Our collective human race behaviour imposes a pervasive impact on the well being of planet Earth.
If someone insults us or a loved one we become instantly indignant. Can we overlay that indignance onto our role in the quality of life of the planet? Can we use our emotion for how we want to be treated and share it with the planet? It might cause us to elevate our action of compassion.
If I said to you that someone is really ‘burning my coal’ what does that mean?
It means my past is being made more important than the present and the future.
Let’s back up a little bit. 60 Million years, more or less. Coal used to be a tree. The coal we burn is getting power from dead plants and animals. That tree died and during decomposition mixed with other ingredients as it was covered by successive layers of organic life.
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That tree is now participating in the transition of carbon into petroleum. To us that petroleum is used for gas to run our cars, tires so our cars can move/planes can fly, our plastic pill bottles, synthetic fibres in clothes and vaseline.
To the planet, what is petroleum? As we keep withdrawing petroleum from the viscera of the planet – her temperature has risen? What’s the correlation? Is it the burning of carbon that is the reason? Well, we can say yes.
Without diminishing the need to transition to renewable energy sources there is also another consideration. That the planet had its own carbon offset program – by design. More accurately the planet had control of its own thermostat by being able to cool itself.
Is it possible that the planet’s ability to remain cool has been impacted by the extraction of her coolant? Is it possible? We don’t even know?
Perhaps petroleum is to the planet what HFC 134 (this gas replaced freon) is to your fridge. Perhaps petroleum is to the planet what freon is to your air conditioner in your house. Imagine your car on a hot summer day with the windows up and you have a leak in the hose from the condenser to the vents in your car. It’s going to heat up pretty quickly.
Perhaps petroleum is to the planet what blood is to your heart. Imagine your heart with diminished blood flow? That’s called a heart attack. Is it possible that is what we are thrusting upon the planet? Cardiac arrest! We don’t even know?!
Let’s plant some trees so we can breathe fresh air. Let’s use our past as a foundation for perception about what tomorrow needs. Let’s align our satisfactions in our current Life Stage with our many communities (family, marriage, business, soul, body). This way we can translate perception accurately so our actions today are congruent with a human development journey. By definition a development journey is congruent with respecting the Great Mother, planet Earth.
The Wild Coach 