Deepest Nature – Aug. 19, 2021
“We may come to see that the deepest nature of the universe is that it is one, a seamless whole… every thing and every being is whole and part of a larger wholeness, and that interconnectedness and interdependence are the root relationships out of which meaning and the particulars of our fleeting and constantly changing […]
The Healing Power of Nature – July 20, 2021
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,places to play in and pray in,where nature may heal and give strengthto body and soul alike. -John Muir, The Yosemite
Relationship to the World – May 21, 2021
“To wander far from the familiar “home” of his adolescent ways of belonging, doing, and being. He must, as poet Mary Oliver puts it, “stride deeper and deeper into the world.” His culture will greatly influence the manner in which he wanders, as will his gender, physical constitution, psychological temperament, age, and bio-region. In one […]
Nature – May 20, 2021
“Nature, too, supports our personal blossoming (if we have any quiet exposure to her) through her spontaneities, through her beauty, power, and mirroring, through her dazzling variety of species and habitats, and by way of the wind, Moon, Sun, stars, and galaxies.” ―Bill Plotkin, Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented […]
