On Wednesday, September 12, 2001
Paige said, “I saw an airplane crash into the building.”
Hannah said, “ I think one airplane crashed first & then another one & then another one.”
Alexis said, “I saw the airplane crash & I saw people got hurt.”
Danielle said, “I think 3 crashed in.”
Devin said, “The airplane went through the building.”
Rebecca said, “I think all the airplanes just crashed into the building & then the other one & then the other one.”
Alan said, “A bomb blew into the building & a jet flew into the building & I think 60 people are dead & some is alive under the building & some of them were buried.”
Timmy said, “ One of the airplanes crashed into a field & people got hurt.”
Kay said, “They crashed in the building & the people got hurt.”
Stormie said, “2 sorry guys just bombed it on a accident.”
Brandy said, “All the planes crashed into the building.”
Austin said, “ We watched the news last night & 20 people got killed.”
Sam said, “2 airplanes got crashed & 2 children got hurt & a lot of people got hurt.”
Ms. Susan said, “I think we really have a lot to pray about:
“Thank you for giving me the morning. Thank you for every day that’s new. Thank you that I can know my worries can be cast on you.
Thank you for all my friends & family. Thank you for all the ones who live. Thank you for even greatest enemies I can forgive.
Thank you I have my occupation. Thank you for every pleasure small. Thank you for music, light & gladness. Thank you for them all!”
We went out to our fish pool & each took 2 of the white marble rocks from around the pool’s edge. We placed one in the pool with our prayers & took one home to remind us to pray for those who were hurt & the families of all who died.
Thursday, September 13th was World Day of Prayer (something I do every year.) The prayer we prayed this year was:
“The light of God surround us. The love of God enfolds us. The power of God protects. The presence of God watches over us. Wherever we are, God is!”I felt some peace from praying this so I am sharing it with you now. The night we were watching the news when it first happened my husband & I were upset & not thinking very clearly & we got the call to do the following meditation at 7:30 (the same time a bunch of our friends around the world would be doing it.)
In the beginning
In the beginning God.
In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
And God said Let there be light:
and there was light.
Now is the time of the new beginning.
I am a co-creator with God, and it is a
new Heaven that comes,
as the Good Will of God is expressed on
Earth through me.
It is the Kingdom of Light, Love, Peace and Understanding.
And I am doing my part to reveal its Reality.
I begin with me.
I am a living Soul and the Spirit of God
dwells in me, as me.
I and the Father are one,
and all that the Father has is mine.
In Truth, I am the Christ of God.
What is true of me is true of everyone,
for God is all and all is God.
I see only the Spirit of God in every Soul.
And to every man, woman and child on Earth
I say:
I love you, for you are me. You are my Holy Self.
I now open my heart, and let the pure essence of
Unconditional Love pour out.
I see it as a Golden Light radiating from the
center of my being,
and I feel its Divine Vibration in and through me,
above and below me.
I am one with the Light.
I am filled with the Light.
I am illumined by the Light.
I am the Light of the world.
With purpose of mind, I send forth the Light.
I let the radiance go before me to join
the other Lights.
I know this is happening all over the world
at this moment.
I see the merging Lights.
There is now one Light.
We are the Light of the world.
The one Light of Love, Peace and Understanding is moving.
It flows across the face of the Earth,
touching and illuminating every soul
in the shadow of the illusion.
And where there was darkness,
there is now the Light of Reality.
And the Radiance grows, permeating, saturating every form of life.
There is only the vibration of one Perfect Life now.
All the kingdoms of the Earth respond,
and the Planet is alive with Light and Love.
There is total Oneness, and in this Oneness we speak the Word.
Let the sense of separation be dissolved.
Let mankind be returned to Godkind.
Let peace come forth in every mind.
Let Love flow forth from every heart.
Let forgiveness reign in every soul.
Let understanding be the common bond.
And now from the Light of the world,
the One Presence and
Power of the Universe responds.
The Activity of God is healing and harmonizing Planet Earth.
Omnipotence is made manifest.
I am seeing the salvation of the Planet
before my very eyes, as all false beliefs
and error patterns are dissolved.
The sense of separation is no more;
the healing has taken place,
and the world is restored to sanity.
This is the beginning of Peace on Earth
and Good Will toward all,
as Love flows forth from every heart,
forgiveness reigns in every soul,
and all hearts and minds are one in perfect understanding.
It is done. And it is so
It helped us to turn our grumblings & worries & fears into prayers & meditations & shift our attitudes around so we could help uplift those we come in contact with toward the light. I hope none of you are offended or put off by my sharing my spiritual beliefs at this sad & stressful time. I send them to you in the hopes that you may find something that will help you & yours get through these troubled times. I used some of the following ideas I got from one of my teacher websites to help me help your children deal with the tragedy while they were at school: see Sydney Gurewitz Clemens' entry.
Last updated: 10/02/01