In the human spirit, as in the universe, nothing is higher or lower; everything has equal rights to a common center which manifests its hidden existence precisely through this harmonic relationship between every part and itself.
~ Goethe
Sunset, Autumn Forest – photo by denbelitsky, bigstockphoto.com
What I know in my bones is that I forgot to take time to remember what I know. The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves.
~ Terry Tempest Williams
Cerro Torre Mountain, Argentiina – photo by Breev Sergey, bigstockphoto.com
Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and visible, and learn the lessons of both worlds.
~Paolo Coelho
Elf Garden, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Jonsdottir
The primal beauty of creation has been calling to me for many years, reminding me of a time when the world was younger and unspoiled, before the darkness and the troubles came. And now I need to return to this inner quality, this note that belongs to a deep love for the Earth. I need to live this link of love within my heart and soul and body, otherwise I will become stranded in the wasteland of our present increasingly toxic civilization.
~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Autumn Beech Tree Beauty – photo by Saharrr, bigstockphoto.com
We have to get back to the spiritual law if we are to survive.I do not see a delegation for the Four Footed. I see no seat for the Eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior. But we are after all a mere part of Creation. And we must consider to understand where we are. And we stand somewhere between the mountain and the Ant. Somewhere and only there as part and parcel of the Creation.
~ Oren Lyons
Bryce Canyon National Park – photo by elleonzebon, bigstockphoto.com
Practice One
Ask for forgiveness as a representative of the human race—for all our harm to the Earth, its rapidly shrinking biodiversity and the cruelty and violence we do to each other. Act as a surrogate for the whole human race: this is a practice of representing universal responsibility.
Practice Two
From the same whole humanity perspective affirm the flowering of the conscience and consciousness to heal Earth and all its peoples. Let your heart open as a representative of all hearts opening across the planet.
We are holograms of the whole: let us pray as such.
~ James O’Dea
Twin Falls, Wailua Waterfalls, Kauai, Hawaii – photo by maximkabb, bigstockphoto.com
There’s a self expansive aspect of gratitude. Very possibly it’s a little known law of nature: the more gratitude you have, the more you have to be grateful for.
~ Elaine St. James
Autumn Beauty – photo by silver john, bigstockphoto.com
We are all activists, activating one story or another through the power of our attention and the way we participate in our communities. We can choose to activate and embody the story of separation or the story of interbeing. We can choose what kind of world we want to bring forth together with the people we are in contact with. We can ask ourselves:
What am I choosing to activate through the power of my attention?
How does my participation contribute to the world I would want to live in?
~ Daniel Christian Wahl
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ocean Sunset – photo by Panya Kuanun, bigstockphoto.com
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, savor you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.
~ Mary Jean Irion
Aspen Grove, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO – photo by haveseen, bigstockphoto.com
Can love, in its unaccountable weirdness, hope to overcome a culture of individualism built on denying all our millions of kinships and dependencies? That is our central drama now.
~ Richard Powers
Waterbuck, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa – photo by bennymarty, bigstockphoto.com
I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness.
~ Max Planck
Foggy Autumn Morning – photo by Kiya, bigstockphoto.com
What we contemplate here is more than ecological restoration; it is the restoration of relationship between plants and people. Scientists have made a dent in understanding how to put ecosystems back together, but our experiments focus on soil pH and hydrology—matter, to the exclusion of spirit…We are dreaming of a time when the land might give thanks for the people.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
Cathedral Rock, Sedona, AZ – photo by alexeys, bigstockphoto.com
The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you do to the environment ultimately you do to yourself.
~ Ian Somerhalder
Sopoaga Falls, Savali Island, Samoa – photo by Misa Mazurkova, bigstockphoto.com
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.
~ Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Sunrise, Tyulenovo, Bulgaria – photo by Flaviya85, bigstockphoto.com
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