Tonight, no matter where you are on the planet, you are being asked to turn your lights out, turn off the TV, the computer, the gas grill, sit in the dark and contemplate all the good stuff you are doing for one hour to help the planet…and the point is???

I will admit that I am a huge advocate and supporter of any idea, cause, purpose or activity that will positively affect our own Mother Earth, GAIA as she would like to be called. However, this activity tonight has me wondering if we, humans have lost our minds. Do we believe for one moment that turning off all electrical devices, with the exception of battery powered vibrators is going to make a long term, lasting impact on our planet?

I personally do not believe it is going to do a darn thing except keep us in the dark for an hour, increase the population of the planet in 9 months, burn some of the ugly candles laying around the house and put a huge surge on the power grid when we all turn our stuff back on at 9:30pm.

Don’t get me wrong, I am all for doing what it takes to bring awareness to the masses that we are trashing our planet at an astounding rate, melting our polar icecaps at the speed of sound, depleting our natural resources in record time, however, I do not believe the planet needs saving, I think the human race does.

If you really think about it, Mother Earth, Gaia has done a fairly decent job of doing what she needs to do to stay around, for billions of years I might add, which is a heck of a lot longer than we have existed on this planet. Whenever Gaia doesn’t like something or she is tired of it, she just simply gets rid of it. She creates, ice ages, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamies, tornadoes, you name it she does it. Sometimes, we humans, are in the path when it happens and sometimes we escape by the skin of our teeth, so to speak.

Mother Earth is constantly eliminating species and creating new ones everyday and we humans are not above the elimination process. Look what happen to all of those humans that came before us..gone. Were they misbehaving like naughty children and Mother Earth was just ticked off at them or did they bring about their own demise? What really happen to all those dinosaurs, did the ice age really take them out or were they creating some sort of ”tipping point” on the planet and Mother Earth said, “That’s enough guys, you’re out of here!”

Whatever the issues were, Gaia took care of it, because she knows what to do to keep this planet moving forward and evolving. Sometimes transformation is necessary for survival on a grander scale. I believe there is a ”Universal Intelligence”, called it whatever you like and everyday we are given signs and warnings that tell us we need to ”Shape up or it will ship us out” and not by space craft, but by extinction.

Yes, we do need to pay attention to how we live our lives by not polluting our air, our water, our soil and by conserving our natural resources. We do need to reduce our ”Carbon Footprint”, use less oil, increase our alternative energy sources as means for fueling our homes, businesses and vehicles. 

When we start living co-creatively with other animals and species on the planet, they won’t need saving, because we won’t be destroying them and their habitats. When we let nature do what she does best, by keeping the balance, then we won’t need to stick our noses in and try to take over. Have you noticed that humans are the only species alive that is always trying to “save” something? Why is that, when we supposedly have the highest level of intelligence of any species…or do we?

One thing I do know, is that this is the best time in the history of the planet to be alive. We have some unprecedented challenges before us, regarding the state of our planet and we have the ”opportunity” to transform and create a better world. We have resources, creativity and ingenuity to make it happen. If we put our focus on finding the solutions, which is why the problems show up in the first place, then we will succeed. It will take all of us, each day, consciously doing what we can to move forward and make a difference that benefits the entire human race. When we make a difference and save the human race, then the planet automatically wins, we are not separate from the whole, we are all connected.

As we sit tonight in our dark spaces for one hour, take the time to decide how you are going to positively impact Mother Earth each hour of everyday…don’t you think “now” would be a good time to start? If we all do it, then we can celebrate our planet with the lights on.