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Posted on August 24, 2022
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“Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.” Jalaluddin Rumi To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: cloudy sky, forest, jalaluddin rumi, nature, photo, photography, quote, redwood forest, redwood trees, redwoods abbey, redwoods monastery, santa sabina center retreat, trees, whitethorn
Posted on August 21, 2022
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Every being has its own important and unique place in the cosmic dance. Lawrence Overmire To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Posted on August 19, 2022
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[T]he divine communicates to us primarily through the language of the natural world. Not to hear the natural world is not to hear the divine. – Thomas Berry, The Sacred Universe (2009) To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and… Continue Reading “Listening to the Divine through the Natural World”
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, garden, lilacia park, lilacs, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, the sacred universe, thomas berry, trees
Posted on August 17, 2022
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A garden is a way that the land says, “I love you.”…Gardens are simultaneously a material and a spiritual undertaking. Robin Wall Kimmerer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, garden, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, robin wall kimmerer, santa sabina center, santa sabina center retreat, tulips
Posted on August 14, 2022
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. Wendell Berry To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Posted on August 12, 2022
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“We are so brief. A one-day dandelion. A seedpod skittering across the ice. We are a feather falling from the wing of a bird. I don’t know why it is given to us to be so mortal and to feel so much. It is… Continue Reading “We Are a One-Day Dandelion”
Category: SpiritualityTags: dandelion, flower, glacier national park, louise erdrich, montana, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center, weed
Posted on August 10, 2022
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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 To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “To Be Alive”
Category: SpiritualityTags: fish, gold fish, joanna macy, nature, photo, photography, pond, quote, ripples, santa sabina center, stockton
Posted on August 7, 2022
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We feel like separate water droplets but we are also ocean. Jane Hirshfield To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Posted on August 5, 2022
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“You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that Earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught… Continue Reading “The Ground Is Our Ancestors”
Category: Care of the Earth, SpiritualityTags: chief seattle, cloudy sky, devils tower, nature, photo, photography, prarie, quote, santa sabina center, wyoming
Posted on August 3, 2022
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“Only when peace lives within each of us, will it live outside of us. We must be the wombs for a new harmony. When it is small, peace is fragile. Like a baby, it needs nurturing attention. We must protect peace from violence and… Continue Reading “Protecting Peace”
Category: PeaceTags: deng ming-dao, glendalough, ireland, nature, pastoral scene, pasture, peace, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center, sheep