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Articles:
Nature - A construct of our wellbeing.
Written by Vincent Mina
In dealing with building a support system that invigorates our well being, I use the analogy of the trapezist. Regarding our food production and supply along with the health care system or there lack of, as a society we are swinging on a metaphorical trapeze that is dysfunctional. The question is do we know collectively it is dysfunctional or are we sticking our collective heads in the sand?
One reason for not wanting to let go of where we are at, whether we are aware or not, is our fear of the unknown, translating into the space in between the two trapeze.
Assuming that we know it is dysfunctional, we set our sights for a functional system to move to, then make a collective commitment of letting go of where we are at, trusting by that commitment we will get to the other side of what works and sustains vitality.
That unknown correlates and confronts our dealing with nature and how we see it, along with our relationship to it.
If we feel that nature is out to get us, as opposed to it being an ally and a essential component to our wellbeing, then its no wonder why we would be fearful of letting go, even if knowing where we are at is a dysfunctional place. Have you ever met a trapezist that wasn’t committed in getting to the other side once letting go of where they were at?
Based on results our society poisons and pollutes our environment with how and where our food is grown, compromising our immune system, and then wonders why we fall prey to deadly staph infections as is the case with MRSA. Pointed out by Jerry Brunetti, in his presentation at this past ACRES USA conference, he went on to share that manmade antibiotics have no effect on MRSA. Yet there are known forms of honey that are produced from the pollen of a “diversity” of plants, which kills this deadly staph infection.
Point being if we let go of what doesn’t work while trusting and embracing nature to get us where we want to go, utilizing the power of its diversity as the construct of what supports our well being, then vitality will follow. Thus creating healthy people supporting our ability to make healthy decisions.
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