The Healing Community Centers Information

The Healing Community Centers will help our family to heal and achieve this knowledge and understanding via offering and engaging people in a multitude of experiences, all of which will incorporate consciousness education, or, mind/body/spirit integration. For example, in addition to the extensive array of healthcare practitioners from all traditions of medical care, mainstream medicine/holistic - primary care, ob/gyn, rhuematology etc, chiropractic, osteopaths, mental health, shiatsu, acupuncture, massage therapy, yoga, tai chi, herbology, etc., there will be educational workshops, seminars, support groups and community gatherings, ranging from art therapy classes, to youth, and adult, team building to end bullying and gang violence, to exploring and healing from trauma, oppression, depression, violence, rape, addictions, and abuse, through mind, body, and spiritual practice utilizing music, dance, art, poetry, sports, healing circles, drumming circles, support groups, organic gardening, pet therapy, and much more, incorporating all aspects of mind/body/spirit therapies/activities/support groups; a true interdisciplinary, whole approach. All of this bearing in mind the ultimate goal of freedom from the nullifying and endangering reality, and at the same time, illusion, of separation and loneliness, which breeds victimization, perpetration, and hatred. Integration of the triad being results in the raising of consciousness, and self empowerment, through knowledge and education, affording individuals a more healthy and functional manner in which to handle the challenges of life, which can sometimes be disturbingly painful, therefore demanding a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment. In addition, there will also be meditation areas, a lending library, a "take it or leave it" (clothing, etc, if you don't want it, you can leave it here, if you need it, you can take it from here), cafe/bookstore, childcare/elderly care, programs and shelter for our sisters and brothers without a home. There will be outreach services envoys to collaborate with the prison systems, courts, social services, hospitals, educational and governmental institutions, as well as the programs and support services that will be offered at the Centers. It is of greatest importance to have said envoys, particularly in the prisons and courts, as it is here where the emotional, mental, and spiritual wounds of our brothers and sisters are bleeding the most, and require the deepest and most profoundly integrated "treatment plan". If we do not address the root cause of why we, as human beings, commit violent acts and crimes, and implement change from here, we are simply applying a band aid to a gushing gunshot wound. Our current method of holding accountable our family members who have committed criminal acts, whether it involves physical violence or mental/emotional/psychological violence and dysfunction, is ill equipped to incorporate the breadth and scope of true healing, and is aimed more at assigning a consequence for a behavior as a means of preventing the behavior from occurring again. An approach that works well for mentally, emotionally, psychologically spiritually capable individuals, but let us remember, a brother or sister who acts on a level of serious and in some cases unthinkable, abuse, is not mentally, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually capable, and in fact is suffering on all of these levels, and needs help, desperately. Holding our sisters and brothers accountable for their actions is important, and necessary, but does not address what brought the individual to such a place of imbalance and dysfunction in the first place, and is therefore not achieving the greatest potential for rehabilitation and preventing the behavior from happening again. Addressing the root cause of the behavior, physically (neuroendocrinology), mentally, emotionally and spiritually, in combination with assigning consequence, is the only way to ensure, or at least attempt, rehabilitation and prevention. If we do not look deeply into our hearts, minds, and souls for what will be the most powerful solution to the dysfunction and violence that exists in our world today, and take the necessary steps to act upon this knowing, we will only continue to hurt ourselves. By allowing our sisters and brothers to stay in their pain, not only are we negating our responsibility as healthy family members to help those of our family who need it, but we are allowing for our own potential victimization, at the hands of their dysfunction and subsequent perpetration. We are all connected, and therefore those of us who are blessed with mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual health, must act on behalf of the members of our world family who are not. In helping them to heal and rise above their pain, wounds, suffering, and ensuing imbalance and perpetration, we also help ourselves to then not become a potential victim of their dysfunction, thereby continuing the cycle of pain, suffering, fear, distrust, and violence. As well as, simply put, the room is always brighter when more light bulbs are turned on; the more we help each other to heal, the higher the vibration of light, love, and peace, and the closer we are to accomplishing critical mass, and transitioning into living in a peaceful world. The Healing Community Centers is an international franchise (and will be strategically placed in both rural and urban settings) since all of us need community, very few have it, and we do not currently have a global organization dedicated to our entire world family, providing physical, mental, emotional, spiritual healthcare, support, resources, and skills needed to achieve individual peace, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, religious/spiritual practice, etc. We have the Red Cross, a United Nations, a Peace Corps, etc., we have international organizations that assist in disasters, post war tragedy, and attempt to unite countries and cultures to uphold the concept of peace, but we do not have an organization known throughout the world as a safe haven, always available with open arms, dedicated to providing and teaching our world family the "how to's" of attaining peace. So how is it that we can expect to achieve a united and peaceful world, when we are not providing the tools to accomplish this? It is a sad mark of our times that you can go most anywhere in the world and know that if you need a quarter pounder with cheese you can find a McDonald's and get it; but if you are depressed, sad, scared, suicidal or alone, with no family or friends, and need help, chances are, you probably won't get it. We live in a world where we can always find a cheeseburger, but where do we go to find someone who cares? Costs will be addressed via multiple sources: insurance, socio-economic capabilities, utilizing sliding scale and barter, as well as significant outreach, grants, and fundraising so that truly all people will be aware of and have the opportunity to access the Centers, not just those who have the privilege of insurance, information and finances, because peace does not discriminate based upon income. The cultural differences in how this will be accomplished is not an issue, because at the heart of every country are the hearts of people, and what every person needs, is to be understood, and loved. Each Community Center will however be created by the people of that community, to be in alignment with it's particular geographic, cultural, ethnic, etc, location, incorporating the ideas and practices specific to that community, essentially becoming "user friendly" by offering services and programs that are safe and familiar to those that would utilize the Center. While those of us fortunate enough to be involved in raising the consciousness understand the great and wonderful diversity in mind/body/spirit traditions and practices, it is important to remember that the path to healing and raising the consciousness must be nurtured gently, with patience, compassion and understanding, which means speaking the appropriate language for that community. For example, the structure, services and programs offered at a Healing Community Center in Arkansas, U.S.A., will look very different from that of one in in Abuja, Nigeria, which will look different than that of one in Belgrade, Serbia, etc. It is important to create an environment that offers a baseline of safety and familiarity to set the foundation for trust, growth, transformation, and peace building. Part of healing the wounds of our world family is healing the glaring inequality of appropriate compensation for employment, as well as promoting the opportunity to mend the separation of work and heart. True balance of work is when people do what they love, love what they do, and incidentally, get paid for it. It makes no sense to create a center for health, balance and healing, yet then have the staff be imbalanced because of being overworked and underpaid, the antithesis of what we are working towards. It is time that we all, as a world family, made peace making a priority by investing in it. Monetary compensation, vacation time, and employee retreats will be abundant, providing the necessary time for employees to nurture and attend to emotional, mental, psychological, physical, and spiritual health, creating and maintaining a healthy and strong organization. An organization is only as strong as those who create it, therefore the Healing Community Centers family and team must be very strong, guiding, supporting, and nurturing our world family into harmony and health, leading by example and role modeling health and healing, "walking our talk" and practicing what we preach. This is our purpose, to assist in re-establishing a world in which our human family remembers that we are a unified spiritual family, having a human experience; that it matters not the color of our skin, what country we are from, what our faith is, what we eat, how we dress, who we marry, how much money we make... for we are all One. It is our desire and intention to bring back hope where there is none, joy where there is sorrow, peace where there is pain, to replace in the hearts of all, love instead of fear. The answer to this lies in the birth of consciousness and the subsequent activation of living as a spiritual being having a human experience, consciously connected to our own spirit, the one that created us, and all others, as One. The Healing Community Centers will be an instrumental force in assisting in this process, forging elevation of consciousness, empowerment, respect, healing, compassion, empathy, love, forgiveness, dignity and harmonious community with all peoples and beings, weaving the web of light and love to bring the blossoming of a new, united, interdependent world. May you have the Power of the Wind, the Peace of Love, and the Joy of Light.