Interesting - sad, in some ways, as it means we have moved so far away from the natural world that we are a part of that we become more significant than our native world. Nevertheless, change is the only constant in the Universe, so there comes a time when it may be better to "go with the flow".
For me personally, I would rather be somewhere peaceful, and full of natural energies - as I am while doing the first draft of this post, at a house in regional Victoria. Others, however, prefer more "excitement" (I could put my tongue in my cheek and use the word "frenetic", but I'll save that for when I grumble about how the pace of life is generally faster than it was "in my day") - particular if they are young adults, at the stage where they are exploring interactions with other adults.
In fact, I like to build structures that complement and work with natural energies wherever I live - such as labyrinths. Or I work with crystals ...
However, for central business districts, which these days tend to be the hubs at the centre of a wheel of spokes made of roads, railways and development (Melbourne even now plans for "green wedges", as they've decided to give up fighting developers - who appear to have been responsible for losing the green belts Melbourne was supposed to have a century or so ago), natural energies are going to struggle, or be swamped or overloaded with the stress, anxiety, selfishness, freneticism, superficiality, predatoriness, and other such energies that accumulate in such places because of the way people in many parts of the world conduct business these days.
Well, what do we do about this?
Well, I know of Druids having placed a large stone in a position to help the flow of energies along a motorway in Britain which is supposed to have reduced the number of accidents there. Such henges could, perhaps, be of some benefit in cities, but I would be concerned whether they would be adequately protected, or whether they would be eroded by frequent vandalism/disrespect. I think the stone I referred to was not in an obvious or publicly accessible place, so it was protected.
I know of some buildings (skyscrapers) that have large crystals in the foyer. Potentially good, but does anyone look after those? The ones I've seen are of such a size that they would need a group of people to act as carers - and the carers would need rest from time to time as well, as during the day the vast numbers of people in the building would often be busy generating negative energy ...
Having cities on rivers can potentially help, if the cities have enough flow to carry away the negative energy, but then one has to think of what happens to the energy: where is it going to be dissipated or dissolved or in some way "made good"? What makes this worse is when the river is disrespected, and allowed to become polluted. (I found the River Torrens that Adelaide is on to be a slow, stagnant river, full of negativity and not much use for cleansing, when I was there a few years ago.)
I would like to see city councils stop trying to get as much as possible on their land (which means they get more rates) and ensure that EVERY skyscraper has a zone around it that is planted out with well maintained trees. Trees can act as light pumps, but they have other benefits that I have posted about previously as well. If every tall building had a zone of trees for a distance of between one ninth and one sixth of the height of the building around it, I think people would find the workplace cultures that developed in the building would be less gossipy, less backstabbing, less bullying, less blame-focused, and less vicious in every way. They might even become pleasant to work in ...
The emerging trend towards "green roofs" could be of some help, but those trees lack direct contact with Mother Earth (the earth they are planted in provides some indirect contact, though) and are too inadequate in extent for most of the multi-storey buildings I've experienced. Having parkland nearby can be good, provided it has lots of trees, or flowing rivers or a large, clean lake.
By the way, I have worked in a fifty storey building (and have spent a couple of decades working in a ten storey building), so there is some practical experience in this assessment.
This also applies to multi-storey residential buildings. Although they tend to have gardens around them, they don't have as many trees, in my experience as they need (and there are many other things wrong with such developments, but others have researched and written about those aspects ... ).
Ideally we would all become so aware that no-one would have the temerity or crassness to try and build such monstrosities. Sadly, that is a long way off, and it behoves those of us who do have such awareness to consider what we can do to make this world a better place, and concentrated human misery in cities across the world is one such task for us to work on. It is hard to fight the entrenched and domineering interests of the commercial and financial sectors, especially as it is run by people who are too often (but not all) lacking in spiritual or psychic awareness, but large scale public movements have been successful in the past, and maybe that is exactly what is needed now.
I've written to councils about various issues including planting more trees. Maybe we all need to write to councils about trees, clean rivers and space for fresh air and light between the proposed skyscrapers ....
Good luck if you choose to do so: going by experience, you will need it - but I or others working to make this a better place will be there, standing metaphorically (or astrally, in some cases!) behind your shoulder :)
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear")
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Tags: trees, energy work, negative energy, cities, urban living, ley lines, energy flows,
First published: Tysdagr, 26th April, 2011
Last edited: Tuesday, 26th April, 2011
