When you quiet the mind, you look inside.
Natacha Neveu @thesortinghouse
When you look inside, you quiet the mind.
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Quiet, Look Inside
Tag: relearning
Like a Wave From the Ocean
“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here”
Alan Watts
You are no stranger on this planet.
Look after yourself and your home, our lives depend on it.
Nobody has it all figured out. Yet. Let that not be a reason to stop you.
Everything changes all the time. You can too. How exciting!
Why not try it? Won’t you come and join us too?
If you are reading this, know that
Vital Link
As functioning humans in society, many of us have lost our vital link to nature. We have forgotten the pivotal role that nature plays in our growth and wellbeing.
We have reduced nature to nothing more than annoying weather and pesky wildlife. Reduced it to something that stands in our way of a self-proclaimed good time or dirty profit. In doing so, we are robbing nature of its majestic, pure, effortless beauty, and we are sabotaging our rightful place here, as well as that of our children.
Continue reading “Vital Link”1818 Above Sea Level
Updated 17 August 2022 – Original Post 21 December 2019
At 1818 meters above sea level on a stunning mountain top where people come to watch the sunrise creeping out above the clouds, cigarette butts in insane amounts are left polluting this breathtaking site. This means that the ground and rainwater which then runs down the valleys, to our gardens, to crops, to nature, the sea, rivers, lakes and into our drinking water is also polluted by this careless action.
I went to admire the sunrise on this early morning and admire it I did. It was magical to see the burning light of the sun emerge above the clouds, to witness the incredible power of golden energy piercing the darkness and humidity of the early morning as the night crept away into day. Yet there was definitely a saddening shadow cast on the moment, total disappointment ushering away the natural love and awe, for it was impossible to ignore the sheer thoughtlessness of my fellows.
Trashgram
Updated 15 July 2022 – Original post 18 December 2019
Behind all the glossy, curated, fancy images we see on social media, there is often a deeper story. For every beautiful vista, the reality is that there are bag-loads of loose garbage scattered around just out of shot.
Anywhere and everywhere in the world, in even the cleanest of places, if nothing else, I bet that there is at least one sweet wrapper or at least one cigarette butt to be found on the ground, somewhere around.
Who Creates Your Reality?
Who creates your reality?
We all know that the structure of human life varies enormously depending on its location, time in space and the ideas lent to it. Structure in human life has birthed a wealth of customs and traditions within our reality, but that doesn’t make them correct. Nor does it mean they can’t or shouldn’t evolve and change.
I Explore
I explore wisdom,
I seek new understanding.
I remain open for it to find me.
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“Don’t let corporations cook for you.”
@michael.pollan
Some other damn-good-things Michael Pollan gone done said, “It’s true, we’re way too busy, and working longer and longer hours. But consider that, in the last decade or so, we’ve all found two hours a day to be online outside of work. So where did we get THAT time? The day is still only 24 hours long. The point is we always find time for things we value – and we’ve come to devalue cooking…that was a big mistake…”
“As long as we let corporations do most of our cooking for us, our agriculture will continue to be dominated by giant monocultures of grain and animal factories. Big companies only know how to buy from big farms. That means the movement to build a more diversified and local agriculture can develop only so far…”
Take back this power now. Start by shopping locally for ingredients (with less packaging, favour loose bulk, organic & fair trade as much as possible) that you then make into your favourite meals and snacks for yourself. Why? It feels good to learn new things, challenge yourself. Plus it’s the satisfaction of caring for yourself and your planet. Why would you trust anyone else with something as important?
What a Catch!
What a catch!
The oceans form vast and diverse ecosystems that all play a vital role in making the planet we live on hospitable.
Since man has developed and evolved, we have treated the oceans like our personal pantry, battlefield and garbage bin without any reverence for its importance in our lives outside of our summer holidays and highly processed dinners.
Although once believed to be a limitless source of sustenance and money-making possibility, our reality shows us that all seafaring wildlife (and farmed seafood) currently surveyed has been infested by mankind’s pollution in some way or another. Yet we are still willingly ruining a damn good source of protection for ourselves
Birds, turtles and other sea creatures are being found either dead due to ingested plastic and chemicals, or their species are directly on rapid decline due to other human-induced environmental stressors.
The smaller fish, and even some bigger ones, who are yet to meet their demise through manmade environmental pollution, have to battle against aggressive industrial fishing techniques that are obliterating the equilibrium of our valuable marine ecosystem even further.
Active fishing gear is obviously a death trap, and the entire fishing industry is inherently wasteful in their exploitation of this vital resource – which actually doesn’t belong to them in the first place. These are issues in themselves, but did you know that one of the most ridiculous parts of it all is the #ghostfishing .
Ghost fishing is what happens when fishing gear is lost, forgotten or carelessly discarded by individuals or industry. They are the tools once used by mankind to keep us fed, that continue killing endlessly to feed nobody.
No being is safe, all types of marine life from fish, turtles to dolphins, and even humans can get stuck in #ghostgear . Sadly, many of our animal friends don’t get away and they die needlessly.
Most fishing gear is made of some type of plastic, it is obviously made to last and withstand incredible force. After having served the fishing market and killing millions more out of service, it will likely break up into #microplastics. Whatever happens, it will find its way into our food chain eventually.
You can take a stand by learning more about the industries you support, ask more questions about their practices, become curious about how that food got on your plate and figure out whether the impact on our future generations is worth your participation after all.
When Was The Last Time?
When was the last time you noticed the rhythm of your breath?
When did you last check-in, a brief pause, to just be really aware of yourself in the situation you find yourself in?
When was the last time you didn’t waste the present moment with thoughts about later, tomorrow and further ahead still or yesterday, last week, even last year and before that?
Who’s in the Driving Seat?
Updated 14 July 2022 – Original post from 22 November 2019
Who’s in the driving seat?
Since birth, almost everything we have learned through media, marketing and industry has been to program us, to take from us, in energy and finance. Aren’t you truly tired of it all?
The current system is organised to provide us with an illusion of choice, an end goal of material possession and ego recognition that keeps the greedy wheels of our industrial, colonialist society turning on autopilot. What happened to us?