Prayer vs. Oil

Chris Kaplan
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In the ongoing wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling catastrophe the world is dismayed by the destructive tendencies of modern human beings. With what seems to be a never-ending nightmare secreted into our oceans, communities are grouping together to help solve this crisis and grieve its disastrous impact.

A country-wide vigil is scheduled by MoveOn.org for tomorrow night, June 8th. Please click here to find the vigil nearest you. For those in the NYC area, there is one being held in Brooklyn, NY at Garfield Place and Prospect Park West. This is a call to everyone to band together our collective hearts and minds to help heal the wound we have inflicted upon our planet.

Chief Arvol Looking Horse has spoken out against the these destructive tendencies and the mistakes that we have made, and asks for the spiritual leaders and all of humanity to unite together in prayer for the sake of our Grandmother Earth so that we do not continue in making mistakes out of our addictive behavior in the destruction of our ecosystem. He asks us to remember and use June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day, to unite together as human beings intimately connected to all life and pray for the Earth, ecosystems, and all life we have afflicted.

So on June 8th and June 21st, let us collectively merge our consciousness towards evolving our behavior away from these destructive tendencies and step forward to  a new level of responsibility and with the understanding of the interconnectedness of all life. 

Image: "APTOPXGulf Oil Spill" by z0lyt@ on Flickr courtesy of Creative Commons Licensing.

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Using Geometry For Healing....

Submitted by Five on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 22:46.

 

The Gulf Coast was the worst place this could happen, as it is a source of one of the world's master currents....also the home of countless wildlife santuaries.

For those of us who are willing to use geometry, which is a powerful tool, to help heal this area, I suggest we employ the octahedron, an_ 8 _faced polyhedron...basically a 4-faced pyramid sitting atop another 4-faced pyramid.  {see octahedron-wiki}...

Visualize the Gulf Of Mexico enclosed in the shape of this platonic solid....send a healing energy.

The 21st of June is the Summer Solstice....let's send our healing energies on this very powerful day...and also June 8th, along with Chief Arvols prayer group to heal this terrible wound on our Planet. 

seriously?

Submitted by Nick Meador on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 09:47.
This post is serious? By the headline, I thought it would be a sarcastic jab. It's embarrassing that Reality Sandwich would imply that prayer will help the oil spill. Maybe if you forward your prayers as a chain letter to BP and President Obama, the oil will magically dissolve and dolphins will do a synchronized water dance for you.

valleys of neptune

Submitted by Five on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 10:36.
There are different types of prayer, one being a prayer to the Universe, itself, not necessarily a religious prayer. Being part native american, myself, I realize that Chief Arvol means a prayer to the Cosmic(Conscious) Forces of the Universe...this force can be consciously directed and is extremely powerful. (+)

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what about Science "vs. Oil"?

Submitted by creatip on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 14:35.
What it needs to be done is to cover the down end of the pipe1. And that’s easy and one doesn’t have to fight against any oil pressure coming out of the pipe1. BP should drill another hole large enough to drop (in the oil reservoir) a sphere with a diameter a bit larger than the diameter of the original pipe (the one that is damaged) = pipe1. The sphere (as light as possible, while also able to survive the pressure while in place) will obviously cover the down end of the pipe1 since everything from the oil bag is coming out through that down end. The sphere will try to come out too, but remember that the sphere’s diameter > pipe1 diameter. There are plenty of materials a sphere (as described) can be built of. The more spheres are dropped in, the faster it’ll happen, probabilistically speaking. It’s so obvious, it’s simple high school physics. But what I’m talking about is 100% sure to work and save BP tens of billions of $$ and, by far more importantly, save the planet from the Black Holocaust … NOTE that the sphere/s should be dropped below (and as close to the vertical axis of pipe1 as possible) the level of the down end of pipe1 for a faster Hollywood-style happy ending.

A Local's Perspective

Submitted by Fraser on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 11:51.
My family has lived on the Gulf Coast, in Gulf Shores, AL since 1971. For a first hand account of the local situation please look to my blog ( http://www.kuuwa.com ). I have written a 2 part series on the environmental, spiritual, & collective meaning of this spill. http://kuuwa.com/2010/06/04/the-blood-of-our-society-is-oil-part-1/ A documentary is in development at the moment as well. One can view the trailer here: http://kuuwa.com/the-blood-of-our-society-is-oil/