Emme Monique shares her experience with excessive media consumption and how to reconnect with the Earth in her contribution to the first issue of the Novitas Magazine.
A rebellious act in this day and age is to put down your phone and destroy your television. We can now witness the world 24/7 from the small computers in our hands, as well as the awakening of consciousness to the darker forces in the world.
We were not meant to know or hold so much.
I’m not suggesting apathy or turning a blind eye. Yes, we need to know what is going on so we can lend a hand. What I am entertaining is spending less time listening to and watching the horrors of life, thus playing into the hands of division and divisiveness.
The leaders would rather we run around like chickens with our heads cut off than join hands to create change.
For me personally, I cannot witness the atrocities of the world daily. It tanks my spirit and trashes my hope. I cannot help from this place. And it will only get louder as they try to grab our attention and separate us further into smaller and smaller camps.
The old saying is: “Divide and conquer.”
I cannot act from a place of centeredness—of groundedness—when I’m jumping up every few minutes in outrage.
Can you?
Everyone has their own way, and you do know what is best for you. I’m going to share my way…
The snow is melting slowly out here in the high country where I live, uncovering everything that’s been there all winter. Spring always opens my eyes to truly seeing life all around me. I choose to use new eyes and open my heart daily to where I live.
The other day, my dog L’il and I were out adventuring to see if we could spot any fresh bear tracks in the snow as they awakened from their winter slumber. We never saw any bear signs, but I did visit what I call our “secret spot.”
To anyone else, it may look like the rest of the forest—but to me, it’s a portal.
The downed aspen tree is perfect for sitting on or resting my back against when the grass is dry below. It has a quiet quality about it.
When I step into the circle, with its fir tree saplings, ancient green mosses and algae, and mushrooms of all kinds, the world outside this space quiets into non-existence.
I attune my ears to the multitude of bird songs; attune my skin to feeling the sun’s warmth or the breeze; attune my nose to all the deep and rich scents of the forest floor.
I notice the tiniest of micro-forests all around me. The squirrel’s cache of pine cones is under a distant tree, as is the decayed slab of wood that he uses as a harvest table to eat his meals.
Watching the clouds floating overhead, I sink deep into the soft ground, which is a complex and highly intelligent labyrinth of mycelium networks interwoven with the aspen roots.
I am amazed that the thousands of aspens all around me are one clone from a mother tree. Some of these stand thousands of years old through their one root.
It’s always hard to pull myself away from this place. I visit it daily from spring through fall—and in my dreams in the winter. I carry it with me as I go about my daily chores, carrying it into my studio and to others I see.
From this grounded and rooted place, I can then lend my voice, my words, my calls, and my emails to those who don’t have this freedom and who do not have a voice.
From this place of connection, appreciation, love, hope, compassion, and empathy toward others, I can do more to help change the world.
We each have our own way and are on our own path. I honour what is best for you.
I do encourage less phone time and television time, and more time outdoors—so you can stand up in your community and the world abroad with a clear voice, strength, and hope alive in your heart.
A lot is going to break in 3D, and it’s not going to be easy as the matrix begins to crumble.
Systems are quite fragile, but I refuse to give up on humanity, wild beings, and this glorious home we call Earth.
Time spent outdoors—in the woods, near running water, and in my secret spot—inspires me and shows me resilience, grace, humility, and the right relationship to keep moving forward for all beings.
— EM
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