Prayer For The Earth - With Shakuhachi

This practice by Insight Timer Teacher Ollie Frame is a spoken meditative prayer for the Earth, set to the enchanting Zen flute music of Adrian Freedman. At this pivotal time for the planet, it serves as an invocation of our deepest commitment and reverence for the Earth, a means to bring our actions and intentions into alignment with our heart's values.

Transcript

Dear Earth,

Radiant jewel of blue,

White and green,

From my heart and soul I thank you for your splendour,

Your richness,

For your magnificent array of plants and creatures,

Trees and flowers,

Seasons and cycles,

May I live in gratitude and awe of your infinite wonders.

Dear Earth,

I thank you for holding me in this life,

For supporting my existence with everything I have needed.

Like a mother,

You have provided for me and nurtured me since the day of my birth.

Dear Earth,

At times in my life I may have strayed from my path,

Become distracted by worthless objects and pursuits,

Neglected to care for and revere you,

But you have never abandoned me,

And right now what matters is that I am ready to respect and honour you.

Dear Earth,

I will not hide nor turn away from the destruction and harm that is being brought upon you.

May my grief serve to awaken me from my slumber and to loosen my attachment to comfort and denial.

Dear Earth,

Help me to forgo willingly those consummous pleasures that deplete you,

Surrendering them for the deeper sense of meaning that comes from living in harmony with you and respecting your resources.

May I be content with ever greater simplicity,

Nourished by your closeness to me.

Dear Earth,

Let me not fall into paralysis or despair.

I may not be able to halt single-handedly the industrial machine,

But even my small actions make me part of a worldwide turning.

As a collective we are heroic.

On some level I have chosen to be born here at this time,

And however humble,

I too have my part to play.

Dear Earth,

In the vast and intricate interconnected web of life in which you are cloaked,

No being is unworthy of protection and love.

I vow to uphold your wondrous beauty and diversity,

Even to the last tree,

Bird or flower.

Dear Earth,

Make it clear to me how I may serve you at this time.

May I be awake and present to the opportunities that present themselves.

May I act with courage,

Integrity and care.

May it be imprinted on my heart forevermore that all life is sacred.

All life is sacred.

All life is sacred.

Blessed be.

Reviews

Super relaxing and very well done. I highly recommend this meditation ❤️

Moving and inspiring prayer, thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🌺

That was so beautiful. Thank you so much. We are working on an online cooperative board game called Life Reimagined to help players build a vision of a just an sustainable world on the timeline of the climate clock - please join us! One love, family!

Beautiful words and music. So important at this time.

“All life is sacred.”
Thank you for spreading this much-needed message. ❤️🌎

What a beautiful reminder of the beauty that is earth💜

Thank you for this beautiful meditation appreciation for our plant Earth ☺️✨🙏❤️💙🌎

Gratefully imprinting this prayer in my heart and practice. Sending good wishes with gratitude. 🌻

It's so nice to find meditations that consider not just human life as important, but the whole existence of beings and resources. Namaste. 🙏🏻🍃

So beautiful.. thank you for this beautiful gift. Listening brought me to that precious moment of joy and grief, the bittersweetness experience
of life on our precious Earth. 🙏

Deep gratitude for this brief yet potent opportunity to rededicate our hearts and wills to care for our beloved Earth 🙏💚🌍

I enjoyed the tone of voice, pace and prayer 🙏💐 for the 🌎🌍 She needs us to come together.

Thank you for your guidance. Thank you Mother Earth. ❤️🙏

It was really good, connects to the Hines of nature and the human beings. Al life is sacred

Beautiful calm blessings after storm Eunice 🧚‍♀️💕🧚‍♀️

All life is sacred. A powerful message.
Thank you and peace 🙏

Such a beautiful reminder of the love and beauty of our precious earth 🌎 Loved it.. Reminded me of my sacred path in this life.. 🙏 Namaste..💖

All you need to understand in 5 minutes.

Will start everyday right here.

Such an important reminder ❣️. Thank-you for helping me to honor this precious🧚‍♂️ Earth today 🙏

Beautiful! And a wonderful reminder that we all have a part in saving our Earth. Thank you 💖