Our friend Justin Davis, who spent seven weeks at Lost Valley this summer, returned to Texas at the end of September and died on October 4, 2004 in an automobile accident (see Notes from the Editor, on page 9, for more on Justin and how he contributed to our lives). His partner Karly has graciously allowed us to reprint excerpts from the last few months of his journal. Thank you, Justin, for your enduring words of insight and wisdom.-Ed.
Ecospirituality in My Heart/Eyes
from a letter to Karly, July 31, 2004For me ecospiritual means incorporating all non-human things (and human things too!) into my spiritual practice. This means being open to all signs, signals, and communication from all physical and nonphysical living and non-living entities. It also means holding innate respect for the great purpose of all things; the very existence of something is reason enough for me to respect and learn why it exists, because it is there for a reason. It is seeing each thing as a representation/actuality of the great spirit/oneness that holds everything together and is in everything. It does not matter to me that it is not "scientifically verified." I feel most things in the universe are not "scientifically verified"; when I feel something in a present and grounded state, it is true and real for me because my body is an instrument capable of perceiving and recording all sorts of "data."
