The divine communicates to us primarily through the language of the natural world. Not to hear the natural world is not to hear the divine.
In reality, there is a single integral community of the Earth that includes all its component members whether human or other than human. In this comm… - Thomas Berry
In reality, there is a single integral community of the Earth that includes all its component members whether human or other than human. In this comm…
- Thomas Berry
We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the birds, if we can't see the stars at night. - Thomas Berry
We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the birds, if we can't see the stars at night.
The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us … - Thomas Berry
The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us …
We can break the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys. We can turn the most luxuriant forests into throw-away paper product… - Thomas Berry
We can break the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys. We can turn the most luxuriant forests into throw-away paper product…
In our totality we are born of the Earth. Our spirituality itself is earth-derived... If there is no spirituality in the earth, then there is no spir… - Thomas Berry
In our totality we are born of the Earth. Our spirituality itself is earth-derived... If there is no spirituality in the earth, then there is no spir…
Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. - Thomas Berry
Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives.
The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars… - Thomas Berry
The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars…
What does the Earth Desire? I will put it in just a few short sentences... To be admired in her loveliness, To be tasted in her delicious fruits, To … - Thomas Berry
What does the Earth Desire? I will put it in just a few short sentences... To be admired in her loveliness, To be tasted in her delicious fruits, To …
If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur, then the emotional, imaginative, intellectual, and spiritual life of the human is diminished or ext… - Thomas Berry
If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur, then the emotional, imaginative, intellectual, and spiritual life of the human is diminished or ext…
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