Please Pray for the Animals

 A bitter cold wave is hitting much of America. Cold weather puts stress on all of us. It also puts incredible stress on the flora and fauna, most notably animals.

When cold weather like this hits my area I try and pray for the animals that do not have heated homes, or access to food. I do so briefly a few times a day. If I am out driving to the grocery store or walking my dog I spend some time praying. I encourage you to join me and find the time to pray during this cold spell.

Please pray for the animals.

Surprising, Unusual and Weird affects of Our Environmental Criis

Our environmental crisis is worsening, and the decline is accelerating. The realization a few days ago that 2023 was the hottest year on record by far, and that we are getting close to  surpassing the 1.5° C (1.48°C)  rise that we could not afford to pass  tells me so. Because of our environmental crisis we are also beginning to get surprises and unusual events occurring most of us would never have imagined. These Bizarre and Surprising Events--are a Tell, a Sign--it's BAD and getting WORSE!

These strange and surprising events are occurring because we do not understand the magnitude of our environmental crisis and the damage we are doing to our Mother. Nor do we understand how linked we are to each other, the world and to events. As an Earth Healer and Keeper of Sacred Sites, who works with the Unseen World, that Hidden World beyond our normal perceptions I can honestly say--WE ARE CLUELESS about our Mother!

Some of you may be more prescient than I, but I think the following are a few things that got me to say WOW!

Lats Summer's Wildfires--The smoke from Canadian wildfires that blanketed large swaths of America last summer were a big surprise. Did you ever hear that Wildfires would choke America. I sure didn't and even some of my diehard environmentalist friends were caught by surprisel.

It really sucked to have to stay indoors and not go hiking, or be outside because it was dangerous to breather the air.

Ticks, Butterflies, Spiders, Cockroaches (?) Bugs of all sorts are dramatically declining in number because of electropollution. RF radiation from cell phones and cell towers is doing great damage to wildlife. So reports the Cellular Phone Task Force. EVEN THE TICKS ARE VANISHING  Don't know about cockroaches dying, but ticks tell me they are. I don't know if it was a myth or not, but it has been said that  cockroaches have survived all sorts of cataclysms and some could survive the fallout of a nuclear blast.

Climate Change and the Shrinking Brain. A study of the last 50,000 years found that warmer periods on the Earth were associated with a decline of as much 10.7% in brain size. Cognitive consequences: Study reveals startling link between climate change and shrinking of human brain

2023 Was the Hottest on Record--The Line in the Sand Was Almost Crossed

Last year was the hottest year on record, by far. Worse we finished .02° (1.48°C) below the 1.5° Celsius temperature rise nations said we need to not surpass. We are failing, in a big way. Sad.

Scientists were caught by surprise by the magnitude of the rise.

Things are going to get much worse.

Is a Backlash Against Technology Brewin

I have been a luddite, an anti-tech person, all of my life. This blog is filled with posts about the problems technology creates, as well as, the dangers it poses. Hit the label 'technology kills' below to read some of them.

Today, the Guardian ran an opinion piece 'The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms' on how a backlash against technology running over everyday life is beginning to bubble up. Saying it is not a turn to atheism but rather,

it’s what can be loosely termed “spirituality” – a devotion to astrology, witchcraft, magic and manifestation – that has emerged, particularly among the young. Online life, paradoxically enough, has only catalyzed this spirituality more, with teenage TikTok occultists and “manifesting” influencers racking up ever more followers.

Noting that the influencers against the Industrial Revolution were the poets and painters of the Romantic Age. People like Mary Shelly who wrote Frankenstein to highlight the fright of technology.

No doubt the onslaught of technology has been ferocious  these past past few decades--Internet, cell phones, social media....and we are in need of a respite. But will it be more?

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The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms

 

Majority of Americans Seek Spirituality in Nature

Earlier this month Pew Research did its first analysis of the incidence of people considering themselves as being spiritual.Previously Pew looked at the growth of people considering themselves to be spiritual versus being religious. It found that 7 out 10 Americans consider themselves to be spiritual.

What was particularly interesting about the report was that the majority of those people who sought to experience  spirituality went to Nature to do so. Fully 77% of Americans spent in Nature a few times a month. Versus 64% that looked inward and 38% that meditated.

Some of the other findings in the report were;

-83% of all U.S. adults believe people have a soul or spirit in addition to their physical body.

-81% say there is something spiritual beyond the natural world, even if we cannot see it.

-74% say there are some things that science cannot possibly explain.

-45% say they have had a sudden feeling of connection with something from beyond this world.

-38% say they have had a strong feeling that someone who has passed away was communicating with them from beyond this world.

-30% say they have personally encountered a spirit or unseen spiritual force.

Land Memories Lead to Repeat Behavior--Sadly Murdere this time

 A few days ago a 15 year old boy was shot and killed in southern Onondaga Park. in the city of Syracuse, NY. The local papers noted that another young man had been killed at almost the same location back in 2012.

A 15-year-old was killed near the same area in 2021 by a then-20-year-old man. City and community leaders react to 15-year-old's murder in Syracuse.

Each thought we have, each action we undertake leaves a memory of that thought/action at the location where it transpired. These land memories  encourage repeat behavior, or thinking at the same location; the  more repeats, or the greater the intensity of the repeat, the stronger the land memory becomes. 

Basically, a karmic memory is left behind. I also call land memories "Imprints."

I have written about murders occurring in the city of Syracuse on several occasions,  both locations were in my, generally peaceful, Eastwood neighborhood.

Place Matters—Murder returns to the same place in my hood (Eastwood)

Murder Returns to the Same Location in my Eastwood Neighborhood in Syracuse

Reclaiming and Uplifting Space

As you can see unless a space is cleaned up of dangerous land memories the same behavior, aka Karma, will keep transpiring there. This means, setting up a memorial--candles, cards, flowers and the like.

Or having a vigil--preferably both. For years I would periodically join in with a group called "Mother's Against Gun Violence", many of its members had lost a son to gun violence, for a vigil. These were powerful and emotional events--something desperately needed to heal a space desecrated by violence.

If you are on the path and wish to make a better world--visiting a memorial, or attending a vigil at a murder site is a powerful witness to love.

Be Well,

madis

New Study Confirms WE Merge With Our Surroundings Both People and Places

 In my book Everything has Karma I introduced the concept of circles to describe how we unite with everything and everyone we come in contact with. The stronger the bond (relationship, focus, etc.) the stronger the merger. Some recent research substantiates that claim.

It was reported  that couples that have been married for some time share high blood pressure. The implication being that the one with the high blood pressure influenced the other.

To read the article

Spousal Concordance of Hypertension Among Middle‐Aged and Older Heterosexual Couples Around the World: Evidence From Studies of Aging in the United States, England, China, and India