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Contemplify with Paul Swanson

Contemplative Interbeing > Contemplify with Paul Swanson
Contemplify
Contemplify

Kindling the Examined Life

Old Growth Forest
byPaul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler
Moon at Magome, 1930. Hasui Kawase

“The death of the forest is the end of our life.”

— Dorothy Stang

Old Growth Forest

A musing on contemplative practice as planting an old growth forest. Breathe it in, breathe it out, let it grow.

Old Growth Forest
Old Growth Forest
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    • Interbeing Media
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