“Dance of Balance”
Business, pleasure...As long as I am on this Earth, I have a relationship with all around me that involves a responsibility...a mutual relationship that commands respect, care, consideration and appreciation. It is the circular connection of energy exchange that helps to keep things balanced.
“Sacred Circle of Life”
When Indigenous People say "All My Relations", it is that energy that determines how we will thrive and survive in the world. Business, pleasure...all relationships are built on this medicine wheel. If a relationship goes awry, one must be discerning in how to proceed. If it is skillful and rewarding, at least mutual, then good. If not, do not feed it for it is harmful. That is simply unskillful participation the the world and happens often unfortunately. Everything is reciprocal, going around...not necessarily coming back from where it was directed but what goes around, comes around, often from somewhere else. We set things into motion by even thinking about them. Thought is energy, attention is energy, what kind is beneficial?
“Old Maple Tree” (children love climbing it)
My concerns for Mother Earth at this time are deepening in the face of restrictions, government authority, corporate greed and diversions from what we are losing. Wild animals, birds, insects and reptiles are becoming scarce. Life in the oceans is disappearing. I see few starfish and small fish near the shoreline anymore. It is taking more effort to ensure their survival and attention to that is given little to no energy. Masks lie in the gutters and wash in on the beaches....all the environmental efforts to clean up plastics, while billions of dollars have gone into producing disposable plastic paraphenalia to deal with the current situation, now seem redundant. When protest against the pipelines were reaching critical mass, along came kovid and lockdowns.
The lessons are for everyone, rich and poor, white and colored, vacxed or unvacxed, no matter....humanity is on a finite path of destruction. Control by the wealthy and politicians is becoming insufferable because it is not right. It is not right to to continue the destruction of irreplaceable old growth forests and endangered wildlife and species. It is not right to put profit before health and the well being of all. It is not right to segregate innocent healthy people in the wake of enormous profits for the pharmaceutical companies, to restrict people from normal life, employment, sharing time with family and friends, to force lockdown on youth and good people. It is not right to force something that is potentially deadly on humanity with no consequences. What is taking place is not right...to force fear on people and turn them against each other ...is not right!
We've been down this path before and history has proven its' disastrous outcomes. Good people died to prevent it and good people established codes and laws to prevent it from happening again and here we are...on a precipice.
“Tangled Web”
Artificial intelligence is controlling much of the media and internet with its own word police stifling open discussion and information. it is a challenge to know what to believe but if one keeps one's heart open, it generally will know instinctively what is right.
We all must look deeply into where we are headed, both personally and globally and recognize what is RIGHT if we are to be worthy of a better world.
My daughter said to me recently..."The heart and mind are like a parachute, working best when open".
Happy Wolf Moon!