Spiritual Ecology

Overview

This book offers inspiring and practical guidance for reconnecting to the sacred in everyday life and transforming our relationship with the Earth. Describing the power of simple and daily practices such as walking, gardening, cooking with love, and prayer, the book supports profound changes in how we think about and respond to the ecological crisis of our times. Rooted in the mystical foundation of the world's great spiritual traditions, with a particular connection to Sufism, these timeless practices remind readers of the deep connections to life, each other, and the Earth, and invite a return of meaning to our desecrated world. As Rumi says, "there are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground," and it is this sacred ground that is calling to us, that needs our living presence, our attentiveness.

Reviews

"This small book, exquisite in its luminous simplicity, brings me home to my life. Even in a dark time, its practices center me in a sense of the sacred, our birthright." —Joanna Macy, Teacher/Activist; author, Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work that Reconnects

"A beautiful book. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart do a brilliant job sharing simple and powerful practices that help readers connect to the sacredness within nature, the earth, and our own daily lives." —Sandra Ingerman, author, Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of Shamanic Life

"Truly wakes you up. Just perusing the practice list—among them, walking, breathing, gardening, planting seeds, cooking, cleaning, simplicity, prayer—you realize 'Hey, I could be doing all this, not just reading a book!' Leaning into what these practices might mean for me caused me to both Remember and Relax . . . . a great book, hand in hand with the authors' perennial message of Spiritual Ecology." —Dr. Kurt Johnson, ecologist, co-author, The Coming Interspiritual Age

"Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's book on practices for Spiritual Ecology in everyday life awakens us to the potential to take small steps towards big transformation. It overcomes the artificial divide between nature and humans, and spirituality and action. No matter who we are, where we live, these are steps each of us can take." —Vandana Shiva, activist and author

"In their lovely book Spiritual Ecology: 10 Ways to Awaken the Sacred in Everyday Life, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart offer thoughtful contemplations to help bring our attention back to our mind's most basic capacities of seeing clearly and extending love and warmth to ourselves andothers. Taking time every day to connect with the goodness within ourselves – and the goodwill that wishes to share that with others – has always been the heart of spiritual life. Reminding ourselves to do this all the time is so important. I hope this book helps many people connect with well-being and positive intentions every day of their lives." —Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, President, Nalandabodhi; founder, Nitartha Institute; author

Author Biography

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a Sufi teacher who has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is the founder of the Golden Sufi Center and is the author of more than 15 books, including Alchemy of Light, Darkening of the Light, Return of the Feminine and the World Soul, Spiritual Ecology, and Spiritual Power; and was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey as a part of her Super Soul Sunday series. He lives in Inverness, California. Hilary Hart is the author of Body of Wisdom: Women's Spiritual Power and How It Serves and The Unknown She. She lives in Taos, New Mexico, and has been on the Sufi path since 1998.