In this third aspect of Touching the Earth, we are invited to connect to our spiritual family: friends on the path who support us through their presence and kinship, and spiritual figures such as Buddha, Jesus, God and Allah who embody greatness, peace and profound understanding.
In this meditation, Sister Chan Khong also evokes bodhisattvas such as Manjushri (bodhisattva of transcendent wisdom) and Avalokiteshvara (bodhisattva of infinite compassion) so that we may look deeply and understand the cruelty in others, and learn to listen with presence to those that are suffering. Touching the earth, we are able to transform the "dirt" of ignorance and wrong perception into flowers of understanding.