Shamanu: She Asks Me

Listen to me, please. I am your Mother. I know you better than you know yourself. I will help you to remember why you are here, how to heal yourself, how to create and be happy. Just learn how to listen to me…..

When the Earth laughs I laugh too. When She cries I too cry.
She is my flesh and my bones. Her elements my breath, my blood and my fire.
She gives everything to me and asks only that I learn how to listen to Her.
She asks me to respect all of Life as my friends and teachers.
To question the cosmology of consumerism that is tearing Her body apart.
To re-dream the dream of humanity.
She asks me to be “turned on” again to the magic of nature.
To see the beauty and abundance around me
To embrace the teachings of Her children: Air, Fire & Water.
She asks me to activate my senses so that I may know the ecstasy of a sunset, be altered by a starry night, absorb and be absorbed by Life.
She asks me to witness a flower and find peace in the rhythms of life and death.
To feel the universe emerging through me.
To honour my body as a temple of Light. My sexuality as a primal source of power, creativity and worship.
She asks me to celebrate Her through my stillness, my dance and song, my words, my tears, my understanding, love and compassion.
She asks me to create a new cosmology
One which sees the sacred in all things.
To honour her by loving and protecting all Life
She asks me to hear Her, to know and trust Her as my Mother,
To joyfully celebrate with Her The Great Mystery from which we all emerged!
Do you think she is asking too much?

Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera, founder of Shamanu: Earth Wisdom Teachings