The Continuum of Life

 

"I can hear the cries of the trees and the forest as they, with gentle power, unfold

 and struggle to proclaim their right to make

 a contribution to the harmony, health, beauty, and peace of the planet.  

They struggle to proclaim this in the only way they can.  I hear the unity of the birds 

as they send their ethereal sounds, harmonizing the air.  

I watch the instinctive movements and sounds of all

the animals that walk and crawl on the face of the earth as they try their best to

 harmonize and respond to the laws of nature.  

I can see and hear the rhythmic 

motion and intelligent communications of

all the life forms that swim the waters of the planet proclaiming the majesty

 and beauty of their Creator.  

All of these forms, infused with life and purpose, are expressing a magnificent

spirit, power, and force:  the URGE TO BE.

~ Dr. Lonnie C. Edwards

Spiritual Laws That Govern Humanity and the Universe

photo: The Tetons in Wyoming

by diane fergurson

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Living with Balance- Earth Day

Having an awareness of the earth and environment has gained a much needed, critical boost in popularity lately. To the Taoists however, the celebration of earth (and heaven) has always been as it should be...and will be.

The wonderful excerpt below is from a favorite book of mine,  "Everyday Tao:  Living With Balance and Harmony" by Deng Ming-Dao.

It is under the section, "Earth".

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   "what is bountiful?"  the ancients asked.  True bounty was not the treasury of the emperor, but the generosity of the earth.  The golden hills provided home, country, belonging.  The rich, black, fertile-smelling soil gave grain, vegetables, and fruit.  The blue-shadowed mountains gave shelter from the wind and storm.  And the seemingly endless plains and deserts provided ample room for exploration and adventure.  Why worry about the abstruse, the ancients asked, when everything we require has already been given to us?

If you want to follow the Tao, the ancients said, first understand the perfection of heaven and earth.  Wind, rain, and sun come to us through the sky.  The earth gives us our home, our nourishment, jewels for our adornment, minerals for our use, places to travel.  As the old saying goes, "Why look far away for what is close at hand?"  You, like the students of the ancients, may want to study the Tao.  Doing so may be as simple as bending down to pick up a clump of earth.

 So many of us look and look for the Tao.  The masters, it seems, are still pointing one hand to the sky and the other to the earth. ~



 Enjoy "all" your Earth Days
  ~ diane fergurson



"Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park" courtesy of Julie Magers Soulen


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