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This blog is for YOUR stories of life-supporting experiences. Tellers of personal stories weave their tales directly from their own lives. Each personal story, once told, reverberates out, finding kinship and strength in the stories of others. The resulting web of deeply felt events are well-springs for visceral wisdom.
Personally embodied wisdom reverberates within our communities in their bioregions in the Earth’s biosphere, then beyond to the Universe itself. Within our uncertain times, the opportunities opened by each personal story patterns a vision arising from the depths of our desire to nourish all life by uniting mind with body, reason with spirit, justice with diversity, and culture with nature.
“I am haunted by waters.” BY JEAN GARDNER
In the last few months, my “haunting by waters” has become increasingly intense. Urging me to listen to the words of “rocks from the basement of time.”
I have been hearing the roar of the “world’s great flood” of Pakistan’s Indus River.
The Lion’s Roar by Laura Simms
When the Buddha saw the truth of death, illness and old age, what had been hidden from him by his father to protect him from suffering, he left the royal palace. He vowed to not return, until he discovered the true nature of this world. That moment is referred to as The Lion’s Roar.
MOUNTAINS TALKING. CONDORS FLYING. A DREAM? By Ani Clark
I could swear to you, that when you are close enough, the mountains tell you things…
My Identity Journey by Zain Mustafa
Where are you from?
A question that has shadowed me all my life. A mysterious identity which intrigued others more than it did me. Why were…
Magic at Dawn by Amyatari Ami Echeverry
Meditating at dawn has a special magic. The power of the vital energy that nature emits in its awakening is breathing. A sacred silence bathes the space full of glory and universal tune. We become sick from the soul when we disconnect from the essentials and natural...
Remediating Colonialism by Luis Berrios-Negron
I am sitting on a balcony looking east, watching the sun rise at Hacienda Margarita in Puerto Rico. The imperceptible movement of the sun rising reminds me that I can see, but that I cannot see. This blindness is a clear account of why this place, this geography...
Four Corners by Hee Jung Yoon
Having lived in all four corners of the Earth, I feel at home wherever I go. Because everywhere I go, I see all Beings vividly similar. Especially now, where everything seems “developed” and homogenized, yet all Beings are different and unique. We all want to be loved…
John Hay: Beyond Language by Jim Ryan
I read nature writers the way the devout read the Bible. I go to their words for solace and inspiration. And for escape from the hectic human environment of traffic and TV’s and shrieking jetliners overhead. I can feel as though I am taking a companionable walk on the beach…
Zumthor’s Thermal Baths: Regenerative & Restorative Architecture by Jack Dinning
Some buildings make you look outward. They connect you with the surrounding ecology, the place, the culture, the landscape. Others make you look inward. They prompt personal reflection, self-awareness, and contemplation. And then on rare occasions, some buildings do both.
You can become a contributor
Become a contributor to Earth Group Global. Email us your personal story describing how you aligned with the living Earth through a natural site or its architecture. Or perhaps you experienced a relationship with a non-human species that has made a difference in your life. Or with a flower or a stone. It’s your story. It is what is stored within you. We want to hear it. Thank you.
It’s important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story.
