Watching and witnessing the devastation in Japan, after New Zealand a few weeks ago and Haiti, which still suffers unimaginable diseases and devastation, I cannot imagine how one goes about recovering and rebuilding. I have a hard enough time cleaning my house. Image after image over the Television and internet shows us that where there were once thriving towns and cities there is now rubble ,back to the beginning. Looking at similar images of Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq I am also left with the sentiment this is the epitome of a world war. War on the people, the trees, the ocean, the skies, the soil, the animals. This has nothing to do with borders and everything to do with life here on this earth. Mama has been very patient with us and even at this very moment. I can go out into my garden and pick some Kale and chard. The plum tree is in bloom and there crocuses and daffodils everywhere I look.
We have been long calling the violent conflicts on the earth, World Wars. There was I and then there was II. But, you know me and my passion for definitions. For in recorded time, I'm talking biblical, there has been one war after another, and a bunch of simultaneous ones as well. In reality what we had were many, many wars between people. A lot of people, but the world herself, stood idly by. She withstood the blasts of dynamite, the gun powder, the smart bombs, the stupid bombs the nuclear bombs, mining, oil drilling and spilling and the recent blowing up of her mountaintops with impunity. Now the time has come that the earth has begun to defend herself and the best way to do that is to undo us.
I have heard the earthquake Tsunami combination while practically destroying the north eastern coast Japan had the impact of several nuclear bombs NASA scientist Richard Gross reported that the earth’s rotation was also affected. Initial estimates show the rotation of the planet has shortened by approximately 1.8 microseconds (a microsecond is one millionth of a second), and also shifted Earth’s figure axis by about 6.5 inches. These are not time scales that would be noticeable by people but can be read by satellites, Gross told CBS News
The quake occurred as the Earth's crust ruptured along an area about 250 miles (400 kilometers) long by 100 miles (160 kilometers) wide, as tectonic plates slipped more than 18 meters, said Shengzao Chen, a USGS geophysicist.
What does this mean for us, for our seasons, our magnetic fields or gravitational pull? The intelligence and delicate perfection of this planet gave birth to life. Microscopic and magnificent elements conjoined to create a living system that with our own creative abilities have manifested both the beauty and the beast. But the violent and subtle changes, shifts in the weather, the chemistry, the temperature will undoubtedly lead to chaos and ultimately regeneration after we've blown our circuitry. As John Stewart said at the Rally to Restore Sanity. Time to Turn it down a notch.
There are many who are rejoicing that these are signs of the apocalypse. And there are many more who mourn and grieve the senseless behavior of those in power who for these many years have been ignoring and abusing the power and privilege of living on a planet such as ours. Forever she has provided us with the organic ingredients to create heaven on earth. To ease our existence to energize to accessorize, to gorge ourselves on the precious renewable resources that come with seeds, with cycles, but alas greed, the mortal sin we see has seized the day and practically rendered us powerless. But wait, with her cunning creativity and natural immune system Mama earth has a plan. A plan which preempts any fatal blows, because with a wave or a shake, eruption or flame she can disable any advanced, billion trillion dollar economy, weapons system or government. And if some of us survive we will be reduced to the simple form. The systems of bargaining trade and cooperation. Then rapture returns to it's true definition of beauty that we will be hold in the dark night, the quiet air when all the systems are washed away to sea and are nothing but a memory. So strap in, hang on to each other, it's going to be a wild ride. I hope I see you on the other side.
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