Did you know that Carl Sagan said, ““The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
Mind-boggling, eh?
I have always been fascinated by the universe, and increasingly so as more and more has been discovered. And at the same time we’ve only gradually realized the harm we do to our own home planet. How much damage has to happen before we wake up, take notice, and do something to guarantee its survival?
While reading this post by Gerard Murphy on PATHOS I found his passionate take on the subject to be something I wanted to share. I especially love this sentence: “We belong to the heartbeat of creation; we are the natural rhythm of life itself, its evolutionary impulse. “
What are your thoughts and concerns about our earth home???
Do It Anyway: Deep Spirituality Meets Real Life . .
“We are so deeply disconnected from the anima mundi (soul of the earth) of our planetary home, as to be virtual exiles on the very soil and oceans that birthed us.
Our only hope is reconnection, an exponential raising of human consciousness—especially that of government leaders—from our heart (not head) chakra.
What we need is Metanoia—a fundamental and profound conversion of the human heart; a humble and contrite admission of what has failed, coupled with a wholehearted consideration of what now needs to unfold.
Our hearts, in essence, need to be ravished with love for our earthly home and with a deep compassion and reverence for all life—human, animal, and plant.
We need to restore our sense of communion and inter-dependence. We belong to the heartbeat of creation; we are the natural rhythm of life itself, its evolutionary impulse.
Failure to restore this primeval kinship with the earth—or to inspire it in the hearts of our elected leadership—could, in the end, be cataclysmic.
The earth is a living, breathing, conscious organism. I’m not concerned about its survival. It has cleansed and restored itself before and will do so again, if necessary. But this time around, we may have gone too far. Such a deep planetary ablution may necessarily herald our demise.
Listening to the heartbeat of creation, and paying contemplative attention to the community of interdependent beings we share this planet with, is as important as the oxygen every cell of our body needs for life.
I’m a believer in humanity’s wherewithal to grow up, be responsible and accountable, and lead the way out of the pitfalls many of us have fallen into.”
Gerard A. Murphy
Gerard A. Murphy is a former priest of the Catholic Diocese of Oakland, CA. He has an avid interest in evolutionary spirituality and cultural trends. His debut book, ‘Do It Anyway: Deep Spirituality Meets Real Life’ will be published by Patheos Press in early 2017.
