Two quotes from
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. Opening to Darkness: Eight Gateways for Being with the Absence of Light in Unsettling Times. Boulder, Colo.: Sounds True, 2023.
"Open land, a forest, the sky, and the deep ocean are physical representations of our vast darkness. Being willing to open to darkness is to be willing to open to unknown dimensions of life, creating the vastness that nature presents. We are the dark waters and the dark earth. To fear darkness and avoid it is to turn against ourselves. When we turn against ourselves, darkness intensifies and is turbulent (personally and collectively)."
"[Lucille] Clifton is among many who have recorded clear messages and warnings that we humans have violated the earth in ways that we might not survive. We experience great grief in what we are losing and have lost in darkness."
For more about this book: " We Can’t Prepare for This Moment". It's a 5-minute read on Medium.
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