Thanks Open for lightening up a deeper look in that area of the global situation .
I can share and offer first hand testimony of what i have witnessed from 2013 onwards somewhere in South India .
I was there from November 2013 untill April 2014 to complete an overall training in supervising a guesthouse ( in which i invested time , passion for the growth of a sweet project , and watching how nature is treated in remote local areas ) . That area is the one where That Sacred very old Mountain called " Arunachala " or " Shiva in it's silent form " lies . The beautiful picture given during the " Divinicus " workshop with the blue light originated from a shot taken of that Mountain .
I came to hear that the next state of Karnataka was selling the water ( probably by deviating water from rivers & water tanks at some point ) that normally should flow towards the state of Tamil Nadu . I wasn't so surprised when i heard this because of all the diverse corruption cases that takes place in India .
What was pretty sad and shocking to witness is simply the fact that the monsoons that normally take place around the months of August and December were starting to feel very weak : A few days of gentle rain , nothing more . That did have serious consequences of the landscape around - from nov 2013 untill april 2014 , i truly witnessed 3 days of rain . Nothing else than heat prevailed over the span of 5 months . I saw nature becoming bleach , the green from trees & rice fields fading away like i had never seen before . A lot fo sadness came up and the question rose : how are we going to live if ressounces are deviated like this or come to get dry here end there ?
In the street the guesthouse is located in , there are a few taps set alongside the road - it's a small village where many people still don't have running water - they fetch it at these taps every day for cooking , showering , cloth washing etc... Women do fetch actually that water . Still , what struck me so deeply in that street was the lack of awareness regarding one issue : closing the taps properly so that not an ounce of water would be spoiled - as the ressources seemed to drop drastically and suddenly within few months . What happens is that most of those water taps often leak all day long . I tried my best by sometimes closing them & i informed my Indian friend about it - so that maybe a decisive / informative note could be written and spread . Not easy situation indeed . Most people who would for example build a house in that street will always search for water in the ground to connect to as water supply . They bring a truck with huge drill machinery and drill the ground up to 100 feet deep . Few years back , it was pretty easy to find a huge pocket of water to connect to , but lately , i witnessed 7 drilling trucks not fining once ounce of water . Anybody could hear the deep horrible sound of the drilling process going on - all the while anybody could hear that water is not to be found in that area anymore .
In our guesthouse , actually , we are the only ones to still use the water beneath and it works very well . A filtering system was installed to clean the wasted waters and send back to the undergroung poket . It works very well too . Somehow , we managed to have a very small imprint on that beautiful countryside area . Happy it worked out - but i can(t stop feeling sad for the lack of " water supply awareness " around . Hopefully , they will quick realize there is something to do about it .
In every room , we have instaled water filters to encourage guests not to buy from those big water compagnies around . the filters have to be checked every few weeks in order to be very effective and safe . That truly made a difference overall to reduce plastic use and water waste .
I heard that last december , it started to rain very often and on a more regular basis , so that borught back a new smile in the heart .
On another note , thanks to a beautiful spring water nearby where i live in Belgium , i have the blessing to be able to use it all year long / a bit like in Glastonbury and other areas in Europe . It has been nearly 10 years that i fetch the drinking water over there and always enjoy a soothing forest / elemental connection whenever i go there . Just a heart opening energy field radiates over there .
Amazingly enough , very rare people around ask me where it is , how it tastes , and how to get it ; etc... Like if buying water in the supermarkets will always be available in the right quantities and amounts for the years to come ... i am pretty stunned to the non awareness of that very important part of our lifes .
I felt it was important to share my personnal observations and see what kind of emotions regarding the issue come to the surface , explore them and see what else i can do to help the situation .
When water comes to mind , Fukushima comes to mind also - The water element got violently wounded by that huge metaphoric and real incident . It struck waves and waves of sadness within at that time .
10 days ago , i felt to dive with the " Gaia meditation " from Open . From the start , tears of pain & sadness came up regarding " humanity and Mother Gaia " - i really felt like empathazing with the whole situation and it felt liberating as well . Few days later , last sunday , by connecting to the Kiama group field , a huge wave of " Soul family " connection came within - so soothing ! that was unbeleivable and so refreshing .
Happy sunday to all , in Love
Jean-Michel