We need earth, real earth, to ground ourselves? and give us a sense of what is real and not. I recommend that we all get in touch with our natural selves a lot more, because that's when we can best separate Truth from Fiction. Walking barefoot outside more, spending less time away from computers (advice I should follow myself!) is all very necessary to re-balance our spirit.

Why be down-to-earth, you ask? I'm not suggesting you to be overly practical and not emotional but just that? -- down to earth. Why? Because earth is what is, whereas our thoughts are what will be and what was. In order to align ourselves with our most pure, "just be" state, we all need to go back to that focal point, to that Origin of Creation. Only then we can truly "live" because we'll make choices based on the natural fact on a situation, and not by prejudices. In fact, it will be impossible for us to make "wrong choices" because it won't be an option, as we won't be thinking of failure. Actually, I believe, and pardon me for getting too "weird" on you all, but this is also one of the first steps in achieving Utopia, or heaven on earth, ?which is what our minds and souls naturally want.

The world isn't at harmony yet, of course, because if you notice? we all usually just do something, accomplish a task in a zombie-like state, and then we reflect on it later (or before) But living? it's when everything comes together as one. It's that spark of life? when two heads butt together and we realize that we're all the same after all. If you can remember from when you were a child, that's how it always was. It truly is the "natural order" of things. We must "do things" but still be aware at the same time. We must always be aware of our senses and our surroundings. We get too jaded and frustrated, mainly because we're not loving each other enough. It's not about dependency or independency but "interdependency." We're not helping others help themselves, which is what we got as children. And we're not spoiling each other either, which is also needed sometimes!

There, however, is a natural state of changing and that is as you get older you realize how "pointless" physical activities are. But again it's more natural. In fact, it happens so naturally that you can't watch it, like a rose blooming. There are just too many of us that want to rush to the end. (People that "think too much" including yours truly, tend to have this problem) In all the eulogies I've read, I'm warned against this. We must enjoy the evanescent beauty that is life, the sweeping emotions, because they will be gone in a flash. In order to do this, we have to have to ground ourselves to earth, to realize that we're all okay, we're not here by accident, and that each and every one of us has a purpose.