Peace of my Heart

Peace of my Heart

THE NATURE OF US SABRINA PAGE JUN 22, 2023 Peace is every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows Peace is every step It turns the endless path to joy. The Vietnamese Buddhist monk...

Of presence and mystery

Of presence and mystery

After I published my last essay On the Beauty of Us I went down to my nearby beach, reliably isolated on a grey day. The tide was low, beginning to come in, gently rippling in the nearby tide pools. I could feel these ripples continuing through the waters...

The Nature of Us

The Nature of Us

Writings on the earth community, love, body, embodiment, interconnection, our planetary moment, music - and the creativity and possibilities inherent in being human. Originally posted in Substack MAY 11, 2023 Welcome to my new Substack page! Thank you for joining me...

On the Beauty of Us

On the Beauty of Us

THE NATURE OF US In The Great Work, Thomas Berry speaks of the intimacy the indigenous people had with the land. Each part of nature was experienced as a personal other. And he writes of the alluring nature of wild beauty: Only if the human imagination is...

Sea of Rhythms

Sea of Rhythms

THE NATURE OF US SABRINA PAGE JUN 1, 2023 Sometimes when I am very silent feeling my heart, I notice the breath rising like a wave upon the shore, ever so slowly washing in, rising from the silence again and again. This fundamental rhythm, so very gentle and intimate,...

Coming home

Coming home

THE NATURE OF US by SABRINA PAGE MAY 25, 2023 There is a love that runs through us arising from the source of everything which nourishes the world. It can be most tangibly felt in nature. This love aligns our spiritual, mental, emotional and physical levels - and it...

A subtle sense of interrelatedness`

A subtle sense of interrelatedness`

THE NATURE OF US by SABRINA PAGE MAY 19, 2023 Western cultures experienced what I would call a fall from grace when it lost the subtle sense of interrelatedness with the rest of the natural world, which traditional indigenous cultures have maintained. These words of...

Dancing Cosmos

Dancing Cosmos

We have the ability to feel the dance of the cosmos within our bodies, within each and every cell. We can rest in our cells and feel connected to earth and sky, wind and water, and far galaxies. We are not separate, yet each of us is unique, moving through space. When...

Am I dancing?

Am I dancing?

In his wonderful book, Growing Young, anthropologist Ashley Montagu asserts, “Whatever age one may be one should dance, and dance frequently, for there are few activities so wholly and deeply gratifying.” He goes on to quote Havelock Ellis from The Dance of Life :...