The Forest is Sacred
I Spell It Nature
The Wilderness Holds Answers
Neniis-otoyou’u
Mountains of My Heart
Long before the white settlers decided to name them Long’s and Meeker after 2 white politicians, the native Arapaho had already named them “Neniis-otoyou’u” which translates: there are two mountains.
I simply call them my two guides. I fell under their spell many years ago when I first visited the Rockies. And they have been quietly offering me their wisdom ever since.
Get still and listen. The Earth has much to share with you.
Nancy Lankston
An Offering to Spring
The Mother of All Things
There is something
that contains everything.
Before heaven and earth
it is.
Oh, it is still, unbodied,
all on its own, unchanging,
that contains everything.
Before heaven and earth
it is.
Oh, it is still, unbodied,
all on its own, unchanging,
all-pervading,
ever-moving
So it can act as the mother
of all things…
~Lao Tzu
Tao te Ching
Tao te Ching
Holy Night
Sun
falls over the edge of
a silent Earth
reverent day’s end
holy night slides in
and dark expands into
a landscape of dreams
I am full of this night
potent with possibility
in this dark space
waiting for moonrise
and remembering
the light.
☾☽
by Nancy Lankston
Sacred Earth Within
“You carry Mother Earth within you.
She is not outside of you.
It is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. In that kind of relationship you have enough love, strength and awakening in order to change your life.
Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.
Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.
So to breathe in and be aware of your body and look deeply into it and realise you are the Earth and your consciousness is also the consciousness of the earth.
~Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist Monk