Sunday, September 11, 2016

SYMPHONY OF PEACE PRAYERS 2016


Symphony of Peace Prayers Geelong Sunday May 15th 2016

We had a beautiful, joyful, oneness ceremony. The vibration/energy for the 2016 SOPP was the most powerful I have felt here. This year we had twelve beautiful prayer presenters mainly from Geelong Interfaith Network, representing Christian, Baha’i, Buddhist, Hari Krishna, Hindu, Byakko Shinko Kai, Sikh, Muslim-Sunni, Jewish, Spiritualist, UPF & Church of Latter Day Saints. I felt their hearts were really open to connecting throughout the ceremony and found that my own heart opened more and more to love as I listened to and then shared each prayer.
A vital essence of SOPP is being part of the simple act of religious & spiritual leaders and participants praying the prayers of other faiths, thus sending a powerful message of tolerance and harmony to all.

In this moment, it is to remember the LOVE you feel in your heart for your faith, then…for a short moment, step into that LOVE space that resides within the heart of the individual faith presenter.

This is a powerful movement towards saying to another within our heart;
 ‘I respect your belief, I acknowledge our sameness & our differences in ONENESS and I thank you for the sharing.’
Other participants appeared to enjoy the whole proceedings immensely with the majority joining us for afternoon tea and reflection. One gentleman from Interfaith said to me, ‘I love coming to your events!’
For our ‘Soul of WoMen’ quiet meditation, each person wrote the word for them that most embraced the 'divine feminine'. They then presented this to the gathering, saying their word, then pinning their sheet on the board.


The Bollywood Dancers again graced our SOPP, with their vibrant energy and obvious love of life.

The flag ceremony is always a highlight, joyfully joined by all participants if able bodied, as we prayed for all world nations and regions in the world.