

Shadow
"I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow. There was shadow in...


The egg and the spiritual incubation process
"There`s nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility is being superior to your former self." -Ernest Hemmingway...


The winter solstice and inner change
The winter solstice on december 21st marks the shortest day of the year- when there is the longest amount of dark in the entire year and...


Snakes and the necessity of continual growth
Today we talked about how much we can learn from the life of a snake. The readings explain well what we talked about, but basically we...


Tree root systems and collective consciousness
Turns out that under our feet is a connected unseen world of communication. Trees and other plants are in constant communication through...


Gratitude
Today we did an activity! We each wrote down something we were thankful for in each of the four directions- air, fire, water and earth....


Bees and the importance of community
"The problem that faces us is the problem of awakening. What we lack is not an ideology or doctrine that will save the world. What we...


The sacred spiral
“Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself....His task was to discover his own destiny - not an arbitrary one -...


Trust in the perfect timing of nature
“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether...


The Oak Tree
“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the...