"Become loving. When you are in the embrace, become the embrace. Become the kiss. Forget yourself so totally that you can say, “I am no more. Only love exists.” Then the heart is not beating, but love is beating. Then the blood is not circulating, but love is circulating. Then eyes are not seeing, love is seeing. Then hands are not moving to touch, love is moving to touch. Become love and enter everlasting life. Love suddenly changes your dimension. You are thrown out of time and you are facing eternity. Love can become a deep meditation, the deepest possible.”- Osho
Released last week to coincide with the 12:12 Mass Meditation (see blog post below), ‘The Ripple Effect’ is Humanity Healing’s most important visual statement so far in it’s call for all to engage with the principles of Spiritual Activism in tackling the root causes of suffering and distress in the world.
Drop a pebble in a still pond and watch the ripple travel out in an ever expanding ring.
The Ripple Effect is based on the understanding that we are all connected. These connections stretch like an incredibly interwoven and complicated tapestry. Each of us exists within this tapestry. Thoughts and actions are like stones dropped in a pond and they create ripples that travel outward.
Everything we do and think affects the people in our lives and their reactions in turn affect others. The choices you make have far-reaching consequences. Each of us carries within us the capacity to change the world in small ways for better or worse. We can use the Principles of the Ripple Effect to magnify our actions and their effects.
The video of ‘The Ripple Effect’ is very much a visual centerpiece statement of that which motivates and guides Humanity Healing. It is a statement of the philosophic Mission to which Humanity Healing subscribes and sees itself empowering others to fulfill. Within every single one of us lays the seed from which profound changes in the world can begin to germinate, grow and eventually blossom. Whether these changes empower humankind and thus lead to a better world for all or whether they dis-empower and become destructive in the world is for each one of us to choose. It is the goal of Humanity Healing to ensure that as many people as possible are empowered to make positive choices and thus positive changes in the world and where possible to bring those people together. Positive effects; positive ripples. Only in this way can the world become more than the sum of its parts. Only in this way can we all begin to live in peace and harmony.
The goal of the Humanity Healing Foundation is to search out viable and sustainable solutions to some of the challenges facing Humanity and to resolve these through the application of Spiritual Activism.
Humanity Healing is not just about spreading the message of love and hope through pretty ethereal words. Whilst these have their place and are wonderful expressions of a heartfelt yearning for more beauty, more compassion, more justice and more love in the world, there is also a desperate need for action. Words and images are the clay of ideas but ideas are of no use unless they lead to action. Humanity Healing and its many members are committed to not only finding solutions to some of the world’s problems but also to taking action to implement them. Spiritual Activism on the basis of The Ripple Effect is fundamentally what Humanity Healing is about and we invite ALL of you to join us in this mission and the fulfillment of this goal. Make positive choices for yourself and others and then take action. Do something. Be the change. Be the pebble that sends out ripples of empowerment.
We are connected. The Pond is the World, Your Heart is the Pebble, Drop a pebble in a still pond and watch the ripple travel out in an ever expanding ring with every Heartbeat.
We must all strive to live that which Osho has so eloquently stated above. As the heart is the pebble, let that pebble be love and as we throw it into the world, we can create ripples of love that will create more ripples of love and so on and so on. When we combine our efforts the ripples become huge waves that wash over the face of humanity, cleansing and renewing. Let the world be full of ripples of love. Love in action. Be the change. Be the Ripple. Be Love and in this way we can make a difference. Let your ripples of individual commitment and action combine with those of others to produce a wave. We are all connected. When you go to the grocery store you buy food grown by other people. When you sit on a chair you sit on something designed and created by other people. When you go to work, you travel in a car built by other people along roads laid by others and arrive at a place built by others. There is no aspect of our lives that is not impacted by other people. Just as we have no choice but to be influenced by the world around us, we also have no choice but to influence the world around us. We can make that influence whatever we want it to be. We must make the choice that it will be beneficial to as many as possible, imbued with love. “The heart is not beating, only love is beating”. This is the pebble that we wish to throw into the world. However small the pebble, the ripples will go for ever outward nonetheless.
The Ripple Effect is based fundamentally on metaphysical notions of the impact that one person’s thoughts and actions can have on the world about them. However, there is a great deal of solid science behind this concept. Let me hand you over to Chris for a deeper exploration of the scientific basis of The Ripple Effect:
The Science behind The Ripple Effect
In a nutshell, physics is the study of matter, energy, and the interaction between them.The core theories of physics are classical (or Newtonian) mechanics, electromagnetism, optics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics and relativity. Within each of these branches, science has developed theories that have been validated through mathematics and experimentation: for instance, Issac Newton’s famous Three Laws of Motion. These theories have proven to be accurate models of nature within their respected domains.What has puzzled science is that these theories tend to be inaccurate outside of their respected domains. For instance, classical mechanics correctly describes the motion of objects in everyday experience, but it breaks down at the atomic scale, where it is superseded by quantum mechanics, and at speeds approaching the speed of light, where relativistic effects become important. Since Albert Einstein first proposed an underlying set of rules in which each branch of physics would be an integrated subset, the Unified Field Theory has become the Holy Grail of science.
Some of the most exciting work has been in the field of Quantum Physics. Researchers have long understood that the basic building block of matter, the atom, could be broken down into its basic components:protons, neutrons and electrons. We have come to understand that these components are not absolute, but can be broken down into even smaller particles, called leptons and quarks, which in turn can be broken down even farther. The theory is that when you go down far enough, there is no finite bit of matter, there is only energy.This has been popularized by two recent movies:What the Bleep Do We Know and The Secret. The concept espoused in these movies is that since everything is energy, our thoughts can be used to interact with that energy to effect changes in our environment.
The Ripple Effect is based on the belief that the energy of our intentions, through both thought and action, does ripple out through time and space to effect our environment. To this, we add two accepted theories of physics:entrainment and wave characteristics.Entrainment is the process by which two vibrating or oscillating systems which would have different periods when operating independently, will lock into phase and operate in synchronicity when they interact with each other. You can demonstrate this yourself by setting two pendulum clocks on a wall together. No matter what the initial timing is, they will eventually swing together. Wave theory teaches us that, unless acted upon by an external effect, a wave will continue to travel out without a change in its initial amplitude or wavelength.In addition, when two waves intersect each other, the height of the effect is the sum of the heights of the two individual waves.
This means that if we can synchronize our intentions and actions towards a common goal, our independent waves will continue to add to each other as they travel out through the energetic field and the result will be much greater than we can manifest independently.
Our Pebble in the Pond
If you distilled all the writings, all the videos, all the plans of Humanity Healing down to a single concept, it is this:to gather as many hearts as possible, be they individuals or organizations, to help them to beat in synchronicity and together send our actions and intentions out through the connection of our shared humanity to make this world a better place.
The Humanity Healing Foundation and Network is our pebble in the pond.
The Ripple Effect Video is initially being released worldwide in eight different languages. The Humanity Healing Foundation would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions on The Ripple Effect:
Daniel Kobialka for his beautiful rendition of The Pachelbel Canon
Or translation team:
Click on these links to take you to their respective versions at our You Tube account.
Here is the English language version of The Ripple Effect:
We will be continuing to translate The Ripple Effect into as many languages as we can. If you are interested in becoming part of our translation team, please contact us. New translations of The Ripple Effect will be listed here on this post as they become available.
The Ripple Effect has been a labour of love for Humanity Healing. A number of people have contributed to this groundbreaking production that is already reaching out and embedding it's message of directly and collectively engaging with some of the pressing problems on our planet into the hearts and minds of many.
The pebble has been dropped. The ripple is spreading. Will you be a part of the wave?
Many blessings and much metta,
Steve, Chris and all at Humanity Healing
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I really enjoyed this article Steve. Another good example movie is Mindwalk..it talks about the science particularly the physics and how it relates to spirituality..i would show it to my classes in both World Reigion and philosophy courses when I taught college. You present it all beautifully here. When you say spiritual activism are we speaking of working strictly with spiritual tools such as prayer, meditation, and tools such as Reiki energy for healing? Or are we also talking about work such as the Seva Foundation (under Ram Dass) did and actually tackling things such as when they needed to get Vitamin A drops to prevent blindness in Nepal..Seva arranged that and got doctors to volunteer and they got the drops to the people and stopped blindness in that area. They formed dying centers where the volunteers were there to learn about dying and the dying were there to evolve as they went through the process and the whole center became a growth process for everyone..even though some were dying and some were not..and the mode was far less focused on the medical model than hospice (who do good work but still keep a stronger focus on medical issues than spiritual growth through dying). Will Humanity Healing tackle these sorts of things..or come from a strictly spiritual model of prayer and energy healing? Wonderful read and brings up lots of valuable information and room for more thought. Kathy
Glad that you liked the post. To answer your question: I think that fundamentally Humanity Healing is about a spiritual approach to tackling the worlds ills. Spirituality however can be expressed in many ways. I think the lazy option, but nonetheless effective, is to engage very deeply with practices such as meditation and prayer. These are very powerful tools - more powerful than many might suppose and yes, Humanity Healing is very much behind the cultivation of these practices in helping to alleviate the suffering in the world. But prayer and meditation are not much use on their own. There is a need for physical action also. Humanity Healing is also about putting bread on the plates of the hungry, and medicines in the hands of the sick. Not just praying that someone else might do it. We are a fairly new organisation and our effectiveness at the present time has yet to be fully tested or exploited but the commitment is there and the desire that propels our growth is there, to get out there in the field and DO something. Doing something however must come wrapped up in a spiritual impulse founded on love, compassion and wisdom. We see action being taken all of the time that is meant to alleviate suffering but actually makes things worse. This happens when profit or political leverage for instance is the motive. The motive for the action needs to be pure and unsullied by personal agendas and what we might get in return for our charitable work. This is why giving and helping in the physical here and now must be wedded to a strong spiritually based desire to give for it's own sake and to help those in need simply because it is the right thing to do. My personal feeling on all of this is that we must meditate. We must pray and as the wisdom develops within us, we find that we have a strong desire to go out and take effective action in helping others. We then take the right action for the right reasons.
Thank you once again, Steve, and Humanity Healing, for the splendid efforts you are making on behalf of this planet and Humankind. The truths you offer contain the keys to the spiritual healing that I believe is Earth's destiny.
I send prayers to your efforts and to each of you here at Humanity Healing.
May your mission, and your joy, be enfolded in the arms of angels. Lauren Zimmerman
It is lovely to see you here once again and supporting our efforts n helping those who cannot help themselves. Thanks for your wonderful comments and your prayers - all are very much appreciated.
My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone person.
"You may create lots of splashes in your life but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures," he said.
"Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles. You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both."
That was the first time I realized each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger. We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
Many thanks for this beautiful story Avalon. It illustrates that profound wisdom is the inheritance of all of us and not only must it be discovered within the recesses of our own being, but we must also make note of those people and things in our life that try to point us in the right direction. The world is full of little triggers like this - constantly trying to show us the way. Sometimes it comes in the form of a story or a teaching from an elder, sometimes merely in the passage of the breeze against one's face - but the triggers are there nonetheless to show us the wisdom that we need if we are to engage meaningfully with the world.
Hi, I really enjoyed this video. I would like to tranlate it and upload it in my blog www.concienciacristalina.com Awaiting your news. Thank you very much for your work, love and light.
influence the world around us. We can make that influence whatever we want it to be. We must make the choice that it will be beneficial to as many as possible, imbued with love. “The heart is not beating, only love is beating”. This is the pebble that we wish to throw into the world. However small the pebble, the ripples will go for ever outward nonetheless.
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I really enjoyed this article Steve. Another good example movie is Mindwalk..it talks about the science particularly the physics and how it relates to spirituality..i would show it to my classes in both World Reigion and philosophy courses when I taught college.
You present it all beautifully here.
When you say spiritual activism are we speaking of working strictly with spiritual tools such as prayer, meditation, and tools such as Reiki energy for healing? Or are we also talking about work such as the Seva Foundation (under Ram Dass) did and actually tackling things such as when they needed to get Vitamin A drops to prevent blindness in Nepal..Seva arranged that and got doctors to volunteer and they got the drops to the people and stopped blindness in that area. They formed dying centers where the volunteers were there to learn about dying and the dying were there to evolve as they went through the process and the whole center became a growth process for everyone..even though some were dying and some were not..and the mode was far less focused on the medical model than hospice (who do good work but still keep a stronger focus on medical issues than spiritual growth through dying). Will Humanity Healing tackle these sorts of things..or come from a strictly spiritual model of prayer and energy healing?
Wonderful read and brings up lots of valuable information and room for more thought.
Kathy
Hi Kathy,
Glad that you liked the post. To answer your question: I think that fundamentally Humanity Healing is about a spiritual approach to tackling the worlds ills. Spirituality however can be expressed in many ways. I think the lazy option, but nonetheless effective, is to engage very deeply with practices such as meditation and prayer. These are very powerful tools - more powerful than many might suppose and yes, Humanity Healing is very much behind the cultivation of these practices in helping to alleviate the suffering in the world. But prayer and meditation are not much use on their own. There is a need for physical action also. Humanity Healing is also about putting bread on the plates of the hungry, and medicines in the hands of the sick. Not just praying that someone else might do it. We are a fairly new organisation and our effectiveness at the present time has yet to be fully tested or exploited but the commitment is there and the desire that propels our growth is there, to get out there in the field and DO something. Doing something however must come wrapped up in a spiritual impulse founded on love, compassion and wisdom. We see action being taken all of the time that is meant to alleviate suffering but actually makes things worse. This happens when profit or political leverage for instance is the motive. The motive for the action needs to be pure and unsullied by personal agendas and what we might get in return for our charitable work. This is why giving and helping in the physical here and now must be wedded to a strong spiritually based desire to give for it's own sake and to help those in need simply because it is the right thing to do. My personal feeling on all of this is that we must meditate. We must pray and as the wisdom develops within us, we find that we have a strong desire to go out and take effective action in helping others. We then take the right action for the right reasons.
Hope that answers your question!
Many blessings and much metta,
Steve
Thank you once again, Steve, and Humanity Healing, for the splendid efforts you are making on behalf of this planet and Humankind. The truths you offer contain the keys to the spiritual healing that I believe is Earth's destiny.
I send prayers to your efforts and to each of you here at Humanity Healing.
May your mission, and your joy, be enfolded in the arms of angels.
Lauren Zimmerman
Hello Lauren my friend,
It is lovely to see you here once again and supporting our efforts n helping those who cannot help themselves. Thanks for your wonderful comments and your prayers - all are very much appreciated.
Many blessings to you,
Steve
My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone person.
"You may create lots of splashes in your life but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures," he said.
"Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles. You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both."
That was the first time I realized each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger. We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
Remember the eternal wisdom:
WHATEVER YOU FOCUS ON EXPANDS...
Avalon
Many thanks for this beautiful story Avalon. It illustrates that profound wisdom is the inheritance of all of us and not only must it be discovered within the recesses of our own being, but we must also make note of those people and things in our life that try to point us in the right direction. The world is full of little triggers like this - constantly trying to show us the way. Sometimes it comes in the form of a story or a teaching from an elder, sometimes merely in the passage of the breeze against one's face - but the triggers are there nonetheless to show us the wisdom that we need if we are to engage meaningfully with the world.
Blessings,
Steve
Hi, I really enjoyed this video. I would like to tranlate it and upload it in my blog www.concienciacristalina.com
Awaiting your news.
Thank you very much for your work, love and light.
Regards
Pablo
Hi Pablo,
Very pleased to hear that you enjoyed 'The Ripple Effect' video. For information on translation and re-use of the video please email us at:
humanityhealing@gmail.com and mark it for the attention of Chris or Liane.
Many thanks and much metta,
Steve
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