These days thunder crashes with a drama of wind and rain lashing trees, and lightning interrupting electricity. Solstice storms.
We often live as if we are composed of the artificial world we have created (a human world of cars and landfills) and forget that we are literally electromagnetic energy. Our bodies follow the rhythms of the earth. Children heal when they are allowed to run free in nature. Elders who live in natural environments, eating organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and honey, remain healthier.
Many of us are perplexed as nature reacts to our separatism. We are baffled by floods and fires and try not to think of how the pesticides and chemicals that pervade our lives affect us and our children, as well as animals, waterways, and trees that haven't been deforested.
Solstice is a time to remember Nature and revere it. In ancient times, people feasted and danced to celebrate the first day of summer. Bonfires were lit to symbolize the sun.
Try to be near water, or in "sacred woods." Water is spiritual and soothing. Think of swimming, if you're a swimmer, or of watching a river flow or waves roll in -- of how water calms the body, bringing it in tune with the natural world.
Leave a gift for the spirits of nature, and a gift will come back to you in return.
Try to celebrate, if not with others, then with nature itself, which is a companion, an amazing energy, a healer. Just to look at a tree, a cardinal or bluebird, or a thundering sky can bring you up when you feel most down. And in the good times, nature will give you energy to save.... Nature is to be preserved and honored, and celebrating solstice recognizes its magnificence.
(This is excerpted from June 2013 Solstice -- this blog.)
We often live as if we are composed of the artificial world we have created (a human world of cars and landfills) and forget that we are literally electromagnetic energy. Our bodies follow the rhythms of the earth. Children heal when they are allowed to run free in nature. Elders who live in natural environments, eating organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and honey, remain healthier.
Many of us are perplexed as nature reacts to our separatism. We are baffled by floods and fires and try not to think of how the pesticides and chemicals that pervade our lives affect us and our children, as well as animals, waterways, and trees that haven't been deforested.
Solstice is a time to remember Nature and revere it. In ancient times, people feasted and danced to celebrate the first day of summer. Bonfires were lit to symbolize the sun.
Try to be near water, or in "sacred woods." Water is spiritual and soothing. Think of swimming, if you're a swimmer, or of watching a river flow or waves roll in -- of how water calms the body, bringing it in tune with the natural world.
Leave a gift for the spirits of nature, and a gift will come back to you in return.
Try to celebrate, if not with others, then with nature itself, which is a companion, an amazing energy, a healer. Just to look at a tree, a cardinal or bluebird, or a thundering sky can bring you up when you feel most down. And in the good times, nature will give you energy to save.... Nature is to be preserved and honored, and celebrating solstice recognizes its magnificence.
(This is excerpted from June 2013 Solstice -- this blog.)
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