comments on the UN Meditation room
Written in the early 1970s by Mr. Donald Keys:
from
http://www.aquaac.org/un/sprtatun.html
"The room was opened on October 14, 1952. From then
until 1957 it was
a comfortable, reassuring place with arm chairs, member
nations'
flags, draperies, carpeting and as a non-denominational
center-piece,
a section of an African mahogany tree. On top of the
section, a small
potted philodendron grew, symbolizing perhaps,
everlasting life.
In 1956, a cosmic north wind, named Hammarskjöld swept
in and, gaining
the stunned and somewhat uneasy cooperation of the
Laymen's Movement,
undertook the complete redesign of the meditation room.
In November
1957 the transformed meditation room was finally
reopened. And what a
change! The room in dim light is an austere trapezoid,
narrowing to a
front wall covered by a fresco titled "Infinity" by
Hammarskjöld's
favorite artist, Bo Beskow. Ten cane-seated benches are
arranged in
the back.
In the place of dominance in the room is something
wholly surprising-a
six and a half ton triangular block of crystalline iron
ore from a
Swedish mine. The polished top is lit by a single beam
of light from a
source hidden in the ceiling. It glistens like moonlight
in water.
Approximately 60 slabs were mined before this one was
chosen.
. . .
I want to say just a few more words about the Meditation
Room. It both
gains and suffers from its position. It is one of the
holiest of
holies of the planet, yet it is easily accessible by the
public, being
located in the Visitor's Lobby. It is thus, a great open
secret.
Anyone can go there at any time. It suffers in that
delegates do not
use it much precisely because of its location.
But I have to say that in some way, its talismanic
quality performs
quite irrespective of who uses or does not use it. When
I say it is a
holy of holies, I mean that it is a focus for the
energies of a
unitary planet, for a unified humanity, and for right
relations
between all the kingdoms of life. Those energies use the
room and the
stone like a lens; and through that spot they course
through the
meeting rooms, through the secretariat, through the
delegations and by
that route throughout the world.
Let me share one anecdote. Recently I had the pleasure
of guiding a
representative of the traditional wisdom of the Hopi
People through
the UN, including the Meditation Room. He was not
expecting anything
in particular. But when he entered the room, he audibly
gasped.
Quickly and apologetically, he reached for his medicine
bag, took out
a leather pouch from which he made an offering on the
spot in front of
the rock while saying prayers.
"We have been told," he said, "that there are three most
powerful
places in the United States. This is one of them, and I
am going home
to report it to the Elders." Which he then did.
Also, a dynamite bomb was placed in the Meditation Room.
The fuse went out.
. . .
(more articles:
http://www.aquaac.org/un/found.html)
On 7/8/06, Winifred Barton <www.usnisa.org>
wrote:
THE UNITED NATIONS and the NEW GENESIS.
The United Nations Organisation has the ways and means to fulfill
our
innermost desire to be happy humans living on a planet
of Peace and
Prosperity. We have the technology to do it and the
manpower to apply these
skills. We have The Will of The People to create
a Heaven on Earth.
Since its conception, the UN has been supported by persons of the highest
spiritual integrity. "Those who are wise shall shine
like the brightness
ofthe firmament, and those who turn many to
righteousness like the
starsforever and ever"
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