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Voices of the Earth - Life Lessons from a Blue Planet

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As a geologist, I have spent many years studying the Earth and being mesmerized by its beauty and power. It is far more than just a `place to live" for me, it has a compelling presence and stories to tell from its long history. For many the love of Earth stirs an ingrained and deeply seated sense of connection that transcends our intellect and nests in our emotions.

This book represents a merging of science and spirituality. Our various religions and wisdom traditions ultimately seek truth; if shamanism was our earliest wisdom tradition then perhaps science is simply our latest.

Life has evolved to lay in close alignment with the rhythms and cycles of Earth. And so it shouldn't surprise us that we can find lessons in nature that can be used to enhance our own life experience. When we look beneath the first layer of the Earth's magnificence we can similarities amid patterns of change that are repeated over and over. From these lessons of what works and what doesn't we discover values that the Earth supports, those practical functionalities that can be sustained on our planet and in our own lives. It is these Earth values that intrigue and teach.

As an avid outdoors-person who is just beginning to "awaken," I look for and find meaning and symbolism all around me. I have naturally accepted that in both macro- and micro-cosmic ways, spiritual and intellectual lessons are continually brought into our lives, and await us to be enlightened by them.

"Voices of the Earth" brings a scope, a degree, and a science to my acceptance that I never fathomed. Buy this book and you will never look at a tree the same way again. A great and enlightening read!

This book is a MUST read for everyone who lives on this blue planet! The author does an exceptional job of linking our personal values with the values that the earth teaches and supports. In the 21st century we are experiencing change at a higher pace than we did in the 20th century, and it is predicted to continue this way. Few people I know like change and know how to cope with it. The earth, if we are looking and listening, can point the way for all of us to learn how to cope and adapt with all the changes that happen in our lives on a daily basis and throughout our lives - both small and large, and professionally and organizationally as well. This is both a spiritual book and a practical book that makes science and geology understandable and usable which is a gift to those of us who are not scientists. It is important that you take the time to really read this book as it is rich in detail and concepts and the book deserves a dedicated effort. Once you do, I am confident that you will view this planet in a different way, and that you will have an increased appreciation for nature and all that it is here to teach us about how to live a balanced life. Wish the author would write a series for children as kids ages 3 to 18 need to understand these concepts and lessons, especially with all the emphasis around global warming. Our kids will be the inheritors of the earth this century and someone needs to develop in them respect and an appreciation for this planet and all that it is and all that it provides to sustain us in so many ways.

Voices of the Earth - Life Lessons from a Blue Planet, is thought provoking and illustrates how we are connected to everything around us. As someone who is not a scientist nor devoted to a specific doctrine I found this book enlightening in its description of relationships - not only human relationships but with all life forms on this planet and their connectivity to each other. It describes the powerful energy of this planet as it exists now and how it has adapted through the millennia and our connection to everything.

For me, this book is more than a must read. It is a guide for when things in life seem out of balance. It provides a calmness and clarity to shift away from the commotion in everyday life and refocuses chaotic energy to a productive energy.

The author's writing and presentation was very approachable for us "lay" people. I loved the hope and trust shown by the thoughts of connection to each other, to life, to the past -present-future. The knowing that "all is well".

This was a good book. I enjoyed the author's passion and his knowledge of the Earth and the interdependence of all things. I recommend this for anyone who desires to a life as a part of something much bigger than our individual selves.

Adam has a beautiful way with words, so descriptive and meaningful, that make the book a visceral experience while connecting the reader intimately with the earth and the life lessons she provides. Once a person has read this book, they can no longer take our beautiful and powerful planet for granted. As a metaphysician, I was profoundly moved by how Adam weaved our connectedness to the earth and hers with us in a deeply entwined relationship that abides by the natural, Universal principals we both share. The gift this book gives the reader is an expanded view of their relationship with the earth and the guidance, hope, and wisdom it continues to provide us as we transition into more uncertain times. I found myself feeling filled with unending gratitude and strengthened with a renewed bond, commitment and respect for the earth and all her wisdom and gifts.

Adam Chapuis book 'Voices of the Earth' is thought provoking and enlightening. Mr. Chapuis perspective grounding as a scientist, specifically a geologist, creates an unusually insight. And that insight is what makes this book important and unique; for this is a book that focuses on our spiritual balance in life on this wondrous planet. His writing style is relaxed more than staid and yet there is an element of the scholar. I found my self stopped and forced to reflect on the depth and meaning of a new revelation several times in his writing. This is not an unusual characteristic in a book that reflects deeply on the state of the spiritual. For other authors such as CS Lewis, Bonheoffer,or Eckhart Tolle can cause the same reaction. And though I will not forgive a fiction author for throwing me out of a book; I have come to expect it from a though provoking author who deals with a subject as deep as the spirituality of the human environment in the universe. Mr. Chapuis writing as an aspiring Earth Monk does not disappoint.