This article is the second in a three-part series on Contemplative Cultures. The first and third posts are: Contemplative Plant Cultures, and Contemplative Human Cultures. In each of the three posts, I address the essence of the three cultures similarly. The perceived differences between them relate to form and function, not the unifying spirit of life. I employ similar descriptions and phrases throughout, somewhat repetitively, because this general topic is reflexively dismissed by many of us. Please read each of the three articles carefully in order to feel their similarities.
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Add this unique message into your contemplative garden setting, to serve the meditations of all those who enter. Copy the text onto wood, metal, or stone in whatever style suits you. Or simply copy, print, and frame it under glass, placing it at the garden’s entrance or somewhere within…
The following words are drawn from what is arguably the most profound, and also “un-useable”, expression of what could be humanly described as the Fully Free Condition of Everything.
About 10 months ago, I began experimenting with a significantly meat-based diet. I had, more-or-less, eaten vegetarian-style for several decades, and had tried veganism as well.
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.” – Hermann Hesse

Elon Musk’s plans and theories emerge from a view that sees the physical world in economic and industrial terms, and also dreams large about soon “conquering” other worlds.