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Gaian Practices and Rituals

How will your death help the world?
27 Sep 2020

How will your death help the world?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 7

Will your death help heal Gaia or contaminate Gaia? And how have you prepared for that?

Climate Change, death, Gaia, Gaian Way, pollution, sustainability
Free Money Day? How about Free Veggie Day?
20 Sep 2020

Free Money Day? How about Free Veggie Day?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

#FreeMoneyDay is a clever way to challenge people’s thinking. But is there a way to apply its sharing mission to charitable food distribution?

Charity, Community, degrowth, Diet, Gaian Way, Mission, postgrowth, Resilience, Sharing
The Ten Twig Meditation
14 Sep 2020

The Ten Twig Meditation

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

Adding a Gaian twist to the Five Attitudes meditation of Jin Shin Jyutsu.

Anger, anxiety, Gaia, Gaian Way, Grief, meditation
When Shalt Thou Kill?
6 Sep 2020

When Shalt Thou Kill?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals | 4

Could the sixth commandment be more nuanced?

consumerism, death, Diet, ecology, ethics, limits, nature awareness
Burying Fairies in the Forest
30 Aug 2020

Burying Fairies in the Forest

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Parables, Gaian Practices and Rituals | 3

What’s the right way to respond if you find someone burying fairies in the forest?

Anger, Gaia, Gaian Way, Guilt, nature awareness, Parables
Thinking Outside the Ring
16 Aug 2020

Thinking Outside the Ring

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 1

Lots of couples are getting married during COVID-times. But does that really mean ring sales need to go up? Why not a new more meaningful and sustainable custom?

degrowth, Gaia, Gaian Way, Ritual, sustainability
Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age
9 Aug 2020

Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 2

Seventy-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, do we know how we will guard the poison fire we have created for millennia to come?

collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, Prepare, Purpose, Resilience, sacrifice, wisdom
Say Three Hail Marys and Clean Up the River
26 Jul 2020

Say Three Hail Marys and Clean Up the River

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community | 1

It turns out that environmentalists have their own form of penance and ablutions: river and beach cleanups.

Community, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Penance, Purpose, Ritual, sacrifice, sustainability
The Gaian Solar Meditation
19 Jul 2020

The Gaian Solar Meditation

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 4

Here’s a shiny new meditation for you to try and a science lesson to boot!

Gaia, Gaian Way, health, meditation, nature awareness, Ritual
What are you doing to commemorate Earth Overshoot Day?
12 Jul 2020

What are you doing to commemorate Earth Overshoot Day?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 2

This August 22nd is the day when we start consuming beyond Earth’s biocapacity for the year. How will you spend this day?

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, degrowth, Diet, Gaia, Gaian Way, limits, Purpose, Resilience, Ritual, sacrifice
Keeping It Simple: Gaian Dietary Norms
28 Jun 2020

Keeping It Simple: Gaian Dietary Norms

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 1

Michael Pollan said it best: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”

Climate Change, Diet, Gaian Way, health, wisdom
Introducing “Digesting,” a new Gaian variation of Tonglen
21 Jun 2020

Introducing “Digesting,” a new Gaian variation of Tonglen

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Learning from Other Traditions | 3

What do a Children’s Scifi Novel and a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Have in Common?
Answer: They both suggest a similar way to draw in suffering and send out relief.

meditation, Prayer, Ritual, suffering, wisdom

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The Gaian Creed

“We believe that the Earth, Gaia, is a living being. That Gaia is at the same time composed of the vast diversity of life and is alive in Her own right. We understand that we depend completely and utterly on Gaia and are part of Gaia. We recognize that current human actions are fundamentally altering Gaia and that if pushed too far, Gaia will shift from Her current state to one inhospitable to humans and millions of other species. Therefore, we commit to living radically sustainable lives—even to an extent that it may alienate us from our kin, our communities, our cultures. We commit to sharing our philosophy and bringing others to understand and embrace their relationship with Gaia and help heal Gaia—and in the process, themselves, their families, and their communities.”

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