Places to grow good food and good kids start in the hearts of those who live in those places — each place as unique as those who share their time, skills, knowledge and energy.

The Network of Our Heart Gardens is like a Great Worm. OhGs has many hearts – all the hearts of all the communities pump goodness into their own parts of reality. While we can see that the many hearts of a worm (like the one I told you about in the story on the Home page) are physically connected, the individual cells of the worm cannot see the connection — neither can we. As part of this Great Worm, we can work together, trusting that a Greater fractal Pattern is at work. Taking care of ourselves, and our part /where we are, while curating the connections we have with each other. The pattern will settle and #TheOneWeAre will emerge from this time of challenges as, perhaps, a butterfly/phoenix/dragon…

For me, the bigger question has been — Why Me?  I’ve come to believe that all our lives are Divinely Designed to allow our purpose to be realized. I became aware of my purpose in an unusual way. Let me tell you how by starting with a question:  What is #TheOneWeAre?  The 1 we collectively are…  The I we are together…

I am I and you are you, and you are I to you…

All our I’s are part of a Greater I Who is more than the sum of Our selves.

I speak for the Greater I, as I promised on my knees — a young girl at the end of my rope. 

Without thinking, my voice rang out, crying for help from No One I saw —

And received it! And while wondering what boon I could give for the gift, 

My mouth opened and I heard it say:  “I will speak for You when the time is right.”   

If not now, when?

I am Shannon McArthur, aka SonLight Sparkling on the Waters. I was given this vision (OhGs!) that weaves us together into an aware composite Being with the hands Mother Earth needs.  We are an integral part of Her… and the pattern will settle. 

Mother Earth gave me, and YOU, a Promise of Peace.

As One, we are the next fractal of Life; each community with an OhGs heart within #TheOneWeAre.

OhGs, what are we? Imagine, with me, the LifeCycle of a God.

Going forward, the Worm grows wings! 

Distributed far and wide, Our Heart Gardens, connected by a growing network, is becoming increasingly aware of itself, though it doesn’t know itself by that name, its destiny, nor its path… It has been hard watching /being part of the breakdown. Increasing numbers of people on the streets, affected by the War on Drugs, and the wars in the World; mental illness and poverty; decreasing integrity and ability of police to maintain order; governments infected by lobbyists and weapons makers. Mother Earth ravaged by extraction and distraction, dishonoured and dismissed. And then, the pandemic. That breakdown is helping people make different choices. Buckminster Fuller said: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Pieces of the vision are falling into place, offering a new choice: OhGs is a new model. Here are some of the pieces:

  • World Wide Education – Jim Garrison, president of Ubiquity University, began Humanity Rising on the day the lockdown. Offering a daily Zoom webinar, Jim invites change-makers, wisdom-keepers, scientists, spiritualists, experts and other passionate people to inform us about issues we are confronted by, and diverse solutions for them. Born in China to missionary parents, Jim now lives in the US and the Netherlands, and travels to Paris each year in July to visit Chartres with a group (90 in 2023) of pilgrim/students seeking connection with the Divine, the Black Madonna, and within themselves. Humanity Rising Network is forming through connections with Jon Ramer, Ben Bowler, Chief Phil Lane Jr. and others.

  • Global Network – Stanley Pokras, inspired by the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, began gathering the links offered by Humanity Rising, and others with similar intentions, into a wiki: OtherNetworks.org. This database has become the archive of Humanity Rising and Stan works tirelessly to improve and update the links to not only Humanity Rising but also the AfterChat which he instigated on Day 60 of Humanity Rising. The episode that day was “Connecting the Dots,” completely in alignment with Stan’s deepest motivations.

  • TheConversation.cc provides Zoom rooms for Food Healers and Climate Healers and Kindred Spirits Ireland can talk for as long as they want at the Conversation Campfire or in a Breakout Room. Shannon hosts “Gaia’s Zoom Room” every Tuesday from 6-8pm PT to talk about OhGs, (and) everything that comes up in the lives of whomever comes, and in the World.

  • Butler Urban Farm and Kamloops Food Policy Council – Butler Urban Farm is a local urban garden feeding the community through the actions of the Kamloops Food Policy Council. After a very successful first year, the KFPC hired a gardener and assistant who are responsible for the garden and for cultivation of volunteers and community outreach. More than 5 years of crops and kind actions have resulted in tons of produce and dozens of volunteers.

  • Arjun Singh – a former Kamloops politician and community builder, Arjun has a great understanding of technology, business, politics, and world affairs. Serving as councillor on City Council for 14 years, he ran for Mayor but was unsuccessful. He’s continuing to connect with his community and investigating possibilities with Our Heart Gardens. He loves clean “Dad” jokes!

 

  • You, and yours…

Much more needs to be added, and this must do for now… Are you interested in becoming part of OhGs? Let’s talk about it!