" BEAUTY "Good Message to Understand and behave...

[Dr. SohiniBen Shukla]

The Bridge ~ Reminder #52
Beauty



If you're driving down the road and you see only beautiful flowers; and your neighbor is driving down the same road and sees only weeds, who is right? What you are tuned into, that's what you create for yourself.



It's interesting how some of us are so readily inclined to see the dark side of things, even when we are surrounded by extraordinary beauty. We complain out of habit, thinking, often unconsciously, that we'll receive some nice reward for all our grumbling. Unfortunately, we may get our treat, but we will also have to live out the results of our complaining, and thus miss out on some of the greatest gifts Mother Earth has to offer. For, it's when we hold our attention on her beauty, that something special is called up within us; something that instinctively makes us want to take good care of the Earth. From that point on, we clearly see where our greatest rewards are coming from. They come from taking care of that which is taking care of us.



We go camping a lot and have since we were little children. Our parents used to pack up the station wagon on Friday evenings and drive my brothers and sisters and me out to the woods. Our favorite place was about 20 miles from town in a grove of trees that bordered a beautiful oblong lake. There weren't many people camping around us back then, but now, since it is so lovely, it's packed all weekend long. In the old days, we used to hunt in the nearby woods. We didn't see how special it was, so we'd kill all kinds of animals, chop the trees and bushes indiscriminately, dump stuff in the water, and leave a big mess behind when we went home. It didn't matter to us back then.


Somewhere along the line, though, we made a conscious intention to remember just how sacred it was to be out in Nature. I don't remember exactly how it came about, but, over time, we gained an appreciation for the lake and the forest that we didn't have before. We slowed our pace down and began to approach our time in Nature more lightly, more gently. We started cleaning up after ourselves so you couldn't tell we'd been there. And we stopped killing the animals, and if, by accident, we harmed an animal or a plant, we did like the Native Americans, and we thanked it for its gift to us.


That's when we noticed the change. It started to feel better out by the lake. Animals who used to run and hide when we were around began coming right up to us. Any firewood that we needed was always nearby. And, beyond all of that, a feeling of peace is there now that wasn't there before. Even though we have a lot more activity around us, our little campsite is so peaceful that other campers always stop by and remark about it.


All said and done, we have a much better time out by the lake now that we take care of it, instead of harming it. And sometimes late at night, when I lay in my sleeping bag and look up at the stars, I feel so good I never want to leave.


From The Code: Intentions in Action



My Intention for today is:

I Intend that I am taking good care of Mother Earth.










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[Ishema, Carol Suchecki]

I notice more of this attitude toward nature in the area that I live. It makes my heart sing!

With gratitude,

Ishema

[Dr. SohiniBen Shukla]

Dear Ishema,

yes, You are very right....

Every one has different perception...

[Eileen Coleman]

Nature is so uplifting, whenever I feel sad or low I go for a walk near trees or water. Yesterday I sat on the roof of my sanctuary buffeted by the strong winds and it blew away the cobwebs after recovering from a chest infection.

I love this picture Carol.