Rituals
by Tijn Tjoelker · updated 9d ago
Rituals
- Ecological Belonging is an emerging idea centered on developing a new narrative around how we connect ourselves to the world.
We start with a simple question: “ How do we live? ”
We are inviting people to remember , renew and reweave the stories, rituals and practices that root us in a deep interconnectedness between ourselves, our communities, our ... See morefrom Ecological Belonging
Tijn Tjoelker added 10d ago
- Think about rituals each season to celebrate the arrival of spring or the harvest, think about rituals of gratitude and abundance each day to remember where our food came from or who was involved in cultivating the earth.
Ecological belonging is living in an ongoing interconnected relationship with ourselves, each other and our broader natural world... See morefrom Ecological Belonging
Tijn Tjoelker added 10d ago
Ritual is vital because it gives us a sense that we belong to the world. A sense of connectedness, whether to society, nature or the divine, is in turn linked to a sense of psychological wholeness and lower rates of mental illness.
Social media offers the opposite; connection without relatedness.
from Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It by Alexander Beiner
Tijn Tjoelker added 9d ago
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