

TIMELESS // 'How Listening To The Earth Leads to Inner and Outer Peace' with Tiokasin Ghosthorse - E221
Oct 17, 2024
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation and Nobel Prize nominated speaker, shares profound insights on our relationship with the Earth. He emphasizes the necessity of listening to the planet to find inner and outer peace. The discussion covers healing through nature, the importance of gratitude, and how language connects us to our environment. Ghosthorse advocates for a return to traditional, verb-based languages that celebrate life, urging a reevaluation of our connections to the natural world and each other.
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Listening to the Earth
- To truly listen to the earth, we must first understand how the earth listens to us.
- We are born with an intuitive connection to nature, a language of quiet observation.
Elemental Consciousness
- The earth, with its elements and beings, has given us form and imbued us with consciousness.
- We live their creation story, and every moment is innocent, without guilt.
Justice and the Earth
- Western democracy's concept of justice, once rooted in the earth, has become a mental construct.
- This shift has led to a search for equality in mental concepts, forgetting the feeling of connection.