The Amazed and Curious

Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Magnificence of the Sky

Imagine if you will, a beautiful sunny day. The air is clean, clear and filled with light from the sun. You lie on your back and the sun blesses your skin with warmth. A slight breeze caresses your skin keeping you from overheating. Sparrows chirp and sing for your entertainment as they flit about nearby. You look up the sky is an amazing shade of sapphire that fades as your eyes drift momentarily to the horizon. The blue depths draw you back, beckoning to your soul. You watch a thin, wispy, pure white cloud float across your view. The cloud changes shape and density as it moves across your field of view. You are amazed by the many dimensions of the cloud, the ease by which it floats along carried by the gentle current of air. You hear the call of the red-tailed hawk as he soars across the sky. The air currents lift him higher into the blue and it seems as though he is soaring and is as one with the cloud. Sunlight shines adding a luminescent sheen to his wings making them appear as thin as the veil that separates us from our creator.

Mother Earth and God our Father

I am going to try to explain this. All things are interconnected and woven together. All things and people have a purpose that is divine.

We are two parts, one part human and one part spirit. Spirit comes from God, our father. He watches over us and sends us who we need, when we need them. We have guardians and teachers from heaven and we have those here on earth. We have chosen them to help us.

The other part of us is human, of planet earth. She is our mother in a manner of speaking. Our bodies come from her, made of the atoms and the elements of earth, recyclable back to her. She is not foreign to us and we borrow her bodies in physical form to house our souls.

We have thrown our physical home off balance. Earth is capable of supporting billions of lives but we have scarred her. We take from her, rip up her crust, destroy her plant and animal life. This is not good for her or us. We are affecting her cycles, she is wreaking havoc trying to heal herself. She is trying to restore balance.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Why I am Amazed

Why am I Amazed? It all has to do with the beauty of our planet. When I see nature and enjoy her peace and beauty I feel replenished. I need the time to be outside, to see natural beauty and to hear the birds sing. Our planet and the life here is so intertwined and dependent on each other. Rock, cycle, water cycle, life cycle and food chain are all marvelously designed to the last intricate detail. It is not an accident but a great plan. In our universe there are other places that are home to life. I do not doubt this at all. They may not be near to our solar system but they are out there somewhere learning just as we are.

What I find difficult to accept is that we humans have taken our home for granted. We have spent the last few centuries polluting, and destroying our planet. We have made species become extinct in a few short decades, polluted nearly every water source, filled our lands and oceans with radiation, wiped out tribes of people, filled our air with smog and caused global weather change.

We must stop the direction in which we are heading before our planet becomes barren and lifeless. We must change how we treat each other before we destroy ourselves. We must go within ourselves and seek God and healing. We cannot make it without our creator and healer.