Connecting with Nature

We live in times of great change to human society and also to the earth. Institutions of power and authority are failing. It’s the end of an Age. What comes next for humanity? Will we find a new way of living before the earth is exploited to it’s death.

I’m not a prophet of doom. I’m a dreamer, a story-teller, and a believer in the good that’s inside of people. We don’t need to destroy each other because of our different beliefs. Truth will eventually triumph over lies and deception. Love conquers fear.

Has mankind ever lived in peace and harmony with nature or with each other?

Yes, yes, YES! We did live that way more than 5,000 years ago. In old Europe there’s evidence in the archaeological record of civilization that understood life was sacred and they venerated nature as the sustainer of life. 

I’m talking about the incredible, lifetime’s work of Marija Gimbutas,  an archaeologist born in Lithuania, 1921. According to Marija’s studies, the end of Old Europe’s peaceful Age came with the arrival of Kurgan culture, around 4500 BC. They were horse-riding people who descended from the Russian steppes and migrated throughout Europe and east into India. After the arrival of the Kurgans, the archaeological record has pottery shards showing “depictions of slavery and of war and the phenomena of walled cities was common.” (source: www.sacredcircles.com)

The age of peace was so long ago in the past. You might be wondering how this old history is relevant to today’s technological world? Well, many people are searching for the wisdom of the ancients. Seeking the lost, and perhaps advanced knowledge of how they lived in harmony with themselves and nature. The ancient mythology, the understanding of ley lines—the earth’s electromagnetic energy grid, astronomy, pyramid buildings (not just Egyptians ones), the meaning of circles of stones and the list goes on.

There’s also interest in the traditional beliefs of indigenous peoples. 40,000+ years--the Australian Aboriginal people have the longest history of continuous occupation of land of any people in the world.

Fortunately, as we make the transition to the next age of living on earth, we already have some innate skills we were born with. Like the ancient part of the brain -- “Lizard Brain”. I’ve been blogging about our reptilian selves for a few weeks now. Our primeval brain already knows how to live on earth without destroying its food, vital soil, water and air.

Connecting with nature is a good way to tune in and listen to Lizard Brain. Connecting with nature is good for health--lowers blood pressure and stress hormones, improves mental health, and provides a sense of well-being. It’s simple--we need contact with nature. Our finely engineered feet have also evolved to walk over any terrain on earth. Let’s go walking!

This coming week on Google + I’ll have a few posts about connecting with nature. Wherever you live in the world, please keep safe during these turbulent times. If you can, or need to, take some time out from the rat race to unwind and chill out.

Green is a calming color.

I’m going to take a walk in the park. 

♥ Ashlyn