almost-wordless wednesday / 17-09-14

Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.  ~Lorraine Anderson

Humankind’s greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world.  ~Jonathon Porritt

If we are to use our tools in the service of fitting in on Earth, our basic relationship to nature–even the story we tell ourselves about who we are in the universe–has to change.  ~Janine M. Benyus

We are the earth, made of the same stuff; there is no other, no division between us and “lower” or “higher” forms of being.  ~Estella Lauder

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.  ~Rachel Carson

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Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind become still.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.  ~Lao Tzu

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