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‘Attention Is the Beginning of Devotion’

By Franklin Foer — 2019

The late poet Mary Oliver warned against looking without noticing. In an age of distraction, her work is more urgent than ever: "Her oeuvre became my morning ritual—and because she wrote with directness, the windowpane clarity achieved when a writer aims to persuade, I found myself reading many pages at a time"

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Pray Every Day for the Waters of the Earth~

We live in water in our mother’s womb,’ Hopi grandmother Mona Polacca explains. ‘Moments before we come into this world, the water of our mother’s womb gushes out, and we follow behind. That is why the Hopi call water our first foundation of life.’

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Realizing Our Roots and the Power of Interconnectedness

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Moving into Right Relations with Mona Polacca

“Women are like a mirror image of Mother Earth. We feel her pain. These heartaches that we feel are part of the compassion that women have, and we need to act on that compassion.” Mona Polacca.

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Connection with Nature