Soil

Earth Sanctuary Alchemy

Embody

Why is now the right time in my leadership journey to pursue transformational growth through Earth Sanctuary?  

There was no way I could have consciously planned how Earth Sanctuary would coalesce.

I had no idea that every twist and turn throughout my childhood, young adult years, and until this day have all woven themselves together to make this Now Moment such a cohesive step in my journey.

Although my mind, imagination, and ideas were and still are crucial components of Earth Sanctuary foundation; it was really my Heart Center that orchestrated each step.

Even as I talk about “the Heart Blueprint” and the “new molds” and “reshaping reality” - my conscious mind has very little understanding of what is the actual 5th Dimensional experience.

My biggest challenge was learning how to listen, and maintaining the discipline_integrity to follow through.

To take myself seriously enough to move forward.

To keep moving forward.

This is about Trust, 

   that my Heart supports me,

      that I did not come here just to suffer in endless toil and drudgery, 

         that I incarnated with a plan, even if I am unaware of all its details.

It is time to trust in my own boldness and Courage - taking risks that feel true to my Heart.

I am here to engage in practices that make me feel truly and genuinely alive, embodied, and more of myself.

I am here on this planet to be me to the fullest extent possible.

In this way, I help heal fractures within humanity so that the Planet may thrive.

Hg [Mercury]

Fusability_Volatility

In addition to growing up in conservative settler republican rural MN (now known as maga country), I have likewise spent enough time in "liberal/progressive" spaces to know that when it comes to settlers, it really doesn’t matter what is their level of social consciousness.

Regardless of “how aware” settlers are of colonial mechanisms like racism, xenophobia, transphobia, etc, it is my experience that too many settlers insist that their own comfort and control of outcomes dominate their interactions with Indigenous (Native and Black) people.

In the past, it was a useful survival tactic for me to cater to these impossible dynamics in order to secure housing, food, work, etc.

The result? I have exhausted all of my emotional, mental, and physical energies performing the aesthetic of "getting [settlers] to understand" the nuance_complexities of systems and institutions (for F R E E).

“Getting settlers to understand”, only to have them completely backtrack, pivot, and regress when it’s time to actually stand on business.

So, here I am stuck between the two spectrums of colonial settler politics. On one end of the spectrum are “progressive” / liberal settlers who:

1. absolutely support every single civil rights movement in the history of the planet

   1. except the one that’s happening right now

2. and are absolutely against every single war in the history of the planet

   1. except the one that’s happening right now.

Here is the alternative:

1. conservative settler christian theological politics.

2. domestic terrorists

   1. kkk

   2. neonazi groups

3. ***This is not an exhaustive list they’re just exhausting to list.***

While I can recognize obvious dangers to social cohesion (see the alternative), I can also recognize obvious dangers to social cohesion, even as they self-identify as “progressive’ or “liberal”.

But I also also recognize that I hold my own keys to disrupt these social dynamics.

S [Sulphur]

Combustibility

The secret sauce to this recipe is learning how to listen.

I have spent enough time witnessing/experiencing on a personal and professional level how dynamics of settler colonial politics work to maintain white/capitalism supremacy in rural MN.

I also intentionally recognize the way I am socio-politically positioned within the Collective [social] matrix. There are things I can see from my position, and there is more yet for me to fathom.

‘What is my own intersection?’

A challenging, yet rewarding, discipline is learning how to listen. Often, people give their most inner beliefs away without even realizing it. Depending on the context, I can adjust and pivot to keep moving toward my goal:

What would it look like if every community in the Great Lakes region were working to dismantle systemic oppression whether they are consciously aware of it or not?

I’ve written about how I use soil science discourse as one litmus test for social conscious awareness.

I can tell which settlers are still learning, who is ready to learn, who avoids learning, who is pretending to learn, and who absolutely refuses to learn.

This is about knowing when and where to exert my mental/emotional energies. Is having intentional conversation about colonial settler constructs (ex. racism, sexism, etc.) a fruitful activity? Or is my time better spent having them haul dirt or water plants in silence?

Delineating how I spend my energies becomes especially important when interfacing with people who cannot_wont be honest with themselves, let alone with others.

The litmus test incorporates soil creation into my interactions with other people. I do this as a way to:

• bring Earth energies into the interpersonal dynamic

• to elevate the biological vibrations existing within the dynamic

  • myself included

• so that the densities* can be lifted

  • *whatever brings violence and harm into my communities.

I listen to others while remaining seated in my own Heart Center; aware of my own nervous system_body.

In this way, I can bypass the conscious mind of others in the conversation, and entrain their nervous system back into regulation and synchronicity.

NaCl [Ionic Salt]

Subsistence_Physicality

Individual passions are a wonderful and necessary aspect of planetary healing, but ensuring this healing is multi-generational in impact is really the assignment here.

I trust in my knowingness that:

1. I am perfectly suited to use my creative gifts to support collective upliftment;

2. the whole world is on my side working with me toward restoration, wellbeing, and health.

3. the whole world is on my side: even as it is showing me what is being held in resistance to the new 5D frameworks becoming the prevalent manifestational experience on the planet.

I learned how to utilize curiosity (Root and Roots) to build meaningful relationships. Even when situations/circumstances appear similar or familiar, I have found curiosity has been a recurring theme to help me navigate life and self-regulate.

Curiosity helps me regulate my own nervous system, especially during confrontation or accountability. Courage is likewise a skill I intentionally cultivate to help me navigate the challenges of my personal and professional life experiences.

I have written about how I used curiosity to confront a problematic adult about their predatory behaviors here.

As life themes, courage and curiosity both expand my capacities to co-imagine outcomes and co-create solutions with others who experience life in ways much different from myself.

As I integrate curiosity and courage into my way of Being, I am able to connect to my own inner child. There is profound work in providing my younger Selves the chance to heal.

Because of this work, I am able to see my Self in the future generations here on Earth. A healthy relationship with my own inner child fosters the empathy, compassion, and understanding I need to effectively relate to youth, children, and even infants.

While I understand not everyone desires to be in direct relationship with youth, children, or infants: we, EACH of us, are still responsible to ensure we are creating a world that is worth passing on to the next generation.

In order to do this, we MUST stay rooted and grounded in a healthy relationship to our OWN inner infant, child, teen, and young adult.

The goal is to co-create_build sustainable and cohesive social, economic, and ecological systems.

This is the way.