Change me Divine into one who searches for and sees delight everyday rather than dwelling upon my perceived and often made up troubles, terribleness or thanklessness. All around me are things that can “kill” me with delight and help me to lose myself in wonder. I think of this Spring – am I noticing the buds coming, the growing landscape of increasing green, the new and fresh green of young lives on a tree – a green that shimmers and looks so fresh and new and that only comes each spring? And to just see and feel the grass – the green grass I have been longing to see all winter and here it is sprouting up everywhere becoming lush and thick and I fail to notice? May my prayers be made out of grass – may I see the extraordinary in the ordinary and know it’s all extraordinary – all the wonders, I take for granted that surround me constantly and through which I can see your love pouring forth into the world and into my life. May I instruct myself in joy rather than sorrow. May I simply look, listen and lose myself in wonder, rather than my made up thoughts of misery. May the beauty of the world around me remind me what is true. O Divine, make me mindful as well in order to be well. Mary Oliver
This revised book published on Amazon on June 11, 2022, explores what the Buddha and other apophatic teachers have consistently taught, and what is now clear through scientific investigation, that living beings, the environment, and even the universe are deeply enmeshed and are All. This is one existence and actions by all living and non-living forces interact with and alters the previous reality- some more than others. Therefore, once we become awakened to, inspired, and apply the truths that the Buddha and others have discovered, there is a real possibility for a Heaven on Earth without the distraction of seeking supernatural intervention. Heaven on Earth can briefly be described in a biocentric way as a world of humans acting through wisdom and empathy and compassion, This book is an exciting exploration of the Reality of Apophatic teachings, helping to point to the Truths they teach.
We are all Interconnected even with the Universe 