Love Oracle 33: Celebrating Earth Day

With Earth Day on April 22nd, let’s honour Mother Earth, Her rhythms, and Her Elements.

Born of Her, we humans are an integral part of nature.

We are not separate or superior. Any belief that we are is at the root of suffering – both on Her part and ours.

So let’s think of Earth Day like a Coming Home Day.

Isn’t our home worth appreciating, celebrating, protecting, maintaining?

This week’s Love Oracle Messages are all about fostering our relationship with our planet and therefore with ourselves. 

So ask your Team of Divine Helpers “How can I best live my week leading up to Earth Day?” Then, pick the painting that speaks most to you, and read its Love Oracle Message below.

Dear Beloved,

How aware of you of the rhythms of Mother Nature?

What’s your relationship with Her World?

• Are you in touch with the seasons and their influence on you? Do you fight or embrace them?
• Are you aware of the cycle of the Moon and its influence on the ocean tides and on your life?
• Can you spot the signs and teachings offered to you by the trees?
• Do your plans and actions respect the presence of other creatures on this planet?
• Do you truly know how dependent you are on the nature around you and around the world?
• Have you noticed fluctuations in yearly berry bounties?
• Do you garden and how do you garden?
• Do you spend more time viewing Netflix or social media than you do the changes in weather and the beauty of the natural world?

I confess, I’m writing this message from my basement studio, where there’s only a small window to see if it’s sunny or snowing.

There’s been a lot less time in nature while in the flow of this channeled writing. I’m preparing blog posts in advance of my 2 months of karma yoga in the Sierra Foothills of California.

Yes, I’ll be very much in touch with nature on the 900 acres of Ananda Village. But for now, it takes conscious effort to get way from behind my computer screen. I’m living in my head more than in my body or in nature.

Are you also neglecting your relationship with Mother Earth? Can you feel the difference it’s making in the quality of your life too?

How can you nurture your relationship with the sacredness of nature this Earth Day and beyond – no matter the season, the weather, or your busy-ness?

If you picked this painting, you’re being asked to dance with nature, whatever that means for you. 

Don’t just grab Her by the arm and drag Her to the dance floor. Invite Nature into your life. Respect Her. Enjoy Her company. Learn from all She gives.

Your health will benefit from this relationship, even if you just nurture it a few hours every week. But the more, the better!

A date in a city park is fine, but you’ll both benefit more from time in a wild setting getting to know each other better.

Remember that what you do to the land, the water and the air, you’re ultimately doing to yourself and your loved ones. 

Be a conscious dance partner in the sacred dance of Life this Earth Day. Observe the rhythms of the seasonal songs and how they move you. And try not to step on any toes.

Painting: Silver Thaw (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

Which of these quotes speaks most to your soul right now? Which ones inspire you to nurture your relationship with nature this Earth Day?

“I firmly believe nature brings solace in all troubles.” —Anne Frank

“We don’t own the planet Earth; we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.” —Steve Irwin

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods. There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society, where none intrudes by the deep sea, and music in its roar. I love not man the less, but nature more.” —Lord Byron

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together … all things connect.” —Chief Seattle

“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” —David Attenborough

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” —Rachel Carson

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” —Kahlil Gibran

Choose 1 or 2 and write them down on a piece of paper that you’ll post on your mirrors for the week. 

Every day, come up with a plan to live that quote. It can be a day-long event or 10 minutes on your way to work.

Consciously take inspired action to physically be in nature, not only think about it.

Feel yourself in Mother Earth’s womb, Her embrace, Her community. 

Make your way to Nature and bring back the essence of that relationship into the rest of your week.

Have fun with this process! You might enjoy it so much that it will continue long past Earth Day.

Painting: Mother Earth (SOLD). Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

There may be many reasons and many times when you simply can’t get out of populated areas to benefit from being in the Great Outdoors. But that doesn’t mean you have to feel separate from it.

There are ways to connect to nature by inviting the 5 Elements into your home and office space.

So, as you gear up for Earth Day, how can you add more of that element in your life through diet, activities, Feng Shui, etc.

It may mean adding something inside your home or simply stepping out into the back yard.

For example, if you need more:

• Earth: ground by walking bare foot on the earth or hug a tree, wear or place rocks & crystals in your environment, garden, play with your pets, wear brown/green, etc.
• Air: use breathing techniques, stand in the wind visualizing it blowing all your troubles away, open a window, become conscious of the air on your skin (temperature, movement), wear white, add wind chimes or air purifying plants to your home, etc.
• Water: drink more water, take a cold shower, add a fountain in your yard, take a warm bath, wear blue, add mirrors to your home, etc.
• Fire: light a candle, have a campfire, sit by the fireplace, ignite more passion in your relationship or your life; eat spicy food, wear red/orange, etc.
• Aether: meditate, focus on your spiritual life, wear purple, use smudge, raise your vibration, pray, etc.

Ask your Team of Divine Helpers to support your intention and stay open to Guidance.

Whatever your need or inspiration, may something here today help you in re-aligning to your True Self in your relationship with Mother Earth and the Elements.

For you are one of Her precious creatures that contributes to raising the consciousness of the planet. And that’s what Earth Day is all about.

Painting: Equilibrium (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.