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Q4 2023 GreenFriends North America Newsletter
Welcome to the Q4 2023 GreenFriends newsletter!

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Four personal reflections of devotees highlight this month’s newsletter: a recounting of an experience of Creator and Creation being One in a cave in Ireland; the spiritual qualities of nature, forest bathing and the gentleness, trust and surrender of trees; the incredible selflessness of bees; and the amazing sentience of trees and how they communicate. Followed up by an inspirational description of the Plessis Ecovillage in France.

Bliss in a Deluge

Our Relationship to Nature and Trees

Mary Beth's GreenFriends Satsang on the Selflessness of Bees

The Sentience of Trees

Plessis Ecovillage

Time once again for the winter solstice, the darkest time of year in the northern hemisphere. While it is the darkest time, it also signals the return of the Light. Whenever it seems like we are at our lowest ebb, be it war, disease, politics or ecological disaster, there is always hope. Light and Love will always win out. Ma Om.

May this issue inspire more people to focus more on Mother Nature for Peace inside and outside, to contemplate our relationship with Her, to value Her, and put more effort into caring for Her in small and big ways.

GreenFriends strives to communicate the importance of treating Nature with respect and gratitude. We invite each of you Green Friends to share your ideas and experiences with your own gardening efforts as well as experiences with nature.

Please send your stories, comments and feedback to info@greenfriendsna.org

Bliss in a Deluge
Irish cottage
A spiritual explorer recounts her an experience of Creator and Creation being One in a cave in Ireland

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Our Relationship to Nature and Trees
Trees at sunset
Excerpts from a talk given by Ahalya during the New England Nature and Yoga Day with Swamini Ambikāmrita Prāna, June 2023.

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Mary Beth's GreenFriends Satsang on the Selflessness of Bees
A GreenFriends satsang on bees
The continuation of Mary Beth Nelson's satsang from Amritapuri on July 21, 2023 on the incredible selflessness of bees.

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The Sentience of Trees
New England Nature and Yoga Day Workshop
We often think of trees as more or less inantimate objects, but not only are they truly sentient, they communicate with each other through an incredible underground, microbial network. Science is just beginning to understand this.

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Plessis Ecovillage
How to Save Oodles of Water
The eco village is located right next door to Amma's French ashram and has been conceived to support the aspirations of a group of devotees to live together in sharing, sobriety, simplicity, self-reliance and respect for Nature.

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