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I am sitting under a sycamore by Tinker Creek. I am really here, alive on the intricate earth under trees. But under me, directly under the weight of my body on the grass, are other creatures, just as real, for whom also this moment, this tree, is “it”… in the top inch of soil, biologists found “an average of 1,356 living creatures in each square foot… I might as well include these creatures in this moment, as best as I can. My ignoring them won’t strip them of their reality, and admitting them, one by one, into my consciousness might heighten mine, might add their dim awareness to my human consciousness, such as it is, and set up a buzz, a vibration…Hasidism has a tradition that one of man’s purposes is to assist God in the work of “hallowing” the things of Creation. By a tremendous heave of the spirit, the devout man frees the divine sparks trapped in the mute things of time; he uplifts the forms and moments of creation, bearing them aloft into the rare air and hallowing fire in which all clays must shatter and burst.
Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek consciousness life science seeing

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GOD 420 clues
EARTH 412 clues
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NATURE 180 clues
ENLIGHTENMENT 179 clues
SCIENCE 169 clues
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SEEING 68 clues
CREATION 66 clues
CONSCIOUSNESS 19 clues
CONSERVATION 16 clues
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Unscramble ANNIE5-letter words that start with A5-letter words that end in E5-letter words containing NN5-letter words containing IE5-letter words with A and N
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A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
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LACT
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