2008 Writing D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
September
2008
Sacred Stones
A local peace project with Shiva Lingam stones from India reaches around the world.
By Lynn Asch
If you imagine that southern New Mexico is some sleepy backwater, think again: An international peace project is having its beginnings here in our collective back yard. The project, Peace Across the Planet, sponsored by Marilyn and Tohmas Twintreess' non-profit Elementals of Life, had its first official gathering near Silver City on July 6. This growing community will be coming together again for a sacred ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 18.
This peace project is unique in that instead of being initiated, organized and populated only by people, the impetus for it has come directly from the Earth herself through sacred stones called Shiva Lingams. These stones form naturally over millennia only in the Narmada River in India, where they have been since ancient times in annual ceremonies welcoming the profound creativity and peace that their presence offers. The stones range in size from less than an inch to about nine feet. The largest of the stones have traditionally been placed in temples there, and were seldom seen in the West until recently.
For Peace Across the Planet, some of the largest Shiva Lingams will be placed in locations around the planet where a person is willing to step forward to call a community together. Rituals around each stone will be synchronized worldwide with the other locations to respectfully ground the "Intent for Peace" into the heart of the Earth.
Here in southern New Mexico, an 89-inch, 2,000-pound Shiva Lingam has been placed on the land where I live near Silver City. Other Shiva Lingam circles have since been established in Two Harbors, Minn., and Ottawa, Canada, and will soon be coming to Tucson and Sedona, Ariz., and Atlanta.
Through these ceremonial gatherings and "Sacred Stone Acupuncture," the peaceful intent of the community will be activated into the "Crystalline Grid" of the Earth. The grid is the core blueprint where all of the intents, thoughts, feelings and actions of every being on our planet are instantaneously and constantly recorded in the crystalline bodies of stones, and then communicated synchronously with all other life forms, including the Earth herself. It is from this constantly evolving grid that all of life here continually manifests.
The sacred service that is being offered to us by the Shiva Lingams is to support our consciously manifesting now the deepest desires for peace and healing that live within our hearts. All that is asked of us, for our part as humans, is to show up — to be willing to be present at the gatherings with an open heart and participate. The more of us who come together in these circles with more and more Shivas worldwide, the exponentially greater support the Earth Mother can offer us through these Stones.
Everyone is welcome to respectfully participate in these gatherings, as you choose.
For more information and directions to the Sept. 18 gathering, contact Lynn Asch at 313-4368 or Marilyn and Tohmas Twintreess at 534-0410. A Web site about the Peace Project, www.peaceacrosstheplanet.org, will be online soon.
Lynn Asch is an adventurer whose explorations in listening to her heart's wisdom brought her here to southern New Mexico, and continually offer opportunities for her to be more.