Back to the beginning...

I heard a quote a few weeks ago, I apologize if you find it some what crude, but I could not help but let out a little giggle. Here goes....

"What if the light at the end of the tunnel when you die, is really you being pushed out of another vagina?"

Reincarnation has never sounded so philisophical and juvenile in the same sentence. I especially enjoy a good laugh right now, and the humor placed into a normally somber moment in life. As the last leaves drop from the trees, and winter hovers so patiently before the brutality it will bring, I feel myself settling into the rhythms of life, deep stirrings compelling me to pull the life back within my roots, drop the coverings of this past year, and rest. All of life, has cycles, and as humans, we spend a great deal of time trying to manipulate them. I find when we work against them, we fail, and our bodies, our land, and our world react the same. We spend less and less time working with them, considering them "primitive" when compared to the new technological  methods we have developed and adopted. I have simply realized that advances in technology, are simply poor substitutes for what nature has already provided.

In my journey this year of bringing babies back to the breast, I have learned myself that we as humans need to be back to our natural state, as our very survival is at stake, not just physically, but emotionally. We should grow our own foods, spend time with our friends and families, support our communities, reduce our dependencies on technology and the fuels necessary to operate them. We need to teach our children to look up to scientist and not celebrities. I suppose bringing life into this world, helps you to see it for what it really is. It is moving so quickly, I feel fortunate to be able to see it from a new perspective. Or maybe I am just growing older, and able to focus on what matters, not what is frivilous.