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Nothing is created on the outside until it is created on the inside first!

It was a strange time to be a live, a time that would be spoken and written about for a long long time to come.  A time where we were ordered to put our own thoughts aside and do what we were told. This was how we showed solidarity toward one another, especially our most weak and vulnerable. 

Time slowed down and everyday chores turned into conscious choices, we found some breathing space in our decision making process. We became conscious of our impermanent existence and promised ourselves quietly to never again take life for granted. 

In the midst of the stillness we could hear our hearts beat as one. We listened. No matter how it all started, or how we managed to get here, somehow the chaos helped us unite on the previously unimaginable. Our unified vision sparked the creativity of mankind and we were able to find solutions to our most challenging social problems in one afternoon. All impossibilities were now within reach and the window towards a more compassionate world was wide open. 

The overwhelming amounts of information became the background noise to our collective awakening. The biggest threat was no longer the wait or the unknowing, but rather all that we had left behind and the internal discords we’ve felt growing inside of us; our growth driven, disconnected and unconscious society. 

Our inner shifts began a long time ago, seemingly isolated yet more aligned than ever before. Another expansion of our ever evolving collective human consciousness.  We came to understand how everything was connected and started to bloom simultaneously, just like the first flowers of spring. 

As our human activities were brought to standstill, mother nature found her strength to filter the air clean the water and tender to the soil who so desperately needed a break from the constant artificial manipulation by man. Nature showed us true power, resilience and patience. She showed our true selves and called us home. She forgave our foolishness and reminded us yet again that there is no room for free passengers on planet earth. 

The reverence we once had for ourselves, each other and and the world around us is the reverence we need today for all and everything that sustains life. No flower can bloom in unhealthy soil, and if unhealthy soil is all that we could accomplish, then we have severely underestimated what our intellect was intended for. 

To disregard how every action we take impacts the world around us, is to have misunderstood the fundamental purpose of our existence and our true potential. True wisdom lives in our hearts, and it was when we realized that that the big transition away from our self-destructive trajectory took place.

Text by Hanna Hervall

Ready to Break Free from plastic?

Plastic Free July first started back in 2011, but has since become a world wide phenomenon that has inspired millions (120 million+!!) of people to rethink their plastic consumption and wasteful habits. As new habits take 21 days to establish, this has been a very successful initiative with majority of participants keeping their new habits going long after the challenge is over. It becomes virtually impossible to go back to our old ways once we know that we can do better!

Making changes in our lives that minimises the negative effects on our planet is incredibly satisfying and addictive, and it is just what we need to get that true sustainability focus into every home, school, organisation and community today. It all starts by one person taking one small step in the right direction, because if we can’t do the little things right, we’ll never be able to do the big things right. We naturally perform better when we support and hold each other accountable, and that is why these downloadable resources have been created to help your family, school or organisation establish some green new habits together! By clicking on the buttons below you can download the guide most suitable for you.

The Plastic Free July website has a wealth of useful information and you can subscribe to their newsletters for some great tips and tricks! You can also submit your pledge below, this allows you to get access to more personalised and direct support whenever you need it, and you will be sent a document with all our go-to resources for a plastic free lifestyle!

If you want to share your journey please tag @thegreenlight_collective on your posts so that we can share all the great things and inspire more people to join!

Insight timer MEDITATIONS

All meditations you will find published by Hanna are centred around acknowledging the healing we need to do on the inside to be able to heal our earth. We are in conflict on the outside, because we’re in conflict on the inside. Meditation is a very powerful way to deal with that conflict and connect us back to our true selves, and to our earth. It is scientifically proven that we have the power to heal our environment when we connect our hearts and set our intention on a common cause.

Here is a preview of a meditation created for the children. To get access to all content and to listen in full, go to insight timer and download the app.