The earth is a body, nature and humans its organs. The electrical responses in its schumann cavity, clouds and electrical body are mental functions. Its lava is its blood and its plates its nervous system. When I speak to the earths consciousness I make sure it knows I am not owner of the property below our feet but care taker and kin with. As an "organ" this is our place.
In these days, almost everybody is aware of the dead end of today’s western world habits, and monetary economic system. More and more, as people start to recognize these global errors influencing there personal life, they start asking and searching for advice, what is happening, how to change, what to do.
His Holiness Dalai Lama said some years ago, "All Buddhists should be planting trees". His meaning was layered, from the most practical interpretation to a deeper understanding conveyed through this simple statement.
I came across an article in the New York Times (Your Phone Is Locked. Just Drive. By David Pogue) that elucidates the up-and-coming applications that are being developed to prevent cell phones from being used by drivers.
During, or after, your reading of the link below - if you read it - I think it would be useful to consider where one sees one's self in the essay, as well as where one does not see one's self in it.
Speech is sacred; many do not realize the great responsibility their writing entails. I came to Evolver, as did most of you, to expand my mind and clear up my thoughts and vision, I did learn a lot of information, but information itself is useless, it is the context in which it is being used and the picture it allows for us to see that are relevant.
After my mind-blowing revelation that I ALONE held the power over my own thoughts and therefore power over my experience of “Reality,” everything in the world seemed suddenly different. One moment I was able to seek pity and solace in my identity as a powerless victim of a cruel and unloving world, and the next moment there was no one to blame for anything!
Have you ever noticed that some people use the personal pronoun “you” instead of “I” to describe their own experience? I hear this a lot from a variety of folks.
I used to get called on this habit, when I would recount a story and fill in details like, “then this happened,… you just get so frustrated.”
Each One of us is a Universe
Inside each one of us dwells the Infinity
That Infinity is the Self
It is the Universe within
It is up to you to make your Universe what it ought to be
The External Universe is already Perfect
It already is what it ought to be
It has already surrendered
It is already enlightened
Your Internal Universe is not
In order to make sense of the 2012 phenomena, it helps to understand how we construct our experience of reality. The dream state offers useful parallels. In the dreaming state, we construct a personal symbolic world. This world is a reflection of our inner reality.
I was used to seeing myself more as a helpless victim of a ruthless world, but some magical moment pushed me towards the insight: My attitude is my own creation. I mostly cannot control the universe surrounding me, but I apparently can affect my interpretation, and thus, my inner sense of meaning.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
