New research suggests a belief in oneness has broad implications for psychological functioning and compassion for those who are outside of our immediate circle.
~ Scott Barry Kaufman
Maldives – photo by Czamfir, bigstockphoto.com
Water is sacred. The air is sacred. Our DNA is made of the same DNA as the tree. The tree breathes what we exhale. When the tree exhales we need what the tree exhales, so we have a common destiny with the tree… We are all from the Earth…
~ Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Waterfalls, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China – photo by gnomeandi, bigstockphoto.com
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
~ Albert Einstein
Autumn Beauty – photo by silver-john, bigstockphoto.com
We are a part of the sacred and it is a part of us—it belongs to our real nature. It is only the disconnection of our culture, its fundamental forgetfulness, that has isolated us within our own individual ego self, seemingly separate, struggling, unsupported by this basic energy and power within creation. Once we have learned to walk in a sacred manner, our feet touching the earth, we honor this connection that links our soul to the world soul, our breath to the breath of the spirit, that reveals our individual story as a part of the Earth’s story.
~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Volcano Agung, Bali – photo by BaliPhotos, bigstockphoto.com
A morning when you become a pure vessel
For what wants to ascend from silence,
May your imagination know
The grace of perfect danger,
To reach beyond imitation,
And the wheel of repetition,
Deep into the call of all
The unfinished and unsolved
Until the veil of the unknown yields
And something original begins
To stir toward your senses
And grow stronger in your heart…
~ John O’Donohue
Autumn Beauty – photo by Leonid Tit, bigstockphoto.com
Seeing beyond our filters—our accumulated knowledge and beliefs—does not always come naturally. We have spent years growing attached to them in various degrees, and they feel safe. Whatever we become attached to can begin to shape our future experiences and limit our perception of what exists outside our vocabulary. Like blinders on a horse, our attached beliefs limit our vision, and this in turn limits our perceived direction in life. The stronger our level of attachment, the less we can see.
~ don Miguel Ruiz Jr
Red Sandstone Hoodoos, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT – photo by maximkabb, bigstockphoto.com
Moving forward will require us to recognize that abuse of nature is, at its core, part of a basic human drive to distinguish “in” groups from “out” groups. As long as non-human species are considered “other” and inferior, action to save them is unlikely. But in knowing this fact, there is hope — not only for how we treat other species but for how we treat other humans.
~ Mark W. Moffett
Forest Dweller – photo by Sergei 777, bigstockphoto.com
It appears consciousness can play a very important role in changing our planet. Just having these thoughts alone could contribute to the massive shift in consciousness that’s occurring. Find your inner peace, be peace, be love, acting and living your life from such a place plays a very important role in changing the world.
~ Arjun Walia
Stone and Tree People of Central Park – photo by Devadana Sanctuary
There is in you something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have.
~ Howard Thurman
Autumn Beauty – photo by Subbotina Anne, bigstockphoto.com
What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses.
~ Bruce Lipton
Milky Way – photo by denbelitsky, bigstockphoto.com
What is missing in mainstream consciousness is an awareness of ourselves as members of the human family, the Universe and the Earth community. We tend to ignore that our cells and bodies are part of the creative history of evolution. That our atoms are part of the history of the Cosmos. Peace and gratitude arise naturally in our hearts when we take more time to reflect upon how we are each a part of a much greater whole…
We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
~ Albert Einstein
Autumn Beauty – photo by Kashak, bigstockphoto.com
…thoughts, intentions, prayer and other units of consciousness can directly influence our physical material world. Consciousness can be a big factor in creating change on the planet. Sending thoughts of love, healing intent, prayer, good intention, and more can have a powerful influence on what you are directing those feelings towards.
~ Arjun Walia
Autumn Forest, Wadag River, Poland – photo by Milosz_G, bigstockphoto.com
…true adulthood is rooted in transpersonal experience — in a mystic affiliation with nature, experienced as a sacred calling — that is then embodied in soul-infused work and mature responsibilities. This mystical affiliation is the very core of maturity, and it is precisely what mainstream Western society has overlooked — or actively suppressed and expelled.
~ Bill Plotkin
Monument Valley, AZ – photo by RuslanKphoto, bigstockphoto.com
Spirits are everywhere, and as we acknowledge their presence and honor and bless them—seeking counsel, support, and appropriate outcomes—we become more fully human; we help manifest the interconnectedness of everything; and we contribute to harmony, true being, and right action.
~ Claude Poncelet, The Shaman Within
Elf Garden, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Jonsdottir
We get so absorbed by…negativity and hopelessness that we forget that billions of people are in love, nurturing their children, helping their neighbours, rescuing strangers, caring for animals, nurturing plants and restoring ecosystems, saving lives, delighting their communities through art, dance and poetry, celebrating the beauty of life and contributing to the thriving of their communities..
~ Daniel Christian Wahl
Godafoss Waterfall, Iceland – photo by World Image, bigstockphoto.com
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