Spiritual
Spiritual /ˈspirəCH(əw)əl/ adjective airy, motivated by the soul, holy, religious. We need spiritual practices that not only cultivate inner peace and clarity, but that transform us to the the deepest level of our individuality— our motivations, will and character— enabling us to be truly enlightened actors working together for an enlightened future. – Chris Hamilton (1995-)
Geology
Geology /jēˈäləjē/ noun The science that studies the structure of the Earth, its physical changes, and the causes producing these changes Geology gave us the immensity of time and taught us how little of it our own species has occupied. – Stephan Jay Gould (1941-2002)
Commemorate
Commemorate /kəˈmeməˌrāt/ verb to honor, memorialize It is a great privilege to return here to our national sanctuary, this most hallowed ground, to commemorate Memorial Day with all of you. – Barack Obama, Memorial Day Speech, 2011
Accomplishment
Accomplishment /əˈkämpliSHm(ə)nt/ noun Something that has been achieved successfully. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Levity
Levity /ˈlev.ə.t̬i/ noun lightness of mind, high spirits Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears. – Charles Caleb Colton (1780 – 1832)
Candor
Candor /ˈkandər/ noun The quality of being fair, unprejudiced, and honest. There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. – Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
Portable
Portable /pȯr-tə-bəl/ adjective/noun adjective easily transported Books are a uniquely portable magic. – On Writing by Stephen King (1947-) noun a small device that can be easily carried. Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips. – Your Life Is Fully Mobile in Time Magazine... Read More
Consciousness
Consciousness /ˈkänSHəsnəs/ noun The state of being aware of oneself and one’s surroundings. Every test successfully met is rewarded by some growth in intuitive knowledge, strengthening of character, initiation into a higher consciousness. – Paul Brunton (1898-1981)
Wonderland
Wonderland /ˈwəndərˌland/ noun O mother, mother love is blind, And all the world’s a wonderland, And in the garden of your mind, I see the light of God’s own hand. – poem by Robert Louis Stevenson 1. a place that excites admiration Today the traveler on the Nile enters a wonderland at whose gates rise the colossal pyramids of which he has had visions... Read More
Bower
Bower /ˈbou(ə)r/ noun a pleasant, shaded place beneath trees, plants, or wood. The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night. – William Blake (1757 – 1827) verb to shade or shelter When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh? – from Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare (1564... Read More