Green Connections

By now, almost everyone is aware of the seriousness of the climate changes that are currently evolving around us. Whether your compassion is extended to polar bears dying due to the warming Arctic waters, or for the thousands of people whose lives were upended from the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, or maybe you are beginning to notice how expensive basic food supplies are becoming, there is no denying that a change has begun.

What does this have to do with psychic awareness and personal growth? Almost everything! It is becoming increasingly obvious that every step we take, every choice we make, is interconnected in as grand an experience as life itself. The adage which states that a butterfly flapping its wings in Peru affects the weather in New York, has never been more aptly applied.

Have you ever walked into a strange place and “felt” the energy it contained, almost as if “something” was vibrating around you in unseen and unknown ways, in some other dimension of life. This is an example of how one action feeds into another action and creates the chain of events some call “the web of life.” Just as heightening your awareness of psychic connections to people, places and animals can have a profound impact on the course you choose for your life, connecting to the basic aspects of your existence can have equally, and often surpassing, results.

For instance, when we buy a bottle of water at the store, we rarely think of the petrochemicals that go into the creation of that bottle, or that 2.5 million of such containers are consumed in the United States every hour. Each bottle has a disintegration rate of more than 400 years! They are hardly biodegradable but they are reusable and, usually, unnecessary. Did you know that those “convenient” disposable diapers will outlive the baby who wears them by more than 500 years! There is a powerful connection between what you do or what you consume and the spiritual energy that you create.

You can reduce the amount of CO2 (greenhouse gas) by almost 5,000 pounds a year just by washing your clothes in cold water instead of hot and letting them dry in the sun during warmer months. Add using compact fluorescent bulbs instead of traditional incandescent light bulbs and you limit your carbon output by another 1,000 pounds! Remove meat from your menu at least one day a week and you can decrease your carbon “footprint” by almost another 2500 pounds a year!

While we, in the United States, live in the most consumer driven environment in the world, we also have the power to change the direction we and many other nations and cultures choose to take. We have set the precedent for what is perceived to be one of the highest standards of living in the world, but we also have a responsibility to future generations of life to connect with the things that truly endure.

Just like doing a small (yet kind!) action for a stranger can brighten your day or even your week, doing things for our planet and all who inhabit her can increase your psychic connection to one and all. Allow yourself to “feel” the powerful interconnected energy forces of the life around you. As you feed the “web of life,” you, in turn, are fed. Everything, everyone, everywhere really is connected!

For more tips on how you can do more to connect with your world and find out what is your personal “carbon footprint” impact on the planet, check out: fightglobalwarming.com as well as wecansolveit.org.