It takes time to let ourselves feel. We are so used to moving at a fast and pressured internal speed to get to the next thing in our schedules that needs to be done. You know that scenario? We all do too well! If we let ourselves go outdoors and breath, smell, listen, and feel, our internal speeds slow down which allows us to observe, feel and participate in the acoustic of being outdoors with Nature and the many lives we can communicate with.
In this video, I bring up some potent sentiments and concerns about the current times we live in. There is so much going on that being outdoors and building a relationship with Nature will refresh and reconnect us to the planet we live on and some of the lives ‘She’ houses and feeds. At the same time, it is important to acknowledge and ask the planet Earth for forgiveness for the suffering and extinction of so many, many of Her animals, fish, insects, birds, and trees, plus the polluting of her lakes, oceans, streams and sky at human hands, the hands of us and our relatives. This might have happened unknowingly to many folks but we now inherit this and it needs to be corrected.
In the same vein of causing suffering, the white people on the planet need to ask for forgiveness, even if they did not ‘directly’ have a hand in it, the suffering of our black sisters and brothers for 400 years. There have been many groups of people that have suffered on this planet but it is no excuse in the U.S. that we don’t address this issue which needs BIG attention and our black brothers and sisters need to be heard, NOW and things need to change.
My feeling and hope, however small it might be, is that the FBSMC 12 can be an encouragement to all people to reconnect with Nature and start to build an attitude of Love, Respect and Reverence for ALL life, human, animal, fish, insects, land, air, water, plants and so on! Then we will see we need each other and their will be enough abundance and mutual support when there is actual respect and reverence for life which will cultivate a deep love among us.
In the quiet that being in the woods, ocean, lakes, mountains etc. can provide, let’s think how each one of us can help the human species heal from all prejudice and selfishness in real practical ways and actions. It starts with the an attitude shift and the deep feeling of life being sacred for it is not human made. We certainly all can be in agreement with that!
Think of what the overall acoustic on the planet would feel like if that were the case. It is an ideal worth pursuing and expressing in our life and Art. Mother Nature is oftentimes referred to in certain circles as The Great Church. In Hinduism it is called the Maha Tattva which means the total material creation. When we build a relationship with Nature we can better understand ourselves as well, for we are part of it!
“In the Feeling Life” is so important as a first starting point so we can activate our senses and not worry about ‘getting it right.’ With these relationships we will make a connecting path to our Art where the ideas will flow like a waterfall into us when the connections and attitudes we create are in tune with Nature.
In support of your lives with love, respect and reverence!
No comments:
Post a Comment