Category: Practice

  • The role of hope in the Truth Mandala

    In the truth mandala process, it is common for participants to observe that while there is a quadrant for Doubt, Fear, Anger and Sadness, there does not seem to be a place for Hope in the mandala. Is is however important to understand that this type of process is precious in that it is a…

  • Cosmic Walk Timeline

    This post displays a visual version of the “Cosmic walk” group process, a journey that spirals through deep time from the birth of the cosmos to the present day. This process is intended to guide participants in coming into contact with the enourmous scale of time which we now know is spanned by the story…

  • The Grounding
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    The Grounding

    Earth Anatomy for Gaeans Richard W. Ely Those of us who follow Earth-centered spiritual paths need to have a scientific as well as a spiritual understanding of our planet, for Earth is our sacred text, and we should know how to read it both ways. I am fortunate in being both a professional geologist and…

  • Video: Save The Cardamom Rainforest

    Produced bythe Rainforest Information Centre ©2014 The story of a movement by Buddhist monks in Cambodia & South-East Asia to save forests by blessing them thus making them sacred & protected.

  • Earthprayer

    by John Seed I pray To dissolve myself in the Earth To feel humanness dissolve back into the Earth Whence it came With each outbreath to ask the Earth To purify To mingle To dilute This over-concentrated humanness And with each inbreath To breathe in the ancient flow The unconditioned pure certainty that comes From…

  • Spirit of The Earth

    If we enter the rainforest and allow our energies to merge with the energies we find there, I found, a most profound change in consciousness takes place. We realize that our psyche is itself a part of the rainforests. I am protecting the rain forest becomes I am part of the rainforest protecting myself. I…

  • An Exploration of Engaged BuddhismBy John Seed (See below for an embedded pdf version with illustrations) Buddha Touched the Earth is the title of a new workshop facilitated by William James, Lisa Siegel and I that was first held at North Farm near Bellingen in northern New South Wales, Australia Feb 7-10 2012. The workshop…