Posted in Introspection, Quoted, tagged Environment, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Philosophy, Poems, Robert Frost, Wendell Berry on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A poem by the American farmer, environmentalist and poet, Wendell Berry:
Sowing the seed
My hand is one with the Earth
Wanting the seed to grow,
My mind is one with the light.
Hoeing the crop,
My hands are one with the rain.
Having cared for the plants,
My mind is one with the air.
Hungry and trusting,
My mind is one with the Earth
Eating [...]
Posted in Quoted, tagged Environment, Philosophy, Writing on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a wonderful essay by Amitav Ghosh. The following paragraphs just give the first part of the essay and I would recommend you to read the entire essay from elsewhere on the internet.
Wild Fictions: Narratives of Nature and the Politics of Forests.
by Amitav Ghosh
If there is anything distinctive about human [...]
Posted in Introspection, Quoted, tagged Eco-Spirituality, Environment, Philosophy, Spirituality, Wisdom on June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Post No. 2
Before I start on my own rant, which I would reserve for future posts, I would like to share this colossal piece of literature which is over a hundred and fifty years old, in which ‘the Wise Indian Chief of Seattle’ replied to the officer of ‘the Great White Chief of Washington’. It is timeless. [...]
