The Council of All Beings asks us to embody a non-human (plant, animal, moon, river, mountain … anything in the natural world) as much as possible, to change perspective, to feel their pain, anger, fears, and concerns etc., and to voice them (“to hear within ourselves the sounds of the Earth crying” [Thich Nhat Hanh]), but also see their strengths and gifts.
The aim is to help us move away from an anthropocentric and exploitative worldview, and to heal ourselves and find again our sense of connection with the natural world; to remember the larger lifestory; to show empathy and compassion for all life and thus to join in the defence of Earth and of future generations.
The Council of All Beings is part of the bigger framework of The Work That Reconnects, founded by Joann Macy.