Healing - Here and Now

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/06/gulf-oil-spill-pelicans.html

Every time I look at the damage from the massive oil spill off the Lousiana coast I cringe. In the link above, the Los Angeles Times shows a picture of a pelican, the state bird of Lousiana covered in oil, unable to move, desperately in need of rescue. Similar reports and photographs have surfaced of sea turtles and even dolphins - up to thirty have been reported dead from the effects of the oil spill to date.

It's easy to feel powerless when confronted with the situation and to feel as though the disaster off the coast there is beyond remedy, part of a random universe, evidence somehow that we are abandoned and alone. And that is when the words from "Bear Speaks":

"Feel free, feel my vibe, and we will heal the world,"

become striking and relevant.

Our revelation of our own power to heal comes from releasing the expectation that revelation does not relate to where we are. But it is in our daily routines, the millions of tiny, seemingly insignifacant actions happening on our part that revelation and healing will occur.

The shocking images of the wildlife in the gulf reveal to us our own physical connection to all that is being and alive on our planet. We must relate to what is occuring on an intimate, very physical, very intuitive level. We can hover all we want between the spiritual and our direct physical world, but ultimately we will have to go beyond our fears on a physical level, and realize we are entwined by definition of being alive, with everything that is occuring on our planet.

It's helpful for us to realize the complete texture of what is happening, to allow our relationship with our environment to go beyond the mental, and experience a depth of intimacy with our physical world that will allow us to recognize it as perfect, and thereby allow it to heal. It is important for us to commune with nature fully to experience its perfection. Then we can let go of our denial, our fear, and face the implications of what is happening, and embrace our own power to heal. Once we make the consious decision to relinquish control, we will see the truth of our surroundings and deepen our relationship with what is happening.

Realizing our own connection, the ecumenical nature of all being, will elevate us all.

Today I embrace the healing that is right here, now.

Here are more images, courtesy of National Geographic, of animals affected by the oil spill.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100608-gulf-oil-spill-environment-birds-animals-pictures/#gulf-oil-spill-killing-wildlife-brown-pelican-wings_21352_600x450.jpg