The universe must be experienced as the Great Self. Each is fulfilled in the other: the Great Self is fulfilled in the individual self, the individual self is fulfilled in the Great Self. Alienation is overcome as soon as we experience this surge of energy from the source that has brought the universe through the centuries. New fields of energy become available to support the human venture. These new energies find expression and support in celebration. For in the end the universe can only be explained in terms of celebration. It is all an exuberant expression of existence itself.
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
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 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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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 …
The environmental crisis is fundamentally a spiritual crisis. - Thomas Berry
The environmental crisis is fundamentally a spiritual crisis.
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