The Parable of the Tree in Need
A story about a girl who helped another, and who in turn was helped as well.
A story about a girl who helped another, and who in turn was helped as well.
Michael Pollan said it best: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”
What do a Children’s Scifi Novel and a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Have in Common?
Answer: They both suggest a similar way to draw in suffering and send out relief.
What are you doing for the summer solstice? Perhaps a day of silence to balance the energy of the day?
Could COVID-19’s shiniest silver lining be a heightened salience of mortality?
Every time any one of us is hurt—black or white, human or not—it wounds us all. The waves of pain ripple outward, often times overturning only the vessels of the victims’ loved ones, and concentrating the pain there. Other times these waves become great tsunamis of anger and frustration, which wash over the whole world. And rarely, but it does happen, these seismic sea waves sweep away the systems of injustice that have been pulling us apart and injuring us one and all. Here is praying that this is one of those moments.
A short reflection on the power of words and how we use them to part.
With the next Gaian Conversation focusing on what Gaianism is all about, I couldn’t help but get personal this week.
How a religious system has played a key role in preventing total deforestation of Ethiopia and what we, Gaians, can learn from this.
Two difficult lessons from the film, Planet of the Humans, worth discussing.
Kōans are riddles and stories that help deepen understanding. Could they be used to cultivate our deeper understanding of Gaia?
Imagining the Gaian Sunday Service