Judith Browning

"Revolution doesn't have to do with smashing something;
it has to do with bringing something forth.
If you spend all your time thinking about that which you are attacking,
then you are negatively bound to it.
You have to find the zeal in yourself and bring that out."

Joseph Campbell
"Pathways to Bliss"

"You mustn’t wish for another life.
You mustn’t want to be somebody else.
What you must do is this:

“Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing.
In everything give thanks.”

I am not all the way capable of so much,
but those are the right instructions.”

Wendell Berry

gooseberries?

Question Authority

attributed more recently to...
Timothy Francis Leary
(October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996)
American psychologist and author

Faith is intuitive,
it’s primordial,
it’s something that we’re born with.
It’s not something
that we can go and learn about.
We cultivate it
and we continue to fine-tune it
as we deepen in our spiritual practice.

Leslie Booker
(Buddhist meditation teacher, writer, engaged spiritual leader)

The no plastic touching food is a great thought exersize whether we can accomplish it or not.
(and whether we are going for badge bits or not)

It's good to be that mindful of materials.
One's more practical choices might be otherwise but I think it's important to make the choice conscious and aware.

I'm interested to see the entries following these guidelines and hoping for some more innovative ways around any plastic use.


I just finished jarring up a large Azure order and for some reason, lately, a few of their 5# bulk items come in plastic lined paper?  I've always appreciated their plain paper packaging and now don't know what to do with these bags.
...and of course, all of my glass gallon jars down to the one pint peanutbutter have lids with plastic 'rubber' seals.

We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the summit of their hopes.
It is a religious moment also, and here is the danger.
People will want to obey the voice of Authority,
and many strange constructs of just what Authority is will arise in every mind…
The public yearning for Order will invite many stubborn uncompromising persons
to impose it.
The sadness of the zoo will fall upon society.

leonard cohen
from the book of longing
1995

There’s a human sense of dignity
that we can offer to another person
and that can only happen
when we have dignity within ourselves
when we have a sense of acceptance
of who we are.

Ram Appalaraju
(Chaplain and an Eco Chaplain,
faculty at Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
for the Eco Chaplaincy Training)

  Thanks for sharing your story, it's very uplifting.

as is yours!
...flowers feed the soul💜

We are fortunate that our son, who is a long time organic grower of all things, has been focusing on flowers lately and brings us and others bouquets all season long.

It’s really a spiritual power
that we all have as human beings,
as a spirit in this body suit;
it’s the loving strength of will
to confront injustice and violence without mirroring.  
That is what we must reinvigorate within ourselves,
but also between ourselves.
That soul force, to see it with kindness and compassion
and when we divert from it,
to be able to call ourselves and others back on that path.

Anu Gupta
(lawyer, social scientist, neuroscientist)