A is for Awakening

Curious about the path to spiritual awakening? It's natural to wonder about this as we strive to simplify our lives in fulfilling ways. Is it reading spiritual books? Taking on spiritual practices? Meditating? Being of service? Having a spiritual guide? Any of these help, yet what if I told you that one powerful path to spiritual awakening is reflected all around us and all we have to do is tune in?

Yep, that's right. All we have to do is tune in...you know, like we tune in to our favorite radio station.

And what if I told you that by tuning in every day, we can absolutely change our lives for the better? Would you want to know how that works?

We already have everything we need to do so...well, almost. It helps to have a guide to translate the messages until we know how to translate them for ourselves, but the wisdom e seek is all around us every single day...in nature.

Toads, for instance, model for us how essential the power of transformation is. Birds model things like joy and new perspectives. Wolves model awareness, patience, planning, stalking and team work. Trees model steadfastness, flexibility, stamina and ease. Stones model purposefulness and strength. The moon teaches us about cycles and the sun about service. Together the moon and sun teach us about balance, harmony and collaboration. These are just a few examples of the spiritual wisdom that surround us every day in nature.

So why and how is this helpful to us? At our core, we are made of the same five elements as nature—earth, air, fire, water, and aether. We are not separate from nature, we are a part of it. On some level, we resonate with the "language" of nature because it's our language too. But for so many, we have no idea how to listen to, interpret or learn from that language. This is what we've lost as a culture by separating ourselves out from nature to the degree that we have in our modern lives.

But there are some who choose to nurture that relationship instead, like the indigenous of the world and those of us who practice things like Wicca, shamanism or natural medicine. We view nature as the most sacred, powerful and important teacher we have access to, bearing centuries of deep wisdom. We remember how to communicate and collaborate with nature for growth and healing. All humans have this capacity. We just have to uncloak what blocks our remembering inside.

April is a powerful month for focusing on personal growth. It's a time of birthing, blossoming and becoming. As a part of nature, we can enter this stream of becoming and "draft off of it" energetically to support our own evolution so as a species we can remember how sacred this Earth Garden of Eden we exist on truly is.

As always, remember if we change nothing, nothing changes.