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"You carry Mother Earth within you," says Thay. "She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.

"In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. In that kind of relationship you have enough love, strength and awakening in order to change your life.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.

So to breathe in and be aware of your body and look deeply into it and realise you are the Earth and your consciousness is also the consciousness of the earth. Not to cut the tree not to pollute the water, that is not enough." 

Thich Nhat Hanh

Let us breathe mindfully to be aware of what is going on, 

and try our best to preserve our humanness.
 

Thich Nhat Hanh

The closer we live to danger, the more we have become masters at managing through skill and perception that which could harm us.

El MarRio AMoor  

We are more than we have been told.

Memory is created by Kapha, and requires ojas.
Without it, you cannot fully integrate Experience.
You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. 

 If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. 

And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Laughter is a necessity in life that does not cost much, and the Old Ones say that one of the greatest healing powers in our life is the ability to laugh.

Larry Aitken, Chippewa