(Poem & Art) The Return to Nature by Noris Binet

Art by Noris Binet

The Return to Nature

The Return to the Earth

To the elements

To what gives life and nourishes

To what connects us

With the essence of things

As they are 

naked

Without covering them,

altering them,

or discarding them

This is the meeting

I am having every day

from when I rise

until I lie down.

I’m returning little by little

to recognize that my life’s path

has to be baptized

with life,

Has to be sacralized

with the presence of the elements

that form my body.

The elements!

The foundation

of all existence

which is why they are sacred

for all communities of peoples

who live in harmony

with nature,

with the sky and with the cosmos.

The water that cleans

purifies, nurtures, hydrates

also baptizes.

The air that oxygenates,

purifies and nourishes

is the life thread

of the ethereal 

where the soul dwells.

The fire, hot and consuming,

regenerating

and transmuting

is the key to alchemy.

Under the ardent sun

one receives the cosmic energy.

The earth

solid, pasty

malleable, absorbs

regenerates, revitalizes

and returns everything to its origin.

She is the mother

where we are all reborn.

The four elements

are the foundation

the very nature,

of the body that you possess

and the spirit that you are.

Stop for a moment

And stay conscious

of your body and the elements,

because you are fire, water

earth and wind.

Meet them

before this

body returns to earth

and goes

back to ashes

do it now

while there is consciousness.

The elements are sacred,

because they are never born nor die–

just transformed

and constantly.

Wise people of the past knew this

and is why they worshiped them.

They understood their bodies

to be mud, water, fire and air.

They were not ignorant

because they honored the rising sun

or the moon in all its facets

because they worshiped rivers

and freshwater lakes

or brought offerings to the sea

as the origin of life.

No, not ignorant–

to the contrary,

they recognized the source

from which life rises

and where all existence

finally returns.

They blessed

the fruits of the earth

with water

and purified its toxins

with fire,

knowing that nature’s way

was the only way

to remain healthy

vital and active.

They saw that human spirit

only blossoms where everything flows

and that paradise is not

in a faraway place

But right here when we open our eyes

and see clearly

that we are nature itself

and there is no separation

between she and us.

That our flesh energetically

is the earth

and that water predominates

our bodies,

the air infuses life and allows

us to exist, fire is the same heat

that we generate from inside

our own selves.

We are life itself

eternally birthing!

Noris Binet © 2/14/17.  

Guadalajara, Vida Sana, Mexico


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