Meditate for the Animals

This, which was posted on a number of animal rights e-mail lists today, pretty much speaks for itself,

5 Minutes of Silence for the Animals – Sundays @ 8:00 p.m.

Please forward to other groups.

A reminder to encourage our networks of friends and family members
around the world to spend 5 minutes this Sunday (and every Sunday)
evening at 8:00 (New York/East Coast time — sorry for my regional
bias) to pray/meditate/reflect/visualize on behalf of the animals.

Some people might want to get together in groups, preceded by a vegan
meal and discussion. Others may want to extend the 5 minutes to 20
minutes or an hour.

Suggested themes for thought/prayer/visualization include:

* imagine an umbrella of healing, powerful thoughts enveloping all
creatures and surrounding them with love and protection

* pray for/request/visualize special intervention, comfort and
healing to animals in captivity, labs, zoos, food factories, fur
factories and other institutions

* visualize this energy surrounding those humans who harm animals
either intentionally or unintentionally and imagine this healing
light surrounding their head and heart

* visualize our companion animals and thank them for sharing their
lives with us

* visualize the expanding network of people working together in
various ways to raise public consciousness about the rights and
welfare of our co-species

You might enjoy meditating on one of the beautiful photos at:
http://justnicephotos.homestead.com/moment.html

Other ideas for meditation themes are welcome, as well as suggestions
for an alternate morning time for those who are “morning people.”

I plan to meditate on the sheer beauty of barbecued chicken.