Sustainability and the Sacred

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November 22, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace But down deep, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical. - Carl Sagan - Sustainability and the Sacred Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Sufi teacher and author, implores us to change our present global predicament by changing our consciousness. Our current mindset sees Earth as a resource. He argues that this worldview creates a sense of separation and one in which we have forgotten the sacred nature of the Earth. If we embrace the sacred in all of life, we will remember our primal relationship to the Earth, reconnect with an ancient knowing and respond from a place of balance. This is the nature of real sustainability and what we need to avoid ecological disaster. { read more } Be The Change As you go about your day, take a moment to remember the small things in your life that nourish and sustain you: freedom of movement, the ability to breathe deeply, seeing the sunshine or rain, hearing the sounds of others or the Earth. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News What It Means to Hold Space & 8 Tips to Do it Well How to Age Gracefully Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows Are You Walking Through Life in an Underslept State? Greater Good's Top 16 Books of 2016 I Trust You Why Be Kind? The Axis & the Sycamore DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,456 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More