Aloha,
I'm Rev.
Cindy Palos and I wanted to talk to you today about nature.
Nature is one of the best healers,
A way to restore ourselves and renew ourselves,
To be in tune with the harmony of the universe.
Everything we need is in nature.
And I've been blessed to live in some beautiful places and travel to some miraculous places around the world and I've been living on Maui for 30 years and there is such a beautiful harmony here in nature.
I meditate every morning and then I go out and do yoga under my palm trees in my backyard.
And I'd like to share with you some of that feeling and the blessings that come with nature.
And of course many of the Taoists and the wonderful Native Americans have been in tune with the four directions and the energy in nature.
The air that holds the winged ones that fly,
The air where we have the beautiful sunrise and the sunsets and the clouds and the winds that come to bathe us in their wonderful,
Beautiful purifying energy.
The rain that comes from the skies to the earth to the streams to the ocean that cleanse and purify us and sustain us with the water of life.
The blessed earth with all its minerals and rocks here in Maui,
All the lava rocks that go so deep,
The coral under the oceans.
The blessed,
Blessed wonderful corners of all parts of this earth that hold the trees,
The lovely trees that feed us and help provide us with our shade and with oxygen.
All of these are right there for us to embrace even if we don't have a backyard with some of these things.
We can visualize and imagine it.
And we can also recognize and be grateful for this beautiful energy,
That wind that carries the whispers with the mystical light of all,
The source of energy of all.
It lends that messages to our soul.
It bends you towards eternity.
And you can listen to the messages of the wind.
And you can walk on the paths and find that the energy there follows you.
You might feel a stirring in the trees and the plants.
And you can go out and look at the sunrise and see it coming over the highest peak and the light fills your eyes and you are awakened with a smile with that infinite sense of peace.
It all bends you towards eternity and it calls all of your senses forth.
You can see the way life reaches you and bends you to eternity to open the door so you can see that way these beautiful,
Beautiful small things make such a difference in our day.
Let's breathe in the energy of nature.
And let's just be aware of our breath coming in and holding it and letting ourselves be completely energized by this wonderful feeling of nature all around us.
And allow your breath to go out all the way through your body and down into the earth.
Feel the energy of your body extending deep into the earth.
Until you see that there is this energy from earth you can call upon and draw forth up to you and through you and around you and up your spine,
Up to your shoulders and your head and outwards into the infinite energy of the universe.
And see the flow of this energy coming from the cosmos down through your whole body and down and around you,
Cleansing you,
Energizing you,
Clarifying your whole space,
Going down through all of your body and your legs and your feet into the earth.
Feel that smile that Mother Earth has.
Feel the energy of Mother Earth feeding you.
And see yourself reacting to that beautiful smile where all of yourselves are attuned to that energy.
The healing energy of the earth,
Of the trees,
Of the fire,
The air,
The water,
The four directions.
And allow yourselves to be in the center right now,
The center of all this perfect divine energy.
Totally whole,
Totally receptive right now to that peace there in the center within you that is also in the center of the trees.
That is feeding the energy of the birds.
That is bringing forth the light from the sun and the moon.
That is connecting you to the stars and the universe and the cosmos and beyond.
You are all connected with this amazing force of pure energy.
Call upon that energy and let it come down into your heart and into your whole being.
Let it attune you.
Let it circulate around you.
Let it extend out throughout the cosmos.
In and out with each breath,
Feel your heartbeat aligned with the heartbeat of all of life.
One heartbeat inside and out.
One pure energy feeding the trees,
Feeding the blossoms of the flowers,
Connecting you with all life.
Bathe in this perfect energy and just feel yourself being whole and complete and healed.
And allow yourself to be grateful for the beauty alive in nature.
For the healing.
Right now give your gratitude out and send your blessings out to the trees.
Send your energy and wonderful gratitude out to the waters and the ocean.
Feel the power of all the drops of water and the ocean as they combine.
Working together to help support this planet.
Breathe in the energy of the soft wind.
And for a second let yourself feel the blessings of this beautiful wind that speaks to you in spirit.
You are in tune with nature right now.
Right here.
You are a part of nature.
You are a divine being,
An instrument of God's love light.
An instrument attuned to nature.
Take a breath in,
Give your deepest bow of gratitude to nature and send your energy out to the force behind Mother Earth and the planets and the stars.
Dedicate yourself to serving this beautiful power behind nature.
To being grateful every day for this force of nature that feeds you and protects you.
That gives you what you need in life.
Honor it.
Be thankful for it and believe that you are a beautiful being.
Brought here to be alive,
Fed by Mother Earth with her love,
Her light,
And her capacity to heal.
Thank you God and so it is.
God Bless.
