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Portal to Multidimensional Living

Today I will practice the spiritually subversive act of smiling. I will face reality. I will recognize the depth of the problems around me and within me. I will understand how serious these problems are and I will engage with them as such. But then I will smile. Even in the heart of all the problems of the world, I will smile. And by so doing I will embody the subversive nature of spirituality. The smile has its own sacred reality. Life in the midst of death, joy in the midst of sorrow, hope in the midst of chaos. I will seek to embody that to the world, to all those who need it so desperately. Today I will smile.

~ Steven Charleston

Sunrise, Monument Valley – photo by SeanPavonePhoto, bigstockphoto.com 

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The whole of planet Earth
Is a sacred site.
All people are the chosen people,
And the purpose of our lives is a spiritual one.

May we care for each other,
And for the earth, for everything
Relates to everything else.

Feeling this oneness,
May we radiate the light of love
And kindness that all may live in unity and peace.

~ Teach Only Love, Facebook

Iguazu Falls – photo by dabidy, bigstockphoto.com

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Every being has its own voice. Every being enters into communion with other beings. This capacity for relatedness, for presence to other beings, for spontaneity in action, is a capacity possessed by every mode of being throughout the entire universe. So too every being has rights to be recognized and revered…

~ Thomas Berry

Songbird and Lichen – photo by Yommy, bigstockphoto.com

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof. 

~ Neil Gaiman

Elf Garden, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Jonsdottir

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She asks me to kill the spider.
Instead, I get the most
peaceful weapons I can find.

I take a cup and a napkin.
I catch the spider, put it outside
and allow it to walk away.

If I am ever caught in the wrong place
at the wrong time, just being alive
and not bothering anyone,

I hope I am greeted
with the same kind
of mercy.

~ Rudy Francisco

Flax Flowers – photo by danilphotos, bigstockphoto.com

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Never lose a holy curiosity. Stop every day to understand and appreciate a little of the mystery that surrounds you and your life will be filled with awe and discovery to the very end. 

~ Albert Einstein

Electrical Storm over Lake, Spain – photo by vicenfoto, bigstockphoto.com

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Underground, mycorrhizal fungi are crucial trading
partners. Trees crave the nutrients they offer. Fungi
gobble up the carbon that trees provide in return.

To understand this kingdom, fungi aficionados argue, is
to see the natural world differently — less as a collection
of individual species, with humans dominating them all,
and more as a web of organisms dealing with crises
together.

~ New York Times, “Unearthing the Secret Superpowers of Fungus”

Amanita Muscaria – photo by Amanita Muscaria 3 vliegenzwammen, Wikipedia Commons

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There is a different dream that is emerging, a worldview that acknowledges the interconnectedness of all living things, where often, one of the most important roles a human being has is to act as caretaker of the environment and protector of the natural systems that give us life…

Waking up from the trance of separateness creates powerful new possibilities for the future. It is in this spirit of hope that we can come together to nurture a different dream for the world, one that, “brings forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling socially just human presence on this planet.

~ Alexis Lassman

Inside a Giant Redwood – photo by aLunaBlue, bigstockphoto.com 

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As I walk, the universe is walking with me.
In beauty it walks before me.
In beauty it walks behind me.
In beauty it walks above me.
In beauty it walks below me.
Beauty is on every side.
As I walk, I walk with beauty.

~ Navajo Prayer

Sunrise, Hunts Mesa, Monument Valley, AZ – photo by aiisha, bigstockphoto.com

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There was a time when the distances between our world and those we considered “imaginary” were no further than a bend in the road. Each cavern and hollow tree was a doorway to another world. Humans recognized life in all things. The streams sang and the winds whispered ancient words into the ears of whomever would listen. Every blade of grass and flower had a tale to tell…There was life and purpose in all things and there was loving interaction between the worlds.

~ Ted Andrews

Cave Hole and Tree – photo by pedphoto36pm. bigstockphoto.com

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