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Finding Sacredness
“The forest is not merely an expression or representation of sacredness, nor a place to invoke the sacred; the forest is sacredness itself.” Richard Nelson To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Entering Natural Cathedrals
Groves of redwoods…are often compared to the naves of great cathedrals: the silence; the green, filtered, numinous light. A single banyan, each with its multitude of trunks, is like a temple or mosque—a living colonnade. But the metaphor should be the other way around. The… Continue Reading “Entering Natural Cathedrals”
Wednesday of Hope – Deep Trust
Deep trust in life is not a feeling but a stance that you deliberately take. It is the attitude we call courage. – David Steindal-Rast
Animals Are People Too! And, of course, Trees.
Animals are people, too. As are plants. And water. And soil. This is the fundamental insight at the heart of all eco-spiritual work. But to get that insight, we have to get with the big picture. To get that insight, we have to climb… Continue Reading “Animals Are People Too! And, of course, Trees.”
Creating a Future
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination. – John Schaar
Where Does Wisdom Lead?
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
All Creation Teaches Us
One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these may have a valuable lesson to teach us. – Black Elk in All Our Relatives by Paul Goble
Life from Broken Branches and Fallen Leaves
As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves and grows out of its own decay, so [people] and nations are bettered and improved by trial and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. – F.W. Robinson
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