EcoCentric
Awareness
Have you ever wished we were all born with a set of "Directions" for how Life works ... Directions that are universal and have no belief, no dogma, no right or wrong, no ethnic bias, no hierarchy, no patriarchy, and no anthropocentric programming?
We are !
Life = Change = Movement = Directions
Life Moves
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DOWNward INward
UPward OUTward
CENTER
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these are Life's
QuintEssential
'DIRECTIONS'
common sense
denominators of
all movement
all change
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Everything that is created is
Born from CENTER and Cycles DOWNward INward
UPward and OUTward
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Everything that is created
ReTurns to CENTER
and is absorbed
...
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Life's QuintEssential Directions manifest as EVERYTHING!
Can you feel how these Movements create the Cycling of the Seasons?
DOWNWARD creates AUTUMN:
temperatures drop, sap descends, leaves release their color, and with the last fruit and seeds, fall to be received by the soil...
INWARD creates WINTER: temperatures freeze, sap contracts INto the roots to be still...
UPWARD creates SPRING:
temperatures rise, sap ascends, new growth makes its Way toward the Light....
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OUTWARD creates SUMMER:
temperatures reach their maximum heat, sap expands, all growth matures...
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CENTER creates the
Wholeness of all Cycles
and all Seasonal Transitions
Late Summer ~ Late Autumn
Late Winter ~ Late Spring
Can you feel how these Directional Movements create your Breath Cycle?
Lie on your back, or imagine you are lying on your back, with your eyes closed. Allow your belly to relax, and your awareness to focus on your Breathing.
Feel how your belly MOVES as you ...
inhale feel your belly move
UPWARD OUTWARD
exhale feel your belly move
DOWNWARD INWARD
repeat
Feel how every Breath is
Born from CENTER
ReTurns to CENTER
and is absorbed
Now feel how these same Directions create Earth's primary Elements.
DOWNWARD
manifests as the
METALs ELEMENT
.
all polarity unseen and seen
sacred geometry ~ crystals
least dense ~ most dense
energy ~ matter
air ~ gems
yang ~ yin
difference
in atomic weight of
everything in the periodic table
.
feel how
DOWNWARD
requires Balance
INWARD
manifests as the
WATER ELEMENT
The Universal 'Solution'
the capacity to
adapt and flow
INto everything
INto the ocean
INto the sky
INto the soil
INto the plants
INto itself
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feel how
INWARD
requires Cohesion
UPWARD
manifest as the
WOODs ELEMENT
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animation of the
Green Growing Ones
the capacity to 'stand'
orient and grow
toward the Light
maintaining the
Middle of what is True
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feel how
UPWARD (FORWARD)
requires ConSensUs
OUTWARD
manifests as the
FIRE ELEMENT
.
spark
ignition
expansion
brightness
acceleration
transmutation
dance between
beyond duality
feel how
OUTWARD
requires Focus
CENTER
manifests as the
EARTH ELEMENT
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Common Ground of Life
Foundation
dirt ~ soil ~ humus
All Change ~ All Wholeness
Creative Cycles ~ Transitions
are Born from
the Center of Life
ReTurn to Center
and are absorbed
feel how
CENTER
requires Belonging
​Everything
that is created
is
Born from Center
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Everything
that is created
ReTurns to Center
and is
absorbed
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Mystery, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this.
Black Elk (1886-1950) - Oglala Lakota Medicine Man
You may have just experienced following the QuintEssential Directions by following the Movement of your Breath, or you may have only read about them. Only reading about them is like only reading about swimming but never going IN the Water. In both cases, just reading about them only gets you so far.
Though it may seem childish to suggest that you Sense Nature's Directional Movements within your body, that is actually the most QuintEssential way to realize how these Directions manifest as absolutely Everything. By experiencing Nature's QuintEssential Directions within us we can reAwaken the Sense-Ability we all had before we learned to talk ... and remember the universal language of the Earth.
So, if you haven't done so already, there's no time like this Present Moment to ReTurn to the top of this page and Follow the Directions with your Senses fully engaged ...
As a glimpse into how Nature's QuintEssential Directions manifest as Everything, feel in this last basic example a few of the ways in which they Move in Us.
DOWNWARD creates our ability to weigh what truly Matters ~ GRATITUDE comes from this.
INWARD creates our ability to
find Solutions withIN ~
WISDOM comes from this.
UPWARD creates our ability to Stand Together like a Forest ~ HOPE comes from this.
OUTWARD creates our ability to Expand our Awareness beyond the illusion of separation ~ CONTENTMENT comes from this.
CENTER creates our ability to Hold All Things as One ~
COMPASSION comes from this.
Here by some mysterious invitation to come to our Senses ...
we are made as the Earth is made.
Nature's QuintEssential Directions
manifest as all
cosmologies
e/Motions
intentions
thoughts
feelings
beliefs
vices
virtues
cultures
systems
sciences
religions
paradigms
all the time
everywhere
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are mutually arising, interdependent, multidimensional
expressions of one indivisible, inescapable life force~Qi
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affirm both diversity and the unequivocal Whole by
which difference illustrates a measure of illusion
and Oneness a measure of self-evidence
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effortlessly transpose unscathed
into and out of all phenomena
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there is nothing outside of Nature
When all else fails follow the QuintEssential DIRECTIONS
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do mindfully what Nature does effortlessly
~ follow the QuintEssential DIRECTIONS ~
Turn and ReTurn Everything to Center
Nature maintains Center in the midst of constant Change
As we Move collectively through this time of the Great Turning
Imagine being Response~able to regain and maintain Center
in the midst of global Change
follow Nature's QuintEssential Directions
cultivate
BALANCE ~ COHESION ~ CONSENSUS ~ FOCUS ~ WHOLENESS
GRATITUDE ~ WISDOM ~ HOPE ~ CONTENTMENT ~ COMPASSION
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this is the intention of EcoCentric Awareness
embodiment of Nature's Five Element Teachings
for global balance ~ harmony ~ health
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Life is probably Round.
Vincent VanGogh
This open source ECA website has been created to help cultivate EcoCentric Awareness, and to help raise funds for ancient wisdom based organizations, such as:
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The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
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During this time of the "Great Turning" it is imperative that we all do our part to reconnect to the sacredness of Life and actively care for our Earth Mother.
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