What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses.
~ Bruce Lipton
Elf Garden – Iceland, photo by Ragnhildur Johnsdottir
There is such a need in the world today of the most tender and immense compassion and deeper, more unselfed caring and giving, and blessing is one a simple and efficient way of doing it. It is also an amazing tool for learning instantaneous, unconditional forgiveness, a practice upon which, given our dramatic divisions in the world, our survival as a race literally depends…And when I speak of blessing, I mean that spontaneous outflowing of compassion from the heart which surrounds one’s neighbour with the most caring tenderness, and not some liturgical or ecclesiastical practice.
~ Pierre Pradervand
Morning Mountain Landscape – photo by Alex Ugalek, bigstockphoto.com
I believe that humanity is suffering from a great separation sickness – a real disconnect from nature. My sense is that by understanding animals more deeply, we can begin to heal ourselves.
~ Anna Breytenbach
Young Brown Bear – photo by byrdyak, bigstockphoto.com
People who believe in oneness — the idea that everything in the world is connected and interdependent — appear to have greater life satisfaction than those who don’t, regardless of whether they belong to a religion or don’t, according to new research.
While oneness scores did vary by religion (Muslims had the highest median score while atheists had the lowest), they were much better predictors of life satisfaction than religious beliefs.
~ American Psychological Association
Bohey Dulang Island, Botneo – photo by Zulkiffie Mohd Kassim, bigstockphoto.com
Even if I go as far as I can go, deep down into the watery caverns of memory or way up to the limits of my imagination: still you are there, waiting to find me. You are everywhere at once. Once and always, an endless presence around every cosmic corner, patient and enduring, trustworthy and infinitely good. You are now and forever now, the start and the finish, the laughter and the tears, the Spirit of all creation, the loving Spirit of all our dreams for as long as we have been dreaming. You were there, Spirit of life, when I first breathed your air into my lungs and you will be there when I hand that life back again. You are everywhere at once, once and always, my source and my goal, Spirit of endless beauty, my home
and my destination.
~ Steven Charleston
Yangshuo Guilin, China – photo by kenny001, bigstockphoto.com
Those who make compassion an essential part of their lives find the joy of life. Kindness deepens the spirit and produces rewards that cannot be completely explained in words. It is an experience more powerful than words. To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. It is a philosophy of the spirit.
~ Robert J. Furey
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Kyoto, Japan – photo by vichie81, bigstockphoto.com
The Koyukon Indians of north central Alaska live “in a world that watches, in a forest of eyes.” They believe wherever we are, we are never truly alone because the surroundings, no matter how remote, are aware of our presence and must be treated with respect.
~ Duane Elgin
Iceland Sunset – photo by Ragnhildur Jonsdottir
The soul given to each of us is moved by the same living spirit that moves the universe.
~ Albert Einstein
Tree Elder – photo by Ric011, bigstockphoto.com
The current state of the world evokes great anguish and despair for anyone paying attention, but this is especially true for those with mature hearts, who feel the world’s degradation all the more acutely. We must learn to behold and hold all this dying and loss, including our own, and still act to preserve and protect what we can.
~ Geneen Marie Haugen
South Rim, Grand Canyon – photo by David Hintz, bigstockphoto.com
Perhaps one of the most powerful keys to determining our experience of the months ahead comes from a shift in thinking that invites us beyond asking, ‘What can I get from the world that exists,’ to asking, ‘What can I offer to the world that is awakening?’ The way we answer this question as individuals becomes our collective answer to what comes next.
~ Gregg Braden
Sunset, Olympic National Park – photo by Andrushko Galyna, bigstockphoto.com
Compassion increases in effectiveness as we mature in the core qualities of the heart, such as unconditional love, allowance, acceptance and an unattached desire for the highest outcome for all concerned.
~ Doc Childre
Costa Rica – photo by tzooka, bigstockphoto.com
An indigenous culture with sufficient territory, and bilingual and intercultural education, is in a better position to maintain and cultivate its mythology and shamanism. Conversely, the confiscation of their lands and imposition of foreign education, which turns their young people into amnesiacs, threatens the survival not only of these people, but of an entire way of knowing. It is as if one were burning down the oldest universities in the world and their libraries, one after another — thereby sacrificing the knowledge of the world’s future generations.
~ Jeremy Narby
Havasu Falls, Arizona – photo by Gleb Tarro, bigstockphoto.com
Our natural state of being is in relationship, a tango, a constant state of one influencing the other. Just as the subatomic particles that compose us cannot be separated from the space and particles surrounding them, so living beings cannot be isolated from each other…
~ Lynne McTaggart
Malachite butterfly,Mainau Island, Germany – photo by reisegraf.ch, bigstockphoto.com
I place on the altar of dawn:
The quiet loyalty of breath,
The tent of thought where I shelter,
Waves of desire I am shore to
And all beauty drawn to the eye.
May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers,
To break the dead shell of yesterdays,
To risk being disturbed and changed.
May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.
~ John O’Donohue
Ocean Dawn – photo by gagarych, bigstockphoto.com
Mindful that we are not separate from the Earth, but an integral part of its living wholeness, shifts our own story to one of “interbeing,” a shift that will change both our attitude and actions. Similarly the awareness that our spiritual aspiration does not just belong to our own self but has a connection with the sacred within all life, opens a doorway to a deeper resonance and participation. We will be present within the miracle and mystery of life in new ways.
~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Mountain Flowers – photo by kvd design, bigstockphoto.com
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