Nature :: Spirit — Kinship in a living world
Religion & Spirituality:Spirituality
So last year, in my mid-sixties, I discovered that I’m autistic. But what took me by surprise wasn’t the diagnosis, it was the overwhelming feeling of relief. Why so much relief? We talk about that today—how I, like many people, held an extremely narrow view of autism; how autism consists not of one spectrum but of eight or ten different ones; and how each autistic person is their own colorful configuration of things in life that may be harder for them and things that may be easier. I muse on how being autistic (without knowing it) led me early in life toward meditation and toward connecting with nature, and how it laid the foundation for working today in nature spirituality. We talk about some common misconceptions of autism, and I reflect on my work life as an autistic person. We also review what slime mold taught ecologists about loners and outliers. Finally, we celebrate the radiance of an Earth that, in Darwin’s elegant words, has brought forth “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful.”
49. Just Listening
48. What If Land Were Not Property?
47. Trusting the Waters of Life
46. Star Light, Star Bright
45. What Does the Earth Ask of Us?
44. You're the Fish
43. Where Water Wants to Go
42. A Path of Listening
41. Why Is the World So Beautiful?
40. Trusting Inner Knowing
39. The Knowing Inside
38. With Autism It All Made Sense
37. The Logic of Sameness
36. Living Your Animal
35. What We Truly Burn For
34. Facing the Past
32. Kissed by a Fox: From the Audiobook Coming Soon!
31. Looking Toward the Dawn
30. Cultivating Nature Spirituality
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