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EARTH GROUNDING: IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE DESTINATION , BUT WHAT COMES ALONG THE JOURNEY.
An Organic Psychology Report from an Online Course Participant
I did this earth grounding activity in the snow-filled back yard of the vacation cabin we rented. It was a beautiful, cold, sunny morning. I walked through nearly knee-deep snow toward a welcoming wooded area. As I passed a smooth, lean, bare branch of some bush, I removed my glove and held it in my hand. I gently pulled it toward me. The resistance was natural feeling, neutral. And with it I sensed a deep root, a sense of belonging in place, a comfortable bonding stability. Those feelings were peaceful and reassuring to me. I was so grateful to feel this sharing this touching my source. I was still in shock from hearing the dreadful news of my uncle's suicide just the night before. I hadn't fully accepted it as real as of yet. Nature, inside and outside of myself, knew the core I needed to connect with and be soothed by.
I was reminded by this grass roots activity that the natural feelings I described above are essential, along with a passion and reverence for life. Without them as a starting place, some people, like my beloved cousin, see death as their logical choice; their only option left. Deep, soulful, passionate connection with Life, loved ones (human and non-human alike), and Self is the core of Being alive, and it must be rooted within ones' self.
Successful survival is a basic foundational state. Living, thriving, radiating life force with joy---that's what I choose! I consciously make the connections I need to support my choice and remind me whenever I feel less than grand.
Sometimes that connection is a simple, smooth, lean branch of a bush resting in a wintery landscape. An adept teacher indeed.
I began a new activity immediately following the last one. I simply asked the woodland to show me what it was wanted me to see. A dried, tan leaf attached to a tree, fluttering in the wind, caught my attention. I walked toward the tree. As I did so, I passed an evergreen branch heavily laden with tiny cones drooping in a sun-puddle. It was so uplifting to my spirits. All the little, tiny seed cones, like ornaments. All filled with life's potential...hope...promise. The cycles of nature captured in pretty, little brown packages.I continued walking toward the original fluttering leaf. I then passed a bare branch with many little, twiggy branchettes. Caught in them were two small owl feathers! What a delightful surprise! I studied them closely, wondering if the original owner felt their loss as it flew through...perhaps swooping in on a promising meal. I don't know what kind of owl, but owl it was. I felt keenly that I should just leave the feathers there rather than take them...which is what I normally would do. I honored the impulse to look but not touch. Leave things as I found them. Take the joy and the memory but not the feathers.
The original fluttering leaf was no longer attracting me. It was like it just wanted to get my attention to walk in that direction so I would see and experience those other things on the way.
I'm reminded that:- It's not so much the destination, but what comes along the journey.
- In the depths of winter life's energy and potential is an endless cycle and circle of transformatons.
- Nature's non-verbal language is translated to deeper meaning through our capacity for metaphor.
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"Human behavior is rooted most deeply in nature's intentions and desire. The rhythms of nature underlie all of human interaction: religious traditions, economic systems, cultural and political organization. When these human forms betray the natural psychic pulse, people and societies get sick, nature is exploited and entire species are threatened."
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In industrial society our excessively nature-separated lives mold us to betray the natural psychic pulse. We learn to block from our thinking over 98 percent of the wise sensory callings and fulfillments we normally receive from natural systems and their eons of experience. Our subconscious hurt and frustration from the severed disconnection of these senses underlies our greatest troubles.-Michael J. Cohen
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