Heart of Oneness by Jennifer Kavanagh

Author:Jennifer Kavanagh [Kavanagh, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-78535-686-5
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

So, what are we doing in recognition of those benefits?

I believe that any consideration of our responsibility to the earth should begin in celebration. If we glory in the fullness of the magnificent gift of life in all its forms, how could we not want to protect it? Some years ago, wishing to challenge myself, I went to a workshop on the impact of our lifestyles on the environment. As we went round the table, each contribution was gloomier than the last, ending with “well, maybe we should just stop breathing”. Then, at last, a splendid young man in dreadlocks spoke passionately about the beauty of the created world, the glory of what we had been given - and the energy in the room lifted.

There are few of us who are not drawn to the beauty of the natural world. That is the gift to us of a bird, a flower or a tree: their presence invites a response which confirms the connection between us. Although I am a city woman, born and bred, the natural world has always been important to me - the birds, the stars, the elemental landscapes of mountains and the sea. During my year of travel, as I spent time in the desert and in rain forests, in snow and in tropical heat, it became a more and more important part of my reality. To unite with that of God in all creation was an irresistible pull. In Peru, we stayed in a three-sided house, one side open to the natural world. The sight of the Andes dominated my waking every morning, and penetrated my being. It was not a dualistic admiration of something external but a call to something within me. I had felt it in the desert, and now it was as if a magnet had entered my soul.

We have been given life. The scale and scope, the sheer diversity of the created world, is the context of that life. Awe and wonder and celebration of our earthly home are a natural response.

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