Thursday, February 26, 2015
Heartbeats and Prairie Wind Are the Same Impulse
Today in two of my English classes we're finishing Linda Hogan's stellar
book Dwellings, where she says there are occasions where we can hear
the language of the earth -- through water, grasses, etc (but only if we
are patient enough to do so). I asked my students if hearing a breeze
through corn or prairie grass, or listening to waves on a beach, made
them feel peaceful, relaxed, connected. Almost all raised their hands.
We watched a video on fractals seeing how every biologic
and terrestrial phenomenon is a mathematical equation -- even our heart
beats. I wonder if our our hearts carry the same mathematical fractal
rhythm as the wind or waves, and if knowing this will make us less apt
to harm the world which is us. We are not so separate -- only our
desires and misunderstandings make it seem so. Love is simple when you
hold still, let go, and fall into life.
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2 comments:
This is absolutely beautiful. Your students are very fortunate.
Thanks, Lisa! :)
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