Connecting with Chickens

By Carol Roberts, MD

"That the universe is the manifest body of a Divine Being of unimaginable intelligence, compassion, clarity, and power, 

That we are all aspects of this Being, never separated from it for a moment, 

That we are growing ever more aware of this connection, 

That physical reality emerges out of Light and returns to Light continuously, 

That Light is our essential nature and our destiny, 

That all life moves as One, 

That reincarnation is true, 

That there is a deep logic and significance to the circumstances of our lives, 

That everything we do contributes to the evolution of the whole, 

That our awareness continues in an ocean of time and a sea of bliss when we die, 

That we are loved beyond measure and 

That humanity is driving towards an evolutionary breakthrough that will change us and life on this planet at the deepest level."

Christopher M Bache, PhD​​

How can we, as constantly learning, growing and changing creatures, help facilitate the transition to the next level of evolution? Let’s take one line of the above (philosophy? prophecy? poem?) and work with it for a moment.

 “That all life moves as One”

Experiment:

Opening to the inner life can be hard. We are so invested in the outer world that we fail to listen to what goes on inside. Connecting with nature can bring us back to our original essence, slow us down, and even heal our emotional imbalances.

Find a piece of nature and deeply connect. Look into your dog’s eyes and listen to what her essence is communicating to you right now. You can read your dog and she of course reads you all the time.

​Hug a tree and let your body feel the sensations that connection begets, - feel the tree’s energy field with your arms and your heart. Sit under the tree for a while, breathe its fragrances (terpenes that have medicinal and healing properties) and the extra oxygen that this tree is obligingly providing to you.

Many autistic children and PTSD sufferers benefit immensely from equine therapy. Contact with horses decreases anxiety, sympathetic nervous system imbalances and help humans manage their moods.

Simple gardening can be immensely beneficial, from putting your hands in healthy soil, to harvesting your own root (or other) vegetables, and in grounding- discharging negative ions to balance your energy field. We are connected electrically to the electro-magnetic field of the Earth herself

When you connect, however you connect, remember to feel the feelings in your body, as that is the sensor for the natural world, not our intellect. Over reliance on the thinking function of our species has allowed us to forget about the body, that has to muster serious pain in order to be heard at all. As does the planet herself. Learn as much as you can about your chosen part of nature, to see what human beings have done to the wild original thing.

In fact, reconnection through nature is a royal road back to healing and wholeness.

At my house I just learned that, because they are molting and we are going into the shorter days of the year, my flock of 9 hens and one gorgeous rooster may produce no more eggs until spring. Freeloaders! Well I’ve decided to make a scarf (or something) from this abundance of clean, beautiful feathers and just enjoy the chicken's funny clucky ways. What a joy to wake up to cock-a-doodle-do! Hope my neighbors feel the same! They will when the eggs come back!