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Join us for a global meditation flash mob co-ordinated with over 300 cities around the world, on the occasion of World Water Day.
Every year the UN designates 22 March as World Water Day. It’s a chance for us to think about what freshwater means to us. And what it could mean to the millions of people around the world living without it.
This meditation is an opportunity to reflect collectively on the importance of water in our lives and in the world, and send out our love and gratitude.
We Love Water.
We Thank Water.
We Respect Water.
We Are All Water.
We Are All One.
– Masaru Emoto, Messages from Water
When: Saturday 22nd March 2014
Time: 11.30am to 12.10pm
Where: Potters Field Park, next to City Hall
Where: Potters Fields Park can be accessed either via Tooley St, Tower Bridge Road, the Queen’s Walk from More London, or from Shad Thames. The best postcode to use for SATNAV or Google maps is SE1 2AA.
Map: http://tinyurl.com/3hrveh4
Nearest station: London Bridge
What will happen:
11.30am: The sound of the bell will mark the start of silent sitting meditation. The purpose is to stop in the here and now, and to simply observe our in-breath and out-breath. By practising mindful breathing, we can share our inner peace with those around us. By sitting simply to sit, we can just be in the moment.
Please feel free to follow your own practice if you have one. Feel free to mindfully stretch or move if your begin to ache from your sitting posture.
During this meditation, you can also reflect on the importance of water in our lives and in the world, and send out our love and gratitude.
12.00pm: The sound of the bell will mark the start of the sound bath. Use any mantra or sounds, for example, Om, Ah, Ong, Nah or any other sound that calls you personally. You can move closer to one another, donate your physical presence, your positive energy and your voice. Feel free to bring instruments to add to the sounds.
12.10pm: The final sound of the bell will mark the end of the meditation.
Bring: Feel free to bring a cushion, mat or stool if you have one. Instruments to add to the sound bath, such as singing bowls.
You will be responsible for keeping your personal belongings safe.
For: This is an event open and free to everyone, of all ages, from every path, experienced or not.
Links:
Pictures of previous meditation flash mobs: http://www.facebook.com/wakeuplondon/photos
Videos of previous meditation flash mobs:
http://wakeuplondon.org/meditation-flash-mobs/videos/
Our intentions:
1. To create an environment for people from all walks of life to come together in meditation.
2. To spread awareness of meditation to the public.
3. To come together as a community to send positive intentions out into the world.
4. To show that leading by example is the best way to lead. Simple acts can stimulate major paradigm shifts in thinking
Co-ordinated with Unify.
We are choosing to support WaterAid UK, an international charity that transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation. Please go their website and read about the wonderful work they do and consider making a donation.
www.wateraid.org/uk
“Clean water, the essence of life and a birthright for everyone, must become available to all people now.” – Jean-Michel Cousteau