“I aspire to practice to love Mother Earth, Father Sun, and for human beings to love one another with the radiant insight of nonduality and interbeing in order to help us transcend all kinds of discrimination, fear, jealousy, resentment, hatred, and despair.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, Love Letter to the Earth
Retreat Poetry
By Joni Staaf Stamford on
Retreat StepsSlow down,I remind myselfas I walk the stone stepson this fall day.Slow down,because I’ve rushedso much in my life, done so muchto prove I’m worthy.Slow down.Allow the crisp airto awaken and heal my body, mind, heart, and spirit.Slow down,to…
Earth Is Home
By Laura Boruch on
A Wake Up friend shares reflections on interbeing with Earth and each other in winter
Nonduality and Earth Holding
By Maíra Fernandes de Melo, Carolina León Rolón, Chantal Carrara, Daniela Simm, Isa Salinier, Laurène Girin, Leïla Denis on
Members of the Care-Taking Councils of the Earth Holder Community, the Abrazadores de la Tierra, and the Gardien.nes de la Terre share their experiences of nonduality in their daily mindful activism.
Other articles in this issue
In the hallway of my heart
By Rose Lucas
a lamp is swaying a smalland gentle glowing deep inside a filigreeof shadows –who lit the lamp?how long has it been burning? –perfumed night air eddies roundcicadas call relentless anda…
Poems: Presence, Hands, 4am
By Nadia Colburn
Hands (after a teaching by Thích Nhất Hạnh) You who open for me each day, who close upon a pen, a hairbrush, a plum, a rock that I lift from the shore and throw into the lake,
Two Poems
By Leslie J. Davis
Leslie J. Davis offers “After a Rain: For Thầy” (written while on retreat at Plum Village, France) and “Yield” (written while on retreat at Deer Park Monastery).
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