Now's a Good Time
With the increased numbers of peculiar animal die-offs' lately, I've noticed a steepening crescendo of nervous foreboding, coming from particularly, but not exclusively, our teens and twenty-somethings.
I'm hearing and seeing this myself and it's not a pretty scenario. I'm saddened to witness our kids so caught in the middle of this massive info glut, but lacking the possession of a mature, solid grounding in both spirituality and science, which could help immunize them from fear of the unknown.
I think that it's time for those of us who outspokenly belong to Earth-centered religions to step up, because this is a moment when our people and our World are needing us to be in the forefront of local and global mediation.
As followers of animistic, polytheistic religions, it seems incumbent upon us to go to our Sources through ritual and help set the balance right again.
This is our job; this is what we've been training for, all this time.
As individuals and within community, whether Druid, Pagan, Heathen or Reconstructionist of whatever type; if our hearts are in-tune with the beat of the Mother, then we would do well to minister however possible, to those who are not as strong, committed or informed and attempt to allay their fears.
Because, although delayed, these are Millennial fears, after all, and every era suffers through them.
When our computers didn't crash, after all the fuss, we brushed Y2K off and went about our lives; laughing at ourselves for being so silly. But I think something deeper happened to our kids and they now seem the most affected by a growing sense of fatalism. I think their young minds were witness to that bizarre confusion and just soaked it up, only to have it come spilling out now, post-traumatically, with the deluge of doomsayers on the internet, twitter and other techno-addictive media.
We know it's all bullshit, but "personal ignorance + false information = panic."
Let's put our feet and butts' to the ground and talk to our Earth Kindreds, to find out what we can individually and communally do in mediating this planetary lesson? It would be good for us to simply work at strengthening an aura of calm, centeredness about us at all times, as this deep Earth-connection will foster much-needed balance when reflected towards others.
Helping override any latent hysteria we encounter among our family and friends; possibly channeling that into a greater sense of hope-filled partnership with our planet, seems an honorable goal that is, at the same time, do-able.
We have an opportunity, and the world needs us...now.
I'm hearing and seeing this myself and it's not a pretty scenario. I'm saddened to witness our kids so caught in the middle of this massive info glut, but lacking the possession of a mature, solid grounding in both spirituality and science, which could help immunize them from fear of the unknown.
I think that it's time for those of us who outspokenly belong to Earth-centered religions to step up, because this is a moment when our people and our World are needing us to be in the forefront of local and global mediation.
As followers of animistic, polytheistic religions, it seems incumbent upon us to go to our Sources through ritual and help set the balance right again.
This is our job; this is what we've been training for, all this time.
As individuals and within community, whether Druid, Pagan, Heathen or Reconstructionist of whatever type; if our hearts are in-tune with the beat of the Mother, then we would do well to minister however possible, to those who are not as strong, committed or informed and attempt to allay their fears.
Because, although delayed, these are Millennial fears, after all, and every era suffers through them.
When our computers didn't crash, after all the fuss, we brushed Y2K off and went about our lives; laughing at ourselves for being so silly. But I think something deeper happened to our kids and they now seem the most affected by a growing sense of fatalism. I think their young minds were witness to that bizarre confusion and just soaked it up, only to have it come spilling out now, post-traumatically, with the deluge of doomsayers on the internet, twitter and other techno-addictive media.
We know it's all bullshit, but "personal ignorance + false information = panic."
Let's put our feet and butts' to the ground and talk to our Earth Kindreds, to find out what we can individually and communally do in mediating this planetary lesson? It would be good for us to simply work at strengthening an aura of calm, centeredness about us at all times, as this deep Earth-connection will foster much-needed balance when reflected towards others.
Helping override any latent hysteria we encounter among our family and friends; possibly channeling that into a greater sense of hope-filled partnership with our planet, seems an honorable goal that is, at the same time, do-able.
We have an opportunity, and the world needs us...now.