Know You Are Earth:

The podcast to remind us, that we are part of Nature

May the Song of the Birds uplift your Heart.

As we remember that we are part of Nature, we understand our place within the endless cycle of Life after life after Life.

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The forest show us that all Life is recycled, form after form. From seed to tree to dead branch to mushroom to soil to grass. Every single atom is on a constant journey of transformation.

From the colour in an insect's wing, to the energy that creates sound.

And there is a Wisdom, a wild Wisdom, to this immense, abundant diverse creation. It is the Wisdom that has built you. The very structure of your bones, your muscles, your organs.

That is the same Wisdom that creates all Life.

It grow your bones, as it grow the forest.

It flows in your blood as it flows in the stream.

And it sings in your Heart, as it sings in the song of the birds.

That's my faithful helper Mr McNookster over there in the stream.

As we remember, truly remember, that we are part of Nature, which means, part of the endless cycle of Life after Life, the endless transformation, it means we can never leave even when we die and we have always been here as part of one Life.

And this is the reality. This is the truth. Let that penetrate your Heart and enable you to relax into the security of always being carried by Life.

We live in challenging times, but turning again to our true Nature, is a doorway into the real Magic that is ever present. It is the container of Joy in which everything else rests.

This is Know you Are Earth. This podcast is designed as an antidote to the news, to uplift and inspire, to ignite and invigorate.

These are qualities that we need now.

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In the meantime, stretch out your ears to the birds. Awaken your awareness of Nature's secret agents with us in so many surprise locations, to remind us to see clearly the beauty of Now.

Watch my TedxTalk on the many benefits of listening to birdsong here

https://knowyouareearth.com/rewire-your-brain-with-birdsong/

 

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Woodpecker party!

Welcome to the Woodpecker Party! From where I’m sitting, I can hear at least five different woodpeckers. I hardly dare speak.

What an incredible difference in sound there is now even compared to last week. It's not even an Imbolc yet.

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Imbolc is the seasonal festival that falls between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. It marks the time when the first stirring starts to reveal itself. The snow drops, the buds getting really big. What comfort there is in these cycles. We are not on a linear trajectory where we have failed to live up to our full potential as humans. This is part of a spiral. With no beginning and no end. The bushman of the Kalahari say that when you notice a certain animal, its song or its track, a thin thread is created between you. As you notice again and again the same animal, the thread becomes thicker and stronger creating a link between you. You know of each other. You recognize each other. And this is like a strand in our web of connecting to all Life. A very tangible one, two at a time then. Is there a bird near you that you know and that knows you? This is Know You Are Earth. Strengthening our bonds of connection to reawaken the ancient memory that we are part of Nature.

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Rain on the Roof.

I wonder if you know what this sound is?

It is pouring with rain and it is the sound of the rain on the yurt roof.

Beautiful human creatures we are, growing out of this planet with our magnificent bodies and minds, and incredible power of the imagination.

Everything we have created began with an imagination. In these times of apparent challenge, we have this wonderful opportunity to use these challenges to fuel us to focus our minds on what we would prefer.

 

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Every single disaster we hear on the news or on a scientific report , can be taken as a resource, as a treasure to remind us again and again and again to use this power unique to humans to focus, not just with our minds, but with our feelings, on the world our hearts know is possible.

This incredible potential within us all.

And there goes the rain cloud. We are just left with the drips from the trees. Can you hear them?

As we grow on the surface of this planet, all that we do in being part of the changes of Earth, is just part of the endless changes of Earth.

There is this paradox isn't there? On one hand there is this world we know is possible, that we feel in our Hearts. The potentila of the human being.

But to get to that place, to really reach that place, I believe we have to face the death, have a near death experience of this world as we know it.

As we face full on, that fear and grief and not knowing and surrender into accepting the never ending change rather than fighting against it or clinging on, to hold everything stable, then we are transformed, and then we will create the world that our Hearts know is possible.

Know you are earth. Know you are rain. Know you are wind and Know you are fire, and Know you have been here forever and will be here forever.

What a wonderful joy and incredible awe this gives us!

What lightness and brightness to this temporary life!

It is possible right now, and in that lightness and brightness, we discover we are already here! We are already in the world that our hearts know is possible.

May our minds expand and warp away from our normal understandings until we find joy in each changing moment.

A little bit afraid.

A wind is coming.

A wind that will clean and strip bare. A wind that will knock down.

Sitting in the cave, waiting for it to get dark, I had the feeling that a boar might come for a bath. I was a little bit afraid.

The wind is coming like a wave.

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The Cave of Winter where all things enter so that the dreams of possibility may be implanted while we sleep.

Nature teaches us that this time is necessary. To lie silent in the dark and let the unseen movement transform us.

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Although we still have a lot of Winter to go, already the birdsong has a different flavour in its sound as imperceptible to us, the days already begin to lengthen.

There is a promise in their song that Spring will return, but it is not yet time. There are more dreams to be dreamt.

My name is Maryjane. I am sitting in a forest of fog. the soil here is still soft, although outside, in the field, it is iron.

Welcome to this year. May the dreams of infinite possibility implanted in our Hearts and minds be made manifest in our speech and actions. May these sounds of nature remind us that we are part of all Life.

Watching the eddies.

Welcome, welcome to the stream. This podcast is dedicated to the Wisdom of Nature that flows through our veins and beats our Hearts so strong.

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I’m watching the eddies in the water. Completely silent although the rush from the rain yesterday makes the rest of the stream so loud.

In my mind I am giving thanks to these birds that they share their voices with us. They so often stop singing when I get my recorder out.

But today they told me to stop here, I know it sounds crazy.

Do you remember before, when we sat in the Forest surrounded by trees, unable to see very far. And so we stretch out our ears to the birds that we knew so well and we understood their language. And it is they that brought us the news.

Here comes the wind.

The Forest is nearly bare now, the ivy, green, one or two leaves fall. Place your thoughts upon this stream as each one rises and floats away like a leaf on the surface. Here’s another one.

On the surface are the eddies, and the leaves of our thoughts.

When I look through the surface there are the leaves and the stones on the bottom of the stream bed. And reaching out deep, deep below are the reflections of the trees above. Wobbling with the eddies.

May this cold stream flow fresh within you. May this fresh air blow clean through mind and may relax knowing that You Are Earth.

You are part of all this.

The edge between forest and lake

I’m sitting on the very edge, the edge between the Forest and lake. The edge between land and sky. Right on the edge of the world just like you.

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There are some wonderful sounds here.

This edge between so many different environments is placed at incredible richness. The wealth of the water and the water sounds, the Forest and the Forest birds.And I hope that you are able to hear the whirr of the bird’s wings as they fly over head.

I sit here waiting so harvest the best sounds for you. But the whole time is an on going symphony of change.

Never again, all these combinations exist. Never again, all these moment be as it is right now and the sound is just one aspect of this magical endless changing, multi-dimensional love.

Those of you familiar with our podcast can probably hear that I’m somewhere different. And a jogger has just turned up in bright orange.

I’m sitting on a tree trunk and Mr. McNook, my faithful companion is very interested.

You can hear the sheep farm on the other side of the lake. I think a farmer has just turned up with his dog over there as well. So it’s all action here.

That is a crazy sound!

No matter what, no matter where, this moment will never ever be again. The way the sound is, the way the Light is, the way you are breathing, how you’re feeling, the thoughts you are thinking, the people you can see, never again will it be quite like this.

I think that might be a Heron making that noise. Just above me in the tree.

Forest Rain

Welcome to Know You Are Earth.

This is Maryjane and today I’m coming from the Forest. And the sounds you can hear today are Forest rain. It’s not actually raining, but it was raining last night. And so now the Forest is raining.

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Sometimes it seems as if Nature is just so mischievous!

Every time, I’m going to record a podcast I come walking and the birds are singing their heads off. I come into the Forest and they are singing their heads off and I stop in a place to find the podcast.

And as soon as I get my equipment out, they stop singing.

Honestly this happens every time!

I’m not sure why, I guess, well I mean, they’re watching. They’re watching all the time with their beady alert eyes. And this just proves to me, I’m very closely watched. (That’s Mr. McNook just shaking).

So, I’ll try and get more equipment out, I wait for about twenty minutes for the birds to stop being so suspicious on me. I would have thought they have known me by now, but I guess they don’t. Maybe it’s just their little joke.

These beautiful birds, absolutely in tune with the seasons. With their song, with all their activities.

In here, in this drippy wood, most of the leaves have fallen except the oak trees now.

All that was hoped for and wished for and aspired for and built and created in the summer is now going to rest. To be integrated as nutrient for new growth to come.

I think this podcast might turn into a bit of a kind of advice one actually. It’s so easy isn’t it with our busy lives. I have to take my daughter to school the same time every single day all year. It seems wrong to me. It’s not what Nature’s doing.

Now is the time to gather in, to rest.

(That’s a little breeze that’s making the Forest rain more).

I wish you were here. I wish you could see these colors. I tried to take a photo but it’s not the same. The colors aren’t the same. And I want you to be surrounded by this cool, clean air and these mischievous birds.

And these raindrops shining like silver on the end of every twig. The magic here is evident and so obvious.

It’s good to know that we are part of this wherever we are, wherever we are, wherever you are. You are surrounded by Nature even of the middle of the densest city, everything is made of Earth. Elements from Earth, just different arrangements.

Face down on a damp bank

These sounds of Nature throughout the year remind us of our belonging to Earth. These are the sounds we are designed to hear.

These are the sounds that are hardwired into our understanding of Life. When we hear running water, it means it’s somewhere we can survive.

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My name is Maryjane and I’m lying facedown on a damp bank in the woods. It is my utter privilege and joy to be able to share these sounds with you.

For thousands, and thousands and thousands of years, we have evolved with the sounds of Nature. These are the sounds that were made for us. The sounds, we were made to hear.

Come and sit by the stream with me and let these sounds relax your mind and lift your Heart and remind you that you belong here on Earth. You are at home. You are an intrinsic part of all Life.

This flowing of the stream, this force, this Wisdom, it is flowing in you. This beating in your Heart, and flowing through your veins. It is grown your bones, and it is present in every single cell of your body. This Wisdom that creates all Life is in you.

I believe that it is this Wisdom in our Hearts that let’s us know that a kinder world is possible that we can live together in loving harmony with Earth and with each other because Nature, because Earth is so generous and abundant with her diversity.

She is so resilient and so adaptable. Shifting and moving and changing accepting all and recycling it into nutrient of a new Life.

May the Wisdom inherit within each one of us for a stronger and clearer. So that we can create a world where everyone has enough.

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Thank you for your Vision and your focus. You are a powerful force. And together we are a powerful team.

This is Maryjane from Know You Are Earth.

This  is the sound of Earth turning

These are the sounds of Earth turning towards the Light. The wave of dawn chorus across the globe as Earth spins round and round. And the bird song tells us of this spinning in sound.

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For thousands of years we have evolved with birds. Extending our ears out to listen to their signals.

They tell us of news further away than we can hear ourselves, of an animal passing or food being found.

Can you imagine walking in a world only of natural sounds? How we would extend our senses as far as we can rather than shutting them down to block out traffic noise or aeroplane noise?

And in that extension of our senses reaching out into the environment around us we become larger. Listening and communicating with a wide sphere around us.

The birds are seen in many myths as magical messengers of the divine. Their ability to fly to other dimensions is something I think we have all imagined and perhaps wished for.

These beautiful clear sounds. Hear how they are clear even above the traffic.

I think of the birds as Nature’s secret agents even in a city. There they are hopping around watching with their bright eyes. And with a wink and a nod, and a whirl of wings, they send their special signals to each other.

I wonder if you know of a particular bird in your Life, they hung out in the same territory so there might be one that lives in some trees near you and they see you and sing to you.

And in our Hearts we know we have evolved for thousands and thousands of years together with them.

So look out for Nature’s secret agents and listen for their ancient song. It awakens within us the ancient memory of belonging. Belonging to Earth. Being part of all Life.

My name is Maryjane, I’m on a misty early morning French hill. And the Earth is just waking up. And this podcast has been called ‘Choose Your Grooves’ but I’m changing the name to ‘Know You Are Earth’.

Know you are Earth and you know you belong.

I shall be away for a few weeks no but when I come back I shall record again the sounds for the year as Earth turns.

Know you are Earth and you know that you belong.

Know you are Earth and you know of the Power within you.

Know you are Earth and you can hear the Wisdom that grows all Life in your Heart.

Know you are Earth and you know of the infinite Possibility. The ability to adapt and evolve.

Know that you are Earth, and know that you are part of one Life, rest, held in this knowing.

Until next time, many blessings.