From Section-LESSONS FROM THE EARTH

With Eyes of Lotus,Mytrae Maganti

Nature teaches us that true wealth is about her abundance as well as our own, which we must discover and become. Her interconnectedness reminds us of our ego’s frailty and inadequacy: although we think of our accomplishments as our own, there is an intricate net of variables that comes together to help us. We must learn to look for the myriad strands of grace, some visible, some invisible, in all the events of our lives. Like the food on our table, nourished by the earth, water, air and sun, and so many unseen hands. True wealth is learning not to complain about or blame the pollution that exists around and within us, but to see it for what it is, and seek that which is pure and true within us. And finally, true wealth is in understanding that wealth is not in transactions, barter or commerce and the arrogance that comes with it; but in natural simplicity, friendship, truth and beauty. And in learning to become that flower, that white fragrant blossom, which in opening wide and offering itself to the elements, is the purest offering to its Source, its Self.