Although I haven’t really shared that much about where I stand spiritually on my blog, I do share on my About Page that I am apprenticed to Moon Maiden, Miss Genni Pearlsong McCoury, and have worked with her for over 20 years. I have also worked with many Indigenous Elders over the course of time, and my fundamental spiritual beliefs are consistent with these teachings. I believe that Mother Earth is a living being of great majesty and power. I believe that every being who lives on Earth — people, plants, animals, trees, rocks, crystals, soil, bacteria, viruses — has consciousness and residing inside of each of these magnificent beings is a spark of God. I see God everywhere, in everything. Therefore, every being on Earth is precious to me, is a part of my family. Where I live in Douglasville, among the trees, is a community of plants, animals, and people. My job as a member of this community is to give of my talents as best I can, because I gain so much in relation to the gifts I am given every day and value each and every being who connects with me in a good way.
Whether we want to believe this or not, our lives are governed by natural law. We can either work with the law or have it work against us. As a people, since we have stepped away from family/community-based agriculture, we have stopped listening to the land, to the animals and plants around us. We no longer connect with the natural wisdom that would support our continued successful life within our community. We have stopped living in harmony with natural law. We no longer follow the natural cycles of the planet, and we have lost connection. Then, we wonder why our lives are not working; why the technological explanations for how things manifest don’t quite work for us, on a consistent basis.
I am dedicating 2010 to using and sharing teachings about how to live in accord with Mother Earth and all her children so that we can create a permanent path to living a successful, joyful life, in harmony with natural law, in community with all living things. I am committed to honoring all my relations — God/Source/Creator, the Mother Earth, the Sun, the Moon, the stars, the plants, the animals, the soil, the rocks, the crystals, the bacteria, the viruses, everyone I meet, the Holy Ancestors, spirit guides and teachers. When I live in this way, I have vibrational coherence and am not at the negative effect of any happenings of the day.
Does this mean that I am recommending that everyone go out and do Native American or Indigenous ceremony on a regular basis? Not unless you are led to do so, and if you are led this way and need to connect with a bona fide Lineage, please connect with me, because it is rather challenging to find a congruent Native American teacher.
What I am suggesting is that you connect today, right now, and that you make time to connect daily. First, connect with your Higher Power, with whatever you believe is greater than you, and communicate your gratitude for your life, in whatever state it’s in. If you don’t feel the connection, talk with your Higher Power anyway. There is great power in “faking it until you make it.” Second, connect with the Earth. For those who can do this, take your shoes off and walk around outside barefoot. Wiggle your toes in the grass; walk directly on the soil in your garden. Go up to a a tree and touch it with the awe and wonder of a child. Mentally state your intention to connect in deep gratitude for the shade the tree provides. Look at the plants and animals around you. Thank them for being there, for giving you the gift of their teachings. Look up at the sun; feel the warmth of its rays and thank it for its many gifts — light, day, food. Live a life of honoring, in deep gratitude for the many gifts you are given in every moment.
Then, make plans and decisions from that connected place. Our Elders teach us that we should consider the outcomes of our decisionmaking for seven generations. This is a good way to live, to think further than the dictates of the moment, to ensure good living for those who follow us. It is the way the Holy Ancestors lived in the Ancient World, and they had far greater abilities than those we aspire to in the modern world.
In 2010 I will be living this way and sharing how to live this way — connecting with the wisdom of the natural world in reverence and gratitude in order to create desired life breakthroughs. A small group of my brothers and sisters are joining me in this process, and I will be writing a book to document our journey together as well as share the breakthrough process. I am giving the basic teachings that are the foundation for this way of purposeful living on my blog, The Success Breakthrough. You are welcome to visit me there at any time, leave questions or comments.
In closing, I would like to share with you a video that I received this morning from Children of the Sun. They are using the film as their basis for this month’s Full Moon Ceremony on Wednesday, December 2. I am sharing it with you to show you in graphic detail what I value, why I am going to move me and my family to higher ground so that whatever occurs on December 21, 2012, we will be living a fulfilled, joyful, and prosperous life. I invite you to join us!
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Hi Melody. I enjoyed hearing about how respecting nature serves your soul. I’m working daily to develop a bubble of sanity for my wife and I and our first child, a boy we’ve named Parker, to be born any day now. Somehow, I must detach from unhealthy living yet accept people where they are and make new connections.
Reading of your reverance for Mother Earth and your appreciation for learning of the Ancient Ways of Native America, I feel compelled to add to the video you shared.
For me, neither the dehumanizing corporate self destructive profit machine nor the cyclical seasonal time and folktales of primitive culture ALONE will be our salvation.
I do subscribe to our future as a species being a question and not a fact. Ofcourse, there is nothing new about this potential and many factors contribute. One could blame our self-destruction on agriculture just as much as it swelled our population, if they wished, and that was 10,000+ years ago.
Is it not true that nature prefers variety and demands that we move about freely through the universe just as cattle graze where the grass grows? I would like to see us combine the wisdom of the ancients with the daring of astronauts in our future. The stress seems unbearable at times but I believe we can clean up our act, use our imagination to manifest our desires and still be at harmony with nature.
Thank you for sharing your passion. I enjoyed it.
How do I access the more recent posts? Can’t find anything since Dec 1st. Thanks!
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Although I would’ve preferred if you went into a little bit more detail, I still got the gist of what you meant. I agree with it. It might not be a popular idea, but it makes sense. Will definitely come back for more of this. Great work
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