Mother Earth

Long story long.

Where does the Mother Earth and Moon theme come from..

I have slowly started to expand my awareness about the matters of these familiar celestial objects.

This is the second year i made a moon phase calendar, and i have started to pay attention to the moon phases.

For the past year i have also got to know the traditional seasonal festivities collectively known as ‘The Wheel of the Year’. It has brought me closer and more into connection with the Earth.

I also feel than since i stopped eating meat, I’ve become more sensitive to other living beings. I count Earth as one.

I have always had a connection to nature but I’ve never prioritized it as much as i would have liked to as an adult.

I grew up living in small towns and spent time walking around with our dog. As kids it was safe to roam around outside. We also hiked and picked berries a lot. I guess that’s where it originates. And of course we all originate from nature.

In my twenties i went to school in Nature Institute of Lapland, and that was the best of times, because it felt genuinely meaningful and fun. I never graduated, but if i had to pick something besides art i would do something naturish.

I have always suffered from the conflict of living as a member of species that is so harmful to it’s own habitat, to other species and Earth. And because of that, my views towards my own species have been quite harsh. And still are. We reap what we sowed with this virus for example.

I also suffer from not being able to change my own lifestyle closer to my ideals. I live pretty normal apartment building life due to my lack of energy and resources. Dream of course would be more sustainable and closer to nature kinda living. I hope my journey is leading towards that in the future.

I wish that someday i will be able to somehow contribute to the well being of nature. Do my share.

For the last few years I have found true the John Burroughs quote: ‘I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order’. I like to go outside when i feel bad or sad and it immediately puts things into perspective and balances the mind. I also like to go walking on trails whenever i have time and energy. I would like to live somewhere nice where the nature is more compelling than here on the old seabed where the forests are just damp bushes. Mountains are also one my favourite things.

If i think about what makes me happy. I would say wondering in nature. And the obvious ones, my family, art and travelling. Even though there’s that conflict in travelling, it being so harmful to nature. It still is the way to enjoy different parts of this place and I’m so happy I’ve been able to do it. To see the Earth. It’s also a way to find and enjoy the good that is in humanity. Learn about different ways to be. See art. Different energy. With a broader mind, that comes with it, it’s easier to not get stuck on nonsense. I feel that being in another culture, is somehow the only way to internalize the knowledge that there is no real division between people. Peace is a way to preserve nature too.

Besides The Moon and The Earth, other planets in our solar system are also intriguing. I learned a while ago that we had a Mercury retrograde (30.1-20.2) and what sort of things i could expect from it. For example i found on the internet that you shouldn’t try to launch a website on Mercury retrograde, because Mercury is associated with communication, information and electronics and these areas tend to spin out of control during the retrograde.. and indeed I had my problems with the computer as i started to make my new web site. I was partly kidding when i said that i wouldn’t even try to launch my new website during the retrograde. But i did launch it after it was over. And it went smoooth.

I also like Io. I don’t know why.

About

the Wheel of the Year

I noticed for many years that the common holidays left me cold and felt meaningless, felt like pretending, mainly because consumerism has taken over them. Also because many of them are religious which I’m not.

Returning to celebrate the natural seasonal changes has felt really good.

I started small, and created one little thing or ceremonial task for every holiday on the ‘Wheel’, along with learning what it was about.

This is the flower mandala i made for Summer solstice / midsummer / Litha last year.

It makes sense to celebrate equinoxes and solstices. Harvest. Spring. Midsummer.. Life isn’t linear. It’s cycles and phases. And they all have their place and specific meaning.

I really feel that for example Samhain (halloween), when the Sun god goes away, and its the final harvest and the end of the cycle of growth, basically death being the general theme, it truly resonates internally. It resembles what is going on inside me, energetically. And then the next festival, Winter solstice, when Sun god rebirths and we welcome him and the light back as the day starts to get longer again. It feels more real and accurate than Jeesus’ birthday. Even though i like Jeesus as a person. We are just not that close.

For some time I’ve followed modern day witch type of people in social media. Those who live close to nature, in harmony, and in connection with the earth, using herbal remedies etc.. and it’s from them that i learned the whole ‘Wheel of the year’ -concept in the first place. They have inspired me to think about my own connection to the planet and the forces that influence us as beings, on this planet. I also believe that nature is the original healer. There is this whole other world of tradition than can be explored.

Finding this other way to be & see things, has truly inspired me. That and spirituality has been game changers for me. I was getting pretty tired and bored with the norm. It means nothing. But to think what others think.

Meaning is quite important aspect of life.

And it’s the loss of meaning and loss of connection, what is making everybody sick and this world so nuts.

On a spiritual journey you reach a point where you start to feel more connected to everything, due to the improved connection you have with yourself. And even though i have believed on Oneness for a long time, it becomes more real every day, the longer I’m on this path. It becomes obvious on a deep cellular level that this planet is a living being and entity. And it is unbelievable to be a part of it. It is a miracle in space. Life in itself is a miracle.

I get a tear in my eye when i see pictures of Earth roaming in space. It is as fragile as us. It is us. We are it.

And i love her.