“LIFE GOES ON”Poetry by M. Linda Steffey A Spiritual And Inspirational Poem from All-Creatures.org Spiritual and Inspirational poetry that touch the heart and soul, and provoke the mind. LIFE GOES ON The Bees don’t need MankindBut Mankind needs the Bees…The Seas don’t need MankindBut Mankind needs the Seas!The Grasses will go on growingThe Trees, their…
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Wisdom poems: “If you love”… by Ibn al-Arabi
Your task is not to seek for love,but merely to seek and find all the barrierswithin yourself that you have built against it. Then when you see what is around you asnot other-than-you, and all and everything asthe existence of the One; when you do not see anything elsewith Him or in him; but see…
A prayer shared at a United Nations Environmental Sabbath Program
We have forgotten who we are. We have alienated ourselves from the unfolding of the cosmos We have become estranged from the movements of the earth We have turned our backs on the cycles of life. We have forgotten who we are. We have sought only our own security We have exploited simply for…
A quote from the Bhagavad Gita about our Oneness
For one who sees with the eyes of the heart, rather than the senses, the world looks different; the blades of grass, the song of the birds, the drops of dew, all are seen to be none other than the One Life that surrounds us in every moment. They see the One in every…
Poems: “The Arrow and the Song” By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Arrow and the Song I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so…
A quote from Deepak Chopra about how we are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos
Your mind is the knife that cuts the continuum of space and time into neat slices of linear experience. At this moment, you are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos. There is no difference between your breathing and the breathing of the rain forest, between your bloodstream and the world’s rivers, between your bones and the…
Quote from Nikos Kazantzakis on the hidden meaning of things
Everything in the world has a hidden meaning. Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics. When you see them you do not understand them. You think they are really men, animals, trees, stars. It is only years later that you understand. —Nikos Kazantzakis
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Aware” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Consciente”)
Aware I grow in spiritual awareness. I am part of an infinite circle of spiritual light that illuminates the world. Knowing that I am one with God bolsters my faith and deepens my understanding of the great power and presence within me. During times of quiet contemplation, I touch this timeless Truth and feel my…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Connection” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Conexión”)
Connection I have a sacred connection to all life. I see the interconnectedness of everything when I look at nature. I notice how the trees provide a nesting place for birds and how rainfall nourishes all living creatures. My observations remind me that I am connected to all things through Spirit. I honor my connection…
A quote from Richard Rohr on aboriginal wisdom and our interconectedness
“Karl Jaspers calls the primal connection that the first people had with the universe Pre-Axial Consciousness. David Suzuki finds this Pre-Axial Consciousness among aboriginal people today as well. “Aboriginal people do not believe they end at their skin or fingertips. The earth as mother is real to them, and their history, culture and purpose are…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “I have come into this world to see this” by Hafiz
I have come into this world to see this: the sword drop from men’s hands even at the height of their arc of anger because we have finally realized there is just one flesh to wound and it is the Beloved’s. I have come into this world to see this: all creatures hold hands as…
First Nations peoples’ poems: “Like a hawk” by M. Linda Steffey
A Spiritual And Inspirational Poem from All-Creatures.org Spiritual and Inspirational poetry that touch the heart and soul, and provoke the mind. LIKE A HAWK My heart soars like a hawk When I dream of past moons Drifting through my mind Like waves in blue lagoons… My people were once proud And lived with Nature’s ways…