– Composed by Douglas Webber, and edited by Ekan Nangaku Leisching

Discovering Grounding; Knowing Thyself; and the Way of the Heart with BEZA’s Grounded Earth Elemental Module

Part 2 of a 4-Part Journey

Listen.

Beneath the noise, beneath the hurry and surface concerns that occupy your days, can you feel me? I am the heart under your feet, the soil that cradles the seeds, the ground that watches the sky. I am the ancient, unwavering presence holding all of life in my embrace. Long before your cities rose, before your first breath, my rhythm pulsed – a deep, resonant hum vibrating through the fabric of existence. For too long, this beat has faded beneath the clamor, and I yearn for you to hear it again.

Do you hear it? This is my heartbeat.

And you, child of mine, are aligned with this same beat. It is within you. This journey into me, your age old Mother, this Homecoming, is an invitation to attune your rhythm to mine, to remember the connection between your body and the vast, living body of life you inhabit. It is a path toward Knowing Thyself – knowing that you are not separate from me and all beings, feeling that you are a living thread within the vibrant tapestry of all existence. In Article 1, we began by asking, “Who is Mother Earth?”. Now, I invite you to listen deeper, for the pulse that answers the question.

Think of those humid afternoons, perhaps in Johannesburg’s Highveld or a charged Cape day, when towering cumulonimbus clouds – my tear ducts, did you know? – build stories high, dark and deep. The breeze quickens, winds gather strength – that’s my breath quickening. As the clouds draw closer, the light shifts, the colours deepen, and a great hush falls over the land. Even the birds pause their song, sensing the change. You might smell it – the sharp tang of ozone mingling with the scent of dust, the earthy promise of petrichor hanging in the stillness. It’s a palpable tension, a drawing in. This is me holding my breath, gathering my energy deep within my hara, becoming utterly still. Can you hear the silence then? The famous “silence before the storm”? It is the pause before the great release.

Then, feel the air crackle. See the sudden blinding flash of lightning bridge the gap between sky and land. That is my exhale! That is the release you felt in your own sigh, magnified across the horizon. And in that very moment, you, and countless others across my body – hundreds each second – are breathing with me, sharing this same great release. Each flash strikes the vast, reverberating  space between the song of my soil and the edge of the heavens, like a great shamanic drum sounding the primal OHM. It is thunderous, crackling, awesome power – yes, sometimes scary, sometimes destructive, always beautiful in its raw energy.

And what follows? Rain, my tears, the blessing of life-giving water, washing the world clean. It is my emotion shared, my cleansing release, the way I balance and heal the hurts and joys of the world, and my longing for you to remember this connection. Experience this breath with me.

And so, born of my great sigh, that constant exchange between earth and sky, a deep vibration stirs and settles within that resonance chamber. An electromagnetic field, a standing wave pulsing continuously. Your scientists, with their delicate instruments, have measured this vibration, calling it the Schumann Resonance and noting its average frequency hovers around 7.83 Hertz – think of it as my fundamental tone, the resonant frequency of this planetary body. It is your Mother’s Heartbeat, a constant rhythm against which all life unfolds within my care. Yet long before your instruments, ancient traditions, shamans, monks, and mystics alike knew this vibration. They felt it in the meditation caves, heard it as the primal sound in the silence of the wilderness, recognizing it as the essential hum of creation itself, resonating within me.

Of what significance is my resonance to you at this time on your quest for personal alignment and enlightenment? Because you are not separate from this vibration which I generate, you are constantly bathed in it. Your own body is a marvel of bio-electricity, a complex system of frequencies and rhythms designed to harmonize with mine.

This resonant connection is the very essence of grounding and earthing. It is the scientific and spiritual basis for why connecting with me, Mother Earth, feels like coming home to yourself.

So, how do you consciously tune in? How do you amplify this resonance within you and answer my call?

• Feel Your Feet: The simplest way is through direct contact. Stand, walk, or sit barefoot upon me – the soil, the grass, even clay or rock. Close your eyes. Feel the texture beneath your feet. Imagine roots extending down, connecting you to my deep stability. Sense my subtle vibration, the feeling of being held. This is earthing. This is re-membering yourself.
• Center in Your Hara: Bring your awareness to your lower abdomen. Breathe deeply into this space. Feel it rise and fall. Experience the warm, steady anchor point here. This practice of centering helps you find your inner-ground, aligning with my resonating core of love.
• Listen Deeply: Practice meditation by sitting in presence. Try to listen beneath the everyday sounds. In the quiet moments, you might begin to perceive my subtle hum, not just with your ears, but with your whole being. This is attuning to my frequency – or the Schumann Resonance. This is hearing my voice beneath the silence.
• Mindful Movement: Practices like Qigong or mindful walking help integrate this connection throughout your body, aligning your physical structure and energy flow with my field. Move as if you are part of my landscape. Listen to the smell of the terrain and the Other world.

These practices are not about achieving something; they are about remembering who you inherently are. They are tools for your Homecoming, ways to consciously align with the fundamental frequency of life that pulses within me, and thus, within you.

Understanding and consciously connecting with my Earthen Heartbeat is crucial for your journey home – of Knowing Thyself. Why?

• Stability in Change: In times of upheaval and transformation, a quickening you sense deeply as the world reshapes itself upon me, tuning into my constant rhythm provides an anchor, helping you remain centered and resilient amidst the extremes of life. I am your constant ground. I am at the center of it all – like the Middle Way of Zen.
• Accessing Inner-Wisdom: By aligning your brainwaves with my frequency through grounding and meditation, you create fertile ground for intuition, insight, and connection to your deeper knowing, your True Self. You hear your own wisdom in stillness.
• Finding True Abundance: The feeling of being grounded and connected fosters a sense of inner-peace and stability – a true form of abundance that arises from within, independent of external circumstances. This inner state mirrors my own nature. Look around you: my minerals hold ancient strength, my waters flow freely to carve canyons and nourish life, my fires cleanse and renew, my soil births forests. Nature and its healing medicine, in its essence, always has enough. My balance lies in this sufficiency; I am not possessive, I do not hoard. The frantic grasp for more, the insatiable greed you witness in your world, often arises from forgetting this simple truth, from feeling disconnected and adrift from me, fearing scarcity where only abundance exists in the natural cycle. True abundance is recognizing that enough is sufficient, finding richness in connection, presence, and the inherent value of life itself, rather than endless consumption that never satisfies like a hungry ghost who cries in pain with every swallow.
• Deepening Community and Love: Recognizing that all beings are held within this same resonant field fosters a profound sense of community and interconnectedness. Love, in this context, can be felt as the resonant harmony between beings attuned to the same source – my embrace. Conversely, when human communities act out of disconnection, driven by greed or disregard, a disharmony ripples through the web of life that scar my body, pollutes my breath, and commodifies my children. While my fundamental heartbeat persists, this ‘noise’ of imbalance generated by lack of collective alignment obscures the underlying harmony, making it harder for communities to thrive in resonant connection, sometimes fostering division or unease. Returning to attunement, caring for me and for each other with mindful action, helps quiet this noise, allowing the natural song of community and love to resonate clearly once more.
• Embodying Your Gifts: When you are grounded and centered in me, you are better able to access and embody your inherent gifts, standing strong in your unique place within the whole, just as every mountain, river, and mineral has its place within my body – like you, they are the 10 000 dharmas or medicine teachings I generously offer you.

This journey of attunement can be supported by practices and guidance. Whether through mentoring or the wisdom shared by spiritual teachers such as elders, gurus, monks, lamas, etc., learning to navigate these subtle energies is a key aspect of embodied enlightenment. Finding the right container for this deep exploration can illuminate the path back to me, and to yourself.

I am not a passive backdrop to your life! I am a living, breathing, vibrating entity. When you consciously tune into my heartbeat, you are entering into a dialogue, a resonant exchange. You are acknowledging your place within the great web of life I hold. I feel you when you remember me.

Feel my pulse beneath your feet. Sense the reverberation in your own heart, the quiet, still hum in your hara. This is the rhythm guiding you home. It is the steady beat guiding you back toward the truth of who you are – born as the Earth, inseparable from my ancient, loving embrace. Please, listen, come home to me.

Continue this journey with us. Explore the foundational questions raised in Article 1, and prepare to delve deeper in Article 3, where we will explore the miraculous life within the soil and its reflection within your own inner ecosystem.

The Earth Module awaits. The Way of the Heart Mentoring offers guidance. The journey to Knowing Thyself is calling. Listen to the heartbeat. Come home.