WAKING THE GLOBAL HEART
Call to Action
The following contains footnotes to Anodea Judiths Live presentation.
Work on yourself.
The more you heal your own wounds, the more potential you have to open your heart and serve others. To“unhurt your heart” is to follow the meaning of the name of the heart chakra “anahata” which literally means unstruck or unhurt.
Follow your heart.
As the heart awakens it feels a higher calling. Andrew Harvey advises us
to look at what is breaking our hearts (rainforest, animals, ecocide, genocide)
and let that pain guide us to our service. It is also important to listen
to our hearts that often have a deeper wisdom than the mind.
Network with Others.
Be an imaginal cell and find others of like mind. You don’t have to do it
alone. There are hundreds of thousands of organizations already in existence
that need more help. If you don’t have time to help, give them money. Many
operate primarily on volunteer labor and a shoestring budget.
Spend time in Nature.
Nature reminds us of the beauty and peace that is our original ground. It
resets our dials and reminds us of what’s real. It takes away stress and
gives us the fresh air and exercise that promote health. It is renewing
and enlivening.
Simplify and Go Green.
Too many material things and too much busyness make us forget who we are.
Simplify life. Give yourself more time to commune with what you love. Narrow
the boundaries between you and the natural world. Live with ecological consciousness,
re-use, recycle, drive less, buy consciously. Treat all life as sacred.
Practice Generosity and Compassion.
Become part of the gift culture instead of the grab culture. Give a bigger
tip, help someone who’s had it tough, contribute to a cause. Find worth
in what you give more than what you have. We’re all trying to do the best
we can with what we have been given. Those who seem to be lagging behind
may have had a tougher road. Look to where you can help rather than pass
judgment. Kindness just might make someone’s day.
Practice Gratitude.
The attitude of gratitude is the guidance of the Gaia-dance. Gratitude opens
the heart to the many blessings that are already here.
Take Action!
Find ways to get involved. See websites on back for a start or do your own
search on what calls to your heart the most. Get others involved, and help
turn the tide of this great awakening!
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WEBSITES:
Too many websites to list, but that’s why the Goddess gave us Google. Here’s
a few places to start:
Wiserearth.org This is Paul Hawken’s amazing compendium of over 100,000
environmental, peace, and social justice organizations and their websites.
A great resource for the largest movement in the world.
WorldChanging.com was founded
on the idea that real solutions already exist for building the future we
want and talks about how to implement them.
Peace
Organizations: (lists many)
CarbonFund.org reduces the threat of climate change by making it easy and
affordable for any individual or business to reduce their carbon footprint
and support climate-friendly projects. Please take action today!
Global Mind Shift: Videos
and articles about shifting the paradigm FOOTNOTES TO PRESENTATION:
1.25 milion species gone by 2050
Estimates vary but this one was from The Upside of Down, Thomas Homer-Dixon,
p. 173
50% of world forests are gone:
Global Forest Watch , globalforestwatch.org
90% of ocean fish gone:
Ransom A. Myers and Boris Worm, “Rapid Worldwide Depletion of Predatory
Fish Communities,” Nature, vol. 432 (15 May 2003) pp. 280-83. As reported
by Lester Brown in Plan B, 2.0, p. 92.
Desertification: 1700 acres an hour, 5 to 7 million hectares/year:
Ervin Laszlo, The Chaos Point, p. 27, 30 in quoting Robert Muller, from
the United Nations.
3 million deaths per year worldwide due to air pollution:
World Health Organization, as reported by Lester Brown, Plan B 2.0, p. 106.
Disappearing
Bees
Is it Possible? much of this data from Yes! Magazine, Spring 2007. Figures
on the cost of Iraq keep changing, but the numbers are only going up and
we haven’t begun to compute the cost of getting everyone home.
$161 Billion: Lester Brown’s estimated cost of correcting basic social and
environmental problems worldwide, from the book Plan B 2.0 $975 Billion:
World Military Expenditure in 2006_________________________________________
Anodea Judith, Ph.D.
anodea@sacredcenters.com
www.WakingtheGlobalHeart.com