Enraptured with Earth – Two talks by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Mar 12, 2024
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Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee discusses falling in love with Earth, embracing vulnerability, finding nature in urban spaces, honoring Earth's presence, and the transformative power of connecting with nature.
Embrace the Earth with tenderness and care amidst ecological unraveling, expanding love in every moment and landscape.
Learn to be enraptured by the earth's seduction, vulnerability, and love, creating space to deepen the relationship with her.
Deep dives
The Call to Fall in Love with the Earth
The podcast discusses the speaker's invitation to fall in love with the earth again amidst ecological unraveling and climate chaos. It emphasizes the need for humans to return the earth's gaze with tenderness and care, expanding love to encompass every moment and landscape. By unraveling the whip of forgetfulness and centering the earth in our hearts, the podcast explores the transformation that occurs when humans are enraptured by the earth.
Becoming Enraptured with the Earth's Beauty
The episode delves into the concept of the earth as a great seductress, luring everyone in with her beauty and presence. It highlights the importance of creating space within ourselves to be open to the earth's powers of seduction, vulnerability, and love. By stepping away from personal conditioning and embracing the earth's enraptured gaze, a journey towards a deeper relationship with the earth begins.
Learning to Be a Lover of the Earth
The podcast emphasizes the significance of learning how to be a lover of the earth, embodying qualities like tenderness, vulnerability, and openness. It stresses the need to move away from human-centric perspectives and embrace a deeper understanding of love and intimacy beyond the human experience. By tending to the love ignited by the earth, individuals can deepen their relationship with her and experience a profound sense of connection.
Embracing the Journey towards Union with the Earth
The episode explores the journey towards union with the earth, moving beyond human-centered paradigms and recognizing the interconnected nature of all beings. It underscores the importance of attentiveness, humility, and compassion in fostering a deep relationship with the earth. By acknowledging the earth's presence in every aspect of our lives and embodying values that honor this connection, individuals can tap into the transformative power of reflecting her nature back into the world.
At our Shifting Landscapes retreat held at Sharpham Trust in Devon last summer, Emergence executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee gave two talks that invite us to once again fall in love with the Earth. Feeling strongly that in this time of ecological unraveling the Earth is asking us to return Her ever-present gaze with our tenderness and care, Emmanuel urges us to expand our love to embrace Her in every moment, in every landscape.