The Boabom arts teach us to take care of our energy and the energy of those who surround us. The Boabom practice makes us feel as if a flame is lit inside ourselves, which fills us with vitality, confidence, health and joy. As classes continue this flame keeps growing and becomes stronger and deeper.

Simultaneously we start recognizing that each thing has its own shape and energy. As we realize this we make ourselves more conscious and respectful. This is particularly intense in our relation with the nature: we became more connected with her and her diverse shapes, full of strength and beauty. In this way we can leave behind the opinion which says that our planet is no more than a hunk of rock floating in outer space, and begin to feel her as something huge and unfathomable, which receives us in herself.

Reflecting on this, we realize that everything that we can do depends directly from our planet and the resources she gives us. Our tools, the house in which we live in, and even our own body, are all made only of her materials. Because of this we are bound entirely to her, and the use that we give to these resources will inevitably rule our fate.

We don’t need to emphasize how bad mankind is at managing this wonderful source of materials and possibilities. It is like a warehouse full of superior ingredients left in the hands of a group of monkeys, which, instead of using them to build wonderful things, disorganize and break them all.

This, which happens to the planet today, also happens to the bodies of many people. The human body is one of the most wonderful artefacts that has ever existed on this planet, which itself is capable of immense wonders. Instead of this we see how most people neglect it, don’t feed it properly, fill it with bad habits and illness. This is the consequence of a negative mentality, but it can be changed, starting with small things. We can see how the development of the Boabom Arts fills the body with great energy and vitality, cleaning and tuning it to a great condition. Boabom is a nourishment, a vitamin capable of transforming the body into the wonderful thing it was always meant to be.

A question that follows is this: as there exists an art that revitalizes the body, shall there not exist an art that may revitalize the planet? A planetary Boabom?

It seems that such a initiative is just beginning. Many people are becoming aware of the current situation and are beginning to take action. This can be seen in different things, from the strong growth of natural and organic ways of cultivating and eating, to the growth of many who look toward new and better ways of living.

The idea is that each person continues to grow in consciousness, and begins to make little adjustments in his daily life. If each one brings a grain of sand, very soon we may build a beach. Today I would like to present to you a simple and concrete thing you can do: use the internet search engine http://www.blackle.com. As you may notice, almost every internet search engine has a white background, which spends a great amount of electric energy in keeping the screen on as we search over the web. To change this Blackle was created: a black version of Google, the very same search engine with a back color. This change generates a big energy savings among the users of the page. If you look carefully in the home page, it says, below the search bar, “xxx Watt hours saved”. This measures the amount of energy saved to that moment. When this article was written this amount was estimated at 1,386,239.953 Watt hour, which is more or less the energy used by a 100 Watts light bulb turned on for 13 thousand hours!!!

So I invite every journal reader to save energy using Blackle. Besides, a black search engine has a lot of style, and one which will be enjoyed by every Boabom student!!