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Mon, Jun 22, 2009 10:41 am

ROOTED IN NATURE: Nature Abhors a Vacuum

 

Debra Lynn Dadd

 

 

ROOTED IN NATURE

restoring awareness of nature and our place in it

 

22 June 2009 ~ New Moon Greetings! I've observed that nature actually does abhor a vacuum, in many ways. Our English word vacuum, comes from the Latin words vacuus, which means "empty" and vacare, meaning "to be empty". Though there are other scientific definitions of the word, a vacuum is basically an emptiness, usually an emptiness of space. My observation is that if there is an emptiness of anything, there is a force in the universe that will attempt to fill it. This law is actually a manifestation of the larger Law of Opposites, which is that life is made of opposites and when one reaches it's limit, the other will kick in. Just as surely as the cold of winter follows the heat of summer, so too does emptiness flow to fullne

ss. If you have ever attempted to garden, you probably know that this is true. If you clear an area to plant, and then don't plant it right away, Nature will very soon come plant it for you with plants that will heal the disturbed soil. This is the very law that turns deserts into thriving forests. After any kind of disturbance--drought, storms, pests, disease, floods, fires--wind, rain, and small insects start carrying in seeds for new plant growth. As these small plants and grasses grow and spread, they create homes for field mice and other small animals, who in turn bring in seeds for larger plants, attracting birds and even larger animals who bring in seeds for larger plants, and soon there is an entire forest habitat teeming with life where once there was only an empty patch of land. Even if you don't have an empty patch of land, any container left outdoors will soon fill with something. I've left empty flower pots on my back porch only to have them fill with leaves and twigs and insects and soon sprout plants all on their own without my planting a thing. An empty bowl left outdoors will fill with water if it has no drainage hole in the bottom, and, at least here in Florida, it will soon support a thriving mosquito habitat. If I don't sweep the front walkway to my house, that empty space will soon be cluttered with leaves and bits of litter carried in by the breeze. In the space of my own home, I find that however much space I h

ave, it gets filled. If I have an empty table, something will get placed on it. The empty table begs for decoration. It looks, well, empty without a centerpiece. I can clear off my desk one hundred times and it will still get piled up again, because things need empty places in which to sit. There is a force to fill empty spaces, which would fill to overflowing if there were not the natural counterforce to empty. If water is running and the sink is clogged and the water begins to spill over the edge, we will run in and turn the water off and empty the sink. Our bodies are filling with food and emptying, filling with water and emptying all day and all night. These two forces--fill and empty--are happening all throughout the universe all the time, and we take actions to fill and empty continuously too, without even being aware of the fact that we are embodying these forces of nature. And so, from this observation, we can derive this law: In order for anything to be received, there must first be an emptiness to fill. A cookie jar filled with cookies can hold no more; to have more cookies, there needs to be an emptiness to hold them--another empty jar, an empty plate, an empty space on a counter or table, an empty hand... A full stomach cannot receive further nutrients. A full library cannot receive more books. A full garden bed cannot hold more flowers (or weeds, for that matter). I've noticed that this tendency to fill emptiness goes b

eyond filling space. The other day I realized that this law applies to time as well as space. If I have empty time that is not designated for an activity, something will come along to fill that time. I've learned that if I fill my time intentionally with the activities I want to do, there is much less chance of an "emergency" coming and filling that time for me (because the time is not empty, you see, so it can't receive anything). I've learned that a way I can create more time is to simply schedule the things I want to do in my available time, so there is no room for time-wasters to creep in. This also applies to money. Like everything else, money will flow to a place where there is an emptiness to receive it. I've noticed that when I think I have enough money, I stop doing things to create more. I'm in a state of "full" about money and it stops flowing in. But as soon as I create a new "emptiness" for money--a new need--I start doing things to create more and it flows right in. And it applies to thoughts as well. If our minds are filled with thoughts about the way things are, there is no room for new ideas to enter. Conversely, if our minds are so empty that we are devoid of ideas of our own, it's very easy to be influenced by the thoughts of others, which may or may not be to our best interest. Emptiness seeks fulfillment. Fullness moves to emptiness. It's a fundamental of life. To comment on this essay,20and read past essays, visit http://www.dld123.com/abitofnature/... Debra :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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