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The Wave
Letter From The Editor
It has been a remarkable week for our nation. I have wept with joy several times this week, as events have unfolded. Things have seemed pretty dark, recently. Our country, and our world, has suffered much. But out of our darkest times have come some of our greatest triumphs.
This is true on a national and global scale, and it is true on a very personal scale. In fact, change that may seem to occur on a “national” scale begins with very personal shifts that occur in each of us, sometimes slowly, sometimes with a breathtaking swiftness. As Amy Tan, the author of “The Joy Luck Club” has said, in response to a query about how she expected to change pervasive prejudiced attitudes towards Chinese people in the US, “I will change attitudes one person at a time”.
This principle of how change occurs, and that great change can come out of our darkest hour, touched my heart very deeply recently, through an experience related to me by a dear friend.
Sarah recently experienced a very dark time that rather took her by surprise. She became involved in a circumstance in which she was unjustly accused of breaking the law. A warrant was issued for her
arrest. Sarah had never had any “brush with the law” in the past, and was shaking in her boots at the prospect of going to jail. She and I had several long conversations about how she might proceed. She sought the advice of counsel, and prepared to turn herself in and spend the night in jail until she could get a bail hearing and trial date the next morning.
What would it be like in jail all night? She was not allowed to take a book into the jail, so she would have to wait out the night in a crowded jail
cell with nothing to occupy her or distract her from what we all thought would be a very frightening experience.
In her own words, here is the story of what happened in that jail cell:
“How could what seemed the worst day of my life be the best day of my life? Why the dramatic contrast? As I have learned on this earthly educational journey we call life, the contrast helps us to appreciate the choices we make can either be made in love or fear.
I have frequently asked myself ‘Why am I here?’’ “What does it matter?’’ “What is my purpose?’ ‘How can I be of service when I have made so many mistakes in my life and have so much to heal?’ When I quiet my mind long enough to listen, the answers come loud and crystal clear. I am here to know and grow in unconditional love for myself and thereby heal myself, and then support others in their healing journey.
But how in the world could being in jail offer lessons in love and wisdom for this 60-year-old Mama of Many? In jail, I found myself locked up with women who have not chosen the high frequency of love in this time in their lives, but have made choices in fear. As I sat in jail, I found myself with women who were fearful, angry, dirty, hungry, tired, and alone. Every fear-based emotion was present in that cell.
But instead of allowing fear to rule my thoughts and emotions, I began to sing to myself, with my eyes closed, the following lyrics from one of my favorite songs, Megan McDonough’s “Meditation”, from her wonderful album “Breathe”:
“I come to you without my list Of life’s knots I can’t untwist.
Just to be here in your midst Is all I really need.
And to sit here quietly, Loving you, you loving me, In the silence, in the peace Is all I need to be.”
“Alleluia, alleluia Alleluia, alleluia”
Stacey Leigh Mohr Editor, Publisher
July/August 2015
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After a few minutes, I noticed a profound silence had replaced all of the previous yelling and cursing. Much to my surprise and great joy, when I opened my eyes, all 15 women in that concrete cell had lain down
and fallen asleep! The “lullaby”, sung in the vibration of Divine Love, dissipated all of the negative vibrations in the jail cell.
Joan, a young mother sitting next to me, confided in me that the reason she had her son was because she “just wanted to have someone to hold and love.” Joan did not experience unconditional love as a child. She revealed to me she did not want to be in jail and her arrest was made in the presence of her 4-year-old son. She was feeling extreme guilt that, due to her drug addiction, her son is not receiving the Divine Love that he deserves.
In the early morning hours, Joan laid her head in my lap and I began stroking her head and hair. I allowed Spirit to speak through me as a vessel of Divine Love. The words flowed, giving Joan affirmations that she deserves unconditional love, and that Spirit, Higher Power, Source, God or whatever she chose to call this force of Divine Love, is in each and every one of us. I told her that if we allow ourselves to awaken from the false illusions that have veiled our loving, powerful, and beautiful selves, our beautiful selves shine through out of the darkness and our healing in Divine Love happens.
I hold a vision of Joan on the path of Divine Love and healing, releasing her negative, fearful, and false beliefs about herself. The questions I have had about why I am here, about my purpose, were answered in that jail cell, loud and clear. We are the teachers of Divine unconditional love, to help others heal as we heal.”
This is how we make the great shifts we have seen in the news this week: one person at a time, starting with healing ourselves. Then choosing love, instead of fear. Upon this principle will rest the great, powerful national and global shifts to come that will continue to change our world for the better.
Included in this issue and all issues of The Wave are feature articles and columns we hope will assist us in healing ourselves and choosing love instead of fear. We invite and encourage you to join your voice in this effort by submitting articles and by giving us feedback regarding articles, columns and other content in The Wave.
We are stronger together, and together we can make a difference!