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Ultimately, work on the self is inseparable from work in the world. Each mirrors the other; each is a vehicle for the other. When we change ourselves, our values and actions change, as well.
~ Charles Eisenstein
Lotus Blossom – photo by Ange DiBenedetto
Animists are people who recognise that the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human, and that life is always lived in relationship with others.
~ Graham Harvey
African Bush Elephant, Kruger National Park, South Africa – photo by Paco Como, bigstockphoto.com
Your unity and connection with LIFE and the Universe is a deep spiritual and scientific truth. Reality exists as a beautiful mosaic of interconnection and inter-being. Everything exists in circles of creative interdependence, mutual attraction and sharing.
~ Christopher Chase
Tiger Cave Temple, Krabi Province, Thailand – photo by Olena Tur, bigstockphoto.com
In a world of Oneness, every life form we encounter on this planet is a relation of ours, our earth-kin. Notice what changes or arises in your awareness if you were to move through your daily activities with this recognition.
~ Nancy J. Napier
Sheep in Monument Valley at Sunset – photo by dzain, bigstockphoto.com
And though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and that will eventually startle us back to the truth of who we are.
~ Rumi
Giant Sequoia, Sequoia National Park, CA – photo by lucky-photographer, bigstockphoto.com
If we are to help heal the world we need to remember that it is a sacred place. Our actions need to be positive statements, reminders that even in the worst times there is a world worth struggling for.
~ Ram Dass
Mount Bromo and Batok Volcanoes, East Java, Indonesia – photo by MazurTravel, bigstockphoto.com
Not just beautiful, though—the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me.
~ Haruki Murakami
Milky Way, Granitoe, Ukraine – photo by denbelitsky, bigstockphoto.com
Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
Grand Canyon and Colorado River – photo by diro, bigstockphoto.com
The key takeaway [of quantum mechanics]…is that we are all part of one unified field interacting and co-existing with one another…Kami (spirit) and people are not separate; they exist within the same world and share its interrelated complexity.
~ Akiko Ogawa
Malenge Lagoon, Indonesia – photo by Fabio Lamanna, bigstockphotocoom
The power of mass intention may ultimately be the force that shifts the tide toward repair and renewal of the planet.
~ Lynne McTaggart
Sunrise over Matheson Lake, New Zealand – photo by pranodhm, bigstockphoto.com
In the universe there are things that are known and things that are unknown, and in between there are doors.
~ William Blake
Jungles of northern Thailand – photo by quickshooting, bigstockphoto.com
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
~ Arundhati Roy
Colorful Sunset at Twilight – photo by jimbophotoart, bigstockphoto.com
I am only one
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not to refuse to do the something
that I can do.
~ Edward Everett Hale
Nature’s Magic, Aurora in Iceland – photo by stroop, bigstockphoto.com
What if our religion was each other? If our practice was our life? What if the temple was the Earth? If forests were our church? If holy water – the rivers, lakes, and oceans? What if meditation was our relationships? If the Teacher was life? If wisdom was knowledge? If love was the center of our being.
~ Ganga White
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel, CA – photo by Jen Silacci
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.
~ Hafiz
Sunrise, Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, UT – photo by prochasson, bigstockphoto.com
