SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY

NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME THAN OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE EARTH AND THE NATURAL WORLD. MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISTREATMENT OF THESE HAS BECOME SO ACUTE THAT NOW MANY SCIENTISTS ARE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE SURVIVAL OF OUR SPECIES. THEY SAY IT IS ALREADY TOO LATE TO SAVE US. BUT TEACHINGS OF NATIVE AMERICAN ELDERS HOLD THAT IF ENOUGH PEOPLE RETURN TO THE OLD WAYS OF THINKING WE CAN RESTORE THE BALANCE AND HARMONY AND MAKE THE EARTH ONCE MORE A PLACE OF BEAUTY, HEALTH, AND INSPIRATION FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN.

For Native Americans spirituality is not a separate category of thought, separate from politcs, economics, ecology, or culture, but is the way in which we relate to everything, the web that connects Creation.

We will experience our connections, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual, to the earth and all of Creation. We will learn how to find the visions that may guide us in achieving the healing of the planet and the creation of a more human society. We will find and take the next steps for each of us in the recovery of all of our love, all of our creative intelligence, and all of our joy and enthusiasm at every moment in our lives.

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