Listening to Earth's Wisdom with Leah Rampy

UNO Souls Chat: I am honored today to be chatting with Leah Rampy – an UNO Soul.  She has worn many hats including an executive in different corporations (including Fannie Mae), she ran her own consulting business, she was the Executive Director of a non-profit (Shalem Institute), runs interfaith retreats, and now she lives in a cohousing community in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 

She is an amazing lady that I admire and is a beacon of light in the community. She is an activist in many areas including the environment, which she is very passionate about. She is rich in wisdom and is such a pleasure to speak with.  She has always been an inspiration to me, and I’m grateful that she has been my mentor. 

– Hear about the Save Our Soil initiative that she undertook at the cohousing community, to address climate change and the lack of ecosystems in the world and to support the regeneration of soil – she has such passion in that area. 

Quote from Leah: “The intent of the Church of the Wild is to invite people to spend time in the outdoors as a way to connect to the sacredness all around us and the sacredness in the whole living earth.” 

Words of wisdom: “Everybody has their own wisdom. So it’s a matter of quieting ourselves to listen for that – for what is being given. I really trust that the heart is wise, and that the heart has wisdom beyond what we know.  The mystics of old, that talked about mind and heart or the spiritual heart or sinking into the heart, that is deep deep wisdom, and is an invitation always for us -  but particularly in times of stress, in times where we cannot figure it out. And our tendency is  to try harder. And I have to think about it. And I need to know what I’m supposed to do. And I don’t know if I should do this. And I’m not sure, and we get in that hamster wheel of thinking. And at best it only gets us an iteration of where we are. The transformative piece is a heart journey.”

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UNO Souls are beacons of light in our community that can be guides for how to cope through this collective moment of change. I would love to chat with you – please reach out! I honor the light in all of you. 🙏💕

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