connections

We are as connected to this planet as we are connected to each other. The turmoil we are feeling today is the result of an unconscious (and worldwide) attempt to make ourselves exist contrary to our very natures. Where once we were so aware of our spiritual selves we are now seeking to find ourselves. Where once we lived on a lush, fertile world, we have now (created) a home that is screaming to the Universe Her pain. She too is seeking who we once were. The ancient ways blessed our Mother Earth, the ancient Peoples honored Her and each other. There was respect for Nature, they never took more than what was necessary for survival. Something happened along the way, some kind of change swept over the world and with this change came a need to control/dominate. People who hung on to the old ways were slaughtered as this new world thinking paved our Earth to make way for roads on which to travel, homes in which to settle, farms to cultivate and industries to thrive. Rules and regulations were created and agreed upon by the masses, however, even those masses could not deny what raged within, even as they pushed down the voice till it was but a whisper. Today, there is an awakening happening throughout the planet. I feel it and I know you do too. It's becoming more and more urgent, more and more persistent as we spiral through this Universe and watch our planet shrivel away before our very eyes. There is a dis-ease happening that must be attended to but only with medicines of old. Only with an awakening to our Spiritual selves which means an awakening to our connectedness, a realization that the way we've been going about our day to day is the very way that is destroying us. We must reclaim our dignity as a human race, set aside thoughts that we are somehow unworthy and open our hearts to our own fundamental goodness. Forgive ourselves for our transgressions as we forgive those who would transgress against us and then begin the healing. It begins as a turning within, a brave glance into our own looking glass to see past all the baggage we would choose to carry. We must choose to let go all this unnecessary weight and find the love we've been keeping from our very selves. Once we pass this way, we must then look outward and extend the love to each other. The old ways honored God, honored our Earth, honored each other. If we are to save ourselves and in turn save our home, we must learn again to Love, Honor and Respect. We must learn to reconnect with the vibrant force that courses through and all around us. It is the only way....