I am learning how to make the Metatron symbol by constructing it using dot-painting. It is a long process. I am only part of the way along, and suddenly I’m impacted that my ‘simplified’ color coding is only one possible variation for the line colors. While in the middle of one line, my perspective shifted, and suddenly I realized I could have chosen an entirely different color for each of the lines to create completely different patterns.
The complexity of this symbol is staggering. Drawing it isn’t hard, but seeing it … that requires many shifts of perception. One pattern is part of another, which creates yet another, and another. Independently, patterns can be extracted for viewing, but then it becomes … incomplete. Each is a building block for the other.
The Sacred Geometry. The building blocks of Life.
The mystic Kabbalah that is forbidden to be taught (which bears striking resemblance to the more accessible but equally dangerous Kundalini practice). The Tree of Life, with branches, trunk and roots. DNA. Gravity. Time. All the possible shapes that make up the patterns of creation.
Perceptions. Shallow verses deep. Narrow versus broad. Closed versus open.
Humans are exceptionally good at deliberate blindness. Especially if it involves convenience, or lack thereof.
Consumerism and convenience. A throw-away society. Giant companies masking under many smaller names. Greed. An unwillingness to believe our actions have consequences. Or worse, indifference.
Once all the lies begin to fall away and you see, then you have to make a choice. Return to deliberate blindness, or … step forward and take responsibility for your actions.
More and more, I am realizing a significant part of my Depression is the seeing. When I see, then I feel. I cannot turn this off. I see the waste, and the indifference and it hurts me.
The Earth IS alive, and without the Earth … we die. To hurt the Earth is to hurt ourselves. To kill pieces of the Earth is to kill pieces of ourselves. Murder and suicide wrapped in the disposable conveniences of consumerism.
To see the patterns within the geometry of Life …. it is stunningly beautiful. To see the dazzling thread of gold laced through the wings of a Dragonfly … is stunningly beautiful. To feel the whispers of the Trees, to hear their songs, and the conversations between birds and squirrels and to watch a Harvestman march across my leg on a mission …. this is all beautiful. This is LIFE. Life that the Human race is systematically destroying.
To heal ourselves, to heal this collective sickness that is sweeping the world, we must heal our environment. This is not radical or extreme. This is logic. Cause and effect.
We can walk more gently. We can listen more intently. We can breath in the sounds and songs of water running over stones and waves tickling the sands, and bees sipping from flowers. We can take actions to reduce our wastage and our impact. We can create a symbiotic and connected relationship with our environment instead of engaging in a war against it.
We can find the sacredness of Life, and invoke more sacredness in our own lives.
Everyone has this power. Everyone.
Be the Change.
Be Love <3