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by Joy Tang
In the quest of finding how technology could serve
humanity in the past three years, I found myself in
the network of women who TRUST their heart desire
for a peaceful world for all in the Gather the Women
Conference in San Francisco last month. I am deeply
touched by the courage these women displayed through
voicing their feelings in relation to their lives
and where the world is going. It was a three-day conference
where the women involved became deeply affected by
the compassionate energy of each other's presence.
The women were immersed in the healing energy that
they created by sharing with each other their deeply
held convictions and feelings. One dilemma is when
you create this loving environment in conventional
society it is often temporary and that we often soon
end up missing that loving environment. Gather the
Women organizer Kathe Schaaf talks about holding that
space of communion and solidarity towards social transformation
and bringing into our lives on an everyday basis.
She speaks of an “increased sense of urgency
about all the things that must shift on this planet
soon.” Schaaf adds, “it is important to
make time for silence, for deep listening and for
tuning in to your sources of sacred wisdom, and ask
for help and guidance from your Spiritual Source.
Be open to new ways of seeking out the answers to
your struggles in life. This makes all our efforts
at OVF all the more relevant because we seek to create
living spaces that affirm these feelings on an everyday
level with the goal of making it easier to devote
our energies towards increasing the level of change
and transformation in our lives so that we can become
a model of inspiration to others.
I commend the effort of all these women, connected
in heart and spirit. Now we are connected further
by effectively learning how to use ICT to empower
ourselves. The PlanetWeaver link at the Gather the
Women site provides women with an opportunity to dialogue,
to share stories and experiences and to connect with
projects for action. Carol Hansen Grey’s devotion
is contagious and she is helping us to expand our
technology capabilities. As women come together, united
as ONE, we are exuding our natural instinct to care
for our children, our life, and our mother earth and
of one another. As we released the 100 monarch butterflies
with our dreams and visions at the end of the conference,
the one I released with Jodi Weisbart will bring the
message to the world: TRUST your heart desire, UNITE
with the rest and TAKE GOOD CARE of yourself.
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