Equinox Balance Act: Addressing Unhealed-Pandemic-Telecom-Dependency

by Patricia Burke with the team of Safe Tech International; Image courtesy Lori McCray.

There are two moments each year when the sunrise and sunset are twelve hours apart, when the Sun lies directly above the Earth’s equator, and neither the North or South pole point toward the Sun. Equinoxes have long been associated with contemplating the balance between polarities, including yin and yang, darkness and light, right and wrong. Equinoxes and solstices were pivotal to human societies when the sky served as the clock and calendar and cultures were aligned with Natural Law and the Cosmic Current. The equinox occurs on March 19, 2024. Juxtaposed with the equinox, this blog is part of an on-going discussion about the need to heal the growing divide between telecommunications technology and nature and health.

A few years back, I worked at a puppy rescue. Many of the adoption stories, especially involving squealing young children, were heart-warming and sweet.

But there were also some heart-breaking stories, where dogs who had been abused landed in our care. Some older dogs would be returned to us, repeatedly, because they barked incessantly and/or destroyed property when they were left alone.

Paying Attention to What Doesn’t Look (or Feel)Right

Some dogs had specific phobias. For example, I remember when David brought Ladybug to our house. She rounded the corner and encountered a vacuum cleaner and panicked.

Another friend’s dog Casey has a barking fit when he sees people performing tai chi in the park. Although this can be embarrassing for his owner, I’d like to think that he is a good guard dog with good instincts about how the world is supposed to look. If he had been raised in the East with more exposure to mind-body practices, he might not have been so distressed. If pizza were delivered by robot, I would not blame him for barking.

Fight or Flight or Freeze, or Dissociate