The world, with all its different kingdoms, was once in balance. And it can be again. Humans, as stewards of all the kingdoms on the planet, have a deep responsibility to help restore balance to the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms. How do we begin to do this? Albert Einstein said, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Most conservation arrangements are a band-aid for buying time, because human consciousness is not ready to conceive of creating something that is truly sustainable and balanced. The reason for this is that the “human kingdom” itself is the most out of balance of all. The often unseen reason that we are out of balance is our state of separation from the Spirit-force that animates all of life and the physical world in which we live. It has the effect of separating us from all the kingdoms of the natural world even though they are all around us. Until a major shift in consciousness happens towards our remembering our original state of Oneness with Source and our kinship with the natural world, kinship that we once knew long ago, there is very little chance we can solve our problems and create harmony, balance and coherence for our world once again. Transforming the imbalances of our beautiful outer world begins with each one of us coming into integrity within ourselves. As we open our hearts and humbly pray for change within ourselves as well as in the outer world, shifts happen, helping to manifest the return to health, beauty and balance that we all seek for the world. If we turn to Spirit by praying for the welfare of the elephants and also by asking how we ourselves can return to balance, there is no doubt that help will be given. You do not have to know how balance will manifest, you just have to ask for it to be given, and the way will be shown. ♥♥♥ Leslie Temple-Thurston is the founder of CoreLight, an international spiritual non-profit organization (www.corelight.org) |
