Does one have to experience hardships to know what pain and suffering are? Of course not. I know and understand what it is to agonize over a situation without experiencing that particular hardship. The thing is, we are taught that we can’t know about suffering and pain without experiencing it. So, do you have to be burned by the flame to know that the fire hurts when flesh comes into contact with it? You feel the heat coming from the flame. Do you have to be in turbulent waters to know that one can drown in this treacherous sea of waves crashing around you? However, do humans really thrive during times of cold, dark despair? At times we do, but other times the sorrow servers no purpose in our growth. It actually causes our demise.
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” —Haruki Murakami
Don’t Make Life Harder
So, it’s easier to let the boat float downstream, than it is to paddle upstream.
When each of us let go of control issues, stop trying to mold life into what we think it should be, and releases the fear, life changes from being a traumatic tribulation into a calmer energy field. In addition, life becomes peaceful and filled with the abundance that God intended for us to have. Is it not easier to expand with the Universe, than to try to control it? In reality, no one has control over anything, not even our own existence. Why does anyone continue to delude themselves into thinking that they have control over their own life?
Let the illusion of control die. Bury it! Dig a deep hole and drop the illusion of authority into it. Cover up the hole with the soil of closure. Pound the dirt tight with the shovel. Therefore, let this deception rest in peace, buried in its own grave. Stop the delusional thinking of humankind being in charge over the Earth and everything within her. Society has created this delusional belief that we are in control. We have to let it go. No one person is in control of anything, including our own self!
Earth Doesn’t Need A Conquer
Where did you get this idea that we have to conquer the Earth as warriors anyway?
Genesis 1:26-28 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (NIV)
Source Has A Plan
It is Source’s intention for us to be the guardians of this garden of paradise. Just as a farmer tends to his fields by keeping the weeds out and reaping the fruits of his labor, so should we tend lovingly to Mother Earth. It is in this caring for our Mother, that we reconnect with her energy for our own life. By lovingly cultivating our land, we are caring for ourselves and in doing so, promoting abundant health for both of us.
Let go, throw out the paddles, let the boat flow with the stream and see the true reality of what Creator has to offer. Pull the veil of illusion down, NO, rip it away and see what’s hidden behind it! See the Love that is in control. Feel the love of ALL-THAT-THERE-IS! The truth is, love is all that there is. Nothing is more important than the love God has for each of us.
As the life-giving reconnection is re-established with Gaia, the energies begin to intertwine and once again we are one with Creation. Our heritage is once again ours.
Summary
Earth, Teach Me
Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light. Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory. Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning. Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young. Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone. Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground. Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky. Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall. Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring. Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.
An Ute Prayer
