I walk without shoes in the mountains.
My bare feet touch the mountainside.
The mountain takes pleasure in knowing my body.
~ Traditional song sung by the women of Peru
Mt. Hood, photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission
Everything is alive we come from a culture that doesnt teach us these things innately, and we have to pursue learning them. All that you might learn from me about communicating with the plants also applies to the rocks, the sky, the wind, the hawk that just flew by, the cloud people. And, something thats very important to understand about this is that we are all capable of doing that. We wouldnt be here as human beings if we werent able to communicate with the rest of our relatives.
~ Doug Simons
Salt Creek Beach – photo by TAO Photography, used with permission
There are sacred moments in life when we experience in rational and very direct ways that separation, the boundary between ourselves and other people and between ourselves and Nature, is illusion.
~ Charlene Spretnak
Dog Slaugher Falls – photo by Fultz Fotos, used with permission
There is tremendous hubris – and dangerous environmental perturbations – in disregarding the wisdom of the ancestors who have gone before us, people who said that they learned about the world not from the ability of their minds to work as analytical, organic computers, but from their hearts as organs of perception.
~ Stephen Buhner, The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Language of the Heart
Sunrise at Hunt’s Mesa, Monument Valley, AZ – photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission
The forest is for me a temple, a cathedral of tree canopies and dancing light.
~ Jane Goodall
Redwood Grove, Avenue of the Giants, CA – photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission
There is a common thread that connects us all, it helps us understand, communicate, grow and go forward in this life. Then there is the Golden Thread, the Thread that is woven into us by the breath and hand of Great Spirit. When we realize this Golden Thread of Spirit there is new Understanding, new Sight, and a new Communication, it is the recognition of the Soul Spirit in each of us. It wraps around and through our heart space, it takes us deeper into this Great Mystery, …we no longer see with the same eyes, or hear with the same ears, we no longer have to communicate with the same voice, …we Speak in silence, we See the soul, and we Hear the whisper of Spirit.
Peace and Blessings to all Walkers, Kingdoms, and Creatures great and small.
~ redskyhawk
Rainforest, Costa Rica, photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission
If water is extremely conductive of electricity then this conductivity could also extend to more subtle levels of energy that science is now only at the edge of being able to measure. Remember also that water has also been observed by eastern traditions as perhaps the best example of being able to adapt and change to any situation. Conductivity and adaptability.
We may not be masters of encoding water with intention like the Desana (people of Brazil’s Amazon), or masters of focus like buddhist monks, but what we lack in depth of focus we may be able to make up for with sheer volume of people. What excites me is the idea that millions of people may be able to collectively use their intention to take advantage of the conductivity and adaptability of water, by coming into a space of deep listening and receptivity and then focusing our intention on sending their blessing to the waters of this planet. This may be to bring healing to the waters themselves, but like this practice of using the water as a carrier for healing individuals, a large enough and focused enough collective may be able to bring about healing or re-alignment in not just the water but all those who come into contact with it and there is nothing this planet needs more than that.
~ Jonathan Davis, Uplift
The Elwah River, photo by TAO Photography, used with permission
Since Active Hope doesn’t require our optimism, we can apply it even in areas where we feel hopeless. The guiding impetus is intention; we choose what we aim to bring about, act for, or express. Rather than weighing our chances and proceeding only when we feel hopeful, we focus on our intention and let it be our guide.
~ Joanna Macy
Lotus – photo by Ange DiBenedetto, used with permission
The Shoreline
When we name things in a small way, we cripple them. Often our way of naming things is driven by our addiction to what is obviously visible. Celtic spirituality is awakening so powerfully now because it illuminates the fact that the visible is only one little edge of things. The visible is only the shoreline of the magnificent ocean of the invisible. The invisible is not empty, but is textured and tense with presences. These presences cannot be named; they can only be sensed, not seen.
~ John O’Donohue, Eternal Echoes
Elf Garden, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Johnsdottir, used with permission
Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much larger and better in every way.
~ John Muir
Humpback Whales, St. Mary’s Island, Madagascar, photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission
More and more I have come to admire resilience.Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose foamreturns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuoustenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side,it turns in another. A blind intelligence, true.But out of such persistence arose turtles, rivers,mitochondria, figs — all this resinous, unretractable earth.
~ Jane Hirshfield
Spring Reflections, Yosemite – photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission
People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows ones perception of reality.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
Spirit Falls, WA – photo by KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission
The universe is the supreme manifestation of the sacred. This notion is fundamental to establishing a cosmos, an intelligible manner of understanding the universe or even any part of the universe.. We must remember that it is not only the human world that is held securely in this sacred enfoldment but the entire planet. We need this security, this presence throughout our lives. The sacred is that which evokes the depths of wonder. We may know some things, but really we know only the shadows of things.
~ Thomas Berry
Grand Canyon, photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission
Many people say they can feel a trees vibrational energy when placing their hand upon its bark. With their deep roots, trees carry significant grounding energy. We naturally feel peace and serenity when walking in the shade of trees or on a forest trail.
~ Jocelyn Mercado
Lady Bird Johnson Grove, photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission
There are many things to be grateful “for” but,
as I ripen with the seasons of life, the many reasons
blend into a sacred mystery. And, most deeply,
I realize that living gratefully is its own blessing.
~ Michael Mahoney
Mendocino Coast, CA – photo from bigstockphoto.com, used with permission
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