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Gratitude For Beauty Lost, By Jonathan Stein

Flower Tulip Dew

Reposted from Collapsing Into Consciousness (http://www NULL.collapsingintoconsciousness NULL.com/gratitude-for-beauty-lost/)

INTRODUCTION

This essay is intended to be but a nudge in the direction of greater awareness, and not an in-depth exposition of the challenges that we face as a species. …

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Three Lists: What Has Been Lost, What Has Been Given, What Has Been Saved, By Dan Allen

lists

Reposted from RESILIENCE.Org (http://www NULL.resilience NULL.org/stories/2013-01-28/deep-thought-jan-28)

I.

There is a list.

A terrible and shameful list.

A list that will break your damn heart in half if you have the courage to look at it.

A list that …

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The Great Dismal: How To Arrive Singing In A World Undone, By Phil Rockstroh

Chagall Lovers Red Background

Painting: Chagall’s Lovers Red Background

Reposted from COMMON DREAMS (http://www NULL.commondreams NULL.org/view/2013/01/25-7)

(or how ‘What we speak becomes the house we live in’)

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.” – Albert Camus:…

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The Healing Power Of Beauty In A Bleak World, By Carolyn Baker

Flower Garden

The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere—in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves.

~John O’Donohue~

Since its publication in 2004, I have been enthralled with John O’Donohue’s extraordinary book, Beauty:

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2012: What We Can Learn From Drought, Disaster, And Devastating Violence, By Carolyn Baker

2012 Image

On some level, it is tempting to say, “goodbye and good riddance” to 2012. For all the positive experiences it may have brought us, those were overshadowed by losses that will live with us for a very long time. But …

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Treat Yourself To A Rumi Symphony, By Carolyn Baker

Rumi Symphony Image

All your talk is worthless
When compared to one whisper
of the Beloved.

~Rumi~

 

In these turbulent times, it is both comforting and inspiring to hear the words of the mystical Persian poet, Rumi, who after more than 700 …

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Peak Psychotherapy, Abundant Human Connection, By Carolyn Baker

Human Connection

We cannot be cured apart from the planet

 

~James Hillman~

 

 

In a world of unprecedented resource depletion, climate change, and economic catastrophe unseen since the Great Depression, each day manifests yet another reduction in energy, materials, services, …

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