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Dear Friends,
As I write this Newsletter today, the triple crisis in Japan takes a place at the forefront of my heart and mind. The very deep questions come into my thoughts once again about the "human experiment" and how it is just not going so well.
In so many ways, the actions that we take upon our Mother Earth are detrimental to our very own survival. Are we wired for extinction? Our very survival is based on clean air, clean water, and food that is healthy for us. All is based on re-membering WE ARE OUR ENVIROMENT. Yet somehow along the way we have lost the connection to that very ideal. Indeed we are so disconnected from most everything especially our food and water. What you eat and drink...do you know where it comes from? How many resources/species are being depleted to provide us with our mass consumer driven, industial, military/information society? Do we really need all this stuff, all the toys? What is the real cost? Will technology save us? or kill us? We are what we create. As I ramble on, all I can do right now is visualize our Mother Earth as healthy, clean, and beautiful as the photo below. Send your healing thoughts and prayers to the Earth. For without her vibrancy and health, humanity is in deep trouble.
As our sister Amarin says...let the light shine = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1045784
So with all of this, we continue to look at new ways to be in the world and also new ways of being here at Quantum Leaps. We've been thinking a lot of how much we enjoy Trades and Bartering as a different way of exchanging energy other then $$$$. So if you have a trade or skill that you think you can offer us (i.e I love receiving massage in exchange for a room for the night) please give us a call. Or if you can work in the garden for a couple of hours when you are here or if your handy with tools or landscaping etc.
Finding a place in nature (perhaps at Quantum Leaps), you will renew or discover your connection to nature and Mother Earth. Come and sit with "her" and feel the vibrancy and aliveness in you. Put your ear to the Earth, sit by the river, come and be seduced by "her" beauty and wonder! Meditate on a deer track, along the river bank (a good investment :0) See, hear, feel , and be seduced by the beauty of that which supports you & all your brothers & sisters!! We are a part of the Earth, excuse me.. "we are the Earth!" What we do to her we do to ourselves!!.
See the link below for the updated and complete listing of upcoming 2011 Retreats. i.e. playfully connecting with your food & water on April 15-17. There have also been a couple more retreats added since our last newsletter. For instance on May 20-22nd, we will be hosting a Holotropic Breathwork Retreat.
Remember for all Retreats, if you register 1 month ahead, then you receive $50 OFF your Retreat package. And if you've
"Retreated" with us before you receive an additional $25 OFF. We hope we've created something for you to be inspired to come and play with us.
blessings this time of Spring Equinox,
Brian & Annette
Quantum Leaps Lodge
Golden, BC
ps. for great, different, and provocative info and ideas subscribe to Paul Lowe http://paullowe.org/index.html and/or Carolyn Baker http://carolynbaker.net/
Retreats and Workshops 2011
The Quantum Leaps Retreats calendar is filling in for 2011. To see the listings of what we have planned so far for your
inner and outer explorations go to......
www.quantumleaps.ca
Seduced by the Earth
by Brian O and Annette
PLEASE FIRST WATCH THIS YOU TUBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkjIkuC_eWM
The Earth is longing for us to pay attention to "her". She is longing for you to care enough to sing songs like this little girl. Yes, there are many of us caring and singing for the Earth. ALL OF US (all 7 billion) though are connected to her! There is no separation. Our very survival depends on her clean water, clean air, and clean and healthy food. The Earth is longing for you, as I believe humans are longing for the Earth; like a long lost lover just asking to be paid attention too. The trees wish to be hugged, the flowers wish to be noticed, the waters wish to be honored. As we do this and we begin to be seduced by the Earth, the Earth WILL respond back with love and gratitude.
If a plant witnesses violence, there is scientific evidence that the plant will remember the person that committed the violence and show distress if this person walks into the room again. For me, I don't need to see the scientific evidence of such a statement. I know this is very possible. I have felt the energy of trees and have put my ear to them to feel their energy. I have felt a trees strength, it's joy, and it's sadness.
We as humans on this planet have the ability to think, express emotions, and come from a heart-full place. With this we can send our love and blessings to the other creatures and plants that we share this planet with. To show them that we care to create positive vibrations.
I encourage you to have an ecstatic love affair with the land you live around and enrapture yourself with the beauty of the more then human world. Just like Jake did in the movie AVATAR. The planet of Pandora was what he fell in love with (plus the beautiful blue girl Neytiri). When the Na'vi paid attention to their world, it was alive with energy. They knew about the connectedness of their planet to them and was in oneness with that energy. Once Jake fell in love with the land, he was motivated to protect the planet from the "corporation".
My belief is that in our Westernized culture most of us have lost our connection to the Earth. Why is it that we build Nuclear power plants on Earthquake zones? Build our homes right on the ocean's edge? Why is it that 230 million prescriptions of anti - depressants are filled every year in the United States? Something is obviously not working; filling our lives with gadgets and technology. My theory is that we have lost our connection to the one that sustains our life, the one that can fill our eyes with beauty everyday...MOTHER EARTH!
I encourage you then to find ways to send your love and blessings to the Earth. Whether it is through mediation or simply walking by a tree and sending your love and blessings to it. It really is simple. Admire the Earth's beauty, be raptured by it, and fall in love with it in the moment, from your HEART! The Earth is longing for you to be seduced by HER!
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