Today I am taking sides.I am taking the side of Peace.Peace, which I will not abandoneven when its voice is drowned outby hurt and hatred,bitterness of loss,cries of right and wrong.I am taking the side of Peacewhose name has barely … Continue reading
Carla Brennan
The night my son died I was companioned by a song— as if a record player had broken or as if the angels of love and grief could agree on only one song to sing. Deep Peace, I heard, unable … Continue reading
EcoDharma Prayers EcoDharma RefugesI’d take refuge in Gaia.I take refuge in her teachings.I take refuge in the hoofed, winged, finned, pawed, clawed, footed, entwined life of this planet,In the leafing, blossoming, fruiting and fading plants,In the stones and rivers, oceans … Continue reading
Consider: How might you “appreciate the astonishing and unique opportunity” of this time? How might gratitude serve you in being with the grief and loss of the planetary crisis? How may you intentionally cultivate intimacy with the living world to … Continue reading
THE SIX MAXIMS Work hard to grasp the immensity.Cultivate radical hope.Have a line in the sand.Appreciate the unique and astonishing opportunityTrain the body, heart and mind.Act for the future generations of all species. Work hard to grasp the immensity. “Realize … Continue reading
SELF-COMPASSIONwith thank you to Joi Sharp It’s like the scent of rainafter a month of drought-the way it rises up and fills the lungsand quiets the bodyand softens the mind—that’s what it’s likewhen, after graspingand spinning and reachingand clenching, at … Continue reading
“There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.” Novelist Romaine Rolland Letting Go of Knowing Walking in the sweet honey and musky scented woods, I keep searching for … Continue reading
Carla is currently referencing the article, “Ethical Maxims for a Marginally Inhabitable Planet” in her Sunday talks. Here is the link to the article: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J1kuLQTR92ZG9LdGWRBBwQbqoYqbv-A8W97tbg0al3k/edit … Continue reading
Thanksby W. S. Merwin Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings we are running out of the glass rooms with our mouths full of food to … Continue reading
AUDIO RECORDING OF DISCUSSION FROM 2-5-2023 “Supporting Our Apprenticeship to Sorrow”https://drive.google.com/file/d/1shX_2abjzTBBtr7mAQMFRO-N_OLHATkk/view?usp=sharing Practices for continuing your “apprenticeship with sorrow.” Connect with a few people: Create a grief circle.Writing, journaling. Art and ritual.Practice GratitudeDiscover and savor beauty.Practice self-compassion daily.What kind of ancestor … Continue reading