Reading 22--The Moon Afloat

Here are some excerpts from an astronomical calendar for 2011, written by Brian Keats. (His web site is www.astro-calendar.com.)

 

While these passages mostly relate to the Moon, I particularly like the part where he asks us if we can develop a feeling, not just a thought, for the Earth as a living being. I believe we will only “save the Earth” when we relate to her as a living being and part of us. Without that feeling, we are only acting out of an abstract principle, and that has no real power to move us.