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Considering the troubling things taking place in the world -- damage being done to nature, the insanity and horror of war, mass shootings, and other atrocities – it can be easy to wonder where is the order, the Divinity, in any of this?
Humans create systems and civilizations in an attempt to create order. However, modern humans have reached a point where our technological ingenuity has outpaced our wisdom. We have let loose mad genies of nuclear weapons, climate change, industrial and plastic pollution, and now artificial intelligence – all of which are creating more chaos.
We’ve allowed that to happen because we’ve been caught in an illusion of separation – from God/Source/Creator, one another, and all the rest of nature. And so, coming from that consciousness of separation, we’ve created systems and civilizations that are out of alignment with natural and spiritual laws. They are literally out of order, misaligned with Divine Order.
This is a time when humans have much to learn from the other species with whom we share the planet. There is a natural order in nature. Many of us have been taught that nature and evolution is all about survival of the fittest, but more modern ecological study shows us that cooperation and relationship is actually a greater aspect of natural law. The web of life is layered and intertwined. Symbiotic relationships are rampant. The hooves of bison and antelope aerate and enrich the soil in prairies. Wrasse fish eat parasites, food particles, and dead tissue from larger fish.
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The mutualistic relationship provides food and protection for the wrasse and health benefits for the larger fish. The human body is more a colony than an individual entity; each human body hosts 10 microorganisms for every human cell, and these microbes contribute to digestion, produce vitamin K, promote the development of the immune system, and detoxify harmful chemicals.
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it is attached to the rest of the world."
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Naturalist and author John Muir
Spending time in nature is one way to declutter our minds and allow more Divine Order to flow into our personal lives. At a societal level, a close examination of the natural world and deeper respect for the laws of nature could go a long way toward reducing chaos and creating more orderly systems and civilizations.
We are living in a precious and precarious time when human miscreation can no longer be ignored because Nature won’t allow it.
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Our changing climate is driving more intense fires, floods, and extreme heat events. Coastal communities are already being affected by rising sea levels. Global food systems are facing growing impacts from climate change.
As ecological destabilization escalates more and more people are stepping up to take action. Chaord is a term used to describe pockets of order rising out of chaos and such an uprising is happening all over the planet just now as millions of people take action to redesign civilization, to re-member our Oneness. This shift and consciousness and understanding of humanity’s place within and relationship to the rest of Creation is happening on an unprecedented scale.
More and more people are questioning, and challenging status quo systems and societal norms that may be normal but don’t make sense anymore. We now have a staggering level of awareness, knowledge, and tools at our disposal to experience this world and to help it heal.
The word order comes from the Latin word ordiri, which means "to begin to weave”.
Those of us on a path of intentionally raising consciousness – our own and collective consciousness – have special roles to play. We know how to hold space for Divine Order to break through dark appearances. We know how to take both the outer and the inner steps to let the shift happen.
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We have an opportunity and power to access and channel Divine Order and weave lives that are webs of delight. We can weave Oneness consciousness. We can help mend the fabric of Creation. As we learn to harness our spiritual faculties, become vessels and portals of Divine Order we begin to spin out a whole new Order of Humanity.
"The only reason man is limited is that he has not allowed the Divine within him to more completely express. "
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Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind
Here is a brief personal message from Earth Care Core Team member, Mary Gerken. She can be reached at agreatpickle@hotmail.com.