Messages from Gaia

“Let nature be your teacher.”

~William Wordsworth

When I first heard those words, my reaction was, ‘huh??” I had been taught that learning came from books, schools, universities, laboratories, teachers, parents, people with wisdom and experience. The idea that I could learn from nature seemed surprising, even startling. I thought of nature as beautiful and the source of many things of life but not as my teacher.

So, I started noting and noticing things. And as I did this, I realized how much I could indeed learn from nature.

I had a wonderful lesson when my friend Nan told a group we are in together that she needed to find homes for her aloe plant which was in birthing mode. When I looked at the plant, I was amazed! The plant was literally detaching from the soil in the pot. It had produced lots of little plants that were leaning on the bigger parts of the plant and nearly falling out onto the shelf.

Nan explained that the plants store enough water and nutrients to survive for a long time without contact with soil. Like butterflies emerging from their chrysalis, these plants were reaching out for new homes, trusting that someone(s) would plant them in new soil. There were 2 large parent plants, also ready for new pots. Nothing was dead or dying. It was life expanding and venturing into new territory.

I was thrilled to take one of the plants home. I began to see how this plant was a metaphor, a teacher showing me how nature creates abundance. I could see the importance of storing nourishment for times when I needed strength during a time of transplanting. I thought about the faith that we need to adventure into the unknown, quietly waiting for care to be offered from an unexpected source.

I found new stores of courage as I look around and see so much fear as the world undergoes rapid changes. I hope that you will find messages to uplift and instruct you, just as I did from the aloe plant.

Blessings, Mary

From Gaia

October 12, 2011

My beloved friends and partners,

As you look around you, surely you can see light everywhere and sense messages flowing from the Unseen to guide and teach you. You are not alone during this time of change and transformation. The caterpillar does not die when it enters the cocoon. It is simply the movement of one life form growing into another.

So it is with you, my darlings. Be calm amidst the storms that seem frightening and sometimes overwhelming. Quiet your minds and get in touch with the peace and inner knowing that will sustain and uphold you as the New emerges in its beauty and perfection.

A snake does not shed its old skin until the new is ready to protect it. So it is with you. Know with unshakable certainty that all is being orchestrated with Divine timing. You will fly when your wings are ready and that will be soon indeed. Look around. You will see those who are already soaring. Perhaps you are one of them. I rejoice to share my realm with you, whenever you choose to open yourself to it.

All is well, dear ones. I love you. I am Gaia, your Earth Mother, your friend