Video from the Global Oneness Project featuring Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, a non-profit organization promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native peoples throughout the Americas.
Chris talks about how European Americans must develop a spiritual connection to the land in order to avert a great ecological crisis. We must learn to have greater respect for our home and honor the connection we have to all of life, including that of the planet.
breathe Peace ~
Rev. Rebecca
Thank you for posting this video. I believe we all need to be more connected with the earth.
Sue
Yes, we do Sue. I am heartbroken by what we are doing to our home. I grieve for Mother Earth every time I see photos of the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast; when I see video of corporations polluting the precious little fresh water resources that villagers have in Central and South America; when I see strip miners laying waste to the mountains; and when I see the massive amounts of trash and waste we create every day.
This planet is not ours. It is here for our sustenance and enjoyment, but not for our abuse. As Mr. Peters said, it is not to be commodified. This is Sacred Ground we tread upon. We owe it to our children and our children’s children and all who come after to leave it better than we found it. “Leave no footprints,” as someone once said.
Thank you for the work you do, Sue, with the World Meditation Project. Your commitment to bringing Harmony to the world is admirable. May the fruit of your work expand to bless the world in myriad ways.
Peace & Blessings ~
Rev. Rebecca
Thanks Rebecca. This is very good. It reminds me of some of the men’s work communities in Chicago who have incorporated some native ritual into their work and after welcoming the energy from the 4 directions, put a hand on the earth and thank Mother/Father Nature for being present as well. Another man once taught me (although not well enough to practice it regularly) that when we take something from the earth (ie. pick something up like a feather or a rock) we need to give something back, even if it’s a piece of lint from our pocket. It acknowledged and respected the give and take nature of our relationship with our planet. May I post this video to facebook? Or would you and I can repost. I’d like these thoughts to be spread. Thanks again.
Of course you may borrow it, Al. Actually, it doesn’t belong to me but to the Global Oneness Project. They have a library of videos on many subjects that you can access online.
We have lost that sense of connection with the land. We take more than we need, we waste what we take, we think Mother Earth owes to us as much as we want, and we don’t give back. Sometimes I shudder to think of what kind of world our children’s children will live in. But being a New Thought minister, I hold the Highest and Best. People CAN change. Our job is to assist them in their awakening.
breathe Peace ~
Rev. Rebecca