We must move from a belief-based spirituality to a practice-based spirituality, or little will change in religion, politics, and the world.
~ Richard Rohr
Double Rainbow, Long Island Sound – photo by Wendy Walker
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
Elf Garden, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Jonsdottir
We are always part of something, belonging to a greater wholeness. In fact, we always stand deeply connected with the entire world around us…Nothing can thrive in seclusion. We all depend on each other and we are nurtured in the web of connectedness—organically and in consciousness.
~ Soren Hauge
Pedestrian Bridge to Paradise – photo by photoroman, bigstockphoto.com
We are attendants at the wake of the old way, and each of us – through our actions, our thoughts, our work and relationships – is midwifing a new world into existence. This is our destiny, our meaning, our purpose …
~ Jan Phillips, No Ordinary Time
Dense Tropical Jungle, Southeast Asia – photo by Quickshooting, bigstockphoto.com
We are like dawn, you and I, like light breaking into the world. Alone we are only a flicker, a promise not a reality, but when joined with others, when combined with the bright hope of millions, we roll back the night like a carpet, flooding the sleeping world with a new day, a new beginning.
~ Steven Charleston
Ocean Sunset – photo by ZoomTeam, bigstockphoto.com
As we breathe out what trees breathe in,
And the trees breath out what we breathe in,
So we breathe each other into life.
~ Marcia Prage
Rainforest, Chiangmai, Thailand – photo by Goodvibes Photo, bigstockphoto.com
Reality is woven from strange, “holistic” threads that aren’t located precisely in space or time. Tug on a dangling loose end from this fabric of reality, and the whole cloth twitches, instantly, throughout all space and time…The bottom line is that physical reality is connected in ways we’re just beginning to understand…When you drill down into the core of even the most solid-looking material, separateness dissolves.
~ Dean Radin
Milky Way, Italian Alps – photo by Fabio Lamanna, bigstockphoto.com
We should never underestimate the power of kindness to positively affect our world. Simple kindness is a powerful spiritual force. If we had more of it in the world, we could transform society into a manifestation of compassion, and that would truly be a blessing!
~ David Spangler
Rainnbow, Sedona, AZ – photo by BVDCbigstockphoto.com
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
~ Arundhati Roy
Baltic Sea, Sweden – photo by RicoK, bigstockphoto.com
It isn’t always easy to hold on, especially when the world keeps spinning, but it is easier if we hang on together. That way we are connected, linked together, and stronger than any one of us could ever be alone. It does not matter that we are from different backgrounds or different faiths: what matters is that we care with and for one another. The unraveling of reality only occurs when we let go, let go of our hope and our vision. When we hold on to what we believe, our diversity becomes a bond that cannot be broken. So if you feel like you are hanging on, you are, but never alone. Thousands of us are holding on with you.
~ Steven Charleston
Acacia Tree at Sunrise, Amboseli National Park, Kenya – photo by ajn, bigstockphoto.com
So people say, “How can I grow spiritually?” It’s so simple that it’s overlooked all the time. It’s a decision to be loving and kind toward all life, including your own, at all times, no matter what. To be forgiving, to be gentle, to be that which is supportive of life. So that becomes not what you do, but what you are.
~ David R. Hawkins
Sunset, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Jonsottir
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
~ Samuel Johnson
White Lotus – photo by PJ_JoE, bigstockphoto.com
Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
Costa Rica – photo by Devadana Sanctuary
I followed my passion and was guided by the light inside of me. That light does not belong to me alone. It is innate in all of us. Everyone has it.
~ Lily Yeh
Sunset on the Sea – photo by Andrushko Galyna, bigstockphoto.com
…May we re-imagine Earth as a living being. Please, may we know once again that Spirit fills the land, that the land is sacred. May we conjure a future in which our relationship with the Earth and her creatures is once again celebrated in stories and honored in ceremonies. May we affectionately attend to the voices of our own inner wildness as we fiercely tend the outer wildness around us to which we belong. That we, that she, might never be lonely again.
~ Betty Lou Chaika
Grand Canyon Butte – photo by aberenyi, bigstockphoto.com
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