Peace Pole

Life has been swirling. There's been an earthquake, a hurricane and a flood.  We've been to Fenwick and Lake George.  We learned how to do Reiki drumming. And Chakra toning.

And then suddenly, it's September.

Barry & I have spent the day making a Peace Pole for outside the yoga studio.  We have a Reiki Share tomorrow, September 11th, the 10 year anniversary.  We decided we needed to do something and a peace pole seems like the perfect thing.  It's a large 4x4 that we've painted white.  On one side we've painted "May Peace Prevail on Earth".  We've painted it again on the other 3 sides... in Japanese, Hindi and Persian. I did the Japanese & Hindi, Barry the Persian and English.


We had much debate over which languages to use.  We thought about Haitian Creole to honor our youth that just got back from Haiti.  We thought about Spanish/Mexican but since we didn't know which one we decided that our friends that go to Honduras could gather with the youth and make their own pole LOL.  We thought about Cherokee and German to honor our ancestors.  The possibilities were endless but finally we decided to do Japanese to honor the founder of Reiki and the founder of Peace Poles.  Hindi/Sanskrit to honor our yoga studio and Persian to honor the day with a hope for peace, as well as some lovely members of our Reiki community. Of course, those 3 are probably the hardest ones to write, which sort of makes it all the more special.  I put a "sorry if it's wrong but my intentions are good" message in a hidden place, being a bit worried about Kanji, knowing just a small brush stroke in a wrong direction completely changes the meaning of the words... hope I didn't write "may peace prevail in my pants" or something stupid like that.

There are over 200,000 Peace Poles placed all over the world since 1975. If you do some research you will see pictures of Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, the Pope, all standing next to planted peace poles. There are peace poles planted in every continent of the world and in almost every country of the world. And now, there will be one at CCPC in the memorial garden. Or, if someone at CCPC decides to have a problem with it, there will be one in my yard, LOL.

It's so awesome.  We got a solar lighted cap for it so peace will shine all night, every night. We will dedicate it, charge it with Reiki and use it as a constant reminder of what's important.

May Peace Prevail on Earth! Today and Everyday!

Amen.