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Portal to Multidimensional Living

Devadana Sanctuary

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From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other – above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also 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 own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, 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

First Light, Yosemite Valley – photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission

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The mountains, I become part of it…
The herbs, the fir tree, I become part of it.
The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters,
I become part of it.
The wilderness, the dew drops, the pollen…
I become part of it.

~Navaho Chant

Swan Lake – photo by Ron Niebrugge, Wild Nature Images, used with permission

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The Cosmos is filled with precious gems. Each moment you are alive is a gem, shining through and containing earth and sky, water and clouds. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed. Suddenly you hear the birds singing, the pines chanting, see the flowers blooming, the blue sky, the white clouds… We should enjoy our happiness and offer it to everyone. Cherish this very moment… Let go of distress and embrace Life fully in your arms.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Yosemite Valley Dogwood – photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission

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The Great Lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary. That it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s backyard.

~Abraham Maslow

Nature’s Embrace – Rainforest, New Zealand, photo by Mark Gray, used with permission

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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

~ James Allen

Bleeding Hearts, photo by Marcel Pepin Photography, used with permission

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Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.

~ Hermann Hesse

Lower Gray Wolf River Trail – KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission

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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

Photo by TAO Photography, used with permission

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Clearly, the protection of night, the preservation of darkness, is an important, life-giving dimension of human existence…But most of all, perhaps, darkness returns humanity to humans. It restores the sense of beauty that nourishes the human soul.

~ Sr. Joan Chittister

Tantalus Ridge, Marcel Pepin Photography, used with permission

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The call of the wild is a call to the elemental levels of the soul, the places of intuition, kinship, swiftness, fluency and the consolation of the lonesome that is not lonely. Our fear of our own wildness derives in part from our fear of the formless; but the wild is not the formless – it holds immense refinement and, indeed, clarity. The wild has a profound simplicity that carries none of the false burdens of brokenness or self-conflict; it flows naturally as one, elegant and seamless.

~ John O’Donohue

Russian Gulch, photo by Gary Hart Photography, used with permission

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…you can remember your relationship with Earth every day of the year. This might sound corny to you, but it has helped me a lot. I believe that if more people would spend just a moment every day being present with the natural world, it would make them more inclined to care for it.
You can connect with Earth each time you go outside. For just one moment, stop rushing, stop thinking, stop the internal dialogue, and see the trees, see the plants, see the sky…

~ Laura Faye Tenenbaum, science communicator at NASA

Palouse Falls – photo by Mirwais Azami Photography, used with permission

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The world is not a problem to be solved, it’s a living being to be related to, and it is calling to us. It needs our attention, not just of our minds, but also of our hearts. It is our own awakened consciousness that can heal the earth.

~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Photo by KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission

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