Art by Samuel Ronquillo
Monthly Archives: November 2013
“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.” ~ Herman Melville
Source ~ Free Your Mind and Think
“Life has entrusted you with only one garden, and that is your mind. You are the gardener. Here in this garden you sow the seeds, care for the plants and daily harvest the fruits. Narrow-minded thoughts do not produce juicy cherries, but rather small, hard, and frustratingly bland-tasting beans. Ideas proliferate like weeds if they fall on fertile soil. Think about how a single, inconspicuous, limiting belief about yourself or your life, which was once left unattended in your garden a long time ago, was watered as time went by through repetition, grew roots, and now permeates the soil of your everyday life. It’s branches reach out into all areas of your life and ultimately leave behind bitter fruits everywhere. We have lost sight of the connection between our thinking and the circumstances of our lives. We have forgotten who the gardener is. We look at a world we do not like and we fight it. But as long as the one who conceived of the world continues to sow small mindedness each and every day, unshaken and unrecognized, nothing will change.” ~Veit Lindau
“Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking ourselves so damn seriously.” ~ Tom Robbins
“The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air — it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men have a right to be in this world, and others no right.” ~Henry George
Henry George was an American political economist from the 1800’s who inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, whose main tenet is that people should own what they create, but that everything found in nature, most importantly land, belongs equally to all humanity.
“We must stop the judgment and censorship we impose upon our creative desires, before they have even had a chance to spread their wings and fly.” ~ Heather McCloskey Beck
“I vow to let go of all worries and anxiety in order to be light and free… Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It’s a daily practice.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh
“The repression of the feminine has led to a planet on the edge of collapse. The re-emergence is going to be a dance to behold.” ~Clare Dakin
“The first person you have to resurrect is yourself.” ~ RZA, The Tao of Wu
Art by Yuko Shimizu
We give thanks for all those who are moved, in their lives, to heal and protect the earth, in small ways and in large. Blessings on the composters, the gardeners, the breeders of worms and mushrooms, the soil-builders, those who cleanse the waters and purify the air, all those who clean up the messes others have made. Blessings on those who defend trees and who plant trees, who guard the forests and who renew the forests. Blessings on those who learn to heal the grasslands and renew the streams, on those who prevent erosion, who restore the salmon and the fisheries, who guard the healing herbs and who know the lore of the wild plants. Blessings on those who heal the cities and bring them alive again with excitement and creativity and love. Gratitude and blessings to all who stand against greed, who risk themselves, to those who have bled and been wounded, and to those who have given their lives in service of the earth. May all the healers of the earth find their own healing. May they be fueled by passionate love for the earth. May they know their fear but not be stopped by fear. May they feel their anger and yet not be ruled by rage. May they honor their grief but not be paralyzed by sorrow. May they transform fear, rage, and grief into compassion and the inspiration to act in service of what they love. May they find the help, the resources, the courage, the luck, the strength, the love, the health, the joy that they need to do the work. May they be in the right place, at the right time, in the right way. May they bring alive a great awakening, open a listening ear to hear the earth’s voice, transform imbalance to balance, hate and greed to love. Blessed be the healers of the earth. ~Starhawk
Art by Trudi Doyle
Source ~ Shamantube
