Look Beyond the Surface

Follow your inner heart and the world moves in and helps.

Joseph Campbell

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Aboriginal people survived on one of the driest continents for thousands and thousands of years,’ says Brad Moggridge, who is from Kamilaroi country in northern New South Wales.

Indigenous Australians dug underground water reservoirs that helped them live on one of the world’s driest continents.

The Indigenous Elders teach us through their storytelling and knowledge of the land, that just because the surface of the land appears dry, and barren, doesn’t mean there isn’t an abundance of water underneath. 

It just means, we have to dig a little deeper to find it.

Like the Australian dry land, often we see life or the experience we are having through the eyes of injustice, scarcity or suffering, but when we dig a little deeper, and go beyond what we are seeing, we will find a deeper understanding, a bigger picture, or a well of abundance that we could not see before.

We may discover, it was there in front of us all the time.

16 thoughts on “Look Beyond the Surface

  1. Well expressed Karen, there is always a deeper perspective to be revealed which the wise pursue. My saying is: Look for the Treasure in the Trial. I am always amazed when I go into the desert including Uluru how much vegetation, flowering plants and bird life there is.

  2. I like your saying Ashley. I too have learned to remain open through my trials and always find a deeper meaning behind them. Thank you 🙏🏻☘️

  3. Beautiful and lovingly written Karen. It relates powerfully to us all in that search in life to find that sustenance…and truly appreciate it for what we have gone through to find it. And in their journey of injustice, scarcity and suffering…have the courage to accept that journey, forgive and go beyond it. May that bond heal us all. Great post ❤️🙏

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