I write from Cerrillos, New Mexico, on land once occupied by the Tanos and Keres Pueblo people, where Europeans later colonized and built a railroad to transport coal from the nearby mine. This land, a permaculture restoration, education, and homesite now known as Ampersand Sustainable Living Center, is where I hosted our last online session of Standing Strong in Changing Times.
Yesterday a great plume of smoke covered the sky to the northwest, where a fire has been burning in the Jemez Mountains for over a week. In the other direction, high winds have caused two fires to join up in the Sangre de Cristos Mountain range, east of Santa Fe. Citing incidents such as these, it is no surprise that the guides chose to focus on being in relationship to land during our last session.
Here are some highlights that I have been called to share:
“We are confident that you have all of the tools that you need to make earth a safe and sacred home again, and to pass those on. Each one of you will have someone who will come to you with questions, with a yearning to protect and help, and also despair about what is happening to the planet. And so we ask that you pass along these tools. And, the number one priority is this: remember that sacredness begins with the heart. It’s a relationship, it’s how you interact with a place that allows prosperity, growth and abundance.“
- Find a way to connect with land somewhere that serves as a power place. Listen to it. You may find your intuition will increase.
- Honor it: “The only thing that is good for the economy is what’s good for the relationship between humans and the land you stand upon and if that is not honored first there will be challenges and that is what you are experiencing now.”
- Sing to your land. Vibration carries power. Allow it to sing back to you.
- Try to sense into the land from before there was development. Hold that vision and be aware of the land’s history from creation to present.
- When you come to a new place take a moment to say, “I come in peace. I come to do no harm.” Be aware of what resides below your feet.
“We cannot “save” anything, this is a difficult term for us. We are not saving anyone or anything, what we are doing is growing. We are growing and evolving something, something never experienced before.”