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The Remedy Earth could really be called The Remedy Awareness, because it has to do with the reawakening of a vision within us; not of a new truth but rather of an ancient one.

 

It is the truth of the literal connectedness of not only humanity, but of all life on this planet.

 

This Life extends even beyond single- cells, down to the elements which form our bodies, the ground we walk on and the air that we breathe. It extends to the farthest reaches of the universe.

 

We discover that we are not just a tangle of thoughts and emotions trapped in a physical brain and body, helpless in an objective world which exists “out there." We are part of a dance. And our steps, whether they are fumbling or expert, flowing or frightened , gracious or self-conscious, describe a portion of the reality of the world as it is right now.

 

To change the world is to change ourselves. Changing ourselves changes the world.

 

The human race has been given the great gift and curse of heightened awareness of self. We have been given insight into the beauty of the individuated consciousness, the single tree in a forest.

 

The nature of mankind’s contribution to the whole required this change in awareness, and the adolescent struggle that has accompanied our growth has had to do with this classic conundrum; not seeing the forest for the trees.

 

Each specific tree's uniqueness can only be defined by its relationship to the forest. When a tree becomes invasive it can spread its roots a long way, some secreting poison into the ground.  It can overtake the canopy and disturb the ecology of plants and animals all around it.

 

Then cooperation turns to competition, abundance turns to scarcity and the forest begins to die; because the forest isn't just trees, it is the entire web work of life that depends on them.

 

And when the forest begins to die, the entire context within which a tree has its expression is diminished.

 

So it is with the human family within the context of the Earth.

 

The Remedy Body  explored this idea in its physical manifestation as we began to reacquaint ourselves and renew our respect for the communities of cells which make up the forest that we call our bodies. We became dedicated to our personal ecology, realizing that the health of our reality rests upon the network of relationships created by every organ and cell to create their vision, which is you.

 

Within The Remedy Mind we released ourselves from the prison of incessant thoughts about “self” that only enhanced our feelings of fragmentation, smallness and helplessness. It released us from the anxious idea that we are each just a single tree in a whole forest and we had better get what’s coming to us before another takes it. 

 

We quieted the mind so that we could stop secreting poison in the forms of greed, anger and avarice.

 

Within The Remedy Heart we released the attachments to people and things that helped us to feel larger and more important as we sought to overtake the canopy; anything to help distract us from the terrifying illusion of separateness.

 

Instead, we developed the courage to reach out with the intent to provide shade and shelter.

 

Within The Remedy Spirit we began to see our role within the community of  our fellow trees.

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At The Remedy Earth we know that we are the forest.