Tornados and Storms

Abiding Reiki Newsletter for June 2008

There is no doubt that Mother Earth is on a rampage lately. There has been an increase in violent tornados and storms that are shaking our foundation. There is no doubt that we are beginning to pay dearly for our abuse of Gaia and her resources. Gas is at an all time high, airports are being shut down in rural communities, food shortages and staples such as rice and bread are beginning to either be in short supply, or expensive to find. People are becoming increasingly fearful and wonder what their future will look like.
In this times of storms and challenges it is ever more important to ground and to be still in the midst of chaos. We can be rooted in ourselves while storms swirl within and without physically, mentally, and spiritually, or we can allow these storms to take us into their center and destroy us.
We are in a time where priorities are going to be shifting, and some serious choices are going to have to be made. It may well be that the lives we've known of luxury and cheap fuel and food are behind us. Perhaps this is an evolution and a lesson in this lifetime. How attached are we to "things?" How are we contributing to the current crisis in our weather? Have we begun to go green? Are we conserving, recycling, and doing what we can not to further upset the balance of nature? Will we learn from this, or will we continue to blindly go forward, destroying the Earth and ourselves in the process? What do these storms say about us, not just externally but internally? To me these outward storms also reflect the inward storms of stress, uncertainty, and lack of moral compass that has become a part of our more recent society. How will we be facilitators in this time of light, change and hope?
More than ever there are birth pangs. An entire nation is yearning for change, the platform that Obama has so eloquently brought forward. By running on this platform he has tapped into that universal longing America has because it realizes that things have gone seriously wrong. Our way of life has created monster weather, global warming, and a serious financial crisis. Instead of finding alternative fuel we are wanting to rip up remaining precious lands to look for oil. Instead of a national program to regulate the mortgage industry we find people in foreclosure of their home. Our days as the most powerful country are numbered, and people are running scared. Will we be part of the problem, or part of the solution?