Spiritual Forum

December 27, 1999

MILLENNIUM MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF PAO My dear  friends, we stand on the edge of a grand adventure in consciousness! Each of  you, in your own unique way, is beginning to awaken to the welcomed vastness and  joy that is Spirit. You are encountering the remarkable nature of your conscious  potential. This potential drives you toward achieving full consciousness.

This level of utmost awareness and immaculate presence is very Christ-like.  It allows you to dwell in quite an amazing society - a galactic society. This  coming society arises out of our continuing growth in consciousness and an  approaching first contact with our galactic neighbors - the Galactic Federation  of Light. One of PAO's greatest challenges is to be one of the mediators as well  as one of the guides bridging these realities. What does PAO need to meet this  challenge?

With your help, we intend to expand our network of PAGs into every country on  this globe and to create special consciousness discovery centers. It is our  objective in the coming years to have well over 300 of these centers worldwide.  In this way, we firmly resolve to do our part in moving this society toward full  consciousness. Together, we can achieve our destiny and become a truly galactic  society.

We plan to create more websites. We also intend to very soon introduce a  series of teaching and information-gathering conferences to be conducted on a  regional and global basis. In these conferences, we can discuss the future of  this organization, introduce some amazing consciousness tools as well as  discover the adventure that lies within us. Finally, we are preparing to bring  forth many insightful publications. We are excited and in joy! We hereby  resolve, in the very near future, to announce some truly remarkable projects  which can help all of us in PAO to achieve our longed for goals.

Can you feel the excitement? Can you see that this coming decade, century and  millennium is one to greatly look forward to? Come join us and together let us  share the wonder, the enjoyment and the celebrating of all that we can become  and all that we are destined to be.

Let me sincerely thank those of you who have worked so tirelessly without pay  to bring our message to the world. Without you, PAO could not exist in its  present form. We need more of you to come forward and help us to build PAO into  what it can potentially be.

Despite what many of you may have heard, PAO is in great need of a steady  stream of financial contributions. At present, due to a lack of sufficient  funds, we are run on a shoestring budget. Many a month, I have had to scrape  hard to pay our bills or even to pay the rent on my modest dwelling. I call upon  those PAGs, PAWs and others whose hearts sing with our message to come forth and  generously contribute to the continuance and the growth of PAO! (CLICK HERE for a copy of our contribution form)

Selamat Ja! Sheldan Nidle _{Founder and Director, Planetary  Activation Organization (PAO)}

CHANGE IN ACRONYM Since the galactic word "PA'O" requires certain  clicks and high notes to be pronounced properly, we have decided to change the  word to "PAO". This word is pronounced by just saying its three letters - P, A,  O.

Thank you. _{Selamat Ja! Sheldan Nidle}

PAG PHOTO ALBUM We invite PAGs to send in their group photo to be  published on our website every month. Our intent is to show the many faces of  PAGs participating all over the world. PAGs can have their own unique group name  and message to the world. This shows their autonomy and our respect for their  identity. Send your scanned image in JPG format (for Windows) or JPEG format  (for Macintosh) topagstories@aol.com Please give us some brief  information about your group.

PAG STORIES We welcome all PAG members to send in their  experiences and stories of remarkable PAG people and amazing events to be  published in our newsletter. Also, we would love to hear about projects  accomplished in 1999 and projects planned for 2000. Please tell your stories as  clearly and vividly as possible, and keep each story to not more than one page  in length. The goal of these stories is to inspire other groups to initiate new  projects, to self-organize, and to encourage cooperation and support among the  groups. Please include the name of the author, the name of your group, address,  and country. Also, please send a copy to your Regional Coordinator. Send your  stories to:pagstories@aol.com

To read the latest Pag Stories: Click Here

SURVEY We are conducting a survey and we'd appreciate your  feedback to the question:

What is special about PAO that inspires your support?

Send your brief response to paorg@aol.com to  be published in the monthly newsletter. Please remember to put "PAO Survey" on  the subject line.

SUSAN:  HER LIFE AND HER COMMENTARIES Greetings. I am honored to write  commentaries which appear on the PAO website for my brother, Sheldan. I live in  Seattle, work as a critical care registered nurse and am in my 40's (enough  about that!).

Sheldan is my elder brother and we grew up in Buffalo, New York. Our family  consisted of just we two siblings raised by two odd parents, a huge extended  ethnic family, and a strange assemblage of "other" personages. Both of us  migrated west many long years ago. I have lived in the Pacific Northwest for 24  years, while my brother has lived in California and Hawaii.

To clarify, my commentaries appear sporadically because, sadly, I am pressed  for time due to a tight school/work schedule. I have gladly written for the site  and have especially enjoyed feedback from readers. A deep satisfaction gleaned  from the act of writing impels me to continue. My mind and personality crave the  opportunity to write more articles, books and screenplays. The most pleasurable  experience of my life, however, will always be the act of reverently gazing at  the night sky and dreaming. This continues to the present unremittingly, as it  has from early childhood. I believe it harms no one and nothing, except for  straining my neck muscles. Writing gallops closely behind in my list of beloved  pastimes. The worship of "Mary" in all of her forms and the love of animals,  trees, music, and some people, occupies my heart. The appearance of a suitable,  loving mate and the hard road to accomplishing a nurse practitioner's license  and/or a writer's success, loom on the horizon. Why limits? What, me worry? As  everything changes so profoundly before our eyes, one never knows what "them  guys upstairs" have in store.

Namaste, Susan

To read Susan's Millennium Commentary, "Some Thoughts About Time" Click Here

KEO: TAKING OUR LETTERS TO THE FUTURE If you could send a message  to future generations, what would it be, and how would you send it? For those of  you interested in doing something special for the new millennium, here's one  idea...

Did you hear about the space art project of French artist Jean-Marc Philippe?  He's the creator of KEO, a satellite designed to stay in orbit for 50,000 years.  KEO is meant to be a work of art...it will have giant wings that will flap for a  few years after its launch in 2001. Its sole purpose is to be beautiful. When  KEO finally plunges back into the atmosphere, its disintegrating heat shield  will generate spectacular streamers of light. It will look like a shooting  star.

KEO's core, a small titanium sphere, will fall to Earth intact. Inside will  be LETTERS FROM US. Philippe hopes to collect millions of letters, store them on  compact disks in a titanium sphere, and launch them in 2001. His goal is to get  people to look beyond their desks and kitchens and ponder WHAT IS IMPORTANT  today, and what kind of future they want to create for their world. He wants us  to feel like one of the authors of the human community... equally... everyone -  the child of the slums, the African sorcerer, the Nobel laureate in  economics...everyone. As an artist, what he says he wants to do is "stimulate  the beauty of the species, the grandeur of humanity." He has dozens of engineers  from top industry and government labs in France working on his project for free  in their spare time.

The messages will not be censored. You can say anything you like in any  language. After KEO is launched, Philippe plans to publish all the messages.  People will learn what other people - of radically different origins - think is  important. What he believes is important is the moment of PERSONAL REFLECTION...  that we may be a bit CHANGED by just taking the time to question ourselves. You  could say it's a planetary adventure.

If you'd like to participate, here's the website. (I took quotes and  sentences from Robert Kunzig's article "Ark de Triomphe" - DISCOVER magazine  June 1999.) www.keo.org is accepting e-mail messages up to  6,000 characters or less and for those without e-mail access, you may send up to  four typewritten pages to KEO's mailing address:

KEO 65 bis Boulevard Brune 75014 Paris FRANCE

Happy Holidays and a Joyful Millennium to all of you!

Selamat Ja! Miriam de Vera

MILLENNIUM MESSAGE FROM INTERNATIONAL COORDINATORS INTERNATIONAL  UPDATE As the new millennium approaches, we'd like to pay tribute to the  International Country Coordinators. They have been one of the keys to PAO's  success over the past few years. We are truly grateful to have such great, loyal  and dedicated people working with us as part of our PAO Family of Light.

We would like to highlight two Coordinators who have done exceptional work  this year for PAO: Joohyung Lee, our Korean Country Coordinator and Ricardo  Ocampo, our Ibero-American Coordinator.

Joohyung accepted his position with PAO on July 14, 1999. In less than 6  months this man has organized Korea into three regions, assigned region  coordinators, and invited over 75 people to become PAG members in Korea. He and  his core team have created a mirror site, translating all of Sheldan's  messages user.chollian.net/~pagkorea. In addition to all that,  they published a book containing all of Sheldan's messages from January 2, 1999  through September 28, 1999, plus other website materials. What a joy it was to  see the updates written in Korean! We are honored to work alongside of you.  Thank you.

Ricardo has been with PAO for a couple of years now. During this past year,  he has done an amazing job of introducing PAO to the Spanish/Portuguese speaking  community. He and his staff have done miracles organizing Mexico, South America,  and Central America, as well as bridging with Spain and Portugal. This year,  Ricardo has taken PAO from 3 country Coordinators to over 13. Ricardo and his  staff also have created a mirror site www.redanahuak.org.mx/pao and established a forum  for PAG Coordinators worldwide to communicate with each other and to share their  ideas and experiences. He is filled with innovative ideas on how to share  Sheldan's messages to the world at large. We sincerely thank you, Ricardo.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all PAG Country Coordinators and all PAG  members. With all of us coming together in unity, we are successful in our  shared, most sacred mission. This next year, 2000, promises to be filled with  wonderment and profound changes. Sheldan and I cherish every part of our journey  together.

Selamat Ja! Colleen Marshall and Sheldan Nidle _{International  Coordinators}

PAGS AND PAWS AS "AMBASSADORS OF LIGHT" By Chyrene Pendleton

Greetings Starseeds and Lightworkers!

As the USA Coordinator, I have the opportunity to work directly with and  serve all members across this country in many ways, including helping to form  new PAGs (Planetary Activation Groups) and NETPAGs (Internet Planetary  Activation Groups).

I feel as many of you do - a strong sense of urgency to get things in order  now, to take action now rather than wait for something to happen first. In all  that we do in life, I believe our primary focus must always be on how we can  best serve others, using the wonderful talents we were each born with. And I  believe we must focus on what we can do now to help activate as many people as  possible. Regular ritual and meditation helps us to keep our focus, and our  intentions clear. This is what PAGs are designed for.

Starting A PAG When I receive new member applications, I am moved  by how many are asking what they can do to be of help and how they can  participate. One of the best ways to actively participate in this mission is to  start or join a PAG and/or a NETPAG.

Since PAGs are made up of existing members, as well as like-minded people  from the community, it is easy to announce group meetings by creating flyers and  leaving them everywhere you think people may take notice such as:

• Bookstores
• Libraries
• Metaphysical stores
• Health stores
• Existing spiritual/meditation or like-minded groups
• The Internet (such as in AOL's New Age folder)
• Local computer bulletin boards
• Newspaper ads
• Laundry rooms
• Grocery stores (many have free ad areas)
• Word of mouth is also highly effective.

If you would like a PAO poster you can  print out and distribute: Click  Here _{For best results in printing this poster, please set font  (type) size in Netscape 'preferences' or Internet Explorer 'options' to  'smallest' or '10 pt.'}

Where To Meet PAGs have found places to meet where all in the  group feel comfortable.

Some places where PAGs enjoy meeting are:

• Their favorite restaurants (as a long-time PAG in Olympia, WA  does.)
• Clubhouses
• Metaphysical bookstores
• Libraries (usually free of charge during library hours)
• Community centers (usually at low rates)
• Private homes

These are just some of the locations where PAGs are  currently meeting. Here in Denver, CO we have had meetings outside in parks  during the summer, sharing a picnic at the same time. We've also visited other  PAGs and like-minded groups, enjoyed PAG outings and field trips to related  events (such as movies, lectures, drumming ceremonies, etc.) and invited guest  speakers on related topics. All of these are just some examples of where and how  PAGs across the U.S. are meeting.

A Word About NETPAGs If you are a member and own a computer, you  may want to join a NETPAG - it's fun! NETPAGs are just like PAGs but  communication is done mainly through e-mail. It is designed for those who live  too far away from a PAG, who do not have time to physically attend a group, or  are disabled. Many existing PAG members choose to participate in both. Some  NETPAGs meet and communicate on the Internet in other ways, such as in chat  rooms (as the group in Pennsylvania does) or ICQ (as the NETPAG in Alaska uses).  Each NETPAG has a NETPAG Coordinator and its own focus.

How To Join At this time, the U.S. is divided into 6 regions, and  each region is subdivided into areas. I help those who are interested create  PAGs in each area, as well as NETPAGs (which can cover several areas), so all  have the opportunity to be connected to a group. In 1998, I started a MAILPAG  (covering all regions) for those members who do not have computers and live too  far away from a PAG. In this way, they connect with other members by way of  "snail-mail". If you are interested in joining an existing PAG or NETPAG (or  MAILPAG) in your area, please let your Area or Regional Coordinator know, or you  can contact me at: cap2283@aol.com

PAG Projects PAGs also have global projects, as well as ones the  group decides on, so all can participate. At this time, we are continuing to ask  PAGs around the world to send contributions directly to Sheldan Nidle. This will  be applied to the publishing costs of his new book, Your First Contact.

Also, PAGs are asked to get the word out on the important, beautifully  designed Galactic Calendars. Even if we were launched into our new reality next  month, we would need our Galactic Calendars, as the current Gregorian one would  no longer apply. These are universal, spiritual calendars which the Galactic  Federation uses. The PAO created and sent calendar flyers to everyone just a few  months ago, so they can be easily e-mailed or printed, copied, and distributed.  If you need a flyer, please notify your Area or Regional Coordinator.

And if you are a PAW (Planetary Activation Worker), we encourage you to  participate in these important projects in any way you can. It is truly a  rewarding and joyful experience.

All in all, PAGs are beacons, providing safe environments in the Community  where we can teach, learn, meet and have great discussions with other members  and like-minded people. PAGs provide an environment where we can participate in  group meditation and ritual. PAGs also interact with other groups, bringing in a  wealth of knowledge. By starting or participating in a PAG, we can literally  work as "ambassadors of Light", alongside our Galactic Federation brothers and  sisters and our Angelic friends, to form a global Web of Light.

Chyrene Pendleton _{USA Coordinator Planetary Activation  Organization}

INSPIRATIONS "Sioux Indian Story"

"My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about  seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch  the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as  that stone person.

"You may create lots of splashes in your life but the waves that come  from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures," he  said.

"Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle, and  that circle will also touch many other circles. You will need to live in a  way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace  of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy  will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for  both."

That was the first time I realized each person creates the inner peace or  discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we  are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger. We radiate the   feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not.  Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world,  creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.

Remember the eternal wisdom: WHATEVER YOU FOCUS ON EXPANDS...

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