Stargazing and Riddlemaking
Two new Gaian Kōans help us explore the universe and the nature of Gaia.
Is Meditation an Escape or Fundamental to Change?
Is meditation a distraction from action or is it essential in rehabilitating our brains and our relationship with Gaia?
The Parable of the Three Burglars
A story of a monk who understands limits.
Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age
Seventy-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, do we know how we will guard the poison fire we have created for millennia to come?
Keeping It Simple: Gaian Dietary Norms
Michael Pollan said it best: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.”
Introducing “Digesting,” a new Gaian variation of Tonglen
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.
Grappling with the Spectre of Death
Could COVID-19’s shiniest silver lining be a heightened salience of mortality?
Aloha. Shalom! Go with Gaia?
A short reflection on the power of words and how we use them to part.
Encountering an Essential Lesson in the Church Forests of Ethiopia
How a religious system has played a key role in preventing total deforestation of Ethiopia and what we, Gaians, can learn from this.
What is the Sound of Gaia Breathing? And other Gaian Kōans.
Kōans are riddles and stories that help deepen understanding. Could they be used to cultivate our deeper understanding of Gaia?
Forest Meditation, Sunday Forest School, and Sassafras Tea Time
Imagining the Gaian Sunday Service
The Story of Job: A Gaian Update
Is there wisdom that could be gleaned from a new ecocentric version of The Book of Job?