In a dark time, the eye begins to see.
-Theodore Roethke
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.
- Brenda Ueland
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)
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“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.
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
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
The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.
- Shakti Gawain
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
-Albert Einstein
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)
You too are a Medicine Wheel, and the magic of your Perceiving will be unfolded.
- Hyemeyohsts Storm
” 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)
Recommended Reading
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph. Biomimetics: Biologically Inspired Technologies.
Berry, Thomas. The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future.
Berry, Thomas. The Dream of the Earth.
Campbell, Joseph. The Masks of God: Creative Mythology.
Forbes, Peter. The Gecko’s Foot: Bio-Inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature.
Friedman, Thomas. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.
Gandhi, Arun. Legacy of Love: My Education in the Path of Nonviolence.
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science.
Goerner, Sally, Robert G. Dyck, & Dorothy Lagerroos. The New Science of Sustainability: Building a Foundation for Great Change.
Goldsmith, Edward. The Way: An Ecological World-View.
Greenleaf, Robert K. Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness.
Griffin, Kevin. One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps.
Hawken, Paul. Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming.
Hock, Dee. Birth of the Chaordic Age.
Howard, Lew. Introducing Ken Wilber: Concepts for an Evolving World.
Jantsch, Erich. Design for Evolution: Self-Organization and Planning in the Life of Human Systems.
Korten, David C. Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth.
Korten, David C. The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community.
Leonard, George & Michael Murphy. The Life We Are Given: A Long-Term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul.
Lewis, C.S. The Great Divorce.
Merchant, Carolyn. The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution.
Myss, Caroline. Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential.
Quinn, Daniel. The Story of B: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit.
Rosenberg, Marshall B. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life.
Ruiz, Don Miguel. The Four Agreements.
Rumi, Jalal Al-Din Muhammad & Coleman Barks. The Essential Rumi.
Sheldrake, Rupert. The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God.
Shirky, Clay. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations.
Vaillant, George E. Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith.
Waldrop, M. Mitchell. Complexity: The Emerging Science At the Edge of Order and Chaos.
Zukav, Gary. The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics.