A paradigm shift is taking place; one in which humankind’s spiritual nature recognizes our role in caring for this sacred landscape known as Mother Earth.
Everything is connected. We are all one. These statements are at the very center of Unity thinking and are reflected in the mystical, unitive teachings that lie at the heart of all the world’s spiritual traditions. They also underlie the core organizing principles of the ecological or green movement. James Lovelock’s hypothesis of the earth as Gaia: a single, yet complex organism in delicate balance, is dramatically reinforced by the breathtaking photographs of earth taken from space. No boundaries can be seen, everything is interconnected.
This is an inspiring realization, and we may intellectually acknowledge it as true, but it requires attentiveness and Continue reading
We have all experienced moments when we felt joyously and exuberantly free. Perhaps this feeling accompanied a particular success or achievement. Often it comes unexpectedly, for no apparent reason, the gratuitous bestowing of God’s grace. In this moment of freedom our earthly worries and fears seem to suddenly fade into insignificance and a confidence arises, a sense that everything is possible. The mean-spirited or aggrandizing ego is irrelevant here. Life is no longer finite. Instead, a great wave of magnanimity floods our being, a wave that rolls in on an ocean of generosity and compassion.
