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If you will think of ourselves as coming out of the Earth, rather than having been thrown in here from somewhere else, you see that we are the Earth, we are the consciousness of the Earth. These are the eyes of the Earth. And this is the voice of the Earth. —Joseph Campbell

When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s life may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into the peace of wild thingswho do…

This Chris Bliss juggling video has been making the rounds. Just imagine all the hours of mindful practice. You’ve got to watch all four and a half mesmerizing minitues, and show it to your kids. Thanks to healthy home products expert Debra Dadd Redalia who posted this on the new “Daily Spirit” blog she writes…

CM reader Kathy asks: “Are you aware of a site that lists different chants that can be incorporated into a meditation practice?” Yes, actually, Beliefnet has an extensive section about chanting.

“I am happy, and I think full of an energy, an energy I had despaired of. It seems to me that I have found what I wanted. When I try to put all into a phrase I say, ‘Man can embody the truth but he cannot know it.’ I must embody it in the completion…

Oh, now we understand. An Italian lip reader seems to think that French World Cup captain Zinedine Zidane delivered that head butt because his Italian opponent had insulted the whole Zidane family, AND Zidane’s mother had recently received some bad medical news about which Zidane was still upset. The whole story is here. And there’s…

When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. —Mary Oliver

Anger continued to be a theme at our house last night. At first, it seemed unrelated to Zidane‘s World Cup lunge, but upon reflection, there had to be a connection. The Chattering boys argued near bedtime and I delivered yet another sermonette on how they shouldn’t bicker and fight as much as they do. Then…

Chattering Mind likes to waltz into the family room to fold laundry during the last fifteen minutes of any televised sporting event. Often, this strikes everyone as obnoxious. But boy, did I get an eyeful during the last ten minutes of yesterday’s World Cup, when French soccer team captain Zinedine Zidane, previously known for his…

Depending on your time zone, today and tomorrow mark the full moon celebration of the Hindu holiday Guru Purnima, a time to honor all gurus and teachers–and in India, a time to appreciate the coming rainy season. Say a prayer to all those who have honored you, seen the seed of aliveness within you, taught…
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