Oneness With the Living Earth Leads to Abundance and Freedom From Fear

Nearly all conflicts and struggles in man’s historical past were based on beliefs that arose from misguided sensory perception. Even today, wars are being fought over ‘territorial rights’ and ‘national boundaries’ that only exist in the minds of the people. These rights and boundaries are merely a delusion, for planet Earth is whole and it is not possible to divide it into segments.

To most people, the right of owning a piece of land and cultivating it to make a living seems natural. By building a house on this land for shelter and protection, they may feel that ownership of this property is their personal birthright. In reality, however, they have only ‘leased’ it from Mother Nature during their relatively short time here on Earth. The land has belonged to Earth for millions of years and a legal document does not establish ownership of a part of it. The conflicts arise not from using the land but from the false interpretation that we own it.

We furthermore nurture the misguided notion that we are able to grow our own food and provide for ourselves, but we forget that we cannot grow a single blade of grass without the sun’s and the Earth’s natural supplies of warmth, energy, air, water and nutrients. No life form can exist in isolation because everything, including human life, is intimately interwoven with every part of the Earth and the universe that surrounds us.

The sensory illusion, that we and the Earth are separate entities, leads us to acquire more material things, such as money and property, than we actually need. The amassment of wealth creates an illusion of security. Yet, the sense of security that is based on material wealth is a shaky one. It creates constant fear of losing one’s possessions, which can happen at any time. We may even be willing to risk our lives to obtain or defend our possessions. Only when a calamity such as a fire, a tidal wave or a devastating earthquake destroys what we thought was ours, will a person begin to perhaps understand that we can never really own anything at all.

True and lasting ownership of anything exists only in the conscious state of ‘Oneness’ with the living Earth, which is also the state of continual abundance and freedom from fear. In the past, certain civilizations as a whole have displayed such unity and awareness. Their most precious secret was the art of being in tune with nature rather than against it. The wise men and women from our past have left behind traces of their greatness that can help us rediscover the very essence of our being.