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i am in love with mother Earth

Thich Nhat Hanh just posted a new Enso to his facebook page. Thich Naht Hanh has a facebook page? Who knew? The center of the Enso reads, "i am in love with mother Earth." There is so much depth to the simple phrase found within. It makes me think of another phrase that hit me during an intensive with Peg and Flint, "In love there is no i or you." I am sure this hit me, not because of my own mental cognition, but because of the power of the teachings. The teaching of this calligraphy seems to point to how we are all simply held...in love...with...the mother Earth, whom we are not seperate from. Everything is held within the Enso (the endless moment) and the Enso is held within all things. I too am IN love with mother Earth and so is everything and everyone else. We are awash in it, to quote Peg. Everything is held in this way. I don't think we need to be "zen" or even religious to see this. What do you folks think? 

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Comment by joan mueller on January 23, 2012 at 11:00am

i am printing this out to have near me.

Joan

Comment by Glen Graves on January 9, 2012 at 1:29pm

Re: being religious or zen to get this, both of my daughters (17 and 20) are well absorbed within the Christian tradition and both of them get this, even though I think they still believe that Heaven is a place we go to when we die.

Have you seen the "Prayer to Mother Earth" at http://www.plumvillage.org/articles/from-the-monastics/330-prayer-t... and the more comprehensive "Intimate Conversation with Mother Earth" at http://www.plumvillage.org/articles/from-the-monastics/329-intimate...

Both are wonderful compliments to this calligraphy.. 

Comment by Lisa Kuntz on December 16, 2011 at 8:16am

Thank you for sharing! I read it several times. From this simple phrase, endless unfolding.The esthetic presentation and your explanation of the Enso bring deeper meaning to these few words. 

I'll have to check out Thich's Facebook page.  I think Thich, Flint, Peg, and other teachers have FB pages in order to reach out to more people, especially those who might not be able to make a connection with them otherwise. I have given some thought to this recently. Telecommunications can be an integral part of living out of the vow to liberate all beings, to share our spiritual paths, to remind us of our connectedness.  It is another way for the global village to come to the teacher.

 

 

Appamada is not just the occasional mindful thought or attentive state of mind, it’s actually a commitment to being attentive. It’s more than just a meditative state of mind, it’s more than just being mindful. It has to do with that primary ethical or moral orientation we have in life, with which we bring into being whatever activity we’re engaged in. Whether in formal meditation, in our interactions with other people, in our social concerns, or in our political choices, it’s the energetic cherishing of what we regard as good.

—Stephen Batchelor

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