Walk Gently On This Earth Walk Softly with Foot Steps That Leave No Mark
Teach This Too the Children
Many times when I walk the land, and/or sit with the land while enjoying a cuppa tea is a time when I go into my deepest thoughts and listen for the answers. It is the stillness of the land, the sounds of nature, and the fresh air of the forest that brings ease to my being and allows me to think more freely and relax.
It is the first of November and I can feel the energy of Samhain. If one takes the time to be still, sit still in the forest one can feel the energy of the changing of the seasons. Samhain marks the end and the beginning of the Celtic year. It is the time of the year when all of life is withdrawing inside itself. It is Autumn’s end and the beginning of winter. This is the time to follow what the seasons are doing and what they are telling us to do. It is time to withdraw, it is not a time for action, it is a time to drift, to dream, to set goals to have a vision. A time to welcome inner and outer stillness, to strengthen your hopes for a new year, to meditate, to bundle up and go out into nature and breath that beautiful winter fresh air, to develop long term plans and nourish your spirit. It is also traditionally, the time to honor our ancestors and embrace our roots.
On that note my thoughts this Samhain morning got me thinking about the last few years. This led me to thinking about how our ancestors of long ago walked gently on this earth. How our elders were the story tellers who were honored as the elder and treated with gentleness and respect. All of this was my thoughts as I walked this morning.
We all have a story and if we watched and listened to the things that happened to us on a regular bases and looked deeply at life we could all have an experience that turns into a story to share. At one time stories were shared to learn from the stories. This could be stories that were shared to keep one safe, to understand a certain emotion, to understand love, and so much more.
Before I go into my Samhain Morning thoughts and experience I want to share a bit about my beliefs and what happened to me recently. I am one of those people who constantly looks at life in search of what are the lessons that Mother Earth, Great Spirit , Heavenly Father, or a Guardian Angel are trying to teach me. What stories will I collect to share?
It could be something as simple as what happened to me the other night with the Aloe Vera plant. I was walking in the living room in the dark. I was feeling a bit rushed because I was preparing to teach an herb class and I was not being aware of my surroundings. By not being aware I bent down and my left eye met with the tip of the Aloe Vera plant. This was excruciatingly painful and for the rest of the night I had to work with one eye, watering and hurting!
Now most people would just write that story off as nothing but an accident and not try to look at it as if there could be a deeper meaning. And most people would say that I am making mountains out of a mole hill if I said I wonder if there was a reason that happened. Reflection, observation, intuition and awareness are vitally important in life and are needed for spiritual and soulful growth. Spiritual lessons are given in all sizes and even in subtle ways, that are so quiet you might not see it especially if you are unaware. Sometimes spiritual lessons are subtle ones and are the biggest lessons. Most people do not see, they are too busy to stop and /or living life too fast that they miss the chance that was given to them to understand what lesson, what story was presenting itself to teach them something These days most things are explained away and/ or pushed away and the understanding of a magical experience or a spirit lesson is lost.
For me the Aloe Vera experience was important to look at it more deeply. Was there a lesson to be learned, a story to tell and share if need be. This took a few more days of deep thinking. What was interesting about my Aloe Vera experience is that most the people I told the story to blew it off as if it was nothing. I think they did not think it was as bad as I said it was because I looked OK by mid-morning the next day. If anyone asked my family they would say it looked bad. So how is this so? First I am a quick healer, I heal well. Our thoughts and beliefs are what hold us back and I knew I would get better. Second I healed quicker because I listened to what I was told to do intuitively and third I realized there was a spiritual lesson involved. There was a deeper meaning and when I had a moment I needed to think about it more deeply. I also learned that I am very good with determination because even though I only had one eye that night while I was prepping for the class, I got everything done for the class.
Here is the ending of the Aloe Vera story. It is my deep thoughts of what the meaning behind what happened to me the night the Aloe Vera hooked its claw into my eye.
When one is walking in darkness in a hurried way one should walk with the awareness to watch out for what can hook a claw into you. When the claw grabs you in the midst of darkness and becomes painful this is when you need to find your way with determination to follow through and keep going in life.
Moving forward to today, Samhain morning, my thoughts about the last few years and lessons that so many missed. As I was walking under the canopy of trees I realized that the last few years was a test. It was a test from God, from Great Spirit, From Heavenly Father and/or Mother Earth. Especially Mother Earth.
Prior to these last few years, years 2019 and backwards just about all of us know that Mother Earth, our earth can’t sustain the harm and the hurt that she receives daily. Also on a level of tribalism/community/parenting most were failing. Most have been living disconnected from their families and friends and have been living on their screens instead. On a deep level inside us, we all know this, have known this but yet most of the population refused to stop, to slow down, to walk softly, to walk gently and heal our earth and heal the mind, body and spirits of the human population.
The population moves fast in life wanting all their material possessions and gives up their voice and allows corrupt governments to rule over them. Even to the extent that everything is opposite of what should be done and decisions are made in darkness with darkness. Most have been ok with this as long as it does not interfere with their materialistic life.
Most of the population not only has given up their voice but they have given up their knowledge, their awareness, their connectedness, their intuitiveness, their adaptability, their flexibility and their patience. The population holds onto Materialism. Because of this the governments of the world are a big part of destroying the earth, my world, your world, our world and the next seven generations world They direct the population towards materialism, they love feeding it. Materialism feeds darkness, stomps on the earth, feeds slavery, creates child labor and mental health issues. Holding on to the path of materialism is how they push their fake plans for climate change or whatever they are calling it these days. Don’t get me wrong I am not putting down climate change per se, I believe we are on the verge of some serious earth changes, but not the way the world government or world economic forum promote Their plan is full of control, materialism and more rape of mother earth.
For example their plans to push electric cars are toxic and harmful. This plan will harm mother earth horribly. It entails having slavery, having control over third world countries, child labor working conditions that are toxic, all for precious metals. They will rip open the breast of mother earth even more, just for materialism just to keep going instead of changing. Electric cars need precious metals, so we go from one toxic way to a more toxic way all for what? Have you ever seen what they do to get all those precious metals out of the land? Do you realize slavery is involved with this? Child labor is a part of this? Isn’t it bad enough that your cells phones, screens etc. are all a part of this? Isn’t it horrible enough that all those cell phones, satellites, and screens are keeping slavery and child labor alive? These people have short lived horrible lives. These precious metal sights (I hate that they call it precious, precious is a beautiful new born baby, not a toxic heavy metal!) become toxic cesspools of ripped up raped mother earth. And now the governments of the world want to switch to electric cars, why because we need to rip up more land and create more sadness somewhere else? Yikes! Shouldn’t they be asking all of us to slow down, walk more gently on this earth, eat organic food, grow a garden, stop buying all these electronic gadgets, stop GMO food not create more GMO Foods and so much more? They themselves should follow these same thoughts.
The government pushes materialism, we have the biggest I want society in the history of our existence on this earth and at the same time we have such a depressed society. Mental illness is at an all-time high. We can’t keep going at a 24/7 pace, the population is falling apart from it and so is Mother Earth. To just keep doing what we have been doing by presenting something that looks different but still repeats what we have been doing will just create another environmental mess
Again when is someone, right or left finally going to say stop, slow down, walk softly on this ground we need to change our thought process from materialism to spiritualism to start caring and sharing a love for our Mother Earth. A deep love for Mother Earth could create a paradise.
As I step off of my rant which is a part of my thoughts this morning of where this is all going, was also about these last few years, the test. As I walk in the misty mountains of Oregon, through the canopy of the forest I realized this was a test from the ones that are full of love. Giving the human race a chance to understand we can’t keep up this pace as a human race and keep raping the land.
This test, this lesson, the story that we needed to learn from was and is about Materialism vs. Spiritualism. It is a lesson to let go and create a smaller life, a lesson to take your life and make your home into an earthly paradise. It was and is a lesson to connect to what was and is truly important in life for the mind, the body and the spirit.
Materialism is not the way and IT WILL destroy us and our world someday.
The last few years, the test, challenge so many in so many ways. Most complained of what they did not have each day. Complaints about not getting what they wanted in life. Whining and complaining about the materialistic things they could not go and do. Instead they should have been doing some deep soul searching of what was really needed to be happy inside. This was the chance to see the lesson that was given and it was not even hidden. It was right out in their face, but they were so lost in their materialistic ways.
The last few years there was so much whining over things that don’t even matter, imagine how mother earth feels when she is constantly being bombarded with abuse. Did you let yourself or your children wallow in every little materialistic thing that was missed or did you understand and explain that it was much bigger than this. Mother Earth needs us to reconnect to her and disconnect from the plug-in of materialism
The last few years (for me) by what I saw and heard and what it felt like, it was a battle between materialism vs. spiritualism. My moment this morning as I enjoyed my conversation with nature was a big wow of it was a test. It was our chance as a human race to change and very few did and now most are back at the 24/7 lifestyle with all its materialistic glory with a few new life style toxic additives that have been added to one’s life.
When a dark event comes into your life, our lives or my life and this darkness has caused pain this is your chance, my chance to see the lesson and find the determination to work through it.
All these thoughts were coming through on my Samhain walk in the forest this morning. To sum up my thoughts, the last few years was a test to stop, at first do nothing, use your heart center to think and speak, to slow down, to walk softly and lightly on this earth. It was a time to create and continue to make your home into being an earthly paradise, to grow food and have a beautiful garden. It was a time to communicate with your neighbors and create your tribe/community. It was not a time to divide more.
As I worked through these deep thoughts I looked up and there it was an Elderberry Tree. I did not know there was an Elderberry tree on this particular part of the trail. I saw the branches and they had no leaves because it was that time of the year for leaves to fall. The Elderberry Tree has such a distinct and beautiful branch. As I spotted the Elderberry branches I felt a close presence of something and just as I turned to my right I realized there was a low small cluster of Elderberries. I cut the cluster of Elderberries off and I gently and slowly carried my elder with soft steps through the forest all the way home.
I had to carry them gently because the berries would have fallen off. Here I am walking through the forest, it was misty and cold. The trails are muddy and slippery. This particular morning I had to keep my St Bernard dog on a leash because he could hear my daughter on another trail. I have my elderberries in my left hand and my dog leash in my right. He is pulling me off and on, it is slippery and wet and this is when my conclusion to my thoughts came.
Elderberries
We should carry our elders gently in life, to walk softly in this world, to slow down and be aware of where you are walking. Take care of what you hold dearly so it does not fall apart. To take what you have nurtured or feel connected to and make something out of it. The berries represent community, which one needs in order to have oxygen which is what give us the breath of life. If we walked more gently and softly in this world it means that you care about our world, your world and this would mean less materialism. Our world won’t survive with so much materialism and if we fail as human beings to understand this then Mother Earth and/or all the spiritual powers of this world will do it for us.
So my thoughts and experiences of the day, turned into a meaning and then a story to be shared for this day.
Happy Samhain
Phoenix (aka Sue)
Introduce plants at a young age. My Granddaughter being a Gypsy looking at herb books.
My Granddaughter is learning to make medicine on Samhain.
What are your teaching your children, to touch a screen or to touch the earth? Which one teaches survival and connection? Which one feeds their mind, their body, their spirit and their soulful path?
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