Elizabeth R.

“I'm not very good at making specific plans. Just meet me under the sky somewhere and be alive with me.”
― Victoria Erickson, Edge of Wonder: Notes from the Wildness of Being

“When we experience the interdependence and boundaryless nature of things, we don't feel the heaviness of the world against us -- the world as opposed to me. Instead we feel the fullness of the world, and we are part of that fullness. (Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel)”
― Melvin McLeod (editor)

“Forms and rituals become a problem when they stop representing a gateway into oneself and become an exclusive presentation of the sacred, such as the belief that the only way to commune with God is by going to church or taking a walk in nature, or that the only way to meditate is to be alone in quiet surroundings. (Rodney Smith)”
― Melvin McLeod (editor)

“Their synchrotron, a super-powerful x-ray machine, can harness the radiation of überfast subatomic particles in order to -- among many other things -- look inside solid objects. It's spectacular science, but sometimes I prefer not to think about all that energy and chaos around my precious findings.”
― Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins