Cosmology

Step 9: We make a continuously mindful effort to increase life-enhancing thoughts, attitudes and actions.

Principle: Justice

We move into action. We become an active part of the healing of the planet. Many will discover the giving of ourselves was what we longed for all our lives. We become filled with the marvelous power of hope. We join others in the great work of renewing the Earth and we begin to experience community again.

Text or Verse

Our hope for the future is for a new dawn, an Ecozoic Era, when humans will be present to the Earth in a mutually enhancing manner.
Thomas Berry

There is a web of justice between humanity and all other creatures.
Hildegard of Bingen

Love thy species as thyself.
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

Practice

When you are ready, make the following pledge to action:

I will be compassionate and will honor and respect myself.
I will be compassionate and will honor and respect my fellow humans.
I will be compassionate and will honor and respect my fellow species.
I will be compassionate and will honor and respect the soil.
I will be compassionate and will honor and respect the waters.
I will be compassionate and will honor and respect the air.

Resources

Berry, Thomas. The Great Work and The Sacred Universe. (go to Links menu to connect to the web site)

Cox, Karen, Spiritual Director, is a woman of passion concerning spirituality and the environment. M.A. Education - the Healing Aspects of Gardening (go to Links menu to contact)

Dowd, Michael. Thank God for Evolution. (go to Links menu to connect to the web site)

Fox, Matthew. Creation Spirituality. (go to Links menu to connect to the web site)

LaChance, Albert. Cultural Addiction: Greenspirit Guide to Recovery. (go to Links menu to connect to the web site)

Macy, Joanna. World as Lover, World as Self. (go to Links menu to connect to the web site)