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Portal to Multidimensional Living

Devadana Sanctuary

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A blessing is much more than just an act. It is an affirmation of our interconnectedness; it is the creation of an opportunity for the power of that connectedness to pour through into our lives and the lives of others. So in practicing the art of blessing, we are really practicing being connected. We are practicing how to discover and express those parts of ourselves that innately understand that connectedness and the wholeness that emerges from it.
 
~ David Spangler
 
Falling Water Falls, AK – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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…nature teems with consciousness through and through. Matter itself tingles with the spark of spirit, and therefore nature, in all its forms and glory, is sacred to its deepest roots.
 
~ Christian de Quincey, “Radical Nature: The Soul of Nature”
 
Garden of the Gods – photo by R. Kimbrow, bigstockphoto.com

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Acknowledging our love for the living world does something that a library full of papers on sustainable development and ecosystem services cannot: it engages the imagination as well as the intellect. It inspires belief; and this is essential to the lasting success of any movement.
 
~ George Monbiot
 
Tropical Jungle at Dawn – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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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
 
Sejalandsfoss Waterfall, Iceland – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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Earth, Teach Me

Earth teach me quiet
as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering
as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility
as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring
as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage
as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation
as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance
as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal
as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep with rain.

~ Ute Prayer

Ash Cave Falls, Hocking Hills, OH – photo b Michael Shake, bigstockphoto.com

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…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
 
Monument Valley, AZ – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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The wild animals are lonely for us.
We are lonely for them.
We have become disconnected from each other.
 
What if we expanded our sense of community to truly include all living beings? Included their perspectives, needs, and gifts? What would be the state of our environment then?
 
~ Susan Eirich
 
Orangutan, Borneo – photo by Jan Kvita, bigstockphoto.com

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Lovingkindness, called metta in Sanskrit, is the state of mind and being from which compassion emerges naturally. When we practice lovingkindness, we truly enter a realm in which we recognize that all beings-including ourselves, our loved ones, and our enemies-seek to be happy and free from suffering. We not only recognize and empathize with the suffering of others, as we do when we experience compassion, we also actively wish for all beings to be free from suffering and to find happiness.
 
~ Nancy Napier, “Sacred Practices for Conscious Living, 2nd Edition”
 
Sunrise, Hunts Mesa, Monument Valley – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness… Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has led to the growing series of extremely urgent crises that is confronting us today.
 
~ David Bohm
 
Tanah Lot Temple in Sunset, Bali, Indonesia – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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The way to work with our light in service to the whole begins with the simple recognition that our light is a part of the light of the world, part of the spiritual light of life.

This simple affirmation frees our light from the grip of any self-centered patterns and returns it to the oneness of life.

~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Monument Valley, AZ – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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Compassion is a power with its own sphere of influence, a realm engaged by fine energy patterns that play out as behaviors, such as aspiration, empathy, and the fulfillment of a need to heal…
 
~ Dolores Krieger
 
Victoria Lily, Amazon – photo from bigstockphoto.com

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Interdependence, of course, is a fundamental law of nature. Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness…
 
It is because our own human existence is so dependent on the help of others that our need for love lies at the very foundation of our existence. Therefore we need a genuine sense of responsibility and a sincere concern for the welfare of others.
 
~ H.H. the Dalai Lama
 
Sunset, Isimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa, photo by Benny Marty, bigstockphoto.com

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