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Portal to Multidimensional Living

Devadana Sanctuary

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…for thousands of years as we walked the Earth, sang Her songs, learned to pray in a variety of ways. We were all a part of One Living Being that spoke and sang in innumerable voices.

But then, gradually, for the majority of humanity we forgot. We forgot this primordial covenant. We forgot how the patterns of creation were woven both into the Earth and into our own souls. We forgot how we are all a part of this One Living Being, both whole and holy. We began to walk our own path, thinking, believing ourself separate from the world around us, from the ground under our feet. We even believed that we were superior, apart from nature—that we had “dominion over” the Earth. Gradually the light from above and the light from within the Earth no longer met and danced, no longer united within our hearts and souls…

~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

North Coast of Kauai, Hawaii – photo by Natalie Thackston, bigstockphoto.com

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The spirit of a time is an incredibly subtle, yet hugely powerful force. And it is comprised of the mentality and spirit of all individuals together. Therefore, the way you look at things is not simply a private matter. Your outlook actually and concretely affects what goes on. When you give in to helplessness, you collude with despair and add to it. When you take back your power and choose to see the possibilities for healing and transformation, your creativity awakens and flows to become an active force of renewal and encouragement in the world. In this way, even in your own hidden life, you can become a powerful agent of transformation in a broken, darkened world. There is a huge force field that opens when intention focuses and directs itself toward transformation.

~ John O’Donohue

Yangshuo Gulin, China – photo by kenny001, bigstockphoto.com

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Our individual spiritual journey is part of the world’s journey. To deny this is to live inside the illusion of separation. A simple awareness of oneness unites us with all of life, with every stone, every insect, every dream almost lost before waking. We are life itself, breathing, suffering, rejoicing. We are the pain of the sick and the laughter of the child. We are neither better nor worse than any particle of creation. 

~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Grand Canyon Sunset – photo by pxhidalgo, bigstockphoto.com 

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To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe—to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from—is a wonder beyond words.

~ Joanna Macy

Waterfall in Sunlight, Thailand – photo by kam684, bigstockphoto.com

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Here is one way to look at yourself through spiritual eyes: you are a message. When you wonder what existence is all about, when you ask about your purpose in life, or when you feel small in comparison to the troubles of the world: remember that you are a message sent by Spirit into creation. What you say, what you do, how you think and feel: your whole life is a long and sustained message for others to encounter, experience and receive. You are a living message: sent to touch more lives than you can imagine.

~ Steven Charleston

Lotus – photo by kenny001, bigstockphoto.com

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This is the Hour of Land, when our mistakes and shortcomings must be placed in the perspective of time. The Hour of Land is where we remember what we have forgotten: We are not the only species who lives and dreams on the planet. There is something enduring that circulates in the heart of nature that deserves our respect and attention.

~ Terry Tempest Williams

Linden Tree, Estonia, Europe – photio by Artenex, bigstockphoto.com

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The Universe has expanded, but it originates from the same source. We were made from the same energy that created the stars. You are not your name, your resume, your accomplishments, or your ethnic background; you are a part of the whole Universe, just as a wave is a part of the ocean. You breathe without effort, your cells function independently without your control, your mind functions naturally, you are more than just an identity; you are the Universe. 

~ Joseph P Kauffman

Milky Way and Stars Above Monument Valley – photo by RusianKphoto, bigstockphoto.com

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This world, in which we are born and take our being, is alive. It is not our supply house and sewer; it is our larger body. The intelligence that evolved us from stardust and interconnects us with all beings is sufficient for the healing of our Earth community, if we but align with that purpose. We are as intrinsic to our living world as the rivers and trees, woven of the same intricate flows of matter/energy and mind.

~ Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

Yosemite National Park – photo by Andrushko Galyna, bigstockphoto.com

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While psychotherapy offers a practice of healing for the dissociation from self and other humans, the practices of ecopsychology seek to repair a lost connection with the rest of nature in the hope of healing the body–mind, retrieving the soul and restoring the earth.

~ Mary Jane Rust

Sunset, Meteora Valley, Greece – photo by Lhboucault, bigstockphoto.com

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One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a little of this mystery every day. 

~ Albert Einstein

Northern Lights, Alaska – photo by JCB5754, bigstockphoto.com

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The Navajo teach their children that every morning when the sun comes up, it’s a brand-new sun. It’s born each morning, it lives for the duration of one day, and in the evening it passes on, never to return again. As soon as the children are old enough to understand, the adults take them out at dawn and they say, ‘The sun has only one day. You must live this day in a good way, so that the sun won’t have wasted precious time.’ Acknowledging the preciousness of each day is a good way to live, a good way to reconnect with our basic joy. 

~ Pema Chödrön

Sunrise, Monument Valley – photo by TomaszWozniak, bigstockphoto.com

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I think that responsible living in the biosphere means learning to see other species as beings like us, in that they have intentions, make decisions, and they know what they’re doing. They have points of view. 

I think that responsible living in the biosphere means learning to take the interests of other species into consideration and allowing them room to live. And I think it means learning to relate to them and to think through the kinship we have with them…

~ Jeremy Narby

Victoria Crowned Pigeon – photo by wrangel, bigstockphoto.com

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