WMtE 8 Cape Ann - Nov.'09

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Comment by Lisa Abby on July 23, 2009 at 6:16pm

For those of you who aren't on Nexus... here is my response to something Helen wrote. We are on many places... ning, Nexus...

I also want to add for the five of you, that I think it is a great idea, Ed'Veeje, to get the story of the Native Americans from Cape Ann. And what about the witches too? Is Salem considered Cape Ann and how far did that reach? Honoring the stories of the ancestors or those who inhabited the land that is home to the people we work with is a foundational piece of the Social Artistry program from Jean Houston, something both Judy and I studied. So I think there is great validity in that.
Here is what I posted, responding to the grief Earth and humanity feels. Love to all. Lisa

Bridging past present and future to usher in a new world.
A quote from Grandmothers Counsel the World


"The Grandmother of all Creation, the One who is the maker of life, the One whom we have forgotten, is calling us in. She is not angry with us. She is sad that we have fogotten who She is.

She is coming back into our consciousness through prophecy and visions. She is bringing a profound nurturing, a depth of compassion, and a kind of love we no longer remember, but which was strong in ancient times. This pure female energy will awaken in men as well as women, through a story we will already know in our hearts once we hear it.

The return of the Grandmother has been foretold for hundreds of yers. A visoin of the Granmothers Council has been seen by many peoples, indigenous and nonindiegnous alike. The Grandmothers are gathering because, according to the prophecies of many religious traditions, the end of the world as we know it is near. The Grandmothers tell us that balance as a way of living is returning, balance in all relations, including with our Mother Earth. A thousand years of peace is being ushered in for those who will make th enecessary changes in their hearts."

This comes from a book entitled. Grandmothers Counsel the World, which I received from a friend the very next day after I said in our wmte meta call "remember, the ancestors are there for us". I didn't know about these 13 Grandmothers from Tibet, N. America, Brazil, Mexico... but now I do.

They are wisdom keepers who formed a council in 2004, called by Gloria Steinam, Alice Walker, HH. Sai Maa and others. They are women on the edge in their own way.

I know that Earth is very sad and that the terror humanity has forged on one another, brought up in this Cape Ann discussion, is part of it. We take the land, Earth, for granted and don't notice. Maybe it is that easy.

The land does hold the energy perpetrated on it and I believe we hold a lot of that ourselves. As we heal and forgive ourselves and others I know we can be free to move on in generative ways, as you say, Helen. I am glad we are coming into this depth of discussion around healing ourselves and Earth again and again.

I will be gathering with the 13 Grandmothers at Omega Institute in a few weeks - a profound synchronistic event that began when I spoke in our last wmte meta call. I see the links and am grateful for our circle ever expanding and deepening.