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Bird footprints in snow - 4 Soothing Poems, Including ”Sacred Heart, Sacred Light”

POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

Jim Johnston·March 19, 2026
Sacred Heart, Sacred Light It is a measure of these timesthat nothing is as it appears to be,our lives daily...
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Pallet bridge through wooded area in autumn - 6 Bold Poems About Nature and Emotions, Including "Coltrane"

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Coltrane, Where the Sky Touches the Earth and more

George Cassidy Payne·April 19, 2024
Coltrane You enhance the shoppingexperience of my life. You aremy essential oil, a delicate glazeon my ribs, that secret blendof...
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Silhouette of woman playing violin to Earth floating in water - Wild Yoga Exercises to Help You Join the Earth’s Symphony

HARMONIZE IN A BROKEN WORLD: Exercises and Yoga poses to help you join Earth’s symphony

Contributor·March 13, 2023
The symphony of the Earth is life-giving. But how can we harmonize with our dominant culture rapidly removing so many...
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Planet Earth surrounded by circular swirls - The planet is your teacher

THE PLANET IS YOUR TEACHER: Raising our consciousness in a binary world

Contributor·November 9, 2022
Many voices are speaking out on behalf of the planet right now, calling attention to the importance of saving her,...
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Rain-covered window with sun peeking through - 3 Poems, Including "We Are the Sky" and "The Door to My Mind"

POEMS BY OLIVIA HAJIOFF: The Other Side of the Coin, We Are the Sky and more

Olivia Hajioff·October 28, 2022
The Other Side of the Coin I look at her face and see juts of energy, even anger, as she...
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THE TAOIST 5 ELEMENTS THEORY: How to use the elements to improve your life

Mia Barnes·July 10, 2022
Ancient wisdom offers us valuable insights into how to live better, even in modern times. Many people find solace and...
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POEMS BY OLIVIA HAJIOFF: The Path, A Summer Storm, The Girl in the Puddle

Olivia Hajioff·July 8, 2022
The Path There is a wide and varied path ahead of me.I sink my feet into the Earth at the...
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BE THOUGHTFUL TO OUR PLANET: 11 items you can reuse and repurpose

Mia Barnes·March 21, 2022
Blind consumerism has created a planetary crisis. There are few excuses for blatantly wasteful behaviour now that humans are collectively...
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HOLIDAY MUSINGS: In order to effect change, we must recover ourselves

Emily L Quint Freeman·November 22, 2021
Humanity has reached a point of no return, if we are to protect the Earth’s climate and all who live...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Watchful, A Matter of Custody and more

George Cassidy Payne·July 31, 2021
The Watchful from my eyemy hiding placeI watched the Earth on every sidea refulgent glowgold and cattle and elephants abiding...
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ELEMENT AWARENESS EXERCISE: Get in touch with the air, water, fire, earth and space in your body

Contributor·June 28, 2021
When I first practiced element awareness, I knew the elements existed outside me, but I was skeptical that I would...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: You Call Me Animal, Father’s Breakfast and more

George Cassidy Payne·December 17, 2020
You Call Me Animal but I am not your predatoryou bear your fangs to mebut I cannot see past that grin, I gave...
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A BALLAD OF HOPE AMID A TIME OF CRISIS: Our season of spiritual revival

Forrest Rivers·May 12, 2020
The year was 2020The world was plagued by a pandemicthat inflicted mass casualties across the landCountless millions watched in horrorAs...
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3 REVELATIONS: An urgent letter from Earth to humanity amid crisis

Forrest Rivers·April 16, 2020
Dear Humanity, Earth here. Remember me? This is your eternal mother who feeds you, quenches your thirst and gives you...
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CREATION SONG: A return to humanity’s divine roots

Forrest Rivers·January 13, 2020
The many emerged from the One As a divine demonstrationOf love, beauty, spirit and truthYet, this infinite presenceThat was at...
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INTERFAITH SURVIVORS: A story of four saints

Forrest Rivers·September 8, 2019
Donovan couldn’t recall how long he’d been walking through the hot summer heat of southern Appalachia. All he knew was...
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POEMS BY FORREST RIVERS: Mysterious Tao, Earth Dance, An Ode to One and more

Forrest Rivers·August 28, 2019
Mysterious TAO Everything in nature is fleeting Leaves turn colour and fall awayTrees grow old and some decayCaterpillars undergo a...
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PEACEFUL REFLECTIONS: 3 spiritual contemplations about humanity and the Earth

Forrest Rivers·July 15, 2019
Be love and be free Beyond this veil of separation is an eternal truth that we’re all one. For all...
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Alchemist Sendivogius (1566–1636) by Jan Matejko, 1867

BECOME ALCHEMISTS: Align your vibration to resonate with the Earth

Contributing Writer·September 13, 2017
There’s a positively charged electrical field surrounding the Earth. The Earth itself carries a negative charge. While not taken seriously...
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KIDS, COMPASSION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Q&A with children’s book author Kathy Roberts

Kathy Roberts·January 30, 2017
Kathy Roberts is the author of two juvenile fiction/family coloring books, The Way of the Bear and We All Have...
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DESIGN A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE: How making mindful, conscious choices can help us live better

Contributor·July 26, 2016
“Treat Nature well, and Nature will treat you well. Hurt or destroy Nature, and Nature will soon destroy you.” –...
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POEMS BY JULIA HONES: Search, Today, Life and Death

Contributor·July 2, 2016
Search Perfectionist madness, a silent stream licking the taproot, a search that perpetuates itself and collides with dreams or expectations....
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Labyrinth with bench - Poems by Erica Steinweg

POEMS BY ERICA STEINWEG: You Never Really Leave the Labyrinth, New, Amen

Contributor·November 6, 2015
You Never Really Leave the Labyrinth Step outside its sacred stones, and the ancient way slides back underfoot, tracing its...
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Mother bear and cubs - The Way of the Bear fiction

THE WAY OF THE BEAR: A story of earthly creation and survival

Kathy Roberts·October 23, 2015
One day a mother bear and her two cubs were walking near a river. The cubs ran down to the...
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