The Namaste Conspiracy
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No question - the word “conspiracy” has an ominous tone.<br />
It implies something dark, troubling, and deceptive.<br />
But the truth is, conspiracy is not intended to be ominous. It<br />
is intended to be secret. It is a collective action that is meant -<br />
not to draw attention to itself - but to bring about a particular<br />
result.<br />
So…look around you. Daily, we are bombarded with images<br />
of people acting in a way that has most of us confused,<br />
scared, even despairing. Disrespect and rudeness have<br />
become cultural norms. Social cohesion has begun to give<br />
away to social chaos…random acts of kindness have been<br />
overwhelmed by random acts of violence.<br />
<strong>The</strong> person in the street shrugs, shakes their head, and moves<br />
on. I have done it many times. We carry the tension into our<br />
homes…where we say and do harmful things to the ones that<br />
we love the most, the ones who love and trust us.<br />
Is there something we can do to change the course of things,<br />
to bring about a transformation that can prepare us for the<br />
shift in global consciousness that is coming (and indeed has<br />
already begun)<br />
<strong>Namaste</strong><br />
“<strong>Namaste</strong>.” It is a word that is yoga trendy, and as Wendel<br />
Matthews has noted elsewhere in this edition…a word that is<br />
quickly becoming as meaningless as “gesundheit.”<br />
But “namaste” is a word of powerful meaning.<br />
You know it’s meaning, I am sure…<br />
“I recognize and honor your sacred worth.”<br />
<strong>Namaste</strong> is, at it’s simplest, respect. It is treating every person,<br />
regardless of their place in society or their importance and<br />
value to you personally, as if they were God’s gift to you. It is<br />
a concept that - once having taken its place in your heart - will<br />
resist you having negative intention for anyone, even those<br />
who your ego may identify as your enemy.<br />
At Aquarius, we believe that <strong>Namaste</strong> is a word worth saving<br />
and a concept worth seeding into the hearts, minds, souls,<br />
and lives of every human being.<br />
We also know that if we shout “namaste” on the street, people<br />
will laugh, mock, roll their eyes, and turn away - “another crazy<br />
new ager, drunk on yoga!”<br />
So…our goal is to find ways to sow seeds of namaste in<br />
secret. And thus…THE NAMASTE CONSPIRACY.<br />
Will you join us<br />
the<br />
namaste<br />
affirmation:<br />
“I believe in the sacred worth<br />
of every person<br />
young old rich poor<br />
male female black white<br />
gay straight atheist christian<br />
buddhist hindu shinto muslim<br />
wiccan jew<br />
every human who has ever lived is unique<br />
there will never be another me, or another you<br />
that is why i believe in the sacred worth<br />
of every human<br />
namaste<br />
that’s what it means<br />
Live it...every day”<br />
PG 14 FEBRUARY 2015 AQUARIUS<br />
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