Studies have shown that positive emotions and operating from a place of peace within oneself can lead to a very different experience for the person emitting those emotions and for those around them. At our subatomic level, does the vibrational frequency change the manifestation of physical reality? If so, in what way? We know that when an atom changes its state, it absorbs or emits electromagnetic frequencies, which are responsible for changing its state. Do different states of emotion, perception and feelings result in different electromagnetic frequencies? Yes! This has been proven.
~ Arjuna Walia
Guilin, Guangxi, Karst Mountains, China – photo by SeanPavonePhoto, bigstockphoto.com
When you know that trees experience pain and have memories and that tree parents live together with their children, then you can no longer just chop them down and disrupt their lives with large machines.
~ Peter Wohlleben
Redwood Forest. Sequoia National Park, CA – photo by nstanev, bigstockphoto.com
Wholeness does not mean perfection. It means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.
~ Parker Palmer
Grand Canyon, Arizona – photo by fotoping, bigstockphoto.com
In support of the importance of, and need for, kindness toward ourselves, each other, all life forms, and our beautiful planet at this time of so much polarization, this morning we offer this poem:
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth,
so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.
To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again.
To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over
the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Water Cascade, Zlate Mesto, Czech Republic – photo by ppart, bigstockphoto.com
I do believe in an everyday sort of magic — the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone.
~ Charles de Lint
Morning Light, Crimea – photo by Leonid Tit, bigstockphoto.com
…when we place our emphasis and consciousness on the soul of the world, we’re embracing the world as something sacred, as something that has its own essence, its own purpose and destiny that might very well be different, bigger, and more mysterious than anything we suspect or anything we could understand.
~ Geneen Marie Haugen
Fairy Cave, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo – photo by mazzur, bigstockphoto.com
… the process of re-wilding – of allowing natural systems to regenerate without human interference – provides a space for non-human intelligence to flourish, unfurl, and reach its full expression.
~ Jack Hunter
Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii – photo by maximkabb, bigstockphoto.com
From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.
~ Jane Goodall
Bwindi Forest, Uganda – photo by prill, bigstockphoto.com
We seldom notice how each day is a holy place
Where the eucharist of the ordinary happens,
Transforming our broken fragments
Into an eternal continuity that keeps us.
Somewhere in us a dignity presides
That is more gracious than the smallness
That fuels us with fear and force,
A dignity that trusts the form a day takes.
So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown
And for the secret work
Through which the mind of the day
And wisdom of the soul become one.
~ John O’Donohue
Bay of Elgol, IUsle of Skye, Scotland – photo by rdonar, bigstockphoto.com
Outside my window
two tall witch elms
toss their inspired
green heads in the sun
and lean together
whispering.
Trees make the world
a proper place.
~ Robert Nye
Elder Linden Tree, Mohni Island, Estonia – photo by Artenex, bigstockphoto.com
After the failure of humanity in the use and control of the other forces of the universe that have turned against us, it is urgent that we nourish ourselves with another kind of energy…
If we want our species to survive, if we are to find meaning in life, if we want to save the world and every sentient being that inhabits it, Love is the one and only answer.
~ Albert Einstein
Arundina Graminifolia, Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica – photo by pisces2386, bigstockphoto.com
Quantum science suggests the existence of many possible futures for each moment of our lives. Each future lies in a state of rest until it is awakened by choices made in the present.
~ Gregg Braden
Lupine Flowers, Stokksnes Cape, Iceland – photo by Leonid Tit, bigstockphoto.com
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally.
The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.
~ L.R. Knost
Sunrise, Phuket, Thailand – photo by Panya Kuanun, bigstockphoto.com
John O’Donohue wrote, “The earth is full of thresholds where beauty awaits the wonder of our gaze.” I would add that the world is full of living beings waiting to be heard and resonated with, as we welcome and delight in each other and begin to heal humans, animals, and the Earth.
What we do not attend to cannot reach us. If we don’t know to listen, we cannot hear. But the animals are calling us. It doesn’t matter what animal it is or where we are. Any of us can experience this. It is our heritage and it is inherent in the nature of Life if only we realize the possibility and open ourselves up to it. When you go into nature, tune in more deeply. Life is calling to life.
~ Susan Eirich
Buffalo, Yellowstone National Park – photo by kenkistler, bigstockphoto.com
Active Hope is not wishful thinking.
Active Hope is not waiting to be rescued…
by some savior.
Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act.
We belong to this world.
The web of life is calling us forth at this time.
We’ve come a long way and are here to play our part.
With Active Hope we realize that there are adventures in store,
strengths to discover, and comrades to link arms with.
Active Hope is a readiness to discover the strengths
in ourselves and in others;
a readiness to discover the reasons for hope
and the occasions for love.
A readiness to discover the size and strength of our hearts,
our quickness of mind, our steadiness of purpose,
our own authority, our love for life,
the liveliness of our curiosity,
the unsuspected deep well of patience and diligence,
the keenness of our senses, and our capacity to lead.
None of these can be discovered in an armchair or without risk.
~ Joanna Macy
Morning in Central Park – photo by Nancy Napier
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