This is the season for reflecting on what matters most, and so I naturally think of our connections. Although we may have met only through this blog or by phone, I feel we have already met in person. And can it also be that we have deeper connections, that we have also met in a more elemental way?
At some level of consciousness, we meet inside the spiritual concepts we share. These can include ideas on how to take responsibility for shaping our individual worlds, and how our personal decisions effect the planet we share. Or anything that matters right now.
Because we really are spiritually related, we can exchange greetings and love by just our thoughts and feelings. We also show Read More »
“Our world bank is blue”
World Ocean Map - via Wikipedia
Continuing in this series on Who Heals the Earth, I want to do more than ‘think blue’. I’m going to confess my weakness: failing to do all I can to preserve the lifeblood of our life support system.
How many times have I mindlessly walked by a piece of trash dropped on the street near the drain? Or, other times, thought to excuse myself since I had no disposable glove or bag to pick it up with?
Another unconscionable ‘for instance’: though I’ve been aware of the need to ‘think blue’ and even made personal changes in how I use water, at the same time I somehow made it ‘okay’ (in my reasoning mind) about eating sushi. Until today.
Today I’m paying more attention to what oceanographer Sylvia Earle has been teaching for a long time. Her citing of Read More »
Can we truly heal Mother Earth?
Earth from Space - Courtesy of NASA via Wikipedia
For years I have been working with meditation and prayer partners, or leading telemeditations for collective earth energy-healing work. I was a vegan for many years until severe anemia caused me to modify my diet.
And I continue to listen to what others are saying about our planet with an open mind.
But last week a friend from Germany sent me a link to a trailer of the Earthlings Documentary that did more than open my mind. (The footage I’ve linked to was the least shocking I could find.)
For several days I stopped eating all but a few greens, then I just stopped eating meat. I’m still working on how far to go, to embrace authentic vegan living.
I also struggle with how to deal with my existing wardrobe and household sundries, with it’s Read More »
