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The Global Coherence Initiative is one of many care and compassion initiatives taking place on the planet. Each year, an increasing number of groups and online communities are radiating compassion and care to the planet in these times of need. We and others feel that these collective heart-based initiatives, rather than being a trend, represent the proactive consciousness platform of the future, in which individuals and communities take responsibility for shaping a new world by increasing love, care and compassion for the global whole.

Many people recognize that their meditations, prayers, affirmations and intentions can and do affect the world. Researchers suggest that these activities can have even more transformative and lasting impact by adding heart coherence to the process. Heart coherence is a distinct mode of synchronized psycho-physical functioning associated with sustained positive emotion. It is a state of energetic alignment and cooperation between heart, mind, body and spirit. In coherence, energy is accumulated, not wasted, leaving you more energy to manifest intention and harmonious outcomes.

Adding heart coherence to meditation, prayer and intention practices is an important aspect of the Global Coherence Initiative. It adds order and increased effectiveness to whatever form of practice you are doing.

The Global Coherence Initiative offers education and technology on how to increase individual heart coherence. As groups of people in the Global Coherence community intentionally send coherent love and care to the world, a more powerful heart-filled environment is created. This helps to build a reservoir of positive energy that benefits the planet. This reservoir can then be utilized to help bring balance and stabilization to people, thereby making it easier to find solutions to problems like climate change, the destruction of the rain forests, poverty, war, hunger and other global issues. In addition, by sending coherent heart energy to the planet, you benefit personally. Practicing coherence has a carryover effect that helps to cushion you through stressors and challenges that occur day to day.

As well, Doc Childre, founder of HeartMath, a leading stress research institute, has written a free booklet De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times that provides a few simple practices to help people intercept and manage stress during this period of challenge and uncertainty.

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The Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant.

An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve the problem by washing the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her mother. Her playmates also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too. This cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before the eyes of the scientists.

Between 1952 and 1958 all the young monkeys learned to wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more palatable. Only the adults who imitated their children learned this social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dirty sweet potatoes.

Then something startling took place. In the autumn of 1958, a certain number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet potatoes – the exact number is not known.

Let us suppose that when the sun rose one morning there were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes. Let’s further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes.

Then it happened!

By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before eating them. The added energy of this hundredth monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough! But notice. A most surprising thing observed by these scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the sea.

Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes. Thus, when a certain critical number achieves an awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind.

Although the exact number may vary, this Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon means that when only a limited number of people know of a new way, it may remain the conscious property of these people. But there is a point at which if only one more person tunes-in to a new awareness, a field is strengthened so that this awareness is picked up by almost everyone!

The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon points out our responsibility and our power.

We are affected by lack of harmony of any type anywhere on the planet – even if not consciously aware of it. We are not separate. What we say & do, can [will] affect the well-being of all of us. We know that our health may be affected if we live among diseased people. We are beginning to learn that our peace of mind may be affected if we live among disturbed people. Our happiness may be affected if we live among unhappy people. Our love may be affected if we live among clashing, unloving people.

From the book “The Hundredth Monkey” by Ken Keyes, Jr. This book can only hope to inspire you to take the next steps in your own development – for your sake and for everyone else on the globe. This reminded me so much of The Womat at this video!

Join your country/timezone and sing the song as you awaken and before you move into your day.

The official song began at dawn in the most easterly point of Australia and then this song circled the globe, moving through the different countries and timezones as a wave of sound, a sonic prayer being sung into the Waters across our living planet.

This is your time with yourself and your family to sing and ground the One Song within yourself and within your area.

The Song is a sonic call to bring the resonance of Peace and Healing into the Waters of our precious planet. The Oceans, the rivers, the lakes, the streams, the water we use in our daily lives and the water that is within our own bodies and that is essential for our life.

The Song is also a call to unite in the frequency of Peace, Gratitude, Unity, Oneness, and to unite in the ‘Creation Song’ that runs though all of life and to awaken to the interconnectedness of all of Life.

You can read more here – The One Song Project

I am not certain of whether I may, or may not post this at my blog. I assumed that because it was found at YouTube, that I have permission to share this. To that effect, I have included every piece of information, found along with this video, below.

Humanity Healing invites you to embrace a revolutionary concept: The Integrity of Human Nature

Together, by valuing the Integrity of our fellow man, we can renew the Human Species.

Together, we can invest in the Value of Souls; rescuing not only Mother Nature, but also the Natural State of Being.

Together, we can promote Peace and connect with each other.

Together, we can choose to practice Dignity, Responsibility, Integrity and Honor.

Together, we can overcome the Inertia of Complacency: doing this not for the publicity, but because it is the right thing to do

Together, we can slowly make a difference.

It has ALWAYS been our Choice!!!

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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

-Baz Luhrmann