01/06/2024
Dr. Bronner called, he wants his rant back…
January 6th has become for our self-important nation a sardonic celebration of political identity: two sides tirelessly picking at the details of who we are and who aren’t. Thankfully, other nations celebrate the day in positive terms. They call it Theophany, Epiphany, or the “12th Day of Christmas.”
In actuality, the holiday is far older than Christianity. The occasion marks the perceptible increase of daylight (northern hemisphere) and it’s truly the measure of the human year. The light is new, the light gives us hope. For if we can acknowledge the sun, we can also acknowledge everything under the sun. It’s a day of unity, a day of self-reconciliation, a day of faith. Nature will provide.
This is my wish for the coming year…
Look toward Nature, look toward Nature, look toward Nature. Never look away!!! To do so would be to praise the WRONG January 6th. Heed Fukuoka’s clarity, Nature is whole/ Man divides, and don’t obsess on our creations but instead worship something FAR greater. Yes, it’s true Man and his divisions are temporarily part of Nature (national boundaries, property boundaries, ideological boundaries, etc.) but they are a small part compared to the whole greatness. Look toward the greatness, not the petty. Turn to the sun and bask in that which unites, not divides. Nature gave us a New Year (not Man’s calendar) so do as Nature does and connect all!
To see all is to forgive all. We must embrace even the things we hate about ourselves because Nature excludes nothing. Bring it all in using the superpower that squashes our divisiveness, Love. It’s as simple as the Golden Rule, the ONLY rule: Love everyone as you’d love yourself. (They are you, actually, all is one!) Follow Nature and WORK toward inner peace, or it’s going to be a hard year otherwise!
Look toward Nature, look toward Nature, look toward Nature. And have a happy January 6th!
.Bronner
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