Nurturing the Natural Environment

Think how you feel when someone takes advantage of you or when you feel that someone is taking you for granted or when you observe that a friend is never there for you but always ready to call when they need something.  Are we not at times prone to treating the natural environment like a neglected friend?  Do we not often treat Nature from a one-sided perspective?

It tends to be all about our needs when it comes to our interactions with Nature.  The examples are numerous.  Here’s a simple one that I commit:  let me go for a walk in the English Garden because all those splendid flowers will rejuvenate me.  It does not occur to me to ask: what can I do for the English Garden? I go because of my needs.

Can we really say we are interacting with Nature when the focus of the encounter is on what we need?  It’s like a case of one-way communication.  We perhaps think of Nature as the strong one in the relationship – after all Nature seems to bounce back, to carry on, demonstrating resilience after resilience.  But we know that Nature has reached her breaking point.

Mother Earth needs our nurturing, our attention, our appreciation and our gratitude.

Focus of the Meditation

Sending energy of love and blessings to Mother Nature for the amazing environment she has provided us with in which to live out our lives.  To make our appreciation and gratitude more tangible let’s also each ask for guidance during the meditation on how to be of service to Nature.