How Can We Make a Change in the World
by Diana Dagash, Apprentice 2019
Everything seems to have been created by a higher intelligence that has designed this universe in mysterious ways for us to live off. We live in a perfect symbiosis with nature. Everything seems to have a purpose which co-exists with all that is around us yet we don’t have an explanation to all this perfection.
What if we had the access to tap in to the secrets of nature, would it be possible to live a healthier and more sustainable way?
How does our connection and understanding of nature relate back to ourselves?
What if the way we treat our own bodies reflects on the way we treat Mother Earth?
If we look at the patterns in nature we can see that Earth is a macrocosm reflection of our own organisms. Earth is our body, the trees our lungs, plants our hair. The waters, seas are our fluids, that are in sync with the moon and the planets. The stages of the moon reflect on our emotional, energetical and physical states. The new moon represents a new cycle for growth, setting intentions, regeneration and with the full moon we reach peak of our energy as the tides of the sea rise, the winds get stronger, nature is at its highest strength. It is a good time to harvest what we’ve sown.
When the body is ill and weak it struggles to regulate its own temperature the, extremes of hot and cold temperatures resemble the behavior of our planet. Observing today’s climate change and natural disasters reflect on how we’ve been treating this planet. We already see the consequences of our actions. We have abused and exploited the forests and waters.
Mother Earth is patient and compassionate, she embraces us , provides us with all our needs , we are her children. She needs our cooperation , our understanding of the messages she sends to us, for us all to survive and thrive. We have forgotten our origin, where our food comes from, what allows us to coexist.
We are trying to live against the cycle of life by suppressing our illness symptoms just as we are manipulating the weather to cover the climate change that we have caused. Society has surrounded itself with comfort, trying to protect itself from nature and to change its power dynamics .We came out of sync and communication with Mother Earth. We are already paying the price of destruction, exploitation of natural resources and struggle to live in abundance.
The amount of food wasted that could feed the whole world if we stopped and reevaluated our needs and priorities in life. The individualism and race to accumulate more that we could every possible need! The greediness has blinded many of us from love and care to ourselves , to one another and to the planet we live on. The industrialism has left very little space for small farmers to survive. The food grown is mass produced and poisoned in interest to earn money as well as pharmaceutical companies wants us to always come back.
Our heads have been turned to the other side. Our education has not introduced us to our connection with nature and the healing powers within us and around us. We have not been taught to peacefully communicate with one another, nor how to explore our inner world that provides us with intuition and peaceful mind.
It has been said already “ The whole world is within you.” If we focused ourselves within, maybe we could find the answers to our problems and create a peaceful world we there is no war?
“You cannot solve a problem with the same way of thinking that create it “
I believe that if we integrate education on sustainable living into schools, children growing up with have more much awareness on the importance of sustainable living and the change we can make to a healthier life.
I strongly believe that if we want a change education would be at the base of it all.
How I believe we can make a change:
1. Proper education on sustainable living for example : permaculture, agroforestry, natural building, carpentry, homesteading , making your own biodegradable body and cleaning products, culinary skills.
Workshops to inspire and empower you to change
2. Taking responsibility for our actions, the consequences of consumerism and how to stop mass waste production. For example – grow your own food.
Planting seedlings for food production
3. Self-development, healing the micro and macrocosm. Bringing awareness within, practices that pro mote introspection and self-reflection like meditation , learn to peacefully interact with others. Some great book references for this are the following :
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Non-Violent Communication Dr. Rosenberg
The 4 agreements Don Miguel Ruiz
4. Learn life skills that are beneficial to your environment.
Bamboo building at Rancho Mastatal, a sustainable building material
5. Choosing the possibility to live at your highest path , to stand for righteous actions and lifestyle.
6. Gain knowledge of medicinal plants in your area, get familiar with natural medicine, self-healing and maintain a preventative holistic lifestyle.
7. Make space for self-exploration , discover your interests and passions that you heart calls, surely they will benefit the world.
For me it is a priority to dedicate my life to create a greener healthier world, to learn how to be self-sufficient , build my own house , grow my own food, live harmlessly in nature, educate and promote that lifestyle and provide a good future for future generations .
Currently I live in Costa Rica doing a year long apprenticeship on sustainable educational farm that focuses on those matters and has created a heavenly community of loving , caring people that come together to learn and make a change.
I like to visualize a world that lives in abundance and has everyone’s basic needs met. A planet with clean air and water, where we would have food forests all around and houses surrounded with edible greens and herbs. It inspires me to think of what’s possible and focus my energy onto creating it.
Together we can change the world, so let’s take action, create ripples that will spread across the world. The power is within us to create the world we want to live in.
I wish you to pursue your purpose in life and discover your highest path for living.
I warmly invite you to visit farm that teach about sustainability such as Rancho Mastatal, learn about self-sufficiency, minimizing industrialism and harm to the ecology
Seeing all the movements rising to save our Earth I have faith and am excited to see the good changes happening in our society.
There is a rise in consciousness around the globe, let’s all be part of it!
Blessings to all
Diana