“It is not enough for the Church to be engaged with the State in healing social ills, though this is important at times. But when the world can turn around and see a group of God's people exhibiting substantial healing in the area of human relationships in their present life, then the world will take notice. Each group of Christians is, as it were, a pilot plant, showing that something can be done in the present situation, if only we begin in the right way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayHumansImportantStatesDoneEnoughChristianTurnsSocialChurchHealingSituationGroupsAreasPlantEngagedPilotsRight WayHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsPresent LifePresent Situation Author:Francis Schaeffer
“The poet's perspective of life, the musician's sense of harmony, the artist's eye of proportion and relationships ~ these are all shared by healers, especially the herbal healer who works with plants, which are the pure creative expression of nature and the healing process.” EyeArtistProcessHealingCreativePoetExpressionPerspectivePureMusicianHarmonyPlantProportionHealerCreative ExpressionHealing Process Author:Michael Tierra
“All of my experience of studying religion, studying spirituality, studying natural healing, traditional medicine, has kind of enriched my vision of the world. Not only seeing reality as this moment, but as a culmination of all of the history behind us, and all of the fruit that hopefully we will be able to grow from the seeds that we are trying to plant, of goodness and peace and beauty and equality.” WorldTryingKindMomentsRealityAbleSpiritualityGrowsNaturalHealingBehindsVisionStudySeeingGoodnessMedicinePlantFruitSeedsTraditionalHopefullyCulminationNatural Healing Author:Assata Shakur
“Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air, to renew the forests, to care for the plants, to protect the creatures, to celebrate the seas, to rejoice in the sunlight, to sing the song of the stars, to recall our destiny, to renew our spirits, to reinvigorate our bodies, to recreate the human community, to promote justice and peace, to love our children and love one another, to join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery, for the healing of the Earth and the renewal of all life.” HumansChildrenBodyCareEarthTogetherSpiritSongStarsWaterCommunityJusticeHealingDestinyAirMysterySeaLandExpressionProtectCreaturesAnd LoveOur ChildrenPlantForestsCelebrateRejoiceSunlightDiverseRecallsNew LifeOur DestinyRenewalLove One AnotherPeace And JusticeChildren And LoveLove Our Children Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Plant medicine does not just improve symptoms; it approaches healing the whole of the body - as opposed to Western medicine, which may just approach the symptom.” MayDoeWholeBodyHealingApproachMedicinePlantWesternSymptomsPlant MedicineWestern Medicine Author:Karen Rose
“Plant medicines work beyond the physical response; sometimes, it's your spirit or emotion that needs healing, and plant medicines can address that also.” NeedsSometimesSpiritEmotionHealingMedicinePlantResponseAddressesPlant Medicine Author:Karen Rose
“It's worse than slave trade because what is being traded is the very knowledge that makes survival possible for 80 percent of the people of this world. These 80 percent live on the biodiversity and the knowledge they have evolved as part of a rich collective heritage involving the use of seeds for growing crops and medicinal plants for healing.” PeopleWorldUseHealingRichGrowingThis WorldSurvivalPercentTradePlantSlaveSeedsCollectivesHeritageCropsInvolvingBiodiversitySlave Trade Author:Vandana Shiva
“Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom.” LittlesBookAsksHealingSeasonsPlantWoodsFrantic Book:Nightwoods: A Novel Source: Nightwoods: A Novel
“For every human illness, somewhere in the world there exists a plant which is the cure. I believe that there is a healing potential locked inside plants which is integral with their evolution, just as it is part of human evolution to learn to tap this wonderful gift of Nature.” WorldBelieveHumansI BelieveHealingWonderfulEvolutionPlantIllnessCuresLockedHuman Evolution Author:Rudolf Steiner
“I send out thoughts of love and peace and healing to the whole universe: to all trees and plants and growing things, to all beasts and birds and fishes, and to every man, woman and child on earth, without any distinction.” MenChildrenWholeEarthUniverseHealingGrowingTreePositiveBirdPlantFishesAttractionEvery ManLaw Of AttractionBeastDistinctionMen WomenPeace And LoveGrowing Things Author:Emmet Fox