What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You too are a Medicine Wheel, and the magic of your Perceiving will be unfolded.
- Hyemeyohsts Storm
So be patient with the events in life that find you feeling disappointed, and remember each line we script in the Great Play we call life, is a line that is never wasted, and a line that can ultimately lead to something more beautiful than we can ever possibly imagine in the present. This is true for each one of us.
-Tim Watson
” A wee child toddling in a wonder world , , , I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then at present, at least, I am a Pagan.”
- Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Redbird)
“I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at the center within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be One.”
Spoken by Chief Crazy Horse, September, 1877.
The entire Creation still follows the Original Instructions of life. The Tree, the fruits, they never fail.
They never make a mistake to bring their fruits in their season.
The Animals never make a mistake.
They still live as they were created.
Among the Creation…Life, the Circle, a measurement with no beginning and no ending.
- Phillip Deere (Muskogee Creek 1977)
Every element of creation expresses the Creator. Within each mountain, each stone, and each heart lies the Great Spirit… When looking upon a sunset, the trees, or even your worst enemy, you are looking at the Creator. Know this and give praise and prayer.
- Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Redbird)
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.
- Brenda Ueland
The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.
- Shakti Gawain
The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. —Wendell Berry
In a dark time, the eye begins to see.
-Theodore Roethke
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
-Albert Einstein
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Links
This information is periodically being updated to assist those interested in finding alternative life choices for themselves and the environment.
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Associated Organizations
EarthWalk Alliance – an affiliate organization launched by The New Monk Project (doing business as EarthWalk Alliance)
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Alternative Retirement Community Resources
ElderSpirit Community – affordable co-housing community in Abington, VA
Silver Sage Boulder, CO – upper range cost co-housing community in Boulder, CO
Second Journey – alternative retirement community advocacy group in Chapel Hill, NC
Pioneering Network – retirement alternatives educational resource in Rochester, NY
Green House – expanding senior non-institutional housing organization
Caravan Village – a LEED standard alternative community being planned for development near Greensboro, NC
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Affiliations
Northwest Earth Institute - promotes the international Earth Charter
Institute of Cultural Affairs – a global organization supporting the emancipation of all peoples
Stone Circles – a resource for reflective nurturance and social activism
Center for Ecozoic Studies – helping envision the great geological Earth changes now underway
The Chaplaincy Institute - an interfaith seminary embracing aspects of eco-spirituality
The Earth Rights Institute – supporting the global creation of ecological communities
Walking Softly LLC – enlightened developer in North Carolina
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New Consciousness Centers
Perelandra Center for Nature Reasearch – embracing non-physical connections with Nature
Omega Institute – educational resource for body, mind, and spirit
Genesis Farm – learning center for Earth studies centered on the health of our global commons
Integral Institute – inspired by the contemporary philosopher Ken Wilber
Alliance for a New Humanity – An organization with a mission to connect people, who, through personal and social transformation, aim to build a just, peaceful, and sustainable world, reflecting the unity of all humanity.
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Teachers
Thomas Berry and the Earth Community - visionary geologian and source of inspiration for TNMP
Caroline Myss Education Institute – rich resource for spiritual growth and healing
Paul Hawken – author and visionary who is helping change the relationship between business and the environment
Teilhard de Chardin – French Jesuit philosopher who has made groundbreaking progress in joining science and religion
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Sustainable Development Information Resources
Papercrete.com – a compendium of resources for those interested in alternative building construction technology
Eco-Restorative Design – a new green development concept for designing communities that range beyond sustainable design ideas, as well as encompass guidelines set forth by the international Earth Charter.
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Global Warming Information Resources
GreenerChoices.org – lists 18 ways you can significantly cut down on your carbon footprint
350.org – a gobal grassroots campaign to stop the climate crisis
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Sustainable Agriculture
Growing Power – A Milwaukee based non-profit in which city youth grow organic food for their community.