How To Be An Earthling

EARTHDAY, EVERYDAY. Hello humans. (If you are reading and understanding this then you probably are one.) It’s time once again to celebrate our home planet, and this year as never before, the earth is calling out for your attention, your rituals and prayers and, of course, your activism. And this is Scoop Nisker with a piece of green liturgy for Earthday, everyday. We’re talking about your mama here, and I’m not playing the dozens. We’re talking about the mother planet who gave you life and …

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Revelations Revisited

The heavenly messengers march across the pages of history and proclaim as well from the skies above that all things are subject to aging and death. Not only individuals but entire species of life disappear; civilizations and ideologies rise and fall; mountain ranges make temporary appearances; even suns grow old and die. The truth of impermanence becomes especially obvious in transitional times like these, in a period of “apocalypse,” a Greek word meaning “the lifting of the veil.” What we see behind the veil are …

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