Happy Thursday, dear friends. I have a new toy, and boy, is my inner child excited! All it wants to do is play with the new toy and enjoy the pleasure of creating.
As many of you know, we are creating a sister lightworker community forum for Golden Age of Gaia, and I am part of the team creating this new divine space of love. I am so excited for the moment when we can invite you all into this new sacred home we are building. It is amazing to take thought, apply action, stir in some new earth energies and create an entirely new thing where it did not exist before.
This is what we are here for. This is the stuff that is juicy, and enticed us all to come in service to the earth at this time. We may also feel like we simply want to drop everything else and focus in this new direction. The stuff we were doing before loses its luster, and we may even wish we didn’t have to do it anymore.
There are many folks who are awakening, and will see their spirituality and playing in the new energies as their new toy. A good number of folks on the spiritual path go through this stage, where every day life, with its tasks and requirements, are simply no match for the new energies. We want to check out, and focus on the delicious discoveries presenting themselves.
This is part of the path. We are here as human beings and spiritual beings merging together as one. We are ascending IN body and so balancing the doing with the being is part of the journey.
We may all have things we wish we didn’t have to do, but I am finding that I feel much better when I simply intend for more time to do the things that bring me joy. When I look at it less as casting things off and more as expanding the space for joy, I find I get everything done in record time and can move into play-time unimpeded.
I can then enjoy my new toys with no distractions. I can really focus and get into the flow of creating, when I know my capable mind and body have already done the day to day stuff of life. Everyone is happy then and everyone wins.
The US proposes a new whale sanctuary off the eastern Atlantic coast.
One of the most exciting experiences in life is seeing a whale in the wild. To view these magnificent creatures, and know that they hold a higher consciousness, makes us want to do everything within our power to protect them.
While many whale species have rebounded significantly since commercial whaling was banned, the Atlantic right whale has not shown tremendous increases. Part of this is due to the fact that they do not mature until age 8, and mothers are only capable of calving every four years. Another part of the issue relates to their natural territory, the mid-Atlantic ocean, which is pretty congested with human commercial concerns.
In 2009 a group of conservation agencies, including the Center for Biological Diversity, petitioned the US National Marine Fisheries Service to expand protected habitat for right whales to 50,000 square miles in the northern and mid-Atlantic. This was a ten-fold increase in habitat.
The Fisheries Service did not address the petition for many years, and this recent proposal was created in response to legal action related to their extended delay in action. They propose a new protected area of almost 40,000 square miles, split between the whales’ summer feeding grounds off northern Maine and their southern calving grounds off the Carolinas.
The sanctuary would place restrictions on human activity such as fishing, shipping and energy development in key right whale habitat, but it would not protect the whales during their twice-yearly migration through busy shipping lanes. The conservation groups hope to expand the proposed sanctuary to take migration into account.
At present, researchers believe there are only 450 right whales remaining in the species’ population, and any move to protect these divine creatures is a step in the right direction. Human and animal existence can absolutely be balanced, and create a positive situation for growth in this dwindling species. I send love to a future where all creatures are supported by each other on our blessed Gaia.
A dear friend of mine, Sierra Goodman dreamed of creating a marine sanctuary in Costa Rica many years ago. She has been working towards that goal since 1998, and followed her divine guidance to move to Drake Bay, Costa Rica.
She has created a wonderful program called Divine Dolphin and she leads tours to see and interact with the vast diversity of large marine mammals in the area.
She also works with researchers and is hoping to create a protected marine sanctuary for these highly conscious animals in Costa Rica. Some of the photos and videos she shares from her jungle home are simply spell binding. It seems the blessed creatures are drawn to her amazing energy and put on spectacular displays of jumping, spinning and breaching whenever they see her on the ocean.
If you feel drawn to supporting her blessed work to create a protected marine sanctuary in Costa Rica, please visit the MPA for OSA link on her website and sign the petition. In the new energies, it is amazing what one person’s passion and love can create, and we all know that the creative power is multiplied by the love and support of others.
Rare footage of a wild tiger family in China.
Siberian tigers, and specifically the Amur tiger, are a critically endangered species. There are many wonderful souls assisting with their protection and genetic maintenance around the world. One of the most important support mechanisms is the stewardship of their natural prey species and territory.
These beautiful animals exist in the wild terrain that is intersected by the Russian and Chinese boarder. Recently, an automatic video trap, which is triggered by movement in the environment, captured a family of these rare tigers playing with each other on the Chinese side of the border.
The Amur tiger is protected from hunting on the Russian side of the border, and their numbers have increased. Researchers are cautiously optimistic regarding this new evidence, that shows active breeding females and well developed young approaching maturity. They hope the Chinese government will do more to deter poaching of these beautiful creatures and work to inhibit human encroachment on their natural territory.
Rare Tiger Family Caught on Video in China by Stefan Sirucek for National Geographic News
And finally…
A cheetah cub meets a puppy for the first time.
We all hope for a world where animals can live free and wild in their own natural habitat. With endangered species, the work of conservationists and captive breeding programs go hand in hand to get the word out about these animals and also protect their genetic diversity.
The Cincinnati zoo has a big cat ambassador program where various animals are trained to be around other species and humans, so they can be comfortable in education programs. This video shares a cheetah cub, who is being groomed for the program, meeting a puppy for the first time. It also shares some interesting information on how indigenous cultures created passive large predator control mechanisms, where everyone remained safe.
Cheetah cub and puppy meet for the first time at the Cincinnati Zoo on YouTube
That’s the news for today. Have a joyful day. I hope to see you back here tomorrow for more news.
Be Well. Be Joy. Be Love!
Alex