In my inner guidance time this morning, I asked what to write about-my question comes in the form of “what to offer humanity today”. I was interested that the guidance came in very clearly to write about the fear for our survival, and the suggestion to heal that fear.
The fear for survival is one that is a collective as well as individual fear that we are being faced with. It is so deep under the surface of our daily walk that we don’t know it is there. But the fear of ceasing to exist ranks up there as one of the greatest there are.
Naming this fear alternately seems so basic and yet such a revolutionary act. We have so many other issues we are looking at; gay marriage, religious tolerance, racial affirmation, women’s rights, children’s protection, world peace. I certainly have spent time and energy on all of these worthy pursuits! But they all become a moot point if humanity no longer exists.
What could be more basic, more primal, than our relationship with our Home? The ground we walk on, the physical matter from which we came, is so under our noses that we cannot see it. We take for granted what is the most beneficent force in our daily physical lives.
My sense is that it is important to name this fear. I find that naming something within me is the first step towards healing it. Otherwise, it has power over me because it is unconsciously driving me. Naming a fear calls it to the surface of my attention, and allows me to look it in the eye, size it up, and deal with it.
The next step in healing after naming what is happening is to accept that this is going on. I am surprised how often we will deny that something is wounded inside of us, and amazed by the expert coping mechanisms we will develop in order to continue to deny it. It is only possible to change if we accept that there is indeed an issue first.
The next important step is to make a choice about whether we want this issue to be an unconscious driver in our lives anymore. This is a pivotal moment. Once I can see something and name it, then accept it is an issue within me, I have the power to do something to change the situation or to let it lie. I find that making the choice to change is a powerful decision that moves worlds, both within and without me, that support the change.
We are threatened like we never have been before…of course, there have always been threats to our survival, whether it was the herd of buffalo we stalked trampling us, or the famine, or the bomb…but now it is the very ground we walk on that is compromised.
We cannot underestimate the intensity of the fear that we are all carrying, whether we are conscious of it or not. Under the surface of our thoughts, under the skin of every decision we make, there is the question as to whether or not we will survive. We make some very poor and short sighted decisions because of this fear.
If humanity wants to be around for more than another 100 years, then each of us as kernels of the collective must make decisions that ensure our survival. Naming, accepting, and then choosing to change the issues that prevent us from having a balanced relationship with Home is the way to heal. The earth will go on without us, that is for sure. But if we want a world for our descendants, we have to get right with Home. There is no escape.
In cultivating respect for our partner in physical existence, the Earth, we must heal ourselves and ensure a future for our species. In healing our own fear for our survival, we can begin to create this ideal relationship with Home.
