{"id":8624,"date":"2021-04-20T17:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/?p=8624"},"modified":"2021-04-20T17:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:45:21","slug":"earth-day-gratitude-to-mother-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/earth-day-gratitude-to-mother-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day ~ Gratitude to Mother Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Earth Day!<\/span><\/h4>\n

Gratitude to Mother Earth sailing through night and day!<\/h4>\n

Here is an episode<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>of NOVA describing the ways that the elements of Mother Earth, air, fire, and water interact to create our planet-home.<\/h4>\n

And here, in honor of National Poetry Month<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is one of my all-time favs by Zen-poet, Gary Snyder:<\/h4>\n

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Prayer for the Great Family
\n(after a Mohawk Prayer)<\/h4>\n

Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day\u2013
\nand to her soil: rich, rare, and sweet<\/h4>\n

in our minds so be it.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Gratitude to Plants, the sun-facing light-changing leaf
\nand fine root-hairs; standing still through wind
\nand rain; their dance is in the flowing spiral grain<\/h4>\n

in our minds so be it.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Gratitude to Air, bearing the soaring Swift and the silent
\nOwl at dawn. Breath of our song
\nclear spirit breeze<\/h4>\n

in our minds so be it.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Gratitude to Wild Beings, our brothers, teaching secrets,
\nfreedoms and ways; who share with us their milk;
\nself-complete, brave, and aware<\/h4>\n

in our minds so be it.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Gratitude to Water: clouds, lakes, rivers, glaciers;
\nholding or releasing; streaming through all
\nour bodies salty seas<\/h4>\n

in our minds so be it.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Gratitude to the Sun: blinding pulsing light through
\ntrunks of trees, through mists, warming caves where
\nbears and snakes sleep\u2013he who wakes us\u2013<\/h4>\n

in our minds so be it.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Gratitude to the Great Sky
\nwho holds billions of stars\u2013and goes yet beyond that\u2013
\nbeyond all powers, and thoughts
\nand yet is within us\u2013
\nGrandfather Space.
\nThe Mind is his Wife<\/h4>\n

so be it.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Gary Snyder<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

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As you know I am a lover of the earth and at my tree farm sanctuary, we have been blessed to capture some great glimpses of our wildlife neighbors as they activate the motion-sensitive camera along the trail.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Bobcat caught on wildlife camera<\/p>\n

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You will find, if you take Beauty as your teacher,
\nit will teach how to recognize the value of everything,
\nBeauty has a storehouse of positive energy.
\nLet yourself be aroused by the beauty of something
\nand you will feel an in-flow of positive thoughts and feelings.
\nMake everything you do a contemplation of beauty
\nand you become an advanced mystic!<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n

James O\u2019Dea<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

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There are two does … did you notice the second one?<\/p>\n

Here is a post from the archives<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em> that celebrated an earlier Earth Day …\u00a0 reminding us of the Clarity that can be our creative focus throughout April leading to the inherent gift of Wisdom that naturally follows each May … on we go.<\/h4>\n

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Turkey caught on wildlife camera<\/p>\n

METTA-Loving-Kindness Meditation ~<\/h4>\n

May we, and all living beings, be happy\/joyful,
\nMay we be peaceful\/calm,
\nMay we be free\/liberated from suffering and the causes of suffering.<\/h4>\n

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coyote and bear caught on the wildlife camera<\/p>\n

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May You Be Peace Full ~ Iona<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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