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Earth Day Prayer

4/22/2017

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Mother-Father of Creation
I am filled with gratefulness
As I awaken to the wonder of all that is
Animated into being by your breath
Sustained by your will
Nurtured by your heart
 
The glory and majesty
Of all that I see before me
Is revealed
The vibration of Life is in everything
The stone
The water
The tree and its leaves
Every blade of grass
Every ant and caterpillar
In the song of the birds
And the silence of dusk
 
The living world breaks into a chorus!
I feel blessed to be in its midst
And intricately connected
To all that is

Life's vibration beats in me too
Animated into being by Divine breath
Sustained by Divine will
Nurtured by Divine heart
 
Yet pain lies hidden
​In the shadows
​Wanting to be seen
I pause…and hear
Beneath the vibrant sounds of life
The tormented cries of those
We mistakenly believe to be ours
 
The four-legged
The water born
The winged ones
 
My heart breaks
 
Each is breathed into being by the One
As are we
They are one with the One
As are we
And we are one with them
 
Human friends, I implore you!
Be bold
Peer deeply into the eyes of these
Sisters and brothers of ours
Dare to feel the desires of their hearts
Listen and you will hear
Their yearning to be free
​
Free to move and turn about at will
Free of mutilation
And the smell of death
Free of prodding, genetic manipulation
And forced insemination
Free from cages, pens
And crowded transport trucks
Free to play in the mud
​Breathe fresh air
Feel wind on their faces
And the heat of the sun
Free to be with chosen companions
And live a long life
 
Are they not like us?
 
As we come to the table tonight
Let us remember the hearts
​Of our animal friends
When we choose what we shall
Eat and drink
And wear on our bodies
 
And let us remember
That they were created for Creation Itself
Not for us
The Life force dwells within all beings
The sound of freedom rings
Kindness and Compassion urges us
To live as One
 
And so it is
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    Rev. Carol Saunders

    I am an ordained Unity and Interfaith minister, speaker, writer and lover of all life. In 2010 I founded a spiritual community in Deerfield, IL, a suburb of Chicago, and led it through mid-2021. In my current ministry I host a podcast called The Spiritual Forum. Being a voice for the animals and a light for the spiritually-inclined who are willing to seriously examine the self and begin to awaken, are what Spirit has called me to be. I am here to support anyone who wants to move toward living in closer alignment with their deeply held spiritual values - i.e.  sovereignty, freedom, love, peace and kindness. We have the power to change our world by changing ourselves. A first step is identifying and  releasing all the cultural conditioning that normalizes cruelty and violence. Be Love. Be Peace. Be Kind. Today.
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