EARTH - HEART
Why do most of us see the Earth separate from us? An entity to manipulate, control, fear, and take from without regard to life, the life that is everywhere on the planet. Where did the disconnection happen, the severing of our umbilical cord to the very life that Earth provides us? Our conscious egos have run away with our profound sense of 'separate then', 'solid mass away from', and a 'self' that is better than. I believe this is not who we truly are, are ego mind is not supposed to be dominate but it wants to, out of power, hunger, greed. We have created these emotional circuits in our brains so when we think of money it gets linked to greed. So what does it take for us to recircuit our brains so that it does not take the money - greed - destruction - money loop?
Mother Earth, isn't there for our fending whenever we please. Why do we treat her so? Who gave us the right and authority to plunder and pillage at will? I dare say our ego minds that remind us that we are superior to everything else. Why does the urgency of the dying ecosystems not get agknowledged? Or is it Igorned or Denied? What happens in 50 years from now if we treat Mother Earth the same way we are now?
Regardless of the fact I may sound 'tree hugging' to some, a 'hippie freak' to others or 'nature-connected' to yet different people, what does that matter if our Earth is collapsing? Should a label of what others think I should be or 'what I sound' like determine the absorption of my writing or that of many many others about the state of the Earth. We have a State of the Union...a State of the State.....but don't we also live on a planet....why not a State of the Earth? What I am saying is whatever 'label' that jumps into your head as you read these words about who I am doesn't matter......what matters is the 'State of the Earth'. I say this not just out of care for myself and my community but the community of the world, that means everyone!! I believe that it is apparent enough that something is seriously wrong with life on Earth, this includes all life forms - microorganisms in the deep blue, creatures that roam land, and us weird looking species but very extraordinary! I would hate to think that we would be the ones to blame for the complete destruction of the planet. We are apart of Earth biologically, physiologically, and spiritually...if you please, and Earth is apart of us!! We have the same make-up the same DNA!! We are directly linked to the makings of everything that lives and breathes on this beautiful planet. "It is perhaps of interest that our human genetic code is constructed by the exact same four nucleotides (complex molecules) as every other form of life on the planet. At the level of our DNA, we are related to the birds, reptiles, amphibians, other mammals, and even the plant life. From a purely biological perspective, we human beings are our one species-specific mutation of earth's genetic possibility." - Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
Is it any wonder that when we destroy or harm certain ecosystems, part of the result is our own harm? Our own depletion of life? Nuclear testing in the Pacific created 'grape babies' within the some of the indigenous population in the Pacific islands that were thought to have been out of the radiation zone. The contamination of some water systems near factories and electirc plants created all kind of health problems including but not exclusive to cancer. The depletion of the ozone layer has left lands once fertile arid with desertification, increasing migration and lack of food. Sporadic weather conditions throughout the world and the thawing of the ice caps and glaciers have disrupt our crops and local ecosystems. The BP oil spill where 50% of the oil still remains floating on the surface and floor of the Gulf of Mexico have put fishers out of jobs and the main side effects of the spill have yet to be seen in the coming decades.....Shall I say more? What we do to the Earth whether it is in our backyard or not effects us in some way, and greater yet some destruction is effecting all of us at the same time - the burning of the ozone.
Now I am not claiming to be Ms. Earth Model for the way in which we should life for the betterment of ourselves -I still fly on airplanes, create bad garbage, and probably buy things without knowing that in making that product the Earth was being compromised in some way. Shifting our lives to totally 'green living' as many call it is, oh shocking, not the way either...well at least not at the moment. When was the last time we went outside and just stood in the presence of nature, drawing in our surroundings without regard to what is going to happen next or what just happened? When we have really listened to the birds songs, feel the wind on our skin, touch the dirt and know I am connected to nature in a deep biological sense? Caring and loving the Earth is a lot different then 'green living'. First genuine connections with the mother we have forgotten, then second do what we feel is best in taking care of that life force we are linked to. We will each discover our own ways of protecting and acknowledging the Earth in which helped give us life. If we each protect and admire our own ecosystems then no need to worry about the rest of this large planet! We will be living Earth based and aware lives....!
Take a moment, step out side, and just breathe in the air! See how you feel!
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