It’s the beginning of 2012 and I just returned from an amazing trip to Gambia, West Africa, where I led a group of 8 people in a multi-cultural drum, dance and safari adventure.
One evening we were sitting together by the Gambia River talking about our goals for 2012 when I looked across the savannah at the setting sun. Here’s the remarkable photo I captured of the golden sun behind a beautiful Tree.
And then it hit me – this is how I want to spend 2012 – with this deep sense of inner calm and joy I have right now gazing at this beautiful African Tree of Life!
Now as many you know, I teach the Tree of Life as a spiritual path of so I am always connecting the roots, trunk and branches with my physical, emotional and spiritual vitality.
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Ulruru (Australia) Photo by Justin Otto
As I travel around the world, I’ve noticed that many indigenous cultures train their children in the “Earth Mysteries” so they can connect with nature and treat nature as deeply sacred.
When these children grow up to be adults, they naturally connect with the Earth as a sacred being that is alive and vibrant and worthy of our deepest care and respect. Connecting to nature is a spiritual practice, it comes easy to them. Can we connect in the same way?
In this post we are going to explore how to connect with nature as a spiritual practice [Read more…]
Many intriguing legends surround the mysterious Sapphire Staff. According to the Kabbalah, the Sapphire Staff was given to Adam and Eve by the Archangel Raziel when they left the Garden of Eden.
It was said to be adorned with ten descending sapphire jewels representing the ten divine emanations from the Tree of Life, which stands in the heart of Eden, sustaining all of existence with divine light and consciousness. The Staff is a powerful symbol, one that transcends time and remains a secret to understanding mystical teachings. [Read more…]
