Interdependence is not romantic, but its the truth of things that our lives have something to do with one another.
~ Sharon Salzberg
Bryce Canyon, photo from bigstock.com, used with permission
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Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others…for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.
~Albert Einstein
Akaka Fall, Akaka Falls State Park, Hawaii – photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission
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Watching their cycles of growth, shedding of leaves, and re-flowering in the spring, people have long perceived trees as powerful symbols of life, death, and renewal. Since the beginning of time, humans have had a sense that trees are sentient beings just like us, that they can feel pain, that they bleed when they are hurt. Trees even look like us. People have a trunk; trees have arms. And so we innately feel a deep connection to them.
~ Jocelyn Mercado
Coastal Redwoods, photo from bigstock.com, used with permission
When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.
~ John Muir
Moonset and Yuccas, White Sands National Monument, NM, photo by Don Smith Photography, used with permission
Many people say they can feel a trees vibrational energy when placing their hand upon its bark. With their deep roots, trees carry significant grounding energy. We naturally feel peace and serenity when walking in the shade of trees or on a forest trail.
~ Jocelyn Mercado
Hoh Rainforest, photo from bigstock.com, used with permission
What is wrong with our culture is that it offers us an inaccurate conception of the self. It depicts the personal self as existing in competition with and in opposition to nature. [We fail to realise that] if we destroy our environment, we are destroying what is in fact our larger self.
~ Freya Matthew
Alberta, Canada – photo by Devadana Sanctuary
Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that the plant has no mind. I tell them that the plant is alive and conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive. The channels through which the water move are the veins of the spirit
~ Pablo César Amaringo Shuna
Old Tree… – photo from bigstock.com, used with permission
When we form heart-centered beliefs within our bodies, in the language of physics we’re creating the electrical and magnetic expression of them as waves of energy, which aren’t confined to our hearts or limited by the physical barrier of our skin and bones. So clearly we’re speaking to the world around us in each moment of every day through a language that has no words: the belief-waves of our hearts.
~ Gregg Braden
Mt. St. Helens in Moonlight – photo by KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission
I believe that it is important to work with spirits within [the] mainstream – the spirits related to the businesses, governments, and other institutions (such as community, educational, research, and nonprofit institutions) that perform these mainstream functions. By bringing spirit into these realms, evoking the sacred there, and manifesting the interconnectedness of everything, we can help heal ourselves and our communities.
~ Claude Poncelet, The Shaman Within
Cathedral Cove at Sunrise, photo from bigstock.com, used with permission
The way we live and act is determined by the perceptual lenses that are shaped by our beliefs and values. Our belief that it is our right to use as we wish, any part of the biosphere – air, water, soil, other life forms – has created problem after problem. If life is sacred, then we cannot treat other organisms as if they are cars or computers, we must act with humility, respect and love.
~ David Suzuki
Dogwood and Lower Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, OR – photo by Don Smith Photography, used with permission
At this moment, the cells of our bodies are buzzing with activity, maintaining the processes of life. In a similar manner, our cities, businesses and communities are continuously maintaining and recreating themselves. All around us, the creative awareness inhabiting Nature looks out from countless points of view tasting, touching, moving and sensing this multidimensional wonder we inhabit.
~ Christopher Chase
American Desert Sunset, photo from bigstock.com, used with permission
We call upon the waters that rim the earth, horizon to horizon, that flow in our rivers and streams, that fall upon our gardens and fields, and we ask that they teach us and show us the way.
~ Chinook Blessing Litany
Fitzroy Falls Yarrunga Valley Southern Highlands Australia, photo from bigstock.com, used with permission
The salt of the sea is in our blood; the calcium of the rocks is in our bones; the genes of ten thousand generations of stalwart progenitors are in our cells. The sun shines and we smile. The winds rage and we bend before them. The blossoms open and we rejoice. Earth is our long home.
~ Stewart W. Holmes
Ocean waves, photo from bigstock.com, used with permission