96 HEALING AFRICA20 January 1996 When the rest of the world thinks of Africa, it is usually in the context of the deluge of disaster portrayed by the mass media. While this is an accurate reflection of PART of what occurs on the continent, the stories about the Central African genocides, the Nigerian situation, the starvation, et al, while serious, do not reflect the Other side of Africa, which DOES exist - the positive, beautiful, creative, warm and joyous aspects. The healers of Africa, in their various ways, are working to bring Africa back into the world, to take her rightful place as a participant and contributor towards a new and better world civilisation. I run a mailing list, called Afrospirit-l, on African spirituality, as part of the NCN. The oral traditions have to a degree inhibited world understanding of the African view of the Universe. In essence, spirituality is lived and experienced, and expressed through dance, music, art and story-telling. The conceptual realm is deliberately by- passed as this realm is considered to be only transitory. Which is why oral tradition is used - no need to record what can only be experienced. In just knowing this, you already have increased your understanding of the African way. If you do have an interest in this subject (and it's fine if you don't), you can contact me for further details at: Kbaker@uctlib.uct.ac.za So, what we, the healers of Africa ask of you is simply that when you think of Africa, think of these images, which are real, and we just need more of them!: * The drum ~ A tribal group, with drummers beating their drums around a fireside and below a clear, starry sky, and people dancing their barefeet moving vibrantly to the rhythm, in a joyous celebration of life. * The mother ~ With a child at her breast, warm, loving and gentle, creatively nurturing the new life entrusted to her, with the child looking up at her, and smiling * Fertility ~ The vast lands, filled with abundent crops of food, healthy crops, grown in the traditonal way as taught by the ancestors, taking from the earth, and then giving back to her. * Animals ~ The animals run free, since they are no longer hunted, but respected and loved - the elephant, lion, buck, giraffe, cheetah, apes, rhinocerous, birds, insects, reptile, and all the creatures, great and small, all are free * The Awakening ~ A great spirit, moving through the land, the mountains, the trees, the rocks, caves, lakes, rivers, oceans, through the people, everywhere, one by one, awakening, realising that they only need be themselves, and need no longer imitate other countries, but restore the old, and combine with the new - that it is possible, that it is already happening, that Africa's Light is being re-discovered, soon to be shown to the world again. In just reading this, you have helped us. We thank you, and we love you! Kim Baker, Cape Town, South Africa To One and All... To Mind and Heart... COSMIC COOKIES
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