THE BLUE SKY IS HER MIND
THE GREEN LEAVES PULSE WITH HER BLOOD,
THE WIND IS HER BREATH,
THE RAIN, HER WATER OF LIFE.
SHE IS GAIA,
THE EARTH MOTHER,
BUT ALSO SUBTLER THAN THAT.
~RAM DASS
HONOUR THE SACRED,
HONOUR THE EARTH, OUR MOTHER.
HONOUR THE ELDERS,
HONOUR ALL WITH WHOM WE SHARE THE EARTH: ~
FOUR LEGGEDS, TWO-LEGGEDS,WINGED ONES,
SWIMMERS, CRAWLERS, PLANTS, AND ROCKS, AND PEOPLE,
WALK IN BALANCE AND BEAUTY.
~ NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER