Saturday, October 1, 2022

Highly Recommended: Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth

This is a glimpse into an amazing book — a book with embodies deep wisdom and truth, integrity and inspiration, vision and hope for our world and all of life on Mother Earth. 🙏 Molly


Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth
Book Trailer and Quotes

“The world has been through many crises over the millennia, but this is the first global crisis that has been created by humanity. Whether we take responsibility for our predicament will determine our future and the future of the world. There is an ancient teaching that in times of imminent catastrophe we are given the opportunity of divine intercession; we can look towards God and pray for divine help. We are at such a moment and the soul of the world is crying out. Are we prepared to welcome back the divine and work together with the forces of creation?” Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee 

"There is a single issue before us: survival. Not merely physical survival, but survival in a world of fulfillment, survival in a living world, where the violets bloom in the springtime, where the stars shine down in all their mystery, survival in a world of mystery." ― Thomas Berry

"I believe that only if we make life sacred again can the outer situation be healed."  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

“First we have to step out of our dream of separation, the insularity with which we have imprisoned ourselves, and acknowledge that we are a part of a multidimensional living spiritual being we call the world. The world is much more than just the physical world we perceive through the senses, just as we are much more than just our own physical bodies. Only as a part of a living whole can we help to heal the whole. Just as we need to work together with the outer ecosystem, we need to work together with the inner worlds. We need their support and help, their power and knowledge. The devas understand the patterns of climate change better than we do, because they are the forces behind the weather and the winds. Just as plant devas know the healing powers of plants (and taught the shamans and healers their knowledge), so are there more powerful devas that know and guide the patterns of evolution of the whole planet.” Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

“The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong. The world is part of our own self and we are a part of its suffering wholeness. Until we go to the root of our image of separateness, there can be no healing. And the deepest part of our separateness from creation lies in our forgetfulness of its sacred nature, which is also our own sacred nature.” Thích Nhất Hạnh

"Real change will only happen when we fall in love with our planet. Only love can show us how to live in harmony with nature and with each other and save us from the devastating effects of environmental destruction and climate change."  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

"We have to really not be afraid of feeling pain. And where it comes from is love, our love for this planet." Joanna Macy

"Our heart knows what our mind has forgotten - it knows the sacred that is within all that exists, and through a depth of feeling we can once again experience this connection, this belonging."  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

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