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What Can A River Teach Us?

November 10, 2020 By admin Leave a Comment

Meandering River

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”
~Joseph Campbell

All rivers flow in spirals. I was shocked when I learned this fact, and yet it instantly felt true to me. The reason for the spiraling motion has to do with the resistance to flow at the edges of the river where water meets solid land.  Without resistance at its edges, the river would simply flow in a straight line down the “tube” defined by the riverbanks. Instead, the water continuously rolls and spirals over itself, changing in speed and direction depending on how close to the riverbank it finds itself. 

The spiral, rolling movement is what makes every river meander from side to side like a snake writhing on the ground. Natural rivers always meander, cutting into one bank and shifting their direction back and forth over time. Only waterways altered by man flow in straight lines – and then only for a little while. Water continues to spiral even in manmade waterways; it continuously fights against the linear path laid out for it. 

There are no straight lines in nature. Human bones also grow in spirals, as do tree limbs unfurling out from the trunk. Why? Because tissue is primarily fluid at its growing edge. This is the water planet. All natural growth is fluid — flowing, spiraling fluid.

Break the rule of the spiral and you end up with the mess of hideous canals and failing dykes that now fight against the spiral will of the mighty Mississippi River. Even today, the waters of the river fight to flow and meander their way to the Gulf of Mexico. It is their nature.

What does it say about humans when we keep trying to straighten a river’s flow? What does it say about us when we fight against the innate nature of the river?

Can we learn to listen to the spiraling waters? Can we become more fluid ourselves and stop forcing the waters into a straightened path? Can we relax and flow again? What might we learn if we watched and listened to the wisdom of the river?

~Nancy Lankston

Filed Under: Dream a New Earth, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance Tagged With: dream, elemental water, flow, listen, river, spiral, transform

The Secret From The River

June 17, 2020 By admin Leave a Comment

Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?” That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.

~Hermann Hesse

Filed Under: Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Sacred Earth Tagged With: Hesse, learn, listen, river, sacred mother, shaman, wisdom

Think Like A River

June 12, 2020 By admin Leave a Comment

We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave
a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.

~David Brower 

Filed Under: Dream a New Earth, Inspire Nature Love, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance Tagged With: David Brower, dream, learn, listen, love, nature, river, wisdom

Beauty and Bread

June 17, 2019 By admin Leave a Comment

Image: Birthplace of Colorado River by Nancy Lankston


Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Sacred Earth Tagged With: beauty, forest, John Muir, love, river, spiritual

Then Again It Will Be

August 17, 2017 By Nelle Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Sacred Earth Tagged With: elemental water, Led Zeppelin, river, sacred mother, sea, wisdom

The River is Flowing

November 5, 2015 By admin 1 Comment

The river is flowing. We are in it.

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love Tagged With: elemental water, love, nature, river, Rohr

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