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Bodhing Well
A Blog for Those Enlightened By Nature
"Bodhing Well" explores topics related to Natural Beauty, Enlightenment, Rewilding Spirituality, Biomimicry, Nature Therapy, Nature-Inspired Design, and Navigating Significant Change by Imitating Nature.
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Finding Enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree is an apt image for those who love Nature and long to flourish in Nature's embrace. Life's fullness invites us to rest a while, and to bode well with the wider "WE" of creation.
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Fireworks or Fireflies? Savoring Summer's Wild Soul
Image courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted As Summer 2026 unfolds, celebrations of freedom often bring outdoor festivities complete with colorful explosions in the night sky - fireworks! Fireworks represent a storied history of thrilling displays and bone-rattling booms dating to c. 200 B.C.E., when during the Chinese Han Dynasty, people threw bamboo stems onto fire to ward off evil spirits, a modest bang. Later, during the Song Dynasty, the application of chemical substance
Laura A. Weber
2 days ago6 min read
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Gentle Breeze vs. High Wind - Does Summer Breeze Make Us Feel Fine?
Gentle Garden Breezes - Images courtesy of Laura Weber "Summer breeze makes me feel fine, blowin' through the jasmine in my mind..." (Seals and Crofts, "Summer Breeze," 1972) Our Front Yard Before the Derecho Environmental psychologists, physicians, and mental health practitioners have long touted the positive effects for overall health and well-being of gentle, natural breeze. Calmer wind conditions are associated with higher life satisfaction, improved respiration, energy,
Laura A. Weber
May 284 min read
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Nesting to Cultivate Inner Sanctuary and to Love Being Home
Image courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted Aaaand, we're back! Springtime in the Midwest means our avian kin are scoping out the holly bushes and evergreens, overhangs, gutters, window frames, door wreaths and bird houses where nidification is probable. Building a nest is a biological urge to provide a safe haven for sheltering offspring, for territorial orientation, proximity to food and water sources, and for weathering storms. A well-fashioned nest is a work of art, a magn
Laura A. Weber
May 214 min read
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Who Are the "We" We're Becoming? Natural Fine-Tuning @ 60
Images courtesy of Laura Weber Who are we? What makes us who we are - uniquely, essentially ourselves - over the course of a lifetime? Is it our name? Fingerprints? Bloodlines or DNA? Neural networks? Titles or distinctions? A collection of memories? Significant relationships that bind us to others? Something we might call a mind or a soul? What remains the same over the span of our years that makes us recognizable to ourselves or others at any given point? Whoever we are, I
Laura A. Weber
May 144 min read
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Scentscapes - Wednesdays Will Always Be Jasmine & Smoke
"Bowl of Beauty" Peony - Image courtesy of Laura Weber Heart in your nose? What scentscape accompanies your life's most potent memories? Peonies are among my earliest, happiest memories, closely associated with my Birthday. New Year's Eve is "Here's My Heart." It's the perfume Mom used to wear on special occasions, holidays, anniversaries, or special celebratory gatherings. It was a 1950's Avon special, reminiscent of waterlily, mimosa, iris, and melon, with undertones of
Laura A. Weber
May 74 min read
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"The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things" - Hope Arises
Image courtesy of Laura Weber Something calls. Almost imperceptibly. Gently. Through sadness, loss, and disappointment, something calls so persistently it rends my heart. Is it Emily Dickinson's "Thing with Feathers" - Hope? Whatever it is, it runs deep. A reason for Hope? With thoroughgoing attacks on Earth's health and wholeness, the "God Squad's" annihilation in the Gulf, the gutting of the endangerment provision, and the overall decimation of the EPA, it's tough to r
Laura A. Weber
Apr 284 min read
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Earth Day for ACOA: Nature's Music for Adult Children of Alcoholics
Images courtesy of Laura Weber "We never know what to expect, or who we can count on from day to day." This was a refrain I heard often in meetings designed to support families affected by alcoholism. Children raised in families plagued by addiction, especially alcohol addiction and the co-dependency that enables it, often grow into adulthood with marked negative effects for overall health and well-being, vocational aspirations, healthy relationships, and community participat
Laura A. Weber
Apr 234 min read
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Pishing in Spring: Birdsong for Connection and Resilience
Digital images courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted "Psh-psh-psh!" Spring signals the official welcoming of Birdsong back into our soundscape. Birders can often be discovered imitating the house wren to attract songbirds, as long as they're not disrupting mating or foraging. Male and female birds vocalize and sing for many reasons , not the least is to give warning or to command attention. " Pishing " is that distinctive sound, a rapid-fire "pish-pish-pish" or a long, spu
Laura A. Weber
Apr 162 min read
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How Do We Manage "Invasives?" Nature-based-Solutions
Digital art renderings of honeysuckle "invasives," courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted It's Springtime in the Midwest, and native plants and trees are emerging, along with the perceived enemies of biodiversity, namely "invasive" species, the ones that take over and eradicate everything in their vicinity. These are human-introduced non-native species that are ubiquitous in the biosphere, whose dominant presence is perceived as a threat to biodiversity and ecological health an
Laura A. Weber
Apr 103 min read
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Moonlight Garden Meditation for Welcoming DeLight
Digital art images courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted "La Bella Luna!" Moon fanatics, it's your time! Artemis II has left the planet on its figure-eight journey around the far side of the Moon. At this time of year, the Passover Moon is bright pink in the sky, full and voluptuous, ripe for the poet's eye. With the success of the launch on April 1, 2026, moon-mania has erupted over NASA's latest mission (Artemis II), connecting its classic Apollo flights with this new odyss
Laura A. Weber
Apr 25 min read
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Watering Home, Connecting Life, and Cultivating Blue Mind
Images courtesy of Laura Weber Water is the great connector of all Life, the bloodstream of Earth's hydrosphere. It connects fundamental elements for planetary survival: hydration, healing, nutrition, and growth. In many ways, it's the circulatory system of our Common Home. As my friend, Sara Thomsen sings, " Water is Life !" "We are the water, sing! ...Water is life for everything!" (Sara Thomsen) The annual Water Summit at St. Louis University on March 25-26, 2026, featu
Laura A. Weber
Mar 263 min read
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The Authenticity Shift: Showing Our True Colors
Digital art rendering, courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted " Hummingbird don't fly away, fly away... Hummingbird don't fly away, fly away... ...The draught of understanding; wisdom, peace and love is ours... Don't fly away..." - " Hummingbird " Seals & Crofts, 1972 Color and light! Iridescence and vibrant color display among hummingbirds, especially in their their crown and gorget (throat) regions, provide endless opportunity for an ornithologist's focus and spectrometri
Laura A. Weber
Mar 194 min read
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What A Difference A Day Makes - Pay Attention
Images courtesy of Laura Weber Growth. Development. Change. Relationships shift constantly because dynamism is at play. If we don't pay attention, we miss it. The difference between connecting consistently or remaining isolated may come down to practicing awareness, whether it's the human or more-than-human realm. If we pay attention, we see life being born, blossoming, fading, dying, and being born anew daily. We can choose to be fully present to life, to interact and resp
Laura A. Weber
Mar 122 min read
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And Now, Interrupting This War: A Message from Earth
Spring is not silent, if we listen. "The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." - Rachel Carson, March 18, 1952 Listen: Images courtesy of Laura Weber Breathe. Be patient. Breathe. Open. Breathe. Nurture. Breathe. Be kind. Breathe. Be gentle. Breathe. Reach out. Breathe. Welcome Newness. Breathe. Lean into Light. Breathe. Embrace the Whole. Breathe. Practice Hospitality. H
Laura A. Weber
Mar 51 min read
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Elusive Sleep? Welcoming Night's Twin Energies
Poppies, associated with Hypnos & Thanatos, image courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted In the Springtime, as daylight begins to encroach on Night's reign, and the relentless pace and demands of a posthuman context threaten even the remote possibility of a restful slumber, many are turning over in their beds with frustration and despair. The results? Bloodshot eyes, achy limbs, restlessness, irritability and exhaustion throughout the day. We feel depleted. Why can't we sleep?
Laura A. Weber
Feb 264 min read
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Going for Gold & Earth's Last Gasp for Clean Air
Image courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted While the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics spotlight unity, goodwill, and mutual respect among the world's premier athletes, the flame of justice is almost extinguished for the good of the whole planet. Inspiring images of athletes collapsing in the snow after gruelling cross-country marathons, short track speed skates, or downhill skiing and ice dancing are everywhere. On the global scale, we see the best of us, being congratula
Laura A. Weber
Feb 203 min read
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Hurry Sickness: Nature's Cure in Spring Fever
Images courtesy of Laura Weber "Times are urgent. Let's slow down." ( Yoruban wisdom saying ) Why are we all in such a rush? Hurry Sickness is killing us, and killing the planet. Coined by a cardiologist in the 1970s, the term refers to the incessant urgency we feel in a posthuman context, measured by the increasing speed and ubiquitous demands of technology that place chronic stress on the heart, the psyche, and the soul. Symptoms include feeling perpetually frazzled and
Laura A. Weber
Feb 133 min read
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Orchasma
Images courtesy of Laura Weber Waves of Euphoria Ecstatic Openings of Light Orchasma I call it " Orchasma ," the experience of overwhelming joy in communing with orchids. It describes the scintillating, energetic euphoria inspired by close encounters with orchids. The annual Orchid Show at the Missouri Botanical Gardens is a wintering Soulscape for SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)-depleted senses. It's a cleansing bath for the world-weary grime and festering wounds of d
Laura A. Weber
Feb 62 min read
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The Winter of Our Discontent
Image courtesy of Laura Weber, AI-assisted Blood in the Snow. An apt image for the Minneapolis tragedies that have ravaged our nation. The Winter of Our Discontent is alive and well in 2026, whether it conjures images of (Shakespeare's) Richard III's jealousy and hatred of his brother, the King, or (Steinbeck's protagonist) Ethan Hawley's betrayal of an Italian immigrant by stealing his home and livelihood. Moral decay in the forms of greed and lust for "power over" others r
Laura A. Weber
Jan 303 min read
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Nature Rx: Just What the Doctor Ordered
( Audio version ) Images courtesy of Laura Weber Open up, and say, "Ahhh!" In 2020-21, when Covid-19 was causing planetary shut-down and isolation was the norm, a practice called " Social Prescribing " was taking off in the U.K. Social prescribing is a practice that connects patients with social activities and networks to improve overall health and well-being. Its focus is the question, "What matters to you?" rather than, "What's the matter with you?" as a way of understan
Laura A. Weber
Jan 223 min read
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