Finding our Way – Lessons from the Sky

As another weekend of protests broke out across America, I exercised my new puppy in the backyard. While relishing the peaceful cocoon of home, I understood a need – an obligation – to reach beyond it and touch the chaos in some meaningful way.

Great flocks of geese flew courses across the snowy, ice-locked neighborhood, broad wings incising the grey air like swords. The messages of the travelers: Keep moving. Be watchful. Stick together.

I did a card reading to further illuminate these ideas. There were impressions of the past meeting the future, bodies of water, and need for beauty. Here are the lessons brought forward.
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In the first full year of Aquarius, we are tasked with facing events from the collective past of humanity. Our job is remembering human history, both the bad (the Holocaust, the rise and fall of nations, the Spanish Inquisition, world wars, dictators, extinction of species) and the good (peacemakers, space flight, curing disease, human rights, wildlife preservation, feats of artistic brilliance). As we keep moving, societies must decide if we go back, trek again over well-worn roads of suffering and ruin, or if we take a higher path, perhaps one written in the air, guided by the hand of Spirit and not yet paved by the hands of humans.

Writers, artists, and musicians preserve the soul of a culture through their body of work. We turn to the arts for a penetrating expression of societal soul. Painting, photography, graphics, poetry, and literature are ways of being watchful, holding up a mirror to the world. A bold, unfettered review of human life shows us where we are and where we want to go.

Another part of being watchful is taking a broad view, and our watery world is a potent example. The Earth is 71% water. The human body is 60% water. Human blood is 92% water. We have to remain mindful of the vibrational malleability of water, influenced by words, emotions, and music among other things.

I wonder what effect the Canadian seal slaughter has on the ocean, screams of fear and murderous clubs on the shore, innocent blood running in rivers to the water’s edge. This is the water we drink, bathe in, and sail across.

Read everything to broaden your perspective and continue your education. Literature and newspapers, history books and poems all convey wisdom and expose us to truth.

Never miss an opportunity to help a person or animal, injecting compassion into the world. Look for ways to be an active participant in fighting darkness with light.

Sticking together through challenges means starting with common ground, and we share nothing so much as the Earth beneath our feet. We are all subject to the disastrous effects of pollution, climate change, and the removal of cetaceans from the seas through slaughter and imprisonment. Wildlife preservation, clean air and water, solar and wind energy, and sustainable living are concerns that can unite a broad cross-section of people.

To keep moving and stick together is to bring everyone up alongside – another unique function of the arts. Art speaks to us at the soul level, cutting across politics, religion, social class, nationality, and language. A photograph or letter can convey the very essence of human longing and suffering. A song can make hope tangible and rally the spirit.

Poetry is prayer. Song is meditation. Music energizes physical healing. Color heals emotions. Dance releases endorphins. Put creativity, beauty, and high vibrations into everything you do. Take care of vibrational influences.

Balance watching the news by playing harmonious music in your bedroom at night. Fight injustice but make time to relax in meditation and prayer. Create an island of peace from which you can sail out into the world renewed and inspired.

Be watchful and aware of humanity’s past, and find creative ways to express your feelings. How did the present evolve, and how do we want to keep moving into the future? Be watchful for common ground, opportunities to serve, and ways to heal. The unifying principles of the arts, and our shared fate on this planet, can help us stick together, not turning back but forging ahead.

Sticking together with like-minded people, sharing determination and being creatively courageous has changed and will continue to change the world we know. So learn everything you can, make a haven of peace to attend your wellbeing, and continue the forward momentum of social evolution and spiritual enlightenment.
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In her latest book, Swift and Brave: Sacred Souls of Animals, Dr. Elizabeth Eiler shares more spiritual lessons of the animal kingdom for harmonious living and planetary responsibility. Visit Elizabeth Eiler Books