The collective dreaming of all living creatures here creates the Earth we see and experience.
What Earth do you dream of? You can help create the world you wish to see through your dreaming and visualization, your intentions joined with the dreams of many others.
Amazing spider web
Earth’s regenerative power and potential lies in her seeds, roots, her living soil, her atmosphere, her myriad living creatures of all descriptions. It lies in the human will to live, survive, thrive and endure, the ability to envision a hopeful and healthy future.
All is in constant motion, constant change – birth, growth, blossoming, setting fruit, waxing, waning, decline, death, rebirth, growth.
All Earths creatures together are one living organism. It will not do for one part of the whole to do battle with another for that would be to declare war against oneself.
We can dream ourselves a renewed Earth, restored to balance and harmony, restored to wholeness with compassion for all.
When our Earth is in balance the web of life sustains itself.
Dear ones, Please do not underestimate your contributions, your necessity to the web of life. No matter what your calling is, what work you’ve chosen to do, your feelings, words and actions in this life leave an energetic legacy for all living beings.
Amazing spider web
Think of the gardens you’ve planted, the trees you’ve nurtured, the love you’ve expressed and shown, the meals you have lovingly prepared, the pets you have held to your heart, the smiles you have freely given, the songs you’ve sung; the empathy, kindness, connections, the heart to heart connections alignment with divine light, the joy you’ve felt, the seeds you’ve sown, the lives you’ve touched with thoughtfulness, wisdom, and attention, the unconditional love for others that flows from your heart – these are the lasting legacies that you have bequeathed to the web of life, your families, and your communities.
I ask – is your true legacy measured in stocks and bonds, dollars and cents? Money can be spent, lost or stolen in a heart beat, leaving your heirs with only their inner resources, courage, wisdom, integrity, honesty and the clothes on their backs.
Your true nature is to be mortal. Every living thing must pass through the final transformation. One day your hands will relax and release their hold on objects and the material wealth of which humans are so fond.
Your body will stay behind while your spirit lives on. You will leave this material world which is so precious, so dear, yet so impermanent, ever shifting and changing.
Late winter landscape, dusk
So while you are here, find joy in your embodied life with the senses and emotions and intelligence you’ve been given, love with your whole heart and express that love in ways others will feel and understand. Do the work that satisfies your soul. In this way you expand and strengthen the web of life.
You are an essential participant in the web of life whether you know it or not.
Let your life create strength and resilience and peace and love in the web, your lasting energetic legacy.
Morning sunlight illuminates silver spider filaments, pearlescent and rainbow colored in the soft glow.
They are the strings of a celestial instrument, tuned to the vibrations of the divine.
Amazing spider web
The music, the color audible and visible to those who believe in magic, those who leave logical thought behind for a time and connect with the spirits in all things. Those who expect miracles. Those who live in constant wonder and amazement at our amazing Earth and her many gifts.
Miracles abound for those who notice, who see and hear, who observe with a quiet mind, an open heart.
Let this heavenly music, this sense of wonder, this connection to the miracle of life on Earth feed and nurture your soul.
If you came here in a human body, you have made mistakes. That is part of the human program. Forgive yourself!
Does a spider berate herself for a missing or crooked filament in her web?
Amazing spider web
If you need a new direction in life, allow yourself to slow down and turn toward the life path and choices that light you up, that fill you with inspiration, that satisfy your soul.
Reweave your web!
Let your spirit guide you. Know that spirit guides you through your feelings. If something or someone lights you up, move in that direction. If you feel depleted, exhausted, and down every day, reconsider what you are doing and who you are with.
Bless your mistakes for they have shown when you have veered off course from your true desires
Bless your mistakes for they have given you a reason to start fresh.
Bless your mistakes for they will help you clarify what is important and what is not important to you.
Bless the light and dark of you, the “right and wrong” of you, the parts of you that you hide and those you show. Bless your weaknesses and strengths, your rest (do you call it laziness?) and activity your body and spirit, for all things are one within this vast and infinite universe.
Your heart knows your oneness, your connection to all things, your potential. So, do not judge yourself for being human. Allow your mistakes and missteps to guide you to the life you desire!
Dear ones, we are all in this together! Like “stone soup” each living being on this earth contributes according to their nature to the energy field in which we exist, the web of creation. We’re “in the soup” together!
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Like stone soup, we each bring our personal offering to add to the mixture. What ingredients do you bring to the communal table? Do your ingredients, the feelings, emotions, actions, beliefs and ideas nourish you and others, or do they encourage ill health of mind body emotions or spirit?
Like it or not, we all share in the communal energy. Every being on earth is connected to every other being through the web of all things.
We all eat from the same soup and drink from the same water, breathe the same air, stand under the same sun. Make your contribution to our shared soup a blessing to yourself and by extension to all living creatures.
If your spirit is heartsick and your heart is grieving, all the objects, money, luxury, and comfort in your life will be like dust to you. People and activities that were once interesting may seem petty and trivial.
Spider web
Remember, dear ones, the human heart and spirit can be renewed and made whole again. A torn, threadbare, and dusty tapestry can be carefully rewoven, mended, and cleaned.
Your disrupted energy can be balanced and cleared of dark clouds. When your energy is in harmony, your spirit is fulfilled, and your heart is satisfied, you set the tone for true engagement and full participation in life.
No matter what you are feeling, your spirit possesses the knowledge at some level that wholeness is possible for you, that you are worthy of joy, clarity, and good health.
When you are ready to make this wholeness manifest in your life, ask the universe to support your healing journey. Be open to the guidance you receive, and act on it.
Ask Grandmother Cottonwood 