The challenge before us is this: to treasure and preserve the independence given to us and learn to integrate it in an all-embracing interdependence.
~ Br. David Steindl-Rast
Forest and Moose in Snow – photo by kavram, bigstockphoto.com
Devadana Sanctuary
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But what thrilled me most was the fact that millions of meteors burn up every day as they enter our atmosphere. As a result, Earth receives ten tons of dust from outer space. Not only do we take in the world with each breath, we are inhaling the universe. We are made of stardust.
~Terry Tempest Williams
Milky Way Over Nepal – photo by denbelitsky, bigstockphoto.com
Sometimes I need
only to stand
wherever I am
to be blessed.
~ Mary Oliver
Sunset on the Mountain – photo by Pung Pung, bigstockphoto.com
If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Giant Sequoia Trees, Sequoia National Park, CA – photo by lucky-photographer, bigstockphoto.com
Reality is woven from strange, “holistic” threads that aren’t located precisely in space or time. Tug on a dangling loose end from this fabric of reality, and the whole cloth twitches, instantly, throughout all space and time…The bottom line is that physical reality is connected in ways we’re just beginning to understand…When you drill down into the core of even the most solid-looking material, separateness dissolves.
~ Dean Radin
Yangshuo Guilin, China – photo by kenny001, bigstockphoto.com
We live in a world where everything is connected. We can no longer think in terms of us and them when it comes to the consequences of the way we live. Today it’s all about WE.
~ Gregg Braden
Sunset, Hvitserkur Rock, Iceland – photo by rasica, bigstockphoto.com
We can – and do – create our own future… Let’s start telling a New Story about our collective vision for a peaceable, just, and holistically-oriented way of being.
~ Ecological Consciousness, FB
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada – photo by Jeff Whyte Photography, bigstockphoto.com
The materialist worldview, which is based on the idea that things (including ourselves) are freestanding, existing independently on their own and separately from each other, is simply untrue.
~ Paul Levy
Dziki Wodospad Waterfall, Karpacz, Poland – photo by Pav-Pro-Photography Ltd., bigstockphoto.com
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
~ John Wesley
Sunset, Iceland – photo by Ragnhildur Jonsottir
Mindful that we are not separate from the Earth, but an integral part of its living wholeness, shifts our own story to one of “interbeing,” a shift that will change both our attitude and actions. Similarly the awareness that our spiritual aspiration does not just belong to our own self but has a connection with the sacred within all life, opens a doorway to a deeper resonance and participation. We will be present within the miracle and mystery of life in new ways.
~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Buddha Head in Banyan Tree, Thailand – photo by SeanPavonePhoto, bigstockphoto.com
We are bathing in mystery and confusion on many subjects, and I think that will always be our destiny. The universe will always be much richer than our ability to understand it.
~ Carl Sagan
Northern Lights, Sweden – photo by Model-la, bigstockphoto.com
There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain on trees, wave on stone. It is the language of dream, gesture, symbol, memory. We have forgotten this language. We do not even remember that it exists…
~ Derrick Jensen
Asian Elephant in Thailand Forest – photo by Sasin Tipchai, bigstockphoto.com
Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself.
~ Hermann Hesse
Snowy trees in warm sunlight – photo by Dzmitrock, bigstockphoto.com
There is a kindness that dwells deep down in things; it presides everywhere, often in the places we least expect. The world can be harsh and negative, but if we remain generous and patient, kindness inevitably reveals itself. Something deep in the human soul seems to depend on the presence of kindness; something instinctive in us expects it, and once we sense it we are able to trust and open ourselves.
~ John O’Donohue
Cradling Hands – photo by Noppanun, bigstockphoto.com
We can never underestimate this truth: No matter who you are, the biggest thing you do in any day is most often going to be a small act of kindness, decency, or love.
~ Cory Booker
Lotus Flower – photo by anmachphoto, bigstockphoto.com
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