Both light and shadow are the dance of Love. Love has no cause; it is the astrolabe of God

Teachings of Padrihno Sebastiao Padrinho also said that, as there were many things to be revealed, God left for us the Santo Daime so that we could say this: Dai-me (Give-me).

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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlRoaFTHuE]Open Lens Media & The Media Education Foundation presentsA film by Miguel Picker & Chyng Sunhttp://www.thepriceofpleasure.comhttp://www.mediaed.org

It is not personal friendship that matters - although that is surely a positive expression of intelligence and love. Anything which is personal is limited. Instead know - the friend - that which brings togetherness in spirit with all beings. Love is all there is - when the friend is more than a person, it is in the heart of every being.

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NYTimes Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/us/03prison.html One in every 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of $47 billion in 2008, according to a new study.more ...

No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. We have the same basic human needs and concerns. All of us human beings want freedom and the right to determine our own destiny as individuals and as peoples. That is human nature. The great changes that are taking place everywhere in the world, from Eastern Europe to Africa are a clear indication of this. more ...

The essence of an ecosystem is that all things are interconnected. Understanding ecosystems, therefore leads us to understanding relationships. Understanding relationships is not easy for us, because it runs counter to the traditional scientific enterprise in Western culture. In science, we have been taught to measure and weigh things. But relationships cannot be measured and weighed; they need to be mapped. Adopting ecology rather than physics as the central model of scientific enquiry leads to a different view of the world. Instead of breaking things down to examine their most minute parts, we can study how these parts work together as a whole. In fact the principles of ecology can be seen as the principles of community. Fritjof Capra

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