"Keep close to nature’s heart… break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."
— John Muir (via moreofamore)
(via binnyyy)
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November 24, 2011
Selfless Gratitude
Via Mindful Spiritual Healing
“Practicing mindfulness of gratitude consistently leads to a direct experience of being connected to life and the realization that there is a larger context in which your personal story is unfolding. Being relieved of the endless wants and worries of your life’s drama, even temporarily, is liberating. Cultivating thankfulness for being part of life blossoms into a feeling of being blessed, not in the sense of winning the lottery, but in a more refined appreciation for the interdependent nature of life. It also elicits feelings of generosity, which create further joy. Gratitude can soften a heart that has become too guarded, and it builds the capacity for forgiveness, which creates the clarity of mind that is ideal for spiritual development.” — Phillip Moffitt
Full and excellent article found on the link above.
November 20, 2011
Ansel Adams, Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, Northern CA, 1960
“To the vast majority of people
a photograph is an
image of something within
their direct experience:
a more-or-less factual reality.
It is difficult for them
to realize that the
photograph can be the source
of experience, as well as the
reflection of spiritual awareness
of the world and of self.”
— Ansel Adams, Photographer (1902 - 1984)
(Source: mythologyofblue)
January 20, 2011
"Because they are primeval, because they outlive us, because they are fixed, trees seem to emanate a sense of permanence. And though rooted in earth, they seem to touch the sky. For these reasons it is natural to feel we might learn wisdom from them, to haunt about them with the idea that if we could only read their silent riddle rightly we should learn some secret vital to our own lives; or even, more specifically, some secret vital to our real, our lasting and spiritual existence."
— Kim Taplin (via bodymindandsoul)
