Sounds Like Peace (2025)

16/12/2022

As neither Liz nor I can work out how to change the settings so that she can post on here herself, I'm copying here what Liz Baker was kind enough to say about last night's meeting. This is the post shared with her Oneness Community ........

"Last night, I joined in the final Transforming Conflict zoom session of 2022. Alexis Zane held space for participants to focus on how we can transform conflict on both the personal and global level.

It was a very nurturing, gentle and supportive session. We sat in silence in Sacred Space; we listened to healing music with profound messages in the poetic lyrics and we chatted as friends to share reflections on our times of mistakes and wisdoms - all with a sprinkle of gracious humour! It was a very heart warming session.

The Unicorn Energy made it’s self available to us. The Unicorns always represent Alignment with Source and Pure Innocence/Inner Sense for me. The Unicorns mentioned to us that they do not hold any “stories” within themselves whereas humans hold onto our stories as if they are our true identity rather than letting go of our stories in order to reveal our DIVINE SELF that is infinite; unchanging and pure Original Divine Self. The Unicorns reminded us that our Divine Self is very simple in many ways - not entangled in ancestral, generational, cultural Karmic patterns. By remembering our Original Divine Self, we can find our TRUE IDENTITY which holds no stories and no history of entanglements.

THE DIVINE SELF IS ULTIMATELY FREE AND IDENTIFIES ITSELF AS THE UNIVERSE.

Thank you to Alexis for holding space for us all to Transform Conflict - to let go of the habit of digging ourselves deeper into troubled stories due to the human habit of identifying ourselves as “struggling diggers” rather than ”Cosmic Creators”. 💖

30/11/2022

The next Transforming Conflict group zoom meeting will be at 7pm (UK time) on Thursday 15th December.
In homage to John Lennon and Paul McCartney - and the creative era and energy of the '60's - we'll get on board our (de-nuked) Yellow Submarine and take a Magical Mystery Tour into the waters of our emotional landscape.
Space on board is limited, so do book in with me in advance to receive your zoom link (and do remind me if you think I've forgotten to send it to you).
Be sure to arrive in good time for sailing - once the voyage is underway we won't be taking on any latecomers.
This will be the last group meeting in 2022.

20/11/2022

The next 'Transforming Conflict' group Zoom meeting will take place on Sunday 27th November and will start at 4pm (UK time).
I prefer smaller intimate groups where right relationship can be held, so I will not be making the zoom link public.
Message me to reserve your place.
When you have a reserved place, do please let me know if circumstances change and you are unable to take part.
(For more information about the meetings, their format and length, please refer to the pinned post on the Sounds Like Peace page - the one with the picture of the bees and the honeycomb)

Artist unknown. Picture found on Facebook.

11/11/2022

Can you hear the hum?? We’re back making and spreading the honey…..!!!

Sounds Like Peace has being going through its own transformational process. As with all the best creative processes - In the beginning, there was sound …….. now, the transformational qualities of silence.

After a group of us came together last night with the focussed intention of “Transforming Conflict” what has emerged is a remembrance which has resulted in a resurrected form for 'Sounds Like Peace'. It has become an umbrella in the current Storms, to hold a sanctuary space for the sharing of Oneness, Peace and Grace; and, to offer creative and innovative solutions to felt dis-ease.

By participating in the new format Sounds Like Peace group meetings, we nurture ourselves ... our connections to one another … and our individual and group connections to Gaia, Source, Spirit, God, the Universe (however you understand or relate to the masculine and feminine archetypal forces of creation) and their emissaries and ambassadors.

Investing our attention and energy as members of a group in this way of appreciation and honouring, it is our intention to manifest a shared vision for a healthy, harmonious, flourishing, and abundant World. Doubtless there will be some debris to be cleared and transmuted along the way. May this be done with ease and grace.

Engaging in this group, may each of us remember to do, and speak, unto others as we would have them do and speak to us.
May we remember to be caring and to look for and to be open to seeing and appreciating the beauty that surrounds us; and, hold gratitude and love in our hearts.

Meetings will be held on Zoom twice a month. One will be on a weekday evening; and, the other on a weekend afternoon (most likely a Sunday). In this way people can choose which one works best for them or do both if they wish. (Be sure to set your FB notifications for this page to 'Follow All Posts' to stay advised of the dates and times of upcoming meetings)

Though a full meeting will likely last a couple of hours, it is possible to participate in a shortened version as explained below. Whilst the form of the meetings is loose and flexible in response to the moment, because people ask me what to expect, here’s a brief summary and explanation of how they will likely pan out …...
For the first 10 to 15 minutes there will be a general chat, introductions and discussion - it’s a time for settling in and mingling, if you will.
After this, I will say a Prayer to the Directions and invoke and establish sacred space. This will be followed by a period of silent communion (eyes open, or closed in meditation, according to individual preference) lasting several (say 5 -10) minutes.
There will be an invitation (for those who wish to) to share what they have experienced during this First Silence.
Following and in response to this, I will call through an energetic transmission to be shared by the drinking of a water blessing. This will in turn be followed by a second period of silent communion likely to last several minutes.
There will be a further opportunity (though no obligation) for people to share what they have experienced during this Second Silence.
Having created this safe and sacred space, the group will address its attention to any conflicted situation that anyone in the group feels called to bring to the group’s attention - be it of a personal nature or something happening in the World at large. Implicit in the group field will be the intention and prayer for appropriate support, movements or ways through to emerge as a result of the loving care and attention of the group and the wisdom streams that attend within the sacred space.
At the end, the Sacred Space will be closed and farewells said.

Whilst I’ve outlined my own role in these meetings, I would emphasise that the meetings are not about me or any other individual member. I simply give my commitment and organising skills to them. We all have gifts to share - mine are the holding of space, access to a substantial archive, the wisdom of my crone years, and my ease and facility with time. Others in the group bring and share their own talents, and the wisdom born of their years of devotion to the pathless path. The intention is for everyone to share and add to the wisdom and energy of the group as they are able and feel called.

Everyone is encouraged to be on time for the start of the meeting. It will not be possible to join the meeting once I have started the Prayer to the Directions.
If you are unable or choose not to take part in the whole meeting, it is OK to sign out either immediately after the conclusion of the sharing after the First Silence - or, at any time after the conclusion of the Second Silence.
Do remember to have your glass and drinking water with you, and any crystal or other companions that you feel called to bring to the Space.

Details of future meetings will be posted on the Sounds Like Peace FB page as and when ...... Bless you and thank you. I look forward to sharing sacred space with you.

31/12/2021

In case anyone is checking in over here, I thought I’d post some images for tonight’s gonging which will be starting soon. It feels very auspicious that there are 22 of us in the circle 🥰

20/12/2021

I spent some time this morning writing a piece about last night’s gonging. I posted it and waited for the post to appear …. And I waited ….. and I waited …… I’ve now decided that Facebook has lost my post (not for the first time), so I shall try again and hope that I remember everything that I had wanted to say. My apologies if any of you have been wondering about the silence on my part.
The attached picture is almost a representation of last night’s mandala. The name cards were then face up. I had the idea that, to respect people’s privacy, I needed to turn them over before taking the photograph.
My sense all along was that this was to be a simple mandala. My crystal harp in the centre represented the purity of its crystal sound frequencies.
I knew that the mandala was to contain shells. As I placed them in the circle, I realised that although all of the shells were very different, they each at their core had a golden mean spiral. For me this mirrored those taking part - each very different expressions with the same core energy.
I had at first forgotten that Pietr (my large smokey quartz skull which is full of rainbows) had made known to me early last week that it wanted be in the mandala. Fortunately, whilst I was preparing the mandala, Andrew was watching something about Tibetan skulls and this served as an amusing and timely reminder. Once Pietr was in place, I realised that two other crystal skulls - Cheeky Chappie and Chuckles - weren’t to be left out either.
When I was organising the name cards for the people taking part, some golden cards with a holographic honeycomb design caught my eye. They were cards which I had made some time ago, possibly for one of my Stargate groups - long enough ago that I no longer remembered what they were. When I looked, I saw that they bore the names of angels - angels whose names I didn’t recognise - an unlikely choice for me. Anyhow, I discovered that 6 of them wanted to be in the circle too. These are their names - Melahel, Mebahiah, Veuliah, Menadel, Yeiaiel, and Pahaliah. Perhaps someone more used to working with angelic energy who is familiar with these energies might care to offer a description of their qualities.
The green glass dragon snuck into the mandala at the last minute.
I don’t have that much to say about my experience of the gonging itself - save for what happened at around 7:40pm. I had paused my playing of my large gongs - on this occasion I was playing my Water gong together with my Jupiter (aka Zeus), Pluto and Mercury planetary gongs - and had gone over to the mandala to gong over it with my favourite gong - a very old, small, hand gong that came from Tibet. After doing that, I found myself dancing and gonging in the centre of the room doing what I was told was a banishing dance (as if I knew what that was!). This lasted several minutes. (On these occasions I'm very glad that nobody is watching me.)
This morning, when I went back into the room, I was very aware of the two Octa (8 skin) sheepskin rugs in there. They felt very active and brought to mind the piece I posted on my personal page some days ago about the Lion and the Lamb.
Since the gonging, a number of people have sent me private messages about their experiences. I do hope that some of them and others will share something on here. I find that sharing builds community, reveals common themes, prompts memories and encourages and invites others to feel the energy of what was experienced.
PS. Andrew, who doesn’t use a computer, has asked me to share that he was given a stream of different mental images that he is unable now to recall, but that the experience has left him with a feeling of a new sense of determination.....

18/12/2021

When the inspiration for Sunday night’s Event came through and I was given the title ‘the Ear of Listening’ and shown that the ear in question was central to the heart (as seen in ‘h.ear.t’), I had imagined that it would be about how we listen to one another. I did not though realise the full implications of that.

Last night, my New Earth Harmony Group came together on Zoom to do the hermetic work that I was ’told’ was also needed to lay the energetic foundation for Sunday’s gonging.

Although, during the course of last week, there were times when I thought I had a sense of what I would be working with in that group - when last night came, it felt as though I was blindfolded, stumbling in the dark to find my way. Three people in the group were in different stages of cold, flu-like symptoms; and, in the first silent coming together, my senses were dominated by the feeling of the 'thick head' energy in the group. It carried an attendant sadness.

When one member of the group apologised for her ill-health, I realised that the sadness was related to a feeling of shame and self-judgement; and that it had touched upon a place where, as a little girl, I had been ashamed at what I saw as my own imperfection - when I had infantile paralysis, which was attributed by the doctors to the polio virus. At that time I had experienced people pulling away from me, and a sense of seeing and holding myself separate became seeded.

I realised from this start to the group process that I needed to read a piece of inspired writing entitled “Blessedness Is The Way Beyond Disease” which had caught my eye before the session. It is a powerful piece which speaks about the suffering in the World and the different approaches of doctors and shamans, and of healing as an art form and way of being. Its narrative is highly relevant to the challenges of these current times. It describes the hermetic energies that I call through in these groups as “a midwifing power” to make way for a culture grounded in Divine inspiration.

The flow of the process from that point was clear. The path we followed took us in stages into a deeper connection to the divine, the source within our own hearts. That was mirrored, and in some respect achieved, by each of us holding our hands in prayer pose over our hearts for much, if not all, of the final meditation.

Some may recognise this as the Namaste or Anjali mudra which balances the inner masculine & feminine energy flows. If done with the finger tips touching and creating a space between the palms, it creates an opening, symbolising a space for Grace to enter.

As I have been writing this, I have become aware how the hands held in this way also represent right relationship - of one meeting and joining the seeming other (though in truth both hands are parts of the same whole) lightly as equals, and them together holding a sacred space.

That sense of connection, which meets a mirrored perspective and allows space for the sacred, is the field vibration which the New Earth Harmony Group brought through last night. Nearly everyone in that group is taking part in the gonging meditation on Sunday night. We will hold that space for the larger group who will then be connecting in.

For those who are not playing gongs or other instruments and have their hands free, I would suggest that you connect into the group field with the Anjali mudra holding it for as long as you wish but also closing with that mudra. I will not be posting my usual picture before the gonging for people to connect in through, as it is an inner attention that is called for.

During the meditation, you may care to contemplate and reflect upon the places where you hold a sense of shame, self-judgment and self-attack - feelings that render you not worthy or less than blessed. Then, be willing to surrender and give up that old sense of self as you embrace your connection to the divine within you, allow the Universal creative life force energy to flow through your heart and feel the grace and compassion which awaits.

If anyone has any questions, do please contact me. If afterwards anyone would like to comment on their experience of the gonging, please feel free to do that as a comment to this post.

17/12/2020

For some unknown reason, I wasn’t able to post the photos with the video - so, here are the photos ...😁

17/12/2020

Phew! Well I’m ready for tonight’s gonging “Anchors for Heaven” and I hope that you are too. The gonging will start at 7:30pm. and I would expect that it will go on until around 8:15pm.
So much has happened in the preparation for this that I can’t begin to tell you all.
I do appreciate all the contributions of sites which people have suggested. It has been an education for me. I am very grateful to everyone who is taking part in this with me and contributing their energy to the group field.
Having been pretty intense here in our library (it is called ‘Alexandria’) for a few days, there is now an incredible silence and stillness.
May this evening support us all in anchoring the heaven within us; and, support and maintain the anchors of heaven in the Earth that function around the World.
(I had to do a separate photo of one of the corner pieces because I forgot to do a twirl over it as I made the video 😁. The little medallions in the circles don’t show up too well - they are all laser cuts of crop circles from over the years.)

12/12/2020

For anyone thinking of taking part in next Thursday's Sacred Sites network gonging "Anchors for Heaven", I thought you might like to know the sites that have been nominated for inclusion so far. As you can see and feel from this list, there is a strong energy building for this one -

UK:
Arbor Low
Avebury
Cader Idris x 2
Castlerigg
Dartmoor Stone Circle (near Meltor)
Filey Brigg
Glastonbury Tor x 2
Gors Fawr
Nine Ladies
Rosslyn Chapel
Rudston Monolith
Tintagel

Non-UK:
Gunung Agung
Lake Titicaca
Machu Picchu
Monségur
Mosque of Rustem Pasha
Mount Olympus
Mount Sinai
Ship Rock
Temple of Isis at Philae

I know of several more people who will be taking part but haven't yet let me know their nominated sacred site. For all would-be participants who haven't yet let me know, whilst you do have until next Wednesday at 4pm to do so, it does assist me and gives me more time to prepare when nominations come in ahead of the deadline. Your early notifications are very much appreciated. Many Thanks 🍀🥰

19/11/2020

If trees could talk, what would they say?
Undoubtedly I received a strong message during tonight’s gonging where the focus of the group was on connecting with Ancient Trees. Putting that message into words to convey the understanding of it to another, now that’s a different matter.
About half an hour into the gonging, after a very calm and soothing first 30 minutes, I found myself hammering away at the Sedna gong in an unrelenting manner. That it had something to do with trauma was obvious - that it was contrary to the current reverence of trauma was also clear - but how to reflect it accurately without the mind’s distortions and filters was the challenge.
It felt like the trees were saying that life happens; and, to live in the here and now - that they have the whole range of experiences and take each day as it comes.
When I came back into the house from the gonging, I asked Andrew how he had experienced the session. He reported that he had felt fortified by it, that he was experiencing a new hardiness. When I told him of my experience he could feel what I was saying and he spoke of trees having resilience and that was a word which had real resonance for me.
Something prompted me to google to see what the Traditional Chinese Medicine understanding is of the wood element. This is one brief statement that I found -
“Wood exemplifies the energy of growth, change, and pushing through. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, elements are also associated with body organs. The Wood element represents the liver and the gall bladder. The liver function is considered to be the grand architect for our vision of the future.” (nccaom.org)
I found this really helpful in making sense of the trees’ message - which I would say is to stay flexible, push through any seeming hardship, focus on growth and having a vision for the future.

19/11/2020

Tonight’s mandala.
In case anyone wants to know, we have -
single nominations for each of the following trees ….. Beech, California Redwood, Cedar, Heart of Dragon, Horse Chestnut, Kauri, Lime, Ornamental Pear, Rowan, Royal Poinciana, Silver Birch, Umbrella and Walnut.
We also have 2 mystery/unidentified trees, 3 Copper Beech, 3 Yew and 9 Oaks.
They all look stunning and have great presence - balanced with that soft intimacy which they also offer.
An old friend who is taking part tonight had me read Chapter 4 of Robert Macfarlane’s book “Underland” last night. I feel that what I took from what I read was very present in me as I created the mandala - that sense of appreciation of everything just as it is, not requiring anything to conform, of symbiosis, co-operation and mutual support ..... 🥰

May the Wisdom and Blessings of the Trees be received and appreciated by everyone and may they know how lovingly they are held and appreciated by this group 🥰

All set for a 7:30pm (UK time) start 🌳✨💛

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