Comments on: Earth Day, A Change of Being

By: Shauna @ Follow Your Path

Shauna @ Follow Your Path — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:59:04 +0000

Hi, Lexi;

Lovely post, and it speaks of the values I try and live and to instill in my beautiful daughter…I especially like and agree with your point about how a change would naturally stem from such shifts in our ways of being as a species.

What strikes me whenever I contemplate these things - which is often - is how EASY it would/should be for us all to feel and be this way…it seems natural to me to respect and honour my environment and all the creatures in it, as well as the living cosmos of which we are a part. At the same time, I am certain there are many actions I take in ignorance that do harm without my knowing. I guess it’s all a matter of different aspects of human nature manifesting, and unfortunately taking our earth along as a victim. My other half has commented that soon, if we don’t change, earth will tire of us and shake us off like a dog shakes off pesky fleas…

By: Lexi Sundell

Lexi Sundell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:37:49 +0000

Patricia, I could not agree more.

Barry, We are all neighbors whether we think about it or not, so we might as well recognize it and work with it in a positive way.

Anmol, Yes, number four is the one that makes everything else work, but the others often lead to number four.

Thanks Desika, surrender is essential but often misunderstood.

Gia, that is why I am writing a post on each of the four points, I quickly realized the article would get way too long if I did them all at once. Concrete examples we will do!

Lexi

By: gia

gia — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:08:33 +0000

Hi Lexi,
Great article. Would love to see some concrete examples in the four suggested changes. That’s a comment for you as well as other readers.

blessings,
gia

By: Desika Nadadur | I Am My Own Master

Desika Nadadur | I Am My Own Master — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:01:43 +0000

Lexi,

Wonderful article! Seeing our “Self” in all and Self-surrender is the key to stop exploitation of everything outside the boundaries of our bodies.

I gave this a stumble!

-Desika

By: Anmol Mehta | Mastery of Meditation

Anmol Mehta | Mastery of Meditation — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:27:24 +0000

Hey Lexi,

Great stuff. #4 is the key I think in how we need to approach our lives and the rest will follow naturally.

Cheers,
Anmol

By: Barry Welford

Barry Welford — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:27:36 +0000

Good article, Lexi. The thing that strikes me about Earth Day is that this should be for all of Earth’s inhabitants. It’s that old ‘global village’ notion. We’re all each other’s neighbours.

By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker

Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:03:03 +0000

Change begins with me and you and you and you. All of us are responsible for the changes that we want to see happening.
Ghandi says, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

By: Lexi Sundell

Lexi Sundell — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:57:22 +0000

Thank you all for your comments. I shall reflect upon them as I write the following posts in this series.

Lexi

By: Maria - It's Earth Day. Do Something Huge!

Maria - It's Earth Day. Do Something Huge! — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:30:44 +0000

This is great, Lexi. It’s so true that our attitude toward the Earth is reflective of the internal commitments we’ve made.

Put another way, if we are at peace with ourselves we will behave in peaceful ways toward the earth.

By: Hurgoll

Hurgoll — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:22:42 +0000

Commitment is one of the areas that people today feel they have no need of or for. They only feel commitment to themselves and not even other family members. Why have we become such a “I” world?