INTERNATIONAL ECO-WEBSITES:
RESURGENCE MAGAZINE: www.resurgence.org
SCHUMACHER SOCIETY UK : www.schumacher.org.uk
TED TRAINER: http://ssis.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/ , www.democracynature.org/dn/vol6/trainer_where.htm
GREEN BOOKS LTD.: www.greenbooks.co.uk
GREEN SPIRIT BOOKS: www.greenspirit.org.uk/books
NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION: www.neweconomics.org
JAMES ROBERTSON: www.jamesrobertson.com
GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE NETWORK: http://gen.ecovillage.org
PEAK OIL FORUM: www.peakoil.com
INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES: www.ic.org
CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY: www.cat.org.uk
EDEN PROJECT: www.edenproject.com
GENTLE TECHNOLOGY: http://steadi.org/library.htm
REAL GOODS: www.realgoods.com
THE ECOLOGIST: www.theecologist.org
ECOLOGY ACTION : http://www.growbiointensive.org/
IVAN ILLICH: www.ivanillich.org
HAZEL HENDERSON: www.hazelhenderson.com
PETER RUSSELL: www.peterussell.com
AMAZING ENVIRO. ORGS. WEB DIREC.! : www.webdirectory.com
GREENPEACE: www.greenpeace.org
WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: www.wwf.org
WORLD CONSERVATION UNION: www.iucn.org
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTIST: www.ucsusa.org
FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY: www.deepecology.org
WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE: www.worldwatch.org
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: www.wri.org
EARTHDAY NETWORK: www.earthday.net
PERMACULTURE VISIONS: www.permaculturevisions.com
Music
Film HOME (Español): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWRHxh6XepM .. ..
THE WEB OF LIFE (Reposted from BOX OF RAIN)
---(Right) Relationship(s) and Spiritual Life Vodpod.
---by Jorge Waxemberg
---Spiritual life is essentially based on love, and our love depends on the character and level of our relationships. Relationships are the great fabric of life; to unfold them consciously and methodically is to learn to love through a work that includes all of life. It is to transform living into an art. Spiritual life and the art of living are, therefore, two ways of referring to the same thing.
---Nevertheless, the term "spiritual life" is generally associated with a belief rather than with the task of living. When we refer to spiritual life, we need to remember that no one's life is autonomous or isolated. We live in relationship, not only with other persons and our immediate surroundings but with the world, with time and with the mystery of not knowing who we are, where we came from and where we are going. Most especially we need to remember that we live in relationship with the fundamental principle of the Universe, that which we call God or the Divine.
---When we say that we want to be happy, that we yearn for fulfillment, we are actually expressing the human need to unveil the mystery of the Divine. We know that explanations of life and the world are not enough. We find real fulfillment and happiness only when the Divine becomes part of our self-awareness.
---This realization is traditionally called "union with God." But the traditional definition does not include the fact that we are united with all of reality; we live in a great web of relationships that includes everything. If we were to think of the unfolding of the soul as a process that takes place only between the individual and the Divine, we would separate the human being from reality. Our relationship with others and with the world is not simply an arena where our spiritual transformation takes place. On the contrary, spiritual unfolding becomes possible when it is based on the harmonization of the relationship that we have with all human beings and with all aspects of life.
---That is why the idea of relationship is so important to our spiritual realization. The human being is inseparable from the universe: we are and we live in relationships. Yet our relationship with the world is for the most part unknown to us; we are aware of only some of our relationships, especially those which we voluntarily choose.
---We live in an environment that is as reduced or as ample as our consciousness. Our attitude, health, moods and the circumstances of the moment influence us, and the subjective dimension of our situation changes continually. Thus we may sometimes wish to relate with all human beings - our realm is the universe - while other times we do not want to have a relationship with anyone or anything - our realm is ourselves.
---But we live in relationship whether we want to or not, whether we realize it or not. Nothing exists apart from us; everything exists along with us - it includes us. For a better society to be possible, we all need to learn to live together in harmonious relationships.
---It would be good for those of us who yearn for a better society to look first at our own relationships and to put aside the belief that our originality and authenticity as individuals are expressed in an isolated, fixed or abstract way. This will help us perceive our individuality by the way we relate with the circumstances which actually include and shape who we are.
---The spiritual tradition teaches the basic foundations of human relationships: not to kill others, cause others harm, humiliate others, or jeopardize their welfare. That is, we need to control ourselves enough not to cause injury. It also teaches practices that help us accept our neighbor: tolerance, patience, gentleness, compassion. Although these precepts show us the beginning of a basic human relationship, humankind as a whole does not yet live these principles. It is here, at these first steps, that we need to begin to become conscious of the character and level of our relationships in order to understand the task of harmonizing and universalizing them.
---Spiritual practices lead to spiritual advancement only when they produce greater harmony in our system of relationships. To imagine that we are unfolding spiritually, while at the same time finding it hard to tolerate those we live with, would be to distort the meaning of unfolding. It would be a sad illusion if we thought we were on the road toward union with God if our behavior caused others to have to practice virtues to be able to live with us.
---Effort is necessary to develop conscious and harmonious relationships. We need interior effort to work on the self-knowledge which will enable us to overcome the idea that we exist separated from others. We also need exterior control so that our conduct does not separate us from others but creates an unbreakable inner tie between ourselves and everyone else.
---Although practices of self-knowledge such as meditation and ascetic exercises are recommended, they are not enough to produce real unfolding if our objective is limited to achieving a separate personal realization. To be able to know ourselves and to harmonize our relationships, we need to apply in our daily lives a universal vision that we glimpse in moments of introspection.
---The union of the soul with God is also union with all souls and with all that exists. We cannot embrace the cosmos without including all of its parts - that which is pleasing and that which is not. To attain the infinite we cannot reject or ignore the things that seem limited to us.
---The art of living spiritual life is based on love and is expressed in relationships. To love and to relate are the same thing; as our relationships become conscious, we become conscious of love. The quality of our relationships shows the nature of that love. When we relate (rightly) consciously and harmoniously with our reality - which is everything - our love likewise expands and embraces all that is.
---Reprinted from The Art of Living in Relationship.
---Love & Blessings,
Box of Rain
i'm just poping by to wish you Happy birthday man!! it's been a while... i hope everything is doing well for you!!! I hope it's gonna be a kick ass day for you!!! as you deserve... i wish you the most amazing year of you live ... and may it be the begining of something very special;) over here it's pretty crazy!! keep me posted!! i'll let you know what's going on.. if you don't know;) hehe hope to hear from you soon! xoxo Micky
saludos¡¡ te dejo recuerdos INFANCIA Recuerdo el nocturno cantar de los grillos que arrullaban los sueños de mil historias fantasías y cuentos de hadas sonrientes entre palacios y venadillos.
Tenores de Traje verde decoraban el charco al que cada tarde corrían los chicos para ver las maravillas surgidas del agua en donde nacían aventuras de buzos y piratas.
Los rincones de la casa el camuflaje perfecto para las aventuras del día queran diareiamente una nueva odisea el jardín convertido en selva o bosque
El viejo camión era una gran montaña que nos sugería escalar cual alpinistas para encontrar en la cima un tesoro que ganaba la mas habil cabra
se reunían los chiquillos ajugar esos juegos de rondas y de papalotes, corriendo y gritando la niñez se ha marchado
in this beautiful place this place i call my own paradise....... there the colors and tears mingle freely everything flows in a speudoecho of what it truly is and freedom just is not what it seems to be for those lost souls trapped in some sort of hell to be freed from despair loneliness limitation fear and pain as if i were houdini all over again when i can save everyone but myself why is this feeling so pungent and strong within these orange walls a place of solitude to reflect and meditate when i all i do is run away as if some plague of loneliness would overtake my soul with the same despair i felt then my mom the only one that has felt it with me too i neglect as if she were not here i need to wake from this dream from this fantasy of fallasies to kid myself again because i want to find bliss is no excuse for me to lose sight of reality reality so sweet so tangible so true yet behind some mirror ocean so true and blue i am repeating some mission to encapture what i lost as a child when maybe i should just let go let go to fly within the kite the cloud soar beneath the moon and stars and sun but then to what avail am i if i lost sight of the most important mission on this earth to love why am i really here what sort of fantasy or wonderful parallel can i create when i cannot find contentment within myself? ~MS~*
Hello dear Piedro how are you today?? I am very very happy to see you here and read how much you are always so motivated and involved!! it's just great to see!! are you doing anything cool this week? btw, I want to know your opinion about the latest post by the captain Twitter.. actually, miss isabel also did a vid about that subject on the band's page..check it out!! (www.twitter.com/yfeofficial)
Any Thought for the Poor People and Youngs & Children's Future of Iceland and elsewhere?
My Profile Photo is a Dome Model of an 'Enabling Informatic & Cultural Center', part of a Project in Process for the betterment of the Quality of Life of all the mentioned People in Chile.
Also it include Organic Gardening, Urban Farming and Permaculture in Cities ... and the stablishment of Self-Sufficient in Food and Energy of Future Eco-Villages in the Country Lands of here and possible as an inspiration in other parts of the World.
Nice to see that You are from Iceland ... From there was my First serious knowledge of Domes, due to a Pack of Printed Materials that I ordered throgh the Internet from a great Icelander expert in them, named I remember Einar Thorstein, from whose work I have obtained the Inspiration and some clues to do the showed Model and Project.
Please give Him my Greetings if You can ... and Obtain Architectural Tools from Him for to do Dome's Houses, Tents & Biodomes! :D
Hola, espero te traiga bellos recuerdos: INFANCIA Recuerdo el nocturno cantar de los grillos que arrullaban los sueños de mil historias; fantasías y cuentos de hadas sonrientes; entre palacios, princesas y venadillos.
Tenores de traje verde decoraban el charco, al que cada tarde corrían los chicos para ver las maravillas surgidas del agua; en donde nacían aventuras de buzos y piratas.
Los rincones de la casa eran el camuflaje perfecto para las aventuras del día, cada día una nueva odisea , el jardín convertido en selva o bosque.
El viejo camión era una gran montaña que nos sugería escalar cual alpinistas, para encontrar en la cima un tesoro que ganaba la más hábil cabra.
Se reunían los chiquillos a jugar, esos viejos juegos de rondas y de papalotes, corriendo y gritando... la niñez se ha marchado (2006)
GRACIAS POR ACEPTARNOS ECOVISIÓN, ES UN PLACER COMPARTIR CONTIGO ESTE ESPACIO. TE INVITAMOS A QUE DESCARGES UN EJEMPLAR DE NUESTRA PÁGINA. PARA QUE NOS CONOSCAS MÁS. ENCONTRARAS TEMAS DE; ECOLOGÍA SOCIAL, INDIGENAS DE HOY, CONSUMO RESPONSABLE, SALUD INTEGRAL, PSICOLOGÍA Y EDUCACIÓN. Y NOS DEJES TU COMENTARIO, QUE ES MUY VALIOSO PARA NOSOTROS.
thank you for all your messages! I’m sorry for not replying earlier but I haven’t had much time for myspace lately. How have you been?? What’s new with you?? It’s nice to hear you enjoy living in Santiago and have a good relationship with your neighbours – it’s so important! It’s quite different here, especially in the bigger towns…everyone lives for him-/herself and it doesn’t happen rarely that you might not even know your neighbours. What made you pick that photo of me for your album on your community? sorry, just wondering lol
Hope everything’s going well in Santiago!! Much love Alina
PARA MATAR EL TIEMPO TE DEJO ESTOS VERSOS: LUNA Luna linda lunita que iluminas mis noches y me acompañas en mis madrugadas. Eres fuente de mi inspiración y cómplice de mis desveladas. Ni tu te salvaste de los gringos gandallas y te clavaron en la cara la bandera gabacha. Luna linda lunita que iluminas mi camino y me haces aullar cuando estas toda llenita. Ni tu te salvaste del libre comercio gandalla y ya vendieron en lotes todita tu cara. aTTE LA DOÑITA
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