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"The highest form of intelligence is to observe without evaluating." – Jiddu Krishnamurti
Category Archives: spirituality
Return to Eden
Indigenous people — which included all of our ancestors at some point — did live in a global garden for 40,000 years. It wasn’t Paradise, but it was sustainable. Let’s get back to the Garden and restore our world. Continue reading
Posted in happiness, healing, Reasons to Live, spirituality
Tagged gardening, indigenous wisdom, permaculture, religion, restoration
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Make Earth Sacred Again
Imagine living where people revered Earth, not money. A world where people spend days restoring wetlands or growing food, and being happy to do it. Imagine a world where helping others, both human and nonhuman, was a prime motivation. That may sound impossible, but religions have transformed the world before. Continue reading
Posted in healing, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, Degrowth, economics, indigenous wisdom, spirituality
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Listening to Bees
When I first approach the trees, I don’t see many bees around them. But the longer I watch quietly, the more bees I see. Soon, I’m amazed by how many there are. I think all life is like those bees. If we take the time to observe quietly, we will be thrilled by how much there is to see, hear, touch, taste and feel. Continue reading
You May Be Privileged
You may be privileged
If animals and plants
Give you their bodies
Each day, to feed your body. Continue reading
Posted in happiness, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged animals, environment, freedom, gratitude, happiness
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Beyond Gratitude
Sometimes a feeling comes
Beyond gratitude. Blown away
Overwhelmed by the bounty I’ve been given
Without guilt for those who do not have
In delight, like a saint on the street Continue reading
Posted in creativity, happiness, spirituality
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How One Good Deed Led To Six More
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton Continue reading
Posted in happiness, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged homelessness, sharing, storytelling
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Who Would You Be Without Yourself?
Freedom is often a question of letting go of the stories that chain us down. Continue reading
Posted in healing, spirituality
Tagged acceptance, freedom, narrative, psychology, self-care
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Midnight in the Imperial City
The walls of the imperial city look magnificent
Impenetrable, eternal, stronger than God.
But look closer; they are only video images
Projected on tattered cotton screens. Continue reading
When Can We Stop
It shouldn’t be automatic that you’ll bear any burden and pay any price to extend life. Nobody lives forever. Continue reading
How I Became Oppressed
“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you see your liberation as bound up with mine, let us work together.” Lilla Watson, Aboriginal activist Continue reading
Posted in spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, Charles Manson, CIA, gaslighting, hippies, Kennedy assassination, liberation
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