Gaia Meditations

How beautiful are thy dwelling places.
--Psalms 84:1

It's up to us
to re-enchant this planet Earth

We are the elves and giants
we are the shining ones
daughters of the Moon and
sons of the Sun

We are the shapeshifters
we are the mysterious light
shrouded in mists at
the dawn of our time
and it's up to us to re-enchant
this living planet Earth

Up to us to midwife
at our own rebirth
up to us to send our dead
along their
ancient pathways to the future
up to us to re-enchant this
living planet Earth

It's up to us to break the spell
that steals the colors
from the world
and leaves it lifeless
it was our spell
we can break it

It's up to us to break the spell
that steals the music from
the Wind and Rain
it is our spell
we can break it

We will dance the magic dance
and our bodies will remember
we will sing the magic songs
and together we'll remember
how to live together
how to love each other
how to ride the eagle
how to call the deer
Home
--Will Ashe Bacon

We are all on a journey together...
To the center of the universe...
Look deep
Into yourself, into another.
It is to a center which is everywhere
That is the holy journey...
First you need only look:
Notice and honor the radiance of
Everything about you...
Play in this universe. Tend
All these shining things around you:
The smallest plant, the creatures and
objects in your care.
Be gentle and nurture. Listen...
As we experience and accept
All that we really are...
We grow in care.
We begin to embrace others
As ourselves, and learn to live
As one among many...
--Anne Hillman

May the Holy Spirit guide use as we seek to heal and to nurture
the earth and all of its creatures, to live in the midst of creation,
and to love one another as brothers and sisters with all life.
And may we travel from this moment forward in awareness of our
bonds to one another and to the Earth, and in commitment to
our communities
wherever they might be.
--U.N. Environmental Sabbath

I am at home in the universe. I carry my home with
me. No matter where I go, I cannot be less than at
home. The forests are the rooms of the house of my
childhood. The winds are my mother's arms. The sun
is my child's laughter. The caterpillar crawling on my
hand is my brother's arm thrown over my shoulder.
The children playing in the street of another country
are my children. The stranger's bed encloses me in
the sleep of my covers. The earth is my home & its
creatures are my family. There is no loneliness to over-
take me. I am not stricken to find my home. I breathe
interstellar space. The world is pasture for my mind,
forage for my imagination. The universe is at home in
my mind, its creatures live friendly within me. I live
warm and friendly with my fellows in the starry
world.
--Ken Patton

Our Mother, whose body is the Earth,
Sacred is thy being. Thy gardens grow.
Thy will be done in our cities,
as it is in nature.
Thanks be this day
for food, and air, and water.
Forgive us our sins against Earth,
as we are learning to forgive one another.
And surrender us not unto extinction,
but deliver us from our folly.
For thine is the beauty, and the power,
and all life, from birth to death,
from beginning to end. Amen.
So be it.
Forever.
Blessed be.
--Henry Horton

I am the beauty of the green earth
And the white moon among the stars
And the mystery of the waters
And the desire of human hearts.

Call unto your soul: Arise and come unto me
For I am the soul of nature who gives
Life to the universe.
From me all things proceed
And unto me all things must return.
--Doreen Valiente

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