Tending the Soul of the Earth

Recently I’ve become fascinated by an interesting idea — that we humans must play a critical role in tending the soul of the Earth. The concept was brought to my attention by Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee at a conference I attended. He stressed something I had never really fully understood before: that the challenge of climate change is something that must be tackled not only on a physical level, but on a spiritual level as well.

Upon reflection, I realized that this idea also reflects many ideas I talk about in my book  Active Consciousness.  In particular, that:

• All things possess an energy body, at least on the etheric level, and many living things have energy bodies on even higher levels.
• The Earth can be viewed as a living organism (sometimes called Gaia)…