Belonging To The Earth

Belonging to the earth: 

belonging to the earth, and at no point are we ever removed from this, our bodies made of elements of this deep participation, only differing in arrangement of ingredients, we are the same stuff and structure as every other aspect of the world. 

we belong to the earth. 

here, this is more than our home, it's actually what we are, and we feel this intuitively, knowing ourselves as grassland and forest, mountains and stream beds, seawater coursing through our veins. We bring something more too, unique to us alone, and yet granted by these materials as well - somehow, we are the earth in self-reflection, conscious, and able to know that this is so. This knowing doesn't remove us from our belonging to the earth, but only deepens our connection, having a responsibility of care in how we carry out our lives, we are earth, consciousness of an entire planet. 

and at point removed from this. 

in quiet moments we know this, feel it through the bones of our connection, that we are kin to trees and plants, intimately so, sharing in the role of breath and air, an exchange of vital elements of need. We are family to every creature, from single celled to the largest animals that roam this world, they are part of this collected consciousness, adding a quality to the earth's reflection. This is how we come to know ourselves, through this diversity, not seeing ourselves as other, but essential to the whole, one consciousness knowing itself through the view of multiplicity, all belonging to the earth.

and through this view...nothing is excluded. 

and that's the point, if we belong, if we are truly part of this deep participation, than everything must belong as well, not a single aspect of earth being denied this inclusion. We are not really stewards of the world, our responsibility goes much further than that, deeper, we are the earth, and our concern is of self-care, knowing that there is no degree of separation from our skin to earth's soil, from blood to tidal flow of oceans, and that we share just one soul alone...

belonging to the earth. 

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Peace, Eric