The more we communicate with other lightworkers, the more our “fringe” and higher perspective beliefs seem normal. We usually do not compare our lightworker friends’ beliefs to those of our regular friends who may be in varying degrees of sleep or awake.
Today, I got hit in the head and the heart with just how different my beliefs are from the collective. A friend’s mom passed away the other day, and another friend asked me to accompany her to the wake.
My beliefs about passing on are completely different than this friend. While I have a strong knowing that we never die, but simply slip body to be released into the loving embrace of pure positive energy, she still believes the Christian experience of death.
For me, when a loved one passes, I certainly miss the daily interaction, but I know that I can always call on their spirit should I need an energetic hug from them. Many of my relatives who have passed, present themselves to me through nature as well, and so I always know they are around me.
As we move forward into the increasing energies, many will begin to evaluate their beliefs. I strongly feel, though, that when someone is suffering and sad because of a belief, and their heart is closed down or broken it is not the time to bring new ways of looking at something to the table. It is only from the position of an open heart and a willing and receptive mind that new beliefs can be examined.
So, I chose to hold the space for this traditional event. I choose to hold love for these beings who are suffering and I also choose to honor their divine paths to discovery of all the things they will eventually know, should they choose to. I support their free will choice in all things, knowing they are divine beings on their own soul path, with plenty of energetic and angelic support, should they choose to open to it.
Truth be told, as well, if one of my closest loved ones transitioned I would be extremely sad too, even while knowing they are free to explore eternity and are being embraced by the divine love that is All. When my uncle passed recently, the sensation was bitter-sweet because he had been suffering so, and I was happy he had been released from that part of his soul path. I still miss him in the physical, and I am not sure any of us at present are at the point where we will not miss our beloved’s.
I would even venture to say that if someone who is suffering with a broken heart asks for assistance, or explanation, that it is not appropriate at that point to burden them with the judgement that their beliefs are wrong. Simply sending love and support is enough, and honoring their feelings. I am sorry she is suffering, I truly am, and I know she will find her way at some point down the road. It is not my responsibility to show it to her, and I do her soul and my own a disservice should I even try to point out the road signs.
Instead, I treat myself gently. I honor my beliefs. I honor her beliefs, and I hold the space of love.
Got no land? No problem! A roof can be a farm!
This piece excites me to no end! Years ago, there was a farm in Montreal, CA. It was displaced by an industrial building, and the land was covered over with concrete.
Farms moved out of the city and suburban fringes, and local eating became long distance, unless you lived near a farm. Transportation had to be added into the cost of producing food, and only hardy species, which resisted bruising and could be picked before ripening were focused on. Agricultural diversity suffered and many delicious local heirloom varieties of produce all but disappeared.
In this blessed time, individuals are evaluating the sustainability of the products they purchase. I remember going into a local store and asking for some wild arugula. The staff told me where it was, and then the young man said, you know that packet is shipped all the way across the country from California. He didn’t judge me, he simply provided information that I was unaware of. I did not purchase that arugula, but instead, bought a packet of seeds and sprinkled them in my yard.
Many young entrepreneurs are looking at the sustainability of food sources and thinking outside the box. Lufa Farms is one of them. They created a 32,000 square foot greenhouse on the empty roof of a Montreal industrial building. The farm that was replaced by the building, now sits on top of the building!
Lufa is simply a prototype, reclaiming non-productive space for sustainable agriculture in many urban areas. In the New York City neighborhood of Brooklyn, many are raising organic and free range eggs, creating greenhouses in empty lots, upping the land that is dedicated to community gardening and looking for many other ways to grow food locally.
Loofa Farms uses a hydroponics model to produce food and have added another 43,000 square foot greenhouse on a roof in Laval. They also started using an online ordering system, where produce is picked the same day and added to baskets that consumers can pick up at various drop off points.
The truth is, anyone can be a farmer. I grow nutritious sprouts for my family in a few mason jars sitting on a shelf. I believe that more urban and suburban food farms will begin to cater to the deep desire of individuals to be connected to their farmers and eat locally. Taking the transportation out of the food, also helps to decrease carbon emissions in our atmosphere and reduces dependency on fossil fuels.
Please check out the inspiring TedEX talk that is shared with this article as well. It is simply inspiring to see young creative minds making new platforms where only deterrents and roadblocks existed before.
How Rooftop Farming is Changing How We Eat by Charlotte Ballantyne for Good News Shared
Did you know you can create electricity from the water flowing in municipal pipes?
This article really excites me. It seems as if the situation should have been a no-brainer, but years ago, no one thought of a utility doing double-duty. There was plenty of oil and electricity was not something anyone was addressing from a sustainable stand point.
Well, Portland, OR based start-up, Lucid Energy, realized that water, flowing down a grade through a pipe, could pass through a turbine and generate energy. They also realized that this method of generating hydroelectric power has no environmental impact!
Dams and wind-generated energy can effect the environment by posing a threat to fish and birds. Even large scale solar can effect migrating birds and animals that exist within the solar farm, but there are no animals, fish or plants in a city water pipe! At least, let’s hope not!
While the technology is new, the company does have a project already up and running in Riverside, CA that uses the electricity generated to power municipal street lights. The amount of power generated by using the turbines on pipe down grades is not enough to power an entire city, but it can be used to supplement existing utilities and possibly decrease the cost of water processing.
The pipes can also serve as an early warning system to contamination and water main breaks, as the inside surfaces contain pressure sensors and water quality evaluation mechanisms.
Hopefully, as more old infrastructure needs to be replaced in the world, this platform can be utilized to provide a more sustainable energy and water environment for towns and cities.
Portland’s New Pipes Harvest Power From Drinking Water by Adele Peters for Fast CoExist
And finally…
News anchor brought to tears by young boy.
Local Plano, Texas news station WFAA, and their anchor Gloria Campos, are dedicated to helping kids in the foster care system find forever homes. Gloria features different children who are up for adoption on her Wednesday’s Child segments.
One of the young boys who she placed along with the help of the program is named Ke’onte. He was adopted once, but the parents decided it was not working out. They returned him to foster care, where he was highly medicated.
Gloria decided to do another segment on Ke’onte and a young couple saw the piece and knew right away that he was their son. He has since been weaned off mood and behavior controlling drugs and is doing well with his family and in school.
Gloria did a follow up piece for the news, sharing how happy she was to be able assist in placing this bright and loving young man. What happens during the broadcast, brought her to tears and me as well. What a beautiful and loving situation this is, and I hope all foster children are able to find their loving and supportive forever homes.
See why boy’s story brings news anchor to tears on YouTube
That’s the news for today. Have a sensational day. I hope to see you back here tomorrow for some Feel Good News.
Be Well. Be Joy. Be Love!
Alex