"To the Indian mind all nature was instinct with deity. A spirit was embodied in every mountain, stream, and waterfall."
John Muir, 1890
Considering how precious water is in our present time of climate change, I'd like to see the Divine imaged more frequently in terms of water. For example, we might think of Jesus speaking of the indwelling Spirit using the image of "rivers of living water." If we viewed the Ultimate more in terms of rivers, streams, waterfalls, lakes and ocean, wouldn't we take better care of these sacred realities?
Photo: Waterfall and snowlilies, Bluebird Lake Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 28, 2013
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