Our Spiritual Commons
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The sound of the rising tide is heard clearly
The miracle happens
A beautiful child appears in the heart of a lotus flower
One single drop of this compassionate water
Is enough to bring back the refreshing spring to our mountains and rivers.
-Thich Nhat Hanh, tr. from The Lotus Sutra
In a younger time, I was staying in a hut on a small island…
KOSMOS LIVE Podcast | Jeremy Lent, The Web of Meaning
KOSMOS LIVE PODCAST SERIES Preparing for Profound Change
This podcast series, Preparing for Profound Change, explores the converging challenges facing our world and offers strategies for coping with what lies ahead. Economic turmoil, climate chaos, political upheaval – these may seem like forces to fear, but in fact offer us deep opportunities for transformation.
Episode 10 – Jeremy Lent,…
Reconnecting Our Children to Nature
To care for the earth, one must feel bonded to it. Many do not. Nature immersion from a young age avoids this ‘nature deficit disorder’ that is now rampant among children and adults in the USA.
Glacier, Elder, Teacher
Many think of Antarctica as an alien place, empty and devoid of life. But Antarctica is a living place and points to the mystery of what it means for bodies—humans, planets, glaciers—to be alive, entangled, kin.
Into the Riptide | The Best We Can Imagine Together
By Bethany Lee
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How to Be a Soil Keeper
By Kiley Arroyo
The practice of soil keeping provides individuals committed to realizing a just society with a compelling basis for imagining their work and recognizing the interdependencies between people, place, and planet.
Slant | Vernacular
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Practicing the Art of Wonder through Radical Presence
Our own radical presence to what fascinates us elicits similar creativity to that of the hummingbird’s. To allow ourselves to be drawn toward what most deeply moves us is an embrace of Eros, a desire for union with the ground of our being.
How Not to Lose the Elephant for All its Parts
Recognizing how every part of an animal manifests an underlying unity is an exhilarating experience. What seemed separate comes together, and we sense that we are seeing the elephant truly for the first time.
Between Prayer Mat and Smoke Hole
By Martin Shaw
Let’s start by kneeling down.
Because the thing I’d love to talk about is beneath us.
It’s a little worn, possibly with hurt feelings, but it’s there.
It’s a prayer mat. We’re all praying to something.