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
Redwood Forest – photo by volare2004, bigstockphoto.com
We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals… In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth.
~ Henry Beston
Sunrise, Goliath Heron, Kruger National Park, South Africa – photo by Johan Swanepoel, bigstockphoto.com
May you recognize in your life the presence,
power, and light of your soul.May you realize that you are never alone,
that your soul in its brightness and belonging
connects you intimately with the rhythm
of the universe.
May you have respect for your individuality
and difference.
May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique,
that you have a special destiny here,
that behind the façade of your life,
there is something beautiful and eternal happening.
~ John O’Donohue
Night Sky, Canyonlands National Park – photo by Andryi Maygutyak, bigstockphoto.com
My profound belief, as well as my experience, is that there is only One Life dressed up in an infinite array of bodies and modes of consciousness which, on this planet, are all kin birthed by the same Mother. My deepest prayer is that we humans will awaken to an awareness of this underlying oneness so that we can actively participate in our earth family as a supportive, collaborative presence.
~ Nancy J. Napier
Medierranean Sunrise, Costa Brava, Spain – photo by 273363074, bigstockphoto.com
One belief that I would like you to consider is that; we are one. We are oneness. Our energy, our connectiveness, nature and the earths energetic force are all one. This may sound kinda woo woo and yet, in fact if you embrace this idea watch how your state of mind becomes more optimistic. More connected. More open…
~ Amy Goldberg
Llanos de Cortez Waterfall, Costa Rica – photo by bilberryphotography, bigstockphoto.com
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 one’s perception of reality.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Keel-billed Toucan, Belize – photo by photogtrip, bigstockphoto.com
The basic pattern of life is a network. Whenever you see life, you see networks. The whole planet, what we can term ‘Gaia’ is a network of processes involving feedback tubes. And the world of bacteria is critical to the details of these feedback processes, because bacteria play a crucial role in the regulation of the whole Gaian system.
~ Fritjof Capra
Baobab Tree, Madagascar – photo by Dudarev Mikhail, bigstockphoto.com
We are all linked by a fabric of unseen connections. This fabric is constantly changing and evolving. This field is directly structured and influenced by our behavior and by our understanding.
~ David Bohm
Northern Lights, Alaska – photo by Christopher Boswell, bigstockphoto.com
Gratitude is like breathing in – letting ourselves be touched by the goodness in others and in our world. Generosity is like breathing out – sensing our mutual belonging and offering our care.
~ Tara Brach
Lotus – photo by Ange DiBenedetto
For the Ojibwa the world is populated by persons ‘not all of whom are human.’…interactions with certain objects, as well as with features of the landscape must be understood as interactions between persons, or as relationships between persons, even if their intelligence is not outwardly expressed…
If a worldview holds open the possibility of communication with plants, animals, rocks and other features of the natural environment, then it may in turn facilitate just such communications.
~ Jack Hunter
Megalithic Stone Circle, 3000 BCE, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland – photo by 104081267, bigstockphoto.com
In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.
~ Wangari Maathai
African Sunset, Hwange National Park, Matabeleland, North Zimbabwe – photo by Artush, bigstockphoto.com
If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Sequoia National Park – photo by Radomir Rezny, bigstockphoto.com
Oh Spirit of the west
In the colorful sunsets that autumn brings
May I see myself as the spirit that I am
In the passing seasons of mother nature
May I know that I am one with her breath
In the crisp sounds of falling leaves
May I become aware of my connection with all lives
And may my heart sing in thankfulness for the bounty of the earth
~ Josiane Antonette
Sunset, Slovakia – photo by 261030685, bigstockphoto.com
The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling with hands clasped that we might act with restraint, that we might leave room for the life that is destined to come. To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle. Perhaps the wilderness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silent space that says we live only by grace. Wilderness lives by this same grace. Wild mercy is in our hands.
~ Terry Tempest Williams
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah – photo by swisshippo, bigstockphoto.com
This dimension of our ecological crisis, our forgetfulness of the sacred, is hardly recognized, is a hidden tragedy, and yet I believe it is our primary spiritual responsibility at this time: to reconnect with what is sacred all around us, and thus make life both whole and holy. We can no longer afford to live in separation, in isolation, but need to become once again part of the great conversation with the rivers and the winds, the seas and the stars. Then we will reconnect with the Earth and Her ancient wisdom, and together walk into the future that is waiting, a future in which the light in our hearts and our love for the Earth can heal and redeem the wasteland that our culture has created. Together we will find a way to live in harmony with all of life’s multihued unity.
~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Sekumpul, Bali – photo by LightField Studios, bigstockphoto.com
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