Love Letter to the Earth

The more we think, the less available we are to what is around us. Therefore we have to learn to turn off the radio

the foundation of happiness, which is being present in the here and now.

—John Muir, Travels in Alaska, 1915

When you are completely relaxed, healing will take place on its own. There’s no healing without relaxation.

Every second of life is filled with precious jewels. Those jewels are our awareness of the sky, the Earth, the trees, the hills, the river, the ocean, and all the miracles around us.

We don’t realize that it’s not fame, wealth, or power that will make us happy, but our level of mindful awareness.

We know that understanding our suffering gives rise to compassion for ourselves; compassion is essential for our happiness.

If we’re able to have this awareness when we sit, then what else do we need to sit for?

Mindfulness and a deep awareness of the Earth can also help us to handle pain, difficult feelings, and emotions.