June 2006 - Prayers and Healing Thread

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As we close out the merry month of May, I would like to thank I Have a Dream for hosting the May Prayers and Healing Thread, and ask that her love and the divine energy in that thread be carried forward into June. The energy in the Astrology, Spirituality & Alternative Healing Group gives me strength and solace, and I am so grateful for the presence of each and every member of this group. Thank you all for your contributions. If if you don't post on a regular basis, your presence is a vital part of the energy of this group.

I would like to open the June Prayer and Healing Thread with a prayer song from the late African drummer, Babatunde Olatunji - 1927-2003

Praise ye, Ngai … Peace be with us.

Say that the elders may have wisdom and speak with one voice.
Peace be with us.

Say that the country may have tranquillity.
Peace be with us.

And the people may continue to increase.
Peace be with us.

Say that the people and the flock and the herds
May prosper and be free from illness.
Peace be with us.

Say that the fields may bear much fruit
And the land may continue to be fertile.
Peace be with us.

May peace reign over earth,
May the gourd cup agree with vessel.
Peace be with us.

May their heads agree and every ill word be driven out
Into the wilderness, into the virgin forest.

Praise ye, Ngai … Peace be with us.
litany for peace - kikuyu - people of Kenya

I am one with my father and the universe.
I am one with mother earth.
I am one with everyone within the reach of my voice.
And, in this togetherness, we ask the divine intelligence to eradicate all negatives from our hearts, from our minds,
from our words, and from our actions.
And, so be it.




"Rhythm is the soul of life. The whole universe revolves in rhythm. Everything and every human action revolves in rhythm." - Olatunji