If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected. ― Chief Seattle Image © Budhiargomiko with CCLicense
Earth
Quote for Today: Eddie Lenihan
For no matter whether the fairies are seen metaphorically or as real beings inhabiting their own real world, a study of them shows us that those who came before us (and many of that mindset still survive) realized that we are -- no matter what we may think to the contrary -- very little … Continue reading Quote for Today: Eddie Lenihan
Quote for Today: Jalina Mhyana
The Wishing Bones A thousand grandmothers ago Pyrrha and Deucalion repopulated the world with rocks, bones of mother Earth, a generation of my ancestors strained from the mud of a drowned planet. But I’m more interested in my earliest grandmothers, their gills and wetness, before they crawled from that blue expanse and learned to … Continue reading Quote for Today: Jalina Mhyana
Quote for Today: Bashõ
Falling upon earth, Pure water spills from the cup Of the camellia. -- Bashõ Image: The camellia's tears, Katherine McDaniel, 2019
Quote for Today: David Abram
We sleep, allowing gravity to hold us, allowing Earth- our larger body- to recalibrate our neurons, composting the keen encounters of our waking hours (the tensions and terrors of our individual days), stirring them back, as dreams, into the sleeping substance of our muscles. We give ourselves over to the influence of the breathing earth. … Continue reading Quote for Today: David Abram
Quote for Today: Thích Nhất Hạnh
Suppose two astronauts go to the moon. When they arrive, they have an accident and find out that they have only enough oxygen for two days. There is no hope of someone coming from Earth in time to rescue them. They have only two days to live. If you asked them at that moment, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Thích Nhất Hạnh
Quote for Today: Karen Armstong
We need myths that will help us to identify with all our fellow-beings, not simply with those who belong to our ethnic, national or ideological tribe. We need myths that help us to realize the importance of compassion, which is not always regarded as sufficiently productive or efficient in our pragmatic, rational world. We … Continue reading Quote for Today: Karen Armstong
