Protecting Peace

If you think about Earth as a living being, what is it's eternal state? If you take humans out of the picture, the answer is peace.

Earth has existed in space for millions of years, continuing on, simply Being, and after we are finished here, it will continue on still. It will continue to grow and evolve until it gets too close to the Sun and is engulfed by it. This is just nature, it's cosmic. Humans introduce chaos to the mix - overthinking, overanalyzing, controlling. However, a state of control is not the state of Earth as she simply exists, and that is why protecting and nurturing your own personal peace is part of the answer to solving Earth's problems.

We are energetic creatures. We absorb, we analyze, we try to control. And look where it has gotten us. How many of us are obsessively checking our phones for news updates on the election? Are you allowing fear to guide your actions? Do you feel anxious? This is the literal energy of chaos. If you subscribe to the philosophy that everything is energy and that's all there is to it (Einstein), then to receive the reality you want you must simply match it's vibration. When your energy, your vibration, is in anxiety, in fear, in worry - you are literally an energetic match for anxiety, fear and worry. Stop it now!

I know, I know. There's an important election and the results aren't in yet and it's tense and it's so close and the news and oh my god! Stop anyway. Take three deep breaths - fully in and out, all the air you can take in. Good. Now let's repeat that Einstein quote:

"Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way."

So, armed with this knowledge - what reality do you want? More importantly, what does that reality feel like? Does it feel anxious, worried, fearsome? I didn't think so. I'll bet the reality you truly want feels safe, abundant, and overall lovely.

A lot of "spiritual advice" will tell you to think good thoughts, think good thoughts and things will improve! Well, I don't know about you but I have a million thoughts in one day and they don't always determine my reality. There's so much talk on focusing your mind, and while your thoughts are indeed powerful and direct your actions, what's extremely important in any sort of manifesting is how you feel in the body on a consistent, day to day basis.

Too often we fall into the trap of overthinking, a real buzzkill for any kind of self-improvement or enlightening practice. This takes us out of our bodies, out of our physical intuition, our gut and soul feelings. Think of your body like a magnet - what you feel, you attract. The mind is there to help you figure out ways to make your desires happen, and your desires are all based in the body.

We could start with physical desire - we like someone, and we usually know right away based on our physical reactions like butterflies, or, you know, boners. How many times have you had an intense body crush on someone, I'm talking heat strokes, shaking hands, sweaty palms...and then you completely overthink it, flub up and ruin your chances. What would have happened had you just - let it feel the way it feels?

It's hard to surrender, I get it. But it's necessary. Sit for a while and daydream on your ideal life, picture ideal scenarios, and soon enough you'll start to feel a happier sensation building up inside. You'll feel lighter, brighter, maybe even a little tingly. This is the frequency of Earth that we're supposed to operate from. This is the good vs evil free will dilemma. It's not really Us vs Them, or even That Guy vs That Really Terrible Guy. It's: are you going to operate from this reality's highest frequency, or are you going to operate from it's lowest?

The protest this Earth desperately needs is one of peace. Protecting your peace amid a timeline of crisis and uncertainty IS the protest. When you embody Mother Earth you're helping return her to her natural state. Practice peace as a way of living, with optimism as the center of gravity for and towards all others.