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- Walking His Talk: John Francis' Silent Pilgrimage For Environmental Action - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2012 from Amara RoseIf we are awake to it, life's humor is everywhere, as environmental educator, artist and banjo player John Francis, Ph.D., would be the first to agree. On the overcast spring afternoon when I meet the author of Planetwalker: How to Change Your World One Step At A Time, at his pastoral home in ...
Views: 2772(1 vote) - Chocolate-Covered Prunes: Clarifying Your Intent - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Amara RoseDriving to Oroville, a five-hour inland trek from the California coast, I was hot, sweaty and creased to the car seat. As I neared my destination, I passed a sign posted outside a shack that read, Chocolate-covered prunes. I broke up. This is an oxymoron! Prunes are a biological green light. ...
Views: 2160(1 vote) - How to Become a Magnificent Manifester - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Amara Rose"Start a huge foolish project, like Noah." ~ Rumi What do a purple sweatshirt hanging from a tree branch, a loaf of freshly baked bread, a dead car engine on a stormy night, and a magical forest cabin have in common? They're just a few of the inspiring stories I frequently share about the ...
Views: 3036(1 vote) - Fire and Water: The Deeper Meaning Of What We Unleash - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Amara RoseYears ago, deep into my own spiritual emergence, I had startlingly prescient dreams; in one, the words, "violent emergency" reverberated through my head. It was a violent emergence; birth is fierce. There is an ocean of difference, however, between Nature's ferocity and that which is ...
Views: 3942(1 vote) - The Gold Standard - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Amara Rose"You sit here for days saying, 'This is strange business.' You're the strange business. You have the energy of the sun in you, but you keep knotting it up at the base of your spine. You're some weird kind of gold that wants to stay melted in the furnace, so you won't have to become ...
Views: 1470(1 vote) - Can You Spare A Tire? - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Amara RoseTo the untrained mind, the roadblocks in our lives appear to be just that—obstacles to go around, petty annoyances that dampen our day. As we grow in awareness, we come to view these challenges as growth opportunities, little tests we've arranged to see how we're doing on our path to ...
Views: 3209(1 vote) - The Cat Litter People - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Amara RoseI've been house sitting a lot recently. While at the home of one high-brow cat, I spent several days visiting various pet stores in search of a certain brand of cat litter that was odor-free and promised "superior clumping ability," which was what I wanted according to the empty container I ...
Views: 1701(1 vote) - Catalyst - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Amara RoseIt's dinnertime, and as I pull my car into my unpaved country driveway, Gaia is waiting for me, nine pounds of sienna fur and intelligent eyes that see into my soul. I sing to her, we play; her purring brings me joy. But when I first moved here, this cat and her gray companion were more a duty ...
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