The Oneness of Creation

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Heaven and earth are threads from one loom.

– Shaker Proverb

To Be Alive – Continued

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

– Eleanora Duse

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To Be Alive

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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 it — is a wonder beyond words.

– Joanna Macy

Eternity in Nature

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

– Isaac Bashevis Singer

What do you see?
What do you see?

Where Do You Find Heaven?

Sometimes it's good to look down!
Sometimes it’s good to look down!

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

-Henry David Thoreau

What Shall We Plant Today?

sr_april_rose_2We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

-Dorothy Day

May the seeds you sow bring forth loveliness.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their ownfreshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

– John Muir

Dawn at Arches National Monument stirs the soul with freshness
Dawn at Arches National Monument stirs the soul with freshness

Expect the Dawn

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
– Henry David Thoreau
Looking for dawn
Looking for dawn

Living the Moment

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Every morning is like a new reincarnation into this world. Let us take it then for what it is and live each moment anew.
– Paul Brunton

With Whom or with What Does Your Heart Beat?

In rhythm with the waves
In rhythm with the waves

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.

– Joseph Campbell