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	<title>Mita Shah&#039;s Awakenings Blog &#187; Message from Mita</title>
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		<title>Our Relationship to the Earth &#8211; adapted from Caroline Myss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we all know, the Earth has shifted once again. Just the slightest change from deep beneath the waters, a crack in the fabric of her lining, and islands quake while tsunami waves rush across shorelines. We awake believing the world – our world – is stable, only to learn again and again that this [...]]]></description>
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<p>As we all know, the Earth has shifted once again. Just the slightest change from deep beneath the waters, a crack in the fabric of her lining, and islands quake while tsunami waves rush across shorelines. We awake believing the world – our world – is stable, only to learn again and again that this Earth is as much a living, breathing, moving, active instrument of life as we are. It is the grandest live organism we shall ever encounter, this wondrous Being that sustains us each second of our life. Weeks ago, a cyclone of unprecedented size hit Australia and an earthquake shortly afterwards moved the ground beneath Christchurch, New Zealand. Buildings fell like toys, leaving much of the town in pieces. Who knows what the final death toll will be in Japan?<br />
We are now living at a time when all cycles and systems of life are out of balance, including our system of perception itself. We do not &#8220;perceive&#8221; life clearly at all and thus, we as a society make choices that are based on endless illusions. And illusions lead to disasters.</p>
<p>Human beings were still human beings in those days before the Age of Reason introduced a love of logic and a God who had scientific reasons up for why all things happen as they do in this whole big universe. Civilization was also a dark and dreary place back then, with disease and the plague, and endless wars and starvation. What they did not have that has driven our civilization to the brink of madness is an epidemic of narcissism blended with an epidemic of blind doubt about the existence of the cosmic structure that holds together this fragile place called Earth. Back then, no one doubted the existence of this invisible reality. Today, that doubt is an epidemic and the absence of respect and reverence for the Earth is reflected in the choices governments and corporations make as well as individuals. The Earth will continue to have an increase in earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, droughts, and whatever else is required to reestablish balance in Her environment.</p>
<p>While earth shifts are essential for the Earth to survive, they are tragic for us. They result in enormous loss of human life and we must all hold in prayer the souls and the families of the people of Japan. The fear, pain, and grief of the thousands of people is unimaginable. We learn from this tragedy once again that the life we awaken to each morning may well be completely different by the end of the day. We kid ourselves by telling ourselves that we are in charge of the length of our lifetime. We are not. We must treat each day as a gift as well as every person dear to us. We learn from this event in Japan that we can be with the Japanese community of people through prayer, through email, through FB in an instant. We are truly learning an enormous cosmic truth: We are one. And we are meant to use that truth: Pray together, heal our fellow human beings together, and heal our beloved Earth together. Put your soul to work.<br />
The human challenge is inconceivable and, in many ways, has just begun. For millions, the foundations of physical stability have been shattered. What remains is the strength of heart and will, and the power of people helping each other. If you would like to participate in that effort here are some websites that you can donate through:</p>
<p><a title="The Prem Rawat Foundation" href="http://www.tprf.org/">The Prem Rawat Foundation</a><br />
<a title="British Red Cross" href="http://www.redcross.org.uk/JapanTsunami">British Red Cross</a><br />
<a title="Save the Children" href="http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/">Save the Children</a><br />
<a title="UNICEF" href="http://www.unicef.org.uk/Donate/">UNICEF</a><br />
Other Charities &#8211; <a title="Charity Navigator" href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&amp;cpid=1221">Charity Navigator</a></p>
<p>May love flow to and through you,<br />
Mita</p>
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		<title>Haiti</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our thoughts are with the people of Haiti in this time of tragedy. Please join us in feeling into how much people just like you and us &#8211; except in most cases, far less fortunate, secure, and protected &#8211; are suffering and dying. Let us continue to send love, blessings, prayers and healing to the people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Our thoughts are with the people of Haiti in this time of tragedy. Please join us in feeling into how much people just like you and us &#8211; except in most cases, far less fortunate, secure, and protected &#8211; are suffering and dying.<br />
</span><span>Let us continue to send love, blessings, prayers and healing to the people of Haiti for their greatest well-being, whether they are alive or have died, are well or wounded, safe or lost. </span>If you wish to send a special donation to help with Haiti relief efforts, please follow the links below:</p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.dec.org.uk/">http://www.dec.org.uk/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.unicef.org.uk/">http://www.unicef.org.uk/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.redcross.org.uk/">http://www.redcross.org.uk/</a> </span></p>
<p>Wisdom of  Thomas Merton:<br />
<em>&#8220;I have had to accept the fact that my life is almost totally paradoxical&#8230;.No matter. It is in the paradox itself, the paradox that was and still is a source of insecurity, that I have come to find the greatest security. I have become convinced that the very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God&#8217;s mercy to me&#8230;Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My moments of depression and despair turn out to be renewals, new beginnings. All that matters is that the old be recovered on a new plane and be, itself, a new reality&#8230;All life tends to grow like this, in mystery inscaped with paradox and contradiction, yet centered, in its very heart, on divine mercy&#8230;&#8221;</em></p>
<p><span>With love,<br />
Mita</span><span><br />
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		<title>Welcome to Awakenings Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s great to have you here&#8230;thank you! My wish in creating this space is to share inspiration, wisdom, tools and info from all around the globe to help us along our collective journey towards health, happiness and wholeness; to deepen and nurture the impulse to evolve that&#8217;s awakening in us right now. We&#8217;re all on [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">It&#8217;s great to have you here&#8230;thank you!</p>
<p>My wish in creating this space is to share inspiration, wisdom, tools and info from all around the globe to help us along our collective journey towards health, happiness and wholeness; to deepen and nurture the impulse to evolve that&#8217;s awakening in us right now.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re all on an endless evolutionary journey and it doesn&#8217;t matter so much where we are on this journey. What matters is our whole-hearted intention to transform and our willingness to keep reaching and stepping forward into new ways of being, engaging fully in life from a greater place of love.</p>
<p>So how do we begin or continue on this journey of becoming more conscious&#8230;.we start where we are right now in this moment. The power of a deeper awareness of the true nature of the mind, its innermost essence, can set us free. We learn to start each moment from this deeper awareness which opens the doors of pure perception and frees our consciousness from deeply embedded primitive habit patterns that try to fix us within the current frames of self-identity.</p>
<p>I invite everyone to share their expertise and perspectives as we support each other in making the best evolutionary choices for our lives.</p>
<p>Thank you for being here.</p>
<p>Blessings of Love</p>
<p>Mita</p>
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