WE ARE CELLS IN EARTH’S BODY
Energy goes to the Cells who are helping
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These words hold the key to restoring the balance —
they allow us to see the work, not as sacrifice to an uncertain goal,
but as an enriching opportunity to join in with the winning team.
Helping more, you will feel actively supported
and you will help even more.
Helping more, tuning into the subtle energy
and wisdom that comes your way,
you will feel the joy of embracing
the circle of life restoring itself.
These words are the prime message that I have been given to share.
Can we find ways to say it better?
Here’s a long essay to contemplate, and improve.
We are Cells in Earth’s Body
When our body gets an injury,
energy goes to the cells who are helping.
The Earth is the larger body in which we all dwell. Gaia Theory, the new science of Earth systems, describes our planet as a living, dynamic entity, a physical body capable of maintaining conditions favorable to life throughout the last 3 billion years of drastic change. With the advanced technology now available to us, we are able to learn more about the big picture of where we are — within a living, breathing, spinning body, a body like no other, an immense sphere of rock, air, water, land and life known to scientists by the name of a Goddess – Gaia.
The whole Earth system is alive, and scientists talk of it’s anatomy and physiology like they talk of the anatomy and physiology of our own body. OK, the basic units of our body are called cells. They are the ones that reproduce and form groups of different kinds to put together the tissues that make up the organs that keep our body functioning in a healthy balance.
If the whole Earth is a living body, then what are the cells? What are the basic units that reproduce and form the building blocks of life? They must be each being, each butterfly and bear, each person and pine tree, each fish and flower. They are the individual organisms of all the different species that reproduce and make up the ecosystems — on the land, in the soil, and in the water – which keep the planet in balance.
Wow! this thought astounds me with its clarity and deep significance. If we are cells in the Earth’s body, along with all the other animals and plants, then each of us is in a direct, practical, functional relationship with our planet.
In addition to doing our part as animals — breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide, creating beauty and song – in the special circumstances that the Earth is facing today, there is more that we are being empowered to do.
When our own body gets an injury: energy is sent to the cells who are doing the healing. When the Earth as whole is being injured, then energy is being sent to those of us who are helping.
The more that we help, the more we will be helped. The more time we spend directly connecting with the Earth, the more Earth will be able to strengthen and guide us.
As knowledge spreads to others of the mutually supporting relationship between us and the Earth, between all of us cells and our larger body, the faster and more smoothly will we and our planet heal.
With our own bodies, the more severe an injury gets, the stronger the healing energy grows.
Many people who I have spoken to have noticed that this is true for the Earth as well. Over the years, the energy available from Nature has become stronger and easier for us to feel, and there is an important reason for this.
A major struggle is going on right now for the fate of the Earth and future generations. As the injuries to the Earth keep increasing, some are losing hope. But we need to remember that the Earth has a great track record for dealing with disturbances. The sun has gotten 25% hotter over the last 3 billion years, but she’s kept her cool. Salt from the land is continuously being washed down into the oceans by rain, yet the oceans have not gotten any saltier. Earth has an extraordinary power to maintain balance. What is different now is that we humans are a crucial part of the process.
So it’s important to realize how our own strength mirrors the strength of the Earth in which we are a part.
Looking thoroughly around the world, like Paul Hawken did in the research behind his book, “Blessed Unrest,” we can see that we are growing stronger and stronger day by day, and that our response is more diverse than the problem. We’ve got it surrounded by little grassroots groups all over the world – everything from recycling to organic farming, alternative energy, and spiritual ceremonies. The more we become aware of each other, and who we are in relation to the Earth, the more our strength will grow.
We are cells in Earth’s body, and we are being given energy to heal.
The cells in our own body are very devoted to our health and happiness, so it’s not surprising that a lot of people all over the Earth are very devoted to the health of our larger body.
To learn more, please visit our website at EarthDevotion.org
p.s.
Here’s an important thought that is maybe a bit too detailed for the story as it is, but which is really important to be aware of, as I have learned especially when talking with people who are used to thinking of Mother Earth as being only the ground beneath our feet, and who would therefore say that we are cells on Earth’s body, rather than in it.
The air is the skin of the Earth . . . shielding, warming, yet open and fluid
When considering all of the Earth, it becomes clear that the air, the atmosphere with its billowing clouds, rainbows and lightning, is as much a part of Earth’s body as the ground beneath our feet. The atmosphere is like the skin of the Earth. As the outermost part, it protects us from ultraviolet light with the ozone layer, and keeps us warm with the greenhouse gases that are naturally provided by life on the surface (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide). Without life, the atmosphere would be very different, and our world would be 60 degrees colder. This means that with the breath of all its creatures, life has provided itself with a protective shield, like the shell of a turtle. But it is also open, free and clear for the warmth of the sun to shine through, for molecules to move back and forth between ocean and soil, between plants, animals, fungi and microbes, for seeds to blow and birds to fly. One of Earth’s most powerful, important parts is also its softest. Truly, the Earth is a living, breathing, spinning body like no other!
Robert Brothers
bobcat@post.harvard.edu, www.EarthDevotion.org
707-601-0818