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Celebrating and Finding Stillness in the Summer Solstice
14 Jun 2020

Celebrating and Finding Stillness in the Summer Solstice

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 4

What are you doing for the summer solstice? Perhaps a day of silence to balance the energy of the day?

Community, fast, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Ritual, Wheel of the Year
Aloha. Shalom! Go with Gaia?
1 Jun 2020

Aloha. Shalom! Go with Gaia?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers | 2

A short reflection on the power of words and how we use them to part.

Belief, Community, Gaian Way, meaning, Mission, Purpose, Ritual, wisdom
A Reflection on What the Gaian Way Means to Me
25 May 2020

A Reflection on What the Gaian Way Means to Me

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Growing the Gaian Community | 0

With the next Gaian Conversation focusing on what Gaianism is all about, I couldn’t help but get personal this week.

Climate Change, collapse, Community, Gaian Way, meaning, Mission, Purpose, Religion, Resilience, sustainability, The Quickening
Encountering an Essential Lesson in the Church Forests of Ethiopia
17 May 2020

Encountering an Essential Lesson in the Church Forests of Ethiopia

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Growing the Gaian Community, Learning from Other Traditions | 2

How a religious system has played a key role in preventing total deforestation of Ethiopia and what we, Gaians, can learn from this.

Belief, collapse, Community, cosmology, Gaia, Gaian Way, Mission, Purpose, sustainability, wisdom
What is the Sound of Gaia Breathing? And other Gaian Kōans.
3 May 2020

What is the Sound of Gaia Breathing? And other Gaian Kōans.

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Parables, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

Kōans are riddles and stories that help deepen understanding. Could they be used to cultivate our deeper understanding of Gaia?

Gaia, Gaian Way, Kōan, meaning, Parables, sustainability, wisdom
Forest Meditation, Sunday Forest School, and Sassafras Tea Time
26 Apr 2020

Forest Meditation, Sunday Forest School, and Sassafras Tea Time

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Growing the Gaian Community | 6

Imagining the Gaian Sunday Service

Ancestral Skills, Community, Gaia, Gaian Way, Guilds, Indigeneity, nature awareness, Prayer, Purpose, Religion, Ritual, wisdom
The Story of Job: A Gaian Update
5 Apr 2020

The Story of Job: A Gaian Update

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Parables, Understanding Gaia | 2

Is there wisdom that could be gleaned from a new ecocentric version of The Book of Job?

death, Disasters, Gaian Way, God, health, meaning, Parables, sustainability, Technology, Theodicy, wisdom
Distilling Meaning from Meaninglessness
2 Mar 2020

Distilling Meaning from Meaninglessness

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose | 2

Is the universe and human life truly without meaning? If so, can we live our lives in ways that extract meaning from that meaninglessness?

collapse, cosmology, Gaia, Gaian Way, meaning, Mission, Purpose
The Four Dimensions of Change
23 Feb 2020

The Four Dimensions of Change

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals | 5

In exploring the four dimensions of change, it becomes clear that we, ourselves, are at the center of that change—and that this process is a lifelong journey, not a sprint.

anxiety, Belief, Gaia, Gaian Way, Mission, Purpose, The Quickening
Setting a Gaian Meditative Practice
17 Feb 2020

Setting a Gaian Meditative Practice

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 8

What should a daily Gaian meditative practice look like? How about an outdoor meditation three times a day to help us connect with Gaia and our purpose, and to improve our health and well-being at the same time.

anxiety, Gaia, Gaian Way, gratitude, health, meditation, nature awareness, Ritual
Lesssons from Serpentor
10 Feb 2020

Lesssons from Serpentor

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Learning from Other Traditions | 7

If we were to take our CRISPR (Clipper of Religion Inspired Systems Producing eco-Renaissance) to snip the best bits of religions to build a new philosophical system, what elements would we harvest?

Belief, children, collapse, Community, cosmology, Gaia, Gaian Way, Indigeneity, nature awareness
Resolving to…
29 Dec 2019

Resolving to…

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Uncategorized | 2

What are your New Year Resolutions this year? Can you think of one that makes both you and Gaia better off?

anxiety, Climate Change, consumerism, Diet, Gaia, Gaian Way, plenitude, Ritual, sacrifice

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“We believe that the Earth, Gaia, is a living being. That Gaia is at the same time composed of the vast diversity of life and is alive in Her own right. We understand that we depend completely and utterly on Gaia and are part of Gaia. We recognize that current human actions are fundamentally altering Gaia and that if pushed too far, Gaia will shift from Her current state to one inhospitable to humans and millions of other species. Therefore, we commit to living radically sustainable lives—even to an extent that it may alienate us from our kin, our communities, our cultures. We commit to sharing our philosophy and bringing others to understand and embrace their relationship with Gaia and help heal Gaia—and in the process, themselves, their families, and their communities.”

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