Stop. Just stop.
It is no longer a request.
It is no longer a request.
It is a mandate.
We will help you.
We will help you.
We will bring
the supersonic,
high speed
merry-go-round to a halt
We will stop
the planes
the trains
the school
the malls
the meetings
the frenetic,
furied rush
of illusions
and “obligations”
that keep
you from
hearing our
single and shared
beating heart,
the way we
breathe together,
in unison.
Our obligation
is to each other,
As it has
always been,
even if,
even though,
you have forgotten.
We will interrupt
this broadcast,
the endless
cacophonous
broadcast of
divisions
and distractions,
to bring you
this long-breaking news:
We are not well.
None of us;
all of us are suffering.
Last year,
the firestorms
that scorched
the lungs of the earth
did not give you pause.
Nor the typhoons
in Africa, China, Japan.
Nor the fevered
climates in Japan and India.
You have not been listening.
It is hard to listen
when you are so
busy all the time,
hustling to uphold
the comforts and
conveniences
that scaffold your lives.
But the foundation
is giving way,
buckling under
the weight of
your needs and desires.
We will help you.
We will bring
the firestorms to your body
We will bring
the fever to your body
We will bring the burning,
searing, and
flooding to your lungs
that you might hear:
We are not well.
Despite what you
might think or feel,
we are not the enemy.
We are Messenger.
We are Ally.
We are a balancing force.
We are asking you:
To stop,
to be still,
to listen;
To move
beyond
your individual concerns
and consider
the concerns of all;
To be with your ignorance,
to find your humility,
to relinquish your
thinking minds
and travel
deep into the
mind of the heart;
To look up into the sky,
streaked with fewer planes,
and see it, to notice its condition:
clear, smoky, smoggy, rainy?
How much do you need it to be
healthy so that you may
also be healthy?
To look at a tree,
and see it,
to notice its condition:
how does its health
contribute to the
health of the sky,
to the air
you need to be healthy?
To visit a river,
and see it,
to notice its condition:
clear, clean, murky, polluted?
How much do you
need it to be healthy
so that you may also
be healthy?
How does its health
contribute to the
health of the tree,
who contributes to
the health of the sky,
so that you may also be healthy?
Many are afraid now.
Do not demonize your fear,
and also, do not let it rule you.
Instead,
let it speak to you—in your stillness,
listen for its wisdom.
What might it be telling you
about what is at work,
at issue, at risk,
beyond the threats
of personal inconvenience and illness?
As the health of a tree, a river, the sky
tells you about quality of your own health,
what might the quality of your health
tell you about the health of the rivers,
the trees, the sky, and
all of us who
share this planet with you?
Stop.
Notice if you are resisting.
Notice what you are resisting.
Ask why.
Stop. Just stop.
Be still.
Listen.
Ask us what we might teach you
about illness and healing,
about what might be required
so that all may be well.
We will help you, if you listen.
(ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED BY KRISTIN FLYNTZ | PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020)
about illness and healing,
about what might be required
so that all may be well.
We will help you, if you listen.
(ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED BY KRISTIN FLYNTZ | PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020)
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