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The Sacredness of Water ~ by Barbara Harmony
Still I persisted in my growing awareness of the nature and grace of water. I was coming to see the true sacredness of water. I gave up complaining and agonizing about the things being done to water and started thanking the water. It was then that I realized that it was possible to interact with the Water or the Spirit of Water. That was the beginning of a new awareness. Then one day it seemed I heard the voice of water. It is so amazing to be recognized and acknowledged by the Water. Her presence is soothing and gentle in a misting rain or peacefulness in a lake...... and so I continued on my journey over the years.
The Water Committee of the Bioregional Movement met initially in May of 1984. Water workers from across the continent designed a platform and wrote resolutions and shared stories of Water degradation. In 1986 and 1988 the resolutions were refined and again stories shared. In 1990, tired of the stories of Water Atrocities, when the Water Committee met it was agreed that we should give thanks to the Water.
So it happened that the morning the plenary session was to open the Congress, the Water Committee met on the banks of Lake Cobboseecontee and gave thanks to the water. The group joined the plenary session, bringing with us the purity and strength of purpose that we received from the water.
In 1992, when the Water Committee met on the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country of Texas at the 5th Turtle Island Bioregional Gathering, each person shared about their water work. We then sat in silence in the circle as it rained for about 4 minutes, the same amount of time each person had spoken. It was remembered and noted that water speaks a universal language of oneness and sustains all life.
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