Banda Aceh
Once again today it took me a little while to understand where I was being taken. I was still in Temples, but this time I was also at the same time being carried somewhere, like traveling very fast on a healing light superhighway. It was fascinating. I asked a few more times, just to make sure I was still in the Temples (in particular protection-wise), and also in another place at the same time.
When I arrived, I realized that I was in Banda Aceh, in Sumatra, Indonesia. I was taken there because of the December 26th, 2004 Indian Ocean 9.1-9.3 earthquake and tsunami which caused immense devastation and loss of life. Impacting many places in the area and as far away as East Africa, Banda Aceh was the closest landmass to the earthquake’s epicenter and tsunami waves over 100 feet high reached its shores only 15 to 20 minutes after the initial earthquake, making it impossible for most people and animals to flee. As the waves hit the shore they destroyed almost everything in its path and claimed more than 160,000 human lives in addition to all others, in that one location alone. I have included more details and information at the end of the post.
Once there, I was shown that most of the area has been rebuilt since then, and was sensing-seeing the location in 2022. But beneath all of the buildings, roads, and green vegetation, it was very clear that there were all of these deeper layers that had not been healed.
The flow of healing light began, as all the times before, by healing the earth first, moving quickly in all directions beneath the surface. In this case, it was repairing a deeper level of damage, pollution, upheaval, and devastation from both the tsunami back then and also the huge impact to the land from the process of rebuilding in a modern mainstream way.
When the earth had received enough of the healing light it moved into a shift. Another very important human layer was revealed. I sensed that there was huge generational trauma in the local people and that only a very small amount of that had healed. I was given a deep sense of how it was affecting all of the families and communities across generations in that location. I heard “Heal the families. The families need healing. The community needs healing”. The healing light began specifically seeking out homes and then rising up into the dwellings to help the families inside.
As this was all happening around me, I had an extraordinary surprise encounter. I was being carried on one of the flows of healing light down what felt like a main thoroughfare through the town, at some speed, and then very suddenly, I was stopped. Standing in the middle of the road, right in front of me was a young local boy. He was small and slim, about six years old, with dark skin, short jet black hair, and beautiful big gentle eyes. He looked right at me, somehow. He asked what I was doing there, so I explained briefly, not in words, why I had been sent there and what for. His eyes grew a little wider as I was talking and when I was done he said, “Can you heal my family?”. The words were in his own language, which I understood spiritually, and his voice was full of hope, sadness, and longing. I had the deep sense this beautiful young child was carrying the burden of this trauma that had affected his family for the last 18 years, and that it was a heavy burden indeed.
I said yes, asked him where his home was, and told him that I would do my best. He pointed away back to his right at a slight distance. I started moving again on the flow of healing light, asking to be shown that little boy's house and his family. I felt women, several generations of women in the house at that moment - an elderly woman, an older woman and a younger one who I sensed was the little boy’s mother. The healing light rose up into this house as well and I was able to witness directly a very profound healing. The energy continued to flow until there was a softening release, like a sigh, and a healing shift.
Further Information
Fast facts: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, which caused the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, is estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs.
In Banda Aceh, the landmass closest to the quake’s epicenter, tsunami waves topped 100 feet (Tectonics Observatory).
The tsunami’s waves traveled across the Indian Ocean at 500 mph, the speed of a jet plane.
The 2004 Indonesia earthquake caused a shift in the Earth’s mass that changed the planet’s rotation (NASA).
Nearly 230,000 people died in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, making it one of the deadliest disasters in modern history.
Source - World Vision Facts and FAQs
What Happened - Wikipedia - the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Aceh 10 Years On - The Guardian - In Pictures
Healing the Scars
Statistics on mental health are hard to come by, but the World Health Organization estimates that up to 20 percent of any given population may suffer stress-related disorders in the aftermath of a large-scale calamity like the Indian Ocean tsunami, a burden compounded in Aceh’s case by years of civil war and conflict. The people of Aceh “got trauma from the military, then they were hit with the tsunami,” said Amrullah of Plan International. “We cannot measure the magnitude.” Aceh Ten Tears After the Tsunami
A New Way is Needed - An Epicenter of Mental Health Woes
The Conversation - What We’ve Learned About Recovering From Disaster
Specialist - IJMHS - Implementing civic engagement within mental health services in South East Asia: a systematic review and realist synthesis of current evidence
Mariati was at home in Pidie with her seven-month-old granddaughter when the tsunami hit. After they were dragged by the waves into the sea, Mariati was sucked into a whirlpool and was convinced she would die. She relied on an old pillow to stay afloat. Image: Rein Skullerud/WFP
Young boys thumbnail image credit - Jim Holmes/Design Pics/Corbis
