It is the spiritual work of a lifetime to learn compassion and gentleness and equanimity. It is also the spiritual work of a lifetime to learn ferocity in the face of injustice and oppression.
Who or what teaches you how to be fierce?
Category: Meditations
The Canyons
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” —Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
How has challenge made your life more beautiful?
Into the Woods
It’s a great pleasure to go into the woods, to hike and enjoy the beauty of the natural world. And it is our nature as humans to want to improve on nature, to make things less wild and more convenient with paths and bridges and picnic tables.
How do you change the natural world to suit yourself? How do you change yourself to suit the natural world?
Our Own Planet
“Of all celestial bodies within reach or view, as far as we can see, out to the edge, the most wonderful and marvelous and mysterious is turning out to be our own planet earth. There is nothing to match it anywhere, not yet anyway.” —Lewis Thomas
What strikes you as particularly mysterious about our planet?
Color and Form
Our planet is blessed with an astounding variety of color and form, shaped by an ancient and ongoing drama of weather and mineral and life. The earth invented art, and then we humans stepped in to elaborate on the process.
How does the earth’s beauty inspire your own creativity?