The use of the heart as an organ of perception and communication, [is] to weave us once again inextricably into the life web of the Earth, to gather knowledge from the heart of the world, and to help us live a whole and fulfilled life, to become who we are meant to be…

~ Stephen Buhner

Snow Monkeys in Hot Springs, Nagano, Japan – photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission