if you learn to relax and wait for the answer

~ william s. burroughs

sierra club daily ray of hope for march 4, 2013
photo @ dead horse point, utah by ralph earlandson

( we ) need to return to a primary understanding of earth as that more profound dimension of our own existence, beyond ( any ) pragmatic use; as source whence we are born, nourishment while we live, our healing in times of distress, the way to our final destiny.

thomas berry,  THE  SACRED UNIVERSE: Earth, Spirituality, Religion in the 21st Century, columbia university press, 2009, kindle ipad loc 1983/2110