“Mystical experience of nature can be of particular relevance to our troubled age, bringing deeper into our consciousness and emotions the logic that nature sustains humanity as humanity must, in turn, sustain nature. Rationality alone, however, cannot be our guide in the task of restoring our environment. A spiritual connection to nature must inspire the emotional commitment that is the yin, complementing the yang of intellectual understanding.” AgeSpiritualHumanityTurnsUnderstandingEmotionConsciousnessEnvironmentEmotionalInspireParticularIntellectualCommitmentTasksConnectionsLogicDeeperGuidesContemplationMysticalRationalityOur EnvironmentRelevanceRestoringYangSpiritual ConnectionMystical Experiences Book:Ecomysticism: The Profound Experience of Nature as Spiritual Guide Source: Ecomysticism: The Profound Experience of Nature as Spiritual Guide
“For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of a compelling impulse I cannot deny. Whether working with a human figure or a still life, I am deeply aware of my spiritual connection with it. In my life, as in my work, I am motivated by a great yearning for balance and harmony beyond the realm of human experience, reaching for the essence of oneness with the Universe.” HumansStillsSpiritualUniverseFiguresCreationEmotionalBalancePhotographyConnectionsEssenceHarmonyResponsePhotographerPhotographDenyOnenessImpulseRealmsReachingMotivatedYearningCompellingHuman ExperienceStill LifeCulminationEmotional ResponseSpiritual ConnectionPoetry And MusicBalance And Harmony Author:Ruth Bernhard
“Enthusiasm is big. When I write a book, it's a three-year commitment. Toward the end, I'm writing seven days a week, and it's exhausting but thrilling. The only hope is to have some real enthusiasm for the book. ... Above all, you need some strong emotional or personal connection to your material.” NeedsWritingYearsBookRealEndsBigsThreeStrongWeekEmotionalMaterialsCommitmentConnectionsSevenEnthusiasmSongwritingThree YearsThrillingExhaustingSeven DaysPersonal ConnectionStrong Emotional Author:Nathaniel Philbrick
“The only emotional connection of relevance is with my dog. My relationship with my dog, it's ridiculous.” DogEmotionalConnectionsRidiculousMy DogRelevanceEmotional Connection Author:Robert Pattinson
“Thunder is no longer the voice of an angry god... No river contains a spirit... no snake the embodiment of wisdom, no mountain cave the home of a great demon. No voices now speak to man from stones, plants and animals, nor does he speak to them thinking they can hear. His contact with nature has gone, and with it has gone the profound emotional energy that this symbolic connection supplied.” ThinkingMenDoeHomeSpiritEnergySpeakVoiceAnimalGoneEmotionalMountainRiversStonesConnectionsAngryPlantProfoundContactDemonSnakesCavesThunderSymbolicEmbodimentPlants And AnimalsEmotional Energy Author:Carl Jung
“Feelings are you inner guidance system-your emotional compass. When you allow this compass to direct your actions you build self-trust. When you feel hungry, you eat. When you feel tired, you rest. When you feel lonely, you reach out for a connection to others. In this most basic way your feelings link you with the wisest part of yourself. They tell you what you need to know at any given moment.” KnowsWayNeedsFeelsSelfMomentsFeelingsActionSpiritualGivenEmotionalDirectLonelyConnectionsTiredHungryGuidanceLinksReach OutCompassWisestFeeling LonelySelf Trust Author:Cheryl Richardson
“Intellectually, human beings and animals may be different, but it's pretty obvious that animals have a rich emotional life and that they feel joy and pain. It's easy to forget the connection between a hamburger and the cow it came from. But I forced myself to acknowledge the fact that every time I ate a hamburger, a cow had ceased to breathe” FeelsHumansMayDifferentFactsPainJoyEasyHuman BeingsForgetAnimalRichEmotionalConnectionsObviousBreatheAcknowledgeVegetarianVeganCowsHamburgersEmotional LifeJoy And PainHuman Beings And Animals Author:Moby