Nature's Witness
What is nature communicating to you about the spiritual aspect of being?
Matthew 6:28-29
And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
I have been experiencing despair as I witness the sum zero world around me: they win, we lose mentality. This physical world is often about the getting which so often ends up resulting in “the taking”. And oh - the immense harm in the taking.
My eyes and ears have been filled with a consistent hum in the last week and a half: people posing their opinion in the aftermath. Some of the answers make my ears perk up – likely because they match my own thinking or answer a question in a satisfying way.
I’m paying attention, though. I am watching for the answers that seem to harden me and encourage cynicism and nihilism - both exist in me.
That’s my tending right now: listen with caution. Take a break. Process what I’ve consumed before consuming more. Take another break. Sit outside. Be.
In all the sum zero ways humans are inclined to operate, nature offers a vital witness of cycling, inter-dependence, and vitality. There is a different way, a different hum if we are inclined to listen.
What is nature communicating to you about the spiritual aspect of being? Who are the teachers around you that foster other ways of being and how can you tune into this hum?