There's a disconnect here somewhere

Beauty is all around on this island, whether one sees it or not, appreciates it or not, doesn't matter.

It Is!
There are certain moments when we can feel that all is in balance, perfect - our place in this mystery is a given, and a blessing. In gratitude we make offerings to What Is, repeatedly, and watch the flowers, the rice and the fruits fade as does the smoke from the incense, disappearing back to the earth and sky which first gave them to us. All things will pass. So all is in order, our instinctive connection to Mother Earth is there - and this is where the disconnect seems to come in.

How could we not see that each one dropping one wrapper, one plastic bag, one carton, one diaper, is quite simply not acknowledging the beauty and awesomeness of our Great Bumi? How could we not look at the mounds of rubbish on the beaches and not feel pain at what we are causing? This doesn't have to be about getting angry or blaming anyone or anything; individual resolve to not-pollute should simply be one way of expressing our gratitude. Offerings of plastic and trash are not good offerings.

Ironically we live in a society in which many seem quite obsessive about sweeping, starting very early in the morning - the customary wake up call along with the cockerels. Are these really the same individuals who after their enjoyable outing to the beach or the water gardens, the park or the mountain, (who have even woken earlier to be able to sweep the compound before they left,) are these same people the ones who leave all the rubbish they have accumulated during their fun excursion just lying there as a gift to Mother Earth? Something is definitely wrong. As long as we only see our own patch, our own family area as significant, and 'out there' as no man's land, nothing can change. Making offerings with the admirable intention to regain or retain the balance of life which pulses through all of this amazing creation, in the end is merely paying lip service - and absolving ourselves also of any responsibility to anything beyond our own small lives.

We can blame all we like but the fault is ours. And there we can find the solution.