issue 1: HarmonyWelcome to the first issue of The Community Garden newsletter! The general theme for this week’s assortment is “Harmony”. We experience musical harmony when different instruments play or different voices sing different notes simultaneously, but in a way that sounds both pleasing and integrated. As a group of distinct individuals emitting different frequencies through our unique beingness, we can experience a kind of ‘pleasing integration of different notes’ or harmony in community. What we inevitably produce together, when relating to one another in harmonic resonance, is not only pleasing but powerful as we together become far greater than the sum of each part. Harmony is based in unity and connectedness and is life-supporting in nature. In contrast, discord is destructive, corrosive and generally antithetical to life. Wherever we experience harmony and balance among a diverse array of elements—whether in nature, art or music—we experience an uplifting feeling from the quality of life infused within. Conversely, discordant sounds have a generally aggravating and life-depleting effect. In this way, we can sense how very connected we all are and how responsive we are—even if unconsciously—to the influences around us. There is no part of the whole that does not suffer for the suffering in the world or benefit from the goodness being offered. We must remember that we are co-creators and collaborators in this magnificent Earth orchestra. If we are passive in our role, our vibration will adjust in sympathetic resonance to match the dominant vibration of any situation. When the dominant vibration of a situation is sliding more and more into the realm of discord and chaos, it is imperative that we consciously and actively resist the decline by engaging our ability to uplift and raise the frequency in ways that are true to our most authentic selves. This is why I encourage all who are a part of our great community to make a contribution to the whole by offering your own unique piece, playing your own distinct and valuable part in the Greater World Harmonic. We, as the aptly named Greater World community, represent a microcosm of the greater world at large and, as such, I suspect whatever we do here to elevate our experience of connectedness is particularly felt in the world beyond our bubble. What we offer need not be demonstrative to be felt. Simply being and living from a higher frequency makes a valuable contribution to anchoring the light. This newsletter is an invitation to actively engage in a positive, productive and collaborative way as you feel inspired. The intention behind this weekly ‘love letter to the community’ is to do my small part in raising the frequency of our Greater World Harmonic by infusing the culture of our community with a bit of inspiring and uplifting content for consideration, a sort of weekly recalibration or mindful fine tuning as it were. May you feel uplifted and inspired today by the exquisite orchestra of sounds, breathtaking beauty and dance of diversity all around us, playing together in harmonic resonance. In Truth, Beauty and Goodness, B. Monique ✺This newsletter is intended to be a collaborative project so if you would like to make a contribution to any upcoming newsletters, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
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