This isn't a very cheery video.  Walk with me as we together confront the truth - Mother Earth is expelling us for our bad behavior.

Below is a page copied from my book.  You are familiar with all 12 disasters. Each is an indication of our failure to love Mother Earth, and taken together, they are the reason why she is expelling us.  Like an unwanted cancer, we have eaten away at that which supports life on this planet. These 12 are symptoms of the way we have lived separately and greedily, rather than in communion and with reverence.

So writes Rumi, the Persian poet born Jalai ad-Din Mohammad Rumi,   He and I share the same birthday, but he was born in 1207 in Afghanistan.  Rumi's poetry is full of wonder.  Here is another line: Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Imagine that.  You are the universe in ecstatic motion!  You can read more about LOVING MOTHER EARTH: Integrating Environmentalism and Spirituality at www.loving-mother-earth.com, and you can purchase my book on Amazon.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

As we move toward more and more enlightenment, we become more and more aware that Mother Earth and heaven are the same: sacredness incarnate all around us and between us all.  "Us" is every piece of creation.  The mystics of every religious tradition speak of this truth.

It is not just the burning bush that was before Moses, but "every common bush" that is afire with the sacredness of its Presence.  The bush by the side of the road, the one outside your home, the one deep in the forest that has never been seen by a human eye.  As with every bush, so as with every being, human or different than human.

Respect, reverence and humility are shown when we take off our shoes. When we tread lightly through the forest, or anywhere on Mother Earth, we show respect, reverence and humility.  

​What a delightful and challenge few lines of poety from Browning.  Now, so to live.
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You have a place in this world, likely in nature somewhere, that brings you to a state of peace.  When you are there in reality, or when you are there in your mind, you relax.  You breathing slows down. Your heart rate slows down. Your life slows down. In your "Happy Place" you are present to Presence Itself.  Spirit. 

Take a walk with me and visit my Happy Place, and while doing so, remind yourself of the place on this earth that is yours.  Your place is where you feel safe and well connected, grounded to the Essence of Life.  Be aware and enjoy the tranquility.

And remember to LOVE MOTHER EARTH for she has provided you with that place.