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Below is my reflection after reading the excerpt from Joanna Macy's book - World as Lover, World as Self :
Nature has no hierarchical external power. There is an intrinsic order in nature like the rising and setting of the sun or ebb and flow of the water of the ocean. Nature has her own rhythms. Seasons of nature change naturally. Our bodies and minds change as we grow though life cycles. There is an implicit order. If we shake our welcoming hands with natural changes life moves gracefully. When I hold the tired hand of someone with empathy and compassion I feel deeply connected with that person and feel empowered to help. My helping hand is filled with joyful energy for helping someone who needed help. There is an alignment of head, heart and hand. We are no more strangers. We are brothers and sisters. We are soul mates. And that is the synergy of grace. Namaste!
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Debbie Podwika
4/15/2023 02:51:05 pm
I do like this excerpt & your reflection. When I read this, I right away thought of the book Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard my Sustainability Book Club Read. (Link below). The book talks about her research finding that the trees communicate with each other and other plants through the symbiotic root system and Mycorrhizae. Amazing book and profound to think how all life likely works like this symbiotically as a whole. And might be just me but I think the synergy really is LOVE. When we love our planet and take care of it and love each other that is when everything is healthy & grows and sustains. When we hate, we do not take care of the planet and each other and everything rots and dies. I love the movie It's A Wonderful Life. You get to see how one's life affects another, though granted they only show the positive and that is why a movie like Crash is wonderful because it shows the positive and negative. Sometimes I wish there was some kind of meter/alert system, where each of our actions would let us know how much of a positive or negative effect we had with each thought and behavior we did. Maybe we need some AI on a wristband huh? :-) Ok, someone comes up with it you better include me for credit! :-) I won't go into details, but I have to bring up it also makes me think of what has been happening in our country lately due to politics and how we are not really being as symbiotic now and why the synergy is just sooo much lower. Leave a Reply. |
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