Cause every bit of land is a holy land and
every drop of water is a holy water and
every single child is a son or a daughter of the one
Earth mama and the one Earth papa

Michael Franti and Spearhead - Hello Bonjour

All water is spiritual, why? It is essential for the Earth, around 70% of the Earths surface is water. All animals (including humans) have a large percentage of water inside themselves. However, we humans need clean, fresh water to survive, and much of the human world does not have that. So water is an essential part of our living, and we need to improve our situation (as a whole world, a collective of humans) if we are to improve and progress as a world. Water is essential, and has always been essential.

From a religious point of view the essentialness of water has been encapsulated in various traditions as:

• Baptism in Christianity, Mandaeism and Sikhism
• Holy Water in Traditional-Ritual Catholic Christian Traditions
• The Mikveh in some Jewish Traditions
• Blessed Water in some traditions of Buddhism
• Healing Water in some traditions of Islam
• The Hindu Tradition of Bathing in the Ganges
• The element of Water in many systems, including Alchemy and the Western Mystery Tradition

Water is scientifically proven and religiously/spiritually appreciated. Can we really continue to pollute water, and ignore the needs of our Brothers and Sisters in water-deprived areas? Please support this years (2010) Blog Action Day petition to support the UN’s efforts to bring clean, safe water to millions of people around the world… and you may also be interested in the charity WaterAid.

Please note that Daniel Lewis (of Vanir Systems) is passionate about humanity, and helping humanity progress. He has an interest in charity, and an interest in helping research into Climate Change and Green IT - in addition to the spiritual side of life. Daniel respects that many people do not believe in the spiritual side of life, and hopes that those people who do not believe appreciate the charitable endeavours of those who do have belief in a supreme being/essence. Thank you for understanding

The International Knowledge Expo 2011: https://www.knowledge-expo.com/

It will be in mid-late 2011 in Bristol, UK. More details available on the website, please register your interest on the site to stay up to date.

I’ll be posting some informal information on this blog from time-to-time, but all formal information will be on the official website.

Here are some informal give-aways:
Slogan:

• “Building Knowledge Bridges”

Mission Statement:

• To bring together far reaching communities in order to share knowledge about working with knowledge.

We hope to have:

• Stalls
• Talks (including Keynotes)
• Job Advertising Areas
• Socialising Areas

So yes, please do keep up-to-date on: The International Knowledge Expo 2011 website: https://www.knowledge-expo.com/

Hi all,

I’ve slotted this into both the vanirsystems category (as it is a article written by me, Daniel Lewis), and the interesting category (as it is something other than technology - namely spirituality/theology).

I have written a new article for the company TRCB, it is about specific forms of Mysticism/Philosophy which have been inspired by Christianity. They are namely Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Swedenborgianism. The article attempts to compare them, their societies and their attached churches.

Heres the summary:

Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Swedenborgianism have had a reasonable amount of influence on modern day life: Theosophy brought many Buddhist and Hindu texts to the west, Anthroposophy brought new forms of teaching and mystical elements of Christianity to the mainstream, and Swedenborgianism has influences on philosophy and poetry. This article explores all three schools, and their respective societies and churches.

Heres the link to the full article:
Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Swedenborgianism - Their Societies and Churches (on TRCB)

Please do have a read, give me a good rating, and comment (either comment on here, or via a share on twitter or facebook or something like that). It is of course quite a concise article, its a topic which could definitely fill at least one book! So please keep that in mind. I’m happy to describe things in further detail if people need/want me to. One thing I forgot to mention is that Gandhi was involved with the Theosophical Society.

Many thanks, and the Brightest Blessings to all,

Daniel