jade’s Reviews > Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth > Status Update

wow

“ life is a gift we have only by giving it back again. “
“ we live as councils of ghosts. It is not “human genius“ that makes us human, but an old love, an old intelligence of the heart, be gathered to us from the world, from the creatures, from the angels of inspiration, from the dead — an intelligence merely nonexistence to those who do not have it, but to those who haven’t more dear than life “

sister Mariam is .. wow. thinking of the Earth, Gaia, as God is brilliant. the internal natural subconscious that isn’t unconscious is exactly what i’ve been pondering on for the past few years while studying religions. LUV HER.

the next transition was easy enough to understand but the jargon was crazy. noticing that some ecologists are snooty asf. the only chapter that matters is the last. “we can be inspired by this scientific view of nested interdependence— from galaxies and stars to planets and ecosystems— so that we sense how personally we are woven into the fabric of life”
despite this crappy chapter i luv the next though

sobbed after the very first chapter. the way Chief Oren Lyons writes about natural law is so touching. mind you, he’s straight to the point, i just got overwhelmed with emotion hearing the native american point of view on the direction of our world. actually emotional. how we treat our children is a direct indication of global degradation. DONT BOO HIM, HES RIGHT!!!

from the intro:
“ the care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. to cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope “