SPRING ZIRAAT MESSAGE Greetings as we celebrate the spring equinox time in the northern hemisphere and the autumn equinox in the southern hemisphere. In spring we feel a renewing energy rising out of the depths of winter, as the soil warms and we witness green shoots breaking through the earth into the light of the sun. A new cycle of rebirth and vitality begins and a new hope rises. Hildegard of Bingen spoke of Viriditas—the revitalizing greening energy of the universe. As we enter a new season may we proceed with courage and hope, sowing seeds of love, harmony and beauty and renew our vision of what can be. We are reminded that the root of the word courage comes from the French ‘coeur,’ the heart. The Quran likens the earth to a spreading green prayer carpet as a gift freely given to us. How will each of us fulfill the pledge we made in pre-eternity ‘to affirm the sovereignty of the Divine on earth’. May we participate in upholding, restoring and honoring the whole of the earth as a living sacred temple/temenos. Warm Blessings, Kainat Felicia Norton Head of the International Ziraat Activity
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SPRING ZIRAAT MESSAGE
Greetings as we celebrate the spring equinox time in the northern
hemisphere and the autumn equinox in the southern hemisphere.
In spring we feel a renewing energy rising out of the depths of
winter, as the soil warms and we witness green shoots breaking
through the earth into the light of the sun. A new cycle of rebirth
and vitality begins and a new hope rises. Hildegard of Bingen
spoke of Viriditas—the revitalizing greening energy of the
universe.
As we enter a new season may we proceed with courage and hope,
sowing seeds of love, harmony and beauty and renew our vision of
what can be. We are reminded that the root of the word courage
comes from the French ‘coeur,’ the heart.
The Quran likens the earth to a spreading green prayer carpet as a
gift freely given to us. How will each of us fulfill the pledge we
made in pre-eternity ‘to affirm the sovereignty of the Divine on
earth’. May we participate in upholding, restoring and honoring
the whole of the earth as a living sacred temple/temenos.
Warm Blessings,
Kainat Felicia Norton
Head of the International Ziraat Activity
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