"Ecological Consciousness is caring about the Earth as family, connecting with Nature consciously, respecting Mother Nature's laws, knowing that YOU are Nature. We all are."
“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” ~Andy Goldsworthy
"If a mystic is one who is sensibly or even sensuously aware of his inseparability as an individual from the total existing universe, he is simply a person who has become sensible, aware through his senses of the way ecologists see the world. So when I’m in academic circles I don’t talk about mystical experience. I talk about ecological awareness. Same thing."
- Alan Watts
Image: "The Lover’s World" (1905), oil on canvas by British painter Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945).
"Every child is born in the garden of humanity as a flower. Each flower differs from every other flower. There are many messages in our society that tell us, even when we’re young people, that there’s something wrong with us and that if we just buy the right product, or look a certain way, or have the right partner, that will fix it. As grown-ups, we can remind young people that they’re already beautiful as they are; they don’t have to be someone else." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
"Look deep into Nature, then you will understand everything better." ~ Albert Einstein
"See simplicity in the complicated. Seek greatness in small things. In the Universe, the difficult things are done as if they were easy." ~ Lao Tsu
"The basic laws of the Universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can’t grasp them. There is a pattern in creation." ~ Albert Einstein
"The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics." ~ Galileo Galilei
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
“The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.” — John Paul II
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.” — John Ruskin
“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.” — President Jimmy Carter
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall
A blessed #EarthDay to all. #EveryDayIsEarthDay #LoveMotherEarth
“You are in relationships with the external world that are, on the whole, incredibly harmonious. But we have this rather myopic way of looking at things. And we screen out from attention anything that is not immediately important to a scanning system based on sensing danger.”
~ Alan Watts
“We are all floating in a tremendous river and the river carries you along. Some of the people in the river are swimming against the current, but they are still being carried along. Others have learned that the art of the thing is to swim with it. You have to flow with the river. There is no other way. You can swim against it, and pretend not to be flowing with it. But you still flow with the river.”
Swimming Headless
“When you know that you have to go with the river, suddenly you acquire—behind everything that you do—the power of the river.”
“You hear the sound of water… And that’s quite as important as anything I’ve got to say.”
"Gratefulness is the key to a happy life, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more."
“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.” — Margaret J. Wheatley
"The Old Ones say, 'You are the greatest miracle on earth. Not because it is you, but because you are living.'
And do you know what? It is true: you are the greatest miracle on earth. Because you live now and here. Millions of people have lived before you. But you are living now – in these times of change. What a miracle, what a gift to live in these times."
“Every thought and action sends shivers of energy into the world around us, which affects all creation. Perceiving the world as a web of connectedness helps us to overcome the feelings of separation that hold us back and cloud our vision. This connection with all life increases our sense of responsibility for every move, every attitude, allowing us to see clearly that each soul does indeed make a difference to the whole.”
Thank you for the touching video. Every time I eat something animal-based as a near-vegetarian, I get unbearable thoughts and images. I tell myself every time... never, never again..
Nada Jung
Sep 17, 2023
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Great quotes and so true!
Sep 17, 2023
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Sep 17, 2023
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Sep 17, 2023
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Sep 17, 2023
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Sep 17, 2023
Rosmarie Heusser
Thank You all for these many beautiful quotes about Nature❣️🌈 ∼
Sep 17, 2023
Nada Jung
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Art by David Galchutt
Sep 29, 2023
Eva Libre
"No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves."
Ojibway saying..
Nov 24, 2023
Luna Arjuna
Dec 30, 2023
Nada Jung
“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” ~Andy Goldsworthy
Jan 19, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
We need to learn to love Nature
Jan 20, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
For nature to love us, we need to love it, before!
Jan 20, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Jan 20, 2024
bridget orman
great pics Carmen
Jan 20, 2024
Nada Jung
"If a mystic is one who is sensibly or even sensuously aware of his inseparability as an individual from the total existing universe, he is simply a person who has become sensible, aware through his senses of the way ecologists see the world. So when I’m in academic circles I don’t talk about mystical experience. I talk about ecological awareness. Same thing."
- Alan Watts
Image: "The Lover’s World" (1905), oil on canvas by British painter Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945).
Jan 28, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Beautiful image and great and true thought!
Jan 28, 2024
Luna Arjuna
"Every child is born in the garden of humanity as a flower. Each flower differs from every other flower. There are many messages in our society that tell us, even when we’re young people, that there’s something wrong with us and that if we just buy the right product, or look a certain way, or have the right partner, that will fix it. As grown-ups, we can remind young people that they’re already beautiful as they are; they don’t have to be someone else." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Jun 29, 2024
Nada Jung
“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.”
― Kahlil Gibran, "Mirrors of the Soul".
Jun 30, 2024
Nada Jung
"Look deep into Nature, then you will understand everything better." ~ Albert Einstein
"See simplicity in the complicated. Seek greatness in small things. In the Universe, the difficult things are done as if they were easy." ~ Lao Tsu
"The basic laws of the Universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can’t grasp them. There is a pattern in creation." ~ Albert Einstein
"The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics." ~ Galileo Galilei
Jun 30, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
I love these new pictures, Nada
Jun 30, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Jun 30, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
There is nothing like the charm of children playing and encountering new things!
Jun 30, 2024
Nada Jung
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
— Margaret Mead
“The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
— John Paul II
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.”
— John Ruskin
“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.”
— President Jimmy Carter
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
— Jane Goodall
A blessed #EarthDay to all. #EveryDayIsEarthDay

#LoveMotherEarth
Aug 8, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
All so true thoughts, Nada, thanks a lot!
Aug 8, 2024
Nada Jung
Aug 17, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
What a great blesing, Nada!
Aug 17, 2024
Nada Jung
Feel yourself being
quietly drawn by
the deeper pull of
what you truly love.
~ Rumi
Aug 31, 2024
Nada Jung
“You are in relationships with the external world that are, on the whole, incredibly harmonious. But we have this rather myopic way of looking at things. And we screen out from attention anything that is not immediately important to a scanning system based on sensing danger.”
~ Alan Watts
“We are all floating in a tremendous river and the river carries you along. Some of the people in the river are swimming against the current, but they are still being carried along. Others have learned that the art of the thing is to swim with it. You have to flow with the river. There is no other way. You can swim against it, and pretend not to be flowing with it. But you still flow with the river.”
Swimming Headless
“When you know that you have to go with the river, suddenly you acquire—behind everything that you do—the power of the river.”
“You hear the sound of water… And that’s quite as important as anything I’ve got to say.”
~ Ecological Awareness (audio)
Sep 17, 2024
Nada Jung
Sep 17, 2024
Nada Jung
"Gratefulness is the key to a happy life, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more."
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
Oct 17, 2024
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Love that one, NADA!
Oct 17, 2024
Eva Libre
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
~ Alan W. Watts
Art by Marleen Visser
Oct 27, 2024
Nada Jung
It will never happen until all the humans are gone. Very sad, but believably true.
Dec 23, 2024
Nada Jung
Jan 3
Eva Libre
“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
Jan 4
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
I love all these quotes, but we need to live them!
Let us do so!
Jan 6
Luna Arjuna
"The Old Ones say, 'You are the greatest miracle on earth. Not because it is you, but because you are living.'
And do you know what? It is true: you are the greatest miracle on earth. Because you live now and here. Millions of people have lived before you. But you are living now – in these times of change. What a miracle, what a gift to live in these times."
~ Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq
Jan 17
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
We are causing the changes as our consciences change and affect
the World, and thus nature changes as we become more conscious!
Jan 19
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
Jan 19
Eva Libre
Jan 30
Rosmarie Heusser
Feb 6
Eva Libre
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Feb 11
Rosmarie Heusser
...Patience and being in the present moment! ∼
Feb 12
Eva Libre
“Every thought and action sends shivers of energy into the world around us, which affects all creation. Perceiving the world as a web of connectedness helps us to overcome the feelings of separation that hold us back and cloud our vision. This connection with all life increases our sense of responsibility for every move, every attitude, allowing us to see clearly that each soul does indeed make a difference to the whole.”
~ Emma Restall Orr
Mar 15
Rosmarie Heusser
Very well described! ∼ 🌈
Mar 17
Carmen Elsa Irarragorri-Wyland
That is so beautiful!
And this is a day to celebrate everything in life!
Even just a Holiday!
Mar 18
Nada Jung
EH Shephard for the illustration of Winnie the Pooh a character created by AA Milne
Mar 19
Rosmarie Heusser
A heartwarming documentary
Apr 10
Eva Libre
Thank you for the touching video. Every time I eat something animal-based as a near-vegetarian, I get unbearable thoughts and images. I tell myself every time... never, never again..
Apr 11