Mother Nature Is Speaking Louder and Louder
And the women of the world are listening, and acting…
Mother Nature, Mother Earth, Gaia. She goes by different names, but to me, it’s perfectly clear that she’s a living being. And she speaks up. Thanks, Julia Roberts, for giving her a voice.
Of course, this is not the only voice of Gaia we hear. We hear her speak through the bush fires in Australia. We hear her speak through the floodings in Jakarta. We hear her speak at Standing Rock, voiced by indigenous people who want clean drinking water instead of oil pipelines.
Gaia is speaking louder and louder. Greta Thunberg and all the other young activists are hearing her. And I secretly think the big politicians who are shouting loud about climate denial, are hearing her as well.
I think she is a small voice in their hearts. And because the voice is not convenient, it’s asking them to change, they are trying to drown her out with their own loud voices. Shouting: “Not true! Not true! We need money! We need business! We need growth!”
Well, think again. Our hearts are hearing Gaia. Our hearts are speaking up. Do we need big houses full of stored stuff? Do we need impressive things to boost our egos? Or do we need love? Do we want to live a life worth living? A life of purpose?
Luckily, many more people are ‘coming out’, admitting that Gaia speaks. One of them is Charles Eisenstein. I really love his work. If you have never heard of him or seen his work, check it out. He explains lots of ecological earth mechanisms very clearly in his series: Ecology and Earth Healing on Youtube.
So yes, more and more people admit to hearing Gaia. What’s next? What do we do about it? There are many different avenues, but I think these simple steps are always true.
1 Stop treating money as our only God. Start appreciating other values in our lives. Clean water, clean air, healthy shelters, healthy food
2 Put our money where our words are. We are all consumers, so please, let’s spend our money on the things we really care about. The things we love, need and appreciate
3 Relax and support each other. We are all on the same path, sometimes stumbling, falling, trying again. Let’s trust each other and be kind
4 Think reciprocity. When we take something, say resources for a product, make sure we also give back. When we travel, feed the soil where we land. When we breathe, plant a tree to receive our breath and give us oxygen in return
One organization that really understands this well is Tree Sisters. Clare Dubois and her team are really changing lives. They help women to hear Gaia’s voice, to recognize their own talents and to respond with reciprocity.
I’m definitely a Tree Sister. You taught me so much about myself, about the feminine way of creating, about leaning into nature and finding the answers if we listen closely enough. Thank you!
And there are other organizations as well. The Awakening Women Institute for example. Chameli Ardagh and her team are also changing lives. Creating a community for women to grow in, to support them and to find their own talents and strengths.
I rest my case for now. Gaia is speaking up. Let’s hear her. Let’s lean into her words and respond whatever way we feel fit. I love the way women and young people especially are responding to her call. Let’s support each other’s work and lives…
To Gaia and to me, it doesn’t matter if you are male, female, young, or old. If you hear Gaia, please respond. She needs us to stand up and act with reciprocity.
Okay, one more picture to show how beautiful she really is…
When you want to connect, you can always find me via LinkedIn, Facebook or on my website. Or come and visit me in nature. Let’s meet up on an island somewhere, rethinking the economy. Or join us in our food forest, feeding the trees the organic matter their soils and souls need so badly…
Thank you, Mike, for being my sounding board and adding you calm, wise energy to my words.
