With complete attention, landscape celebrates that liturgy of the seasons, giving itself unreservedly to the passion of the goddess.
Devadana Sanctuary
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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy,
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another
The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity – then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.
photo is by Foltiere:
The Hopi Indians of Arizona believe that our daily rituals and prayers literally keep this world spinning on its axis. For me, feeding the seagulls is one of those everyday prayers.
Birth, life, and death — each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.
It’s difficult to believe in yourself because the idea
When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere.
I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. There is not any part of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surfaces of the water.
After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. ”
We live in all things. All things live in us. . . . We are grateful. We rejoice in all life.
The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it.
If a tree dies, plant another in its place.”
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