While we are a spiritual school, we always recognize that the spiritual includes the physical. Angels, who have no physical bodies, never forget what it means to be incarnated in a physical body. There are many physical bodies upon earth. Human egos tend to think of only their own body because, as you know, ego believes it is the Center of Everything. This cannot be, because God is the Center of Everything. God is Everything. God is the Center. God IS. Ego is not. Ego is a mere belief, a false belief.
There are many bodies upon earth. Human bodies. Bodies of animals. Bodies of trees, grasses, grains, seeds, nuts, and flowers; the great body of the ocean and all the bodies that exist within the ocean; the bodies of mountains, boulders, rocks, and pebbles; the bodies of the forest and everything that dwells within the forests.
The sap of trees is their life blood -- no less important or significant than the life blood of humans. The life blood of animals is as important as the life blood of humans. The First People of the earth knew this. When they chose to take the life of an animal, plant, or herb for food, medicine, or clothing, they knew to honor that life, not to take it recklessly, in game or sport or cruelty -- to take only what they needed for their own life. They knew to ask the earth for the blessing of that body.
Even money has a body -- the body of the tree or minerals from which it is made. Humans take the body of the earth and create money and then call that money "mine." People hoard that money, which comes from the body of the earth, and believe they are stronger or better or wiser because they have more money than someone else. They forget that someone else helped them "make" that money. In reality, no one makes money. They simply accumulate money.
Human beings work in rain forests and jungles, on plantations, in sweat shops and factories, on farms, on the land, and in offices. Without all these people working so hard, no one who is called "rich" could become rich. But "rich" people forget this. They forget that everything they have, even the money they hold in their hand, comes from the great richness of Mother Earth. Everything that IS upon the face of the earth comes from the Mother. It is She who gives birth to everything.
So remember to give thanks to Mother Earth. Honor Her. Make friends of the trees, many of whom are older than you will ever be. Even something as small as a bee performs a function that is vital to maintaining the life of humans. Bees can exist without human life, but humans cannot exist without bees.
There are many bodies upon earth. Human bodies. Bodies of animals. Bodies of trees, grasses, grains, seeds, nuts, and flowers; the great body of the ocean and all the bodies that exist within the ocean; the bodies of mountains, boulders, rocks, and pebbles; the bodies of the forest and everything that dwells within the forests.
The sap of trees is their life blood -- no less important or significant than the life blood of humans. The life blood of animals is as important as the life blood of humans. The First People of the earth knew this. When they chose to take the life of an animal, plant, or herb for food, medicine, or clothing, they knew to honor that life, not to take it recklessly, in game or sport or cruelty -- to take only what they needed for their own life. They knew to ask the earth for the blessing of that body.
Even money has a body -- the body of the tree or minerals from which it is made. Humans take the body of the earth and create money and then call that money "mine." People hoard that money, which comes from the body of the earth, and believe they are stronger or better or wiser because they have more money than someone else. They forget that someone else helped them "make" that money. In reality, no one makes money. They simply accumulate money.
Human beings work in rain forests and jungles, on plantations, in sweat shops and factories, on farms, on the land, and in offices. Without all these people working so hard, no one who is called "rich" could become rich. But "rich" people forget this. They forget that everything they have, even the money they hold in their hand, comes from the great richness of Mother Earth. Everything that IS upon the face of the earth comes from the Mother. It is She who gives birth to everything.
So remember to give thanks to Mother Earth. Honor Her. Make friends of the trees, many of whom are older than you will ever be. Even something as small as a bee performs a function that is vital to maintaining the life of humans. Bees can exist without human life, but humans cannot exist without bees.
Honor the Great Body of Love, Mother Earth
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