Declaration of Interdependence

It's time for aligning, not divided action.

I declare a shift of being and thinking in alignment with nature and our true magnificence as individuals, powered through love energy.

In resistance to Project 2025 , I declare my allegiance to Interdependence and herby reject all efforts of separation or division between people. 

We are all connected beings of nature.

I believe the time is exactly now to expand our awareness of the systems we are part of and to honor our interdependence through awareness, thought, and conversation about these systems that humans have created. How is each system serving us today, or not?

I ask you to join me in “noticing” and then in taking action.

Every single rule, law or entity has been created by humans. Think about it expansively. Literally everything in our awareness - human-designed systems of power, finance, governance, organized religion, greed, division, race, class, etc.

We are the only ones who can recognize and choose to act in deconstructing what is no longer serving us all with equanimity and love.

The forest is the perfect example of how we can live in harmony. The roots of trees are connected in the earth with each other across species and they communicate to help each other thrive in the face of disease or environmental threats.

Humans are designed to live in equal harmony.

We are not dependent or separate. We are interdependent and united.

The pain we are experiencing across the globe is due to the systems, practices, and behaviors that we follow. All created by us.

While it can sound very radical, we (you, me, us) have the power. Our power is beyond our imagination and the systems in place today have been dumbing down our magnificence.

It is time to notice, build our awareness of, and change our responses to these systems to create the future we desire together.

A few systems came to my mind after a short meditation as I write this:

• Social Media

• News / Publications

• Education (Pre-K-College)

• Government

• Finance

• Racial and Social Economic Division

• Organized Religion

• Business – Mega Corporations

• Sick Care (vs wellbeing)

• Manufactured Food “Products”

• Alcohol and Pharmacy

• Ageism

Each of these are designed to limit our individual and collective magnificence, and to reduce our individuality and true power.

These systems are serving a very small group of people at the expense of everyone else, including mother earth, the very planet we need to sustain life.

To honor this week of “independence” in the US, I ask you to create space to reflect on each system impacting your life and simply observe it.  How are you affected by each one that you observe? Is there a single step you can take to shift how you respond to that system?

A few ways I am responding to these systems to reduce their impact on my being are:

• Limiting my social media time to 1 hour a day total for all platforms and refusing to engage with or share negative or judgmental dialog.

• Declaring the first hour of the day as device free so that I can wake up, move my body, notice the morning birds and nature, make a slow cup of coffee, and take a rejuvenating shower. (Even with little ones in the house, it is possible to wake early to allow a few minutes to connect with yourself and feel into the morning.)

• I stopped listening to the news on radio or TV. I read news from multiple sources a few minutes each day.

• My food is 90% unprocessed, meaning I try to stay away from things that are prepared unless I would use the same ingredients making it for myself. Farm stands are a great way to save on fresh food.

• Most of my drink choices are non-alcoholic. I’ve been drinking a lot more water and summer is a wonderful time to add mint, herbs, and citris for flavor.

• I actively engage in my community - art openings, live music, conversations with diverse community members, and volunteering. (There is more time now that social media and online activity is limited to an hour.)

• When shopping for products or services, my first choice as a consumer is small, local, and BIPOC owned business to put money into my community.

• Just recently I have started to pay in cash again. Cash stays in the pocket of the receiver rather than an immediate loss of fees to financial institutions.

The way through to a better way of living is to find ways of disconnecting from (or altering the way we interact with) the systems that are no longer serving for the highest good.

It is time for interdependence and unity.

The energy of love and awareness will prevail. 

Please lift your head and understand that YOU are miraculous and meant to be more than you imagine. We need you to pay attention and to take action.

Human beings are craving deeper loving connections with one another at the soul level.

We are not meant to be divided. We are meant to align with mother earth and with each other.

I send you love. We are in this together.