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Chief Joseph Newsletter: Sentinels of the Sky Conversations with Chief Joseph & John Cali ISSN: 1539-431X January 2, 2008 Eve of Destruction
Those of you in my age group probably recall Barry McGuire’s hit song of the 1960s, "Eve of Destruction." The recording became a classic protest song. As Wikipedia puts it, McGuire "expressed the frustrations and fears of young people in the age of the Cold War, Vietnam, the nuclear arms race, and the civil rights movement." Today many are expressing the same fears, but of another apocalypse -- global warming and all the other sins humans have committed against Mother Earth. Are we on another eve of destruction? What can we do about it? John Cali(This is a long newsletter, much longer than we normally do, as this topic is a huge concern to so many today. Perhaps, as sometimes happens with Joseph’s messages, more questions will be raised than answered. We’ll be willing to do a follow-up if enough of you tell us you want that.) Lately Joseph and I have been getting lots of emails from old and dear friends who’ve been with us since we started many years ago. We’ve responded to some of those in recent newsletters. Here are some excerpts of recent letters from yet another of those friends.
Here’s Chief Joseph. Chief JosephFriends, let us say this right up front: This is not the eve of destruction. Yes, you have challenges -- in your personal lives, in your groups, governments, organizations, etc. So too does your planet have her challenges. But those challenges are not the prelude to destruction. There is no destruction. Yes, you live and die physically. Parts of your physical bodies are constantly dying and being reborn. Your scientists say every seven years you have a completely new physical body. So too are parts of your Mother Earth constantly dying and being reborn. You saw this in a dramatic way with the 1988 wildfires in the USA’s Yellowstone National Park. First, seeming devastation, and then a few years later rebirth. Nothing that exists can ever be annihilated. It will never cease to exist. It simply changes form. We applaud your deep concerns for the welfare of your planet. Humans have done much, particularly in your modern age of scientific progress and technology, to do what you see as harmful to the planet’s health. While we’d agree much of what the human race has done is not particularly helpful to the planet, neither does it spell doom and destruction. Your planet is far healthier than most of you know, despite appearances. Your planet has all the resources it needs to restore itself to perfect health, perfect balance. Just as your physical bodies do. But the question remains: What can you do about all this? As our friend asked in her letter, should you simply work on a spiritual level, envisioning the planet as whole and healthy? Or should you take physical action? Or both? Our answer: Both. But with a caveat. You often gather together in groups with a common purpose. For example, environmental organizations, peace advocacy groups, educational organizations, etc. All well-intended. All good. We commend them all. Some are powerfully effective. Some are not. What sometimes happens in such groups is the individual members, while having the same overall goal, have differing intents and methods for the best ways to achieve their common goal. Then you have a "fractured" group, often achieving little or nothing. So this is what we suggest. In your environmental challenges -- or any other challenges, personal or global -- go within, whatever that means to you. Could be prayer, meditation, anything that gets you into a peaceful centered place. Trust your inner guidance to show you what to do. Sometimes you’ll be told to simply hold your planet in your vision and send it love and light. Other times you’ll be guided to take physical action. Do whatever your higher selves guide you to do -- or perhaps you’ll be guided to do nothing for now. There is no one "right" way. Above all, know this: One person, acting alone in alignment with her/his higher self, is far, far more powerful than millions of other acting out of fear, anger, rage, revenge. If you have a world full of powerful individuals acting alone and separately, you will create paradise on earth. If you have a world full of those acting out of fear, anger, rage, revenge, you will continue to create more of the world you have now. The "bottom line" here, friends is this: You, alone, can make a powerful difference in restoring the planet to a healthier state. The planet herself is helping you do this because her natural state is that of perfect balance and health. It’s up to you how you want to achieve your goals -- individually, in groups, or both. All ways will work if you ensure you are aligned with your higher selves. If you act from a centered place of peace and power, nothing shall be impossible for you to achieve. You are not living on the eve of destruction. You are living at the dawn of rebirth into light.
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