Veteran’s Day 2021
Imagine 1 Minute
Each year we set aside Veterans Day to thank and to honor our veterans. And as important as that is, I cannot help but take a moment to wonder and imagine what our lives could be like and would be like, if instead of each passing day adding to our population of veterans, we the people, all over the world, sued for peace and vowed to–in the words of an old American spiritual –“study war no more.”
I know this sounds both incredibly naïve, and idealistic. Surely war has been with us since the recorded history of mankind’s walk upon planet earth. Old Testament stories record wars fought generations before the events recorded in the New Testament even happened.
The Bhavagad Gita records the enlightenment of Arjuna on the battlefield when he realizes he can no longer war against himself. Ironically, this realization comes in the midst of an epic battle, an epic war.
But I ask you to take a moment on this Veteran’s Day of 2021 to stop and imagine what the world could be like, what life could be like if we as the Brotherhood of man embraced peace and rejected war? What potentials could be achieved if we in the image of lasting peace hammered our swords into plows?
Many of us may find that we cannot even imagine such a thing, but it is within the seeds of our imagination, in the heart of our deepest truths and desires that change can begin its gestation to birth.
The power of our thoughts, the power of our minds, can be unleashed through an ancient esoteric principle about which I have written repeatedly, “Energy Follows Thought”. Each time we engage in the deep and powerful exercise of imagining a better world, a world where peaceful solutions replace the rush to resolve our differences by conflict, we are contributing energy to bringing that into manifestation.
A single thought about world peace seems like no more than an atom of energy in the vast universe of space; but recent discoveries in quantum physics and the noetic sciences support the idea that our consciousness is energy, and atoms are energy. These energies ripple out and affect the world around us.
Imagine 1 Minute
In 2012 I launched a Twitter campaign called “Imagine 1 Minute”, where those who wish to contribute their power of thought to transform the world can tune in and link up, to imagine –for 1 minute of the day– how the world can be transformed to be a better place for all of mankind.
At the time I could not think of a better day to launch such a campaign than Veteran’s Day 11-11-12, in a year when many thought the predictions of the Mayan Calendar foretold major changes to life on earth or consciousness. That day I posted my first daily seed thought on my new “Imagine 1 Minute” twitter account @Imagine1Minute.
The first seed thought was:
Imagine a world without war, a world of peace.” -Genevieve Gerard
If we can continue to do that today in honor of every veteran who has fought and died for their country and every family who has lost a son or daughter, or any other relative, to the ravages of war, then we will have expressed our heartfelt thanks and appreciation in an intention to send forth into the world the power to heal the wounds of war, and to promote the glimmer of the potential for peace, the potential for change.
I ask you to continue to consider what peace could mean throughout the world. It doesn’t cost a thing. It doesn’t harm anything. But it is a way to say thank you to our veterans. We thank you, and we envision a world in the future where the sacrifice you had to make will not be required of another generation.
John Lennon Imagine Lyrics
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace
I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world
I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Lyrics © John Lennon
John Lennon Imagine Lyrics Video
P.S. To express my heartfelt gratitude I am offering a gift of 3 guided meditations put together especially to help with some of the challenges faced by veterans.
Continue reading the full blog post on my For-Veterans website and get access to my special “I’m Free” veterans CD bundle.
About the author:
Genevieve Gerard teaches Transformational Consciousness – from first awakening to enlightened Soul awareness. She helps you experience the joy that results from the spontaneous “touch of your soul.”
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Genevieve has a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and Theology and a Master of Arts Degree in Counseling and for over thirty years has worked one-on-one with people who were recovering from devastating disabilities and chronic pain. Teaching the mastery of the mind-body relationship she was one of the early professionals trained in biofeedback, visualization, imagery, and meditation as essential techniques to help people heal their bodies, heal their emotions, heal their minds, and heal their lives.
Genevieve’s work demonstrates what she knows so well, “It is spiritual connectedness that triggers physical healing and emotional and mental well-being.” Helping people, like you, tap into your higher-self is the power she wields to guide you to heal and transform your life.
Now, with this understanding, she combines the effective techniques she developed over decades teaching mind-body mastery along with her extensive experience in meditation and spiritual development to create a synthesis of mind-body-spirit that delivers complete healing and opens the door to unlimited personal growth and an encounter with your Soul.
In addition to her current life guidance coaching sessions, and workshops performed around the world, Genevieve has produced more than 20+ guided meditations in the last eight years that are available on Apple Music (iTunes), Amazon, CDBaby, and her website.
It is her vision that through your experience with the techniques of awareness, visualization, and meditation, the love of your Soul will touch and transform your life through her writings and products. It is her sincere desire that the potential of a life of joy and celebration that seems to elude so many people can become a reality for you, now and forever.
Browse her life story and read the Touch of the Soul that changed her world. To contact Genevieve, visit her keep in touch page.
Last updated 11/09/2021
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