100 Acorns

REVELATIONS

2008-09-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

Bless you for your anger.
For it is a sign of rising energy.
Direct not to your family, waste not on your enemy.
Transform the energy to versatility
And it will bring you prosperity.

Bless you for your sorrow
For it is a sign of vulnerability.
Share not with your family, direct not to yourself.
Transform the energy to sympathy
And it will bring you love.

Bless you for your greed
For it is a sign of great capacity.
Direct not to your family. Direct not to the world.
Transform the energy to giving.
Give as much as you wish to take,
And you will receive satisfaction.

Bless you for your jealousy
For it is a sign of empathy
Direct not to your family, direct not to your friends.
Transform the energy to admiration
And what you admire
Will become part of your life

Bless you for your fear
For it is a sign of wisdom.
Do not hold yourself in fear.
Transform the energy to flexibility
And you will be free
From what you fear.

Bless you for your search of direction
For it is a sign of aspiration.
Transform the energy to receptivity
And the direction will come to you.

Bless you for the times you see evil.
Evil is energy mishandled and it feeds on your support.
Feed not and it will self-destruct.
Shed light and it will cease to be.

Bless you for the times you feel no love.
Open your heart to life anyway
and in time you will find
love in you.

Bless you, bless you, bless you.
Bless you for what you are.
You are a sea of goodness, a sea of love.
Count your blessings every day for they are your protection
Which stands between you and what you wish not.
Count your curses and they will be a wall
Which stands between you and what you wish.

The world has all that you need
And you have the power
to attract what you wish.
Wish for health, wish for joy.
Remember you are loved.

I love you!
y.o.

INTRODUCTION

2008-06-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

It's been 44 years since my book of conceptual instructions, GRAPEFRUIT was first published in 1964.

On 15 June 1968, John Lennon & I planted two acorns for peace at Coventry Cathedral. It was the first of our many Peace 'Events'.

In the summer of 1996, I picked up from where I left off, and wrote 100 ACORNS.

Starting on the 40th anniversary of the Acorn Peace Event on 15 June 2008, I will publish here an 'Acorn' every day for 100 days.

After each day of sharing the instructions, you should feel free to question, discuss, and/or report what your mind tells you.

I'm just planting the seeds.

Have fun.
Love, yoko
June 2008

YOUR PIECE

2008-06-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

NAME (include all the names you are called by):

Address:

Past:
Present:
Future:

Age: I am at the age where.....

What you like:

Place:
Time:
Weather:
Color:
Sound:
Smell:
Taste:

Describe your world as you see it.
a) Inner:
b) Outer:

Your regret:

Your pride:

Your attachments:
a) Animate:
b) Inanimate:

Your wish:
1)
2)
3)

SKY PIECE I

2008-06-16T00:00:00.000-07:00

Towards the end of the Second World War, I looked like a little ghost because of the food shortage. I was hungry. It was getting easier to just lie down and watch the sky. That’s when I fell in love with the sky, I think.

Since then, all my life, I have been in love with the sky. Even when everything was falling apart around me, the sky was always there for me. It was the only constant factor in my life, which kept changing with the speed of light and lightening. As I told myself then, I could never give up on life as long as the sky was there.

Tell us when you first noticed the sky.

Tell us when you first thought that the sky was beautiful.

SKY PIECE II

2008-06-17T00:00:00.000-07:00

Look at a star in the sky
not as something unreachable
but as a planet you would visit one day.

SKY PIECE III

2008-06-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

spring

Imagine a cloud
slowly
going across the sky
and back.

Send a postcard to your friend.

SKY PIECE IV

2008-06-19T00:00:00.000-07:00

summer

Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky.
Let it dance with joy.

Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean
watching.

Imagine a group of dolphins dancing in the sky.
Blow kisses to them
in your mind.

SKY PIECE V

2008-06-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

autumn

Imagine running across a wheatfield
as fast as you can.

Imagine your friend running towards you
as fast as possible.

Imagine the color of the sky.

If it's clouded,
see if there are any blue spots.

If it's clear,
see if there are any clouds.

If it's stormy,
look out for thunder and lightning.

If it's snowing,
take your coat off
so you can wrap it around your friend.

SKY PIECE VI

2008-06-21T00:00:00.000-07:00

winter

Watch the sun
until it comes into your body
and stays as a tiny sun.

It will keep your face shining
even in the coldest of winter.

SKY PIECE VII

2008-06-22T00:00:00.000-07:00

Climb up a ladder to reach the sky.

Try ladders of different heights.

See if the sky looks any closer
from a higher ladder.

SKY PIECE VIII

2008-06-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

Sit under a blue sky.

Keep your head open
and empty.

Let ideas come into you.

Cherish them.

SKY PIECE IX

2008-06-24T00:00:00.000-07:00

Jump up into the sky.
Jump down from the sky.

1) Before you jump, plan how you want to do this:
a) to jump in one go
b) to jump in two or three leaps
c) how to space the leaps

2) Make sure how high you want to go:
a) to where people could still see you
b) just out of the stratosphere
c) to another planet

3) Make note of where you want to come down to:
a) the same place you jumped up from
b) a city or country you know
c) somewhere you have never been to

SKY PIECE X

2008-06-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

The sky is not only above our heads.
It extends all the way down to earth.

Each time we raise our foot from the ground,
we are walking in the sky.

Walk around the city with that awareness.

Check how long you walked in the sky today.

EARTH PIECE I

2008-06-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

Listen to the sound of the fire burning
in the center of the globe.

EARTH PIECE II

2008-06-27T00:00:00.000-07:00

We, humans are not satisfied with just knowing the tip of the iceberg. With technological advancements, we are changing the map of the world in a big way. For centuries, we kept changing the map to simulate our nervous system, by creating roads, building dams, and skylines. But now, we want to reveal what is under the ice.

Icebergs are melting.
The snow on the Alps is melting.
It will create a big shift
in the axis of the globe itself.
We will see shorelines disappearing,
oceans turning into rich fields
and deserts turning into green lands.
Some of us may want to leave this globe
to live on another planet.
But there’s no need to panic.
Knowledge will always give us a solution.

Melt the icebergs and snow in your life.

EARTH PIECE III

2008-06-28T00:00:00.001-07:00

Your feet are your physical connection to this planet.

Touch the earth directly with your bare feet.
Let the Earth energy circulate
from your feet to your head
and back again.

EARTH PIECE IV

2008-06-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

Have you seen the horizon lately?

Measure the horizon from where you sit.
Let us know its length and why.

For example: The horizon is short
because it is between two buildings.

Think what that length is doing to your mind.

EARTH PIECE V

2008-06-30T00:00:00.000-07:00

Watch the sunset.
Feel the Earth moving.

EARTH PIECE VI

2008-07-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

It takes a billion light years for a blinking of a star to reach us.
Likewise, the light from Earth will take a long time to reach another
planet. By using this time warp, we can observe the Earth from different distances, one day, and record what happened on our planet on any given time in the past. All truth in the history of the Earth could come to light then.

I am sure that the history of the human race, at least, is recorded in our DNA memory genes in its precise detail.

So don't look back.
Look forward,
Only then
the past will be revealed to us.

EARTH PIECE VII

2008-07-02T00:00:00.000-07:00

Think of the Earth
as a turning point in eternity.
Think of the Earth
as a meeting point in infinity.

Check if there are any holes
in your shoes.
Tie your shoelaces.

EARTH PIECE VIII

2008-07-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

Imagine two billion universes.
Visualize yourself on a planet in each universe.
Imagine what all of you are doing and thinking
at this moment in time on the different planets.

Think if the activities are correlated amongst all of you.

Think how those activities are affecting the balance
of the infinite space.

EARTH PIECE IX

2008-07-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

The Earth is like your mate
you have abused and ignored.

Ask to be forgiven.

Tell the Earth how much you care.
Tell the Earth how beautiful she is.
Tell the Earth you love her.

EARTH PIECE X

2008-07-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

Dream Earth.
Dream you.
Dream eternity.

CITY PIECE I

2008-07-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Find a spot that is comfortable for you.
Keep the spot clean.
Think about the spot when you are away.

CITY PIECE II

2008-07-07T00:00:00.000-07:00

Walk from where you live to where your friend lives.
Be aware of the turns and the views while you walk.
Walk back the same way.
Be aware of the turns and the views your friend experiences
when he or she visits you.