Until very recently in human history, people were directly involved in the things that sustained their lives. Growing Food, raising animals, developing skills,  And having the opportunity to engage with  experiences like this on a regular basis. And it was that constant participation that built competence and confidence.When you understand how life works, you feel capable inside it.

But as more of life was outsourced, dependence crept in. We stopped trusting our bodies, our perception, our ability to solve problems. This has created fragility both inside the human, and inside the systems we rely on.

There’s this low grade, continuous. anxiety that has been playing in the background probably since 2020, I’m sure you’ve felt it at one time or another - and I think people are feeling this because on some level, they know they have lost contact with the things that keep life functioning. And so they no longer feel rooted in reality.

But when we participate in growing our food, and see it from seed all the way through to preserving it or eating it, with that comes reverence and gratitude for everything that made it possible for that to happen because you were engaged and devoted to life and to the process that makes that happen.  The sunlight, the rain, the soil, the microbes, your hands, your heart,, your sacred human experience.- all of that happens when you participate in that process. And then if you’re lucky, there is someone is your home who will add to that all their love and intention and transform that food into a beautiful meal that can be shared by loved ones and create a sense of harmony and coherence that keep the family on the same frequency. Working together for something greater than themselves.

We’re chasing the wrong things, my friends.  Convenience has come with it a great cost. It has separated us from the very things - both seen and unseen that give this life such purpose. Most of us are too busy in our minds chasing things in the future and busy consuming that we forget that right here and now is all we have.

And it’s just a choice, a conscious choice, to turn back towards life, and start participating and paying attention.

This is the soul sickness and massive disconnect many people are experiencing right now, seemingly random Symptoms showing up in bodies that have no rhymeor reason, and its why they’ll never show up on labs and your doctor can’t figure out what’s going on with you. … This is the real deficiency many of us have. Separation sickness - and there is no way to supplement or hack your way out of it. It’s because our souls are not nourished the way they need to be.  And on some level, whether we are conscious of it or not, we all desire to belong and to contribute to this great and glorious web of life, and to live a life rich in meaning. And it’s been right under our noses the whole time.

Stop bracing for what they’re telling you is gonna happen. Stop letting fear run the show, and start engaging in life again with all your heart and soul.