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Love Quote by Eden Ahbez

"The earth is my altar, the sky is my dome, mind is my garden, the heart is my home and I'm always at home - yea, I'm always at Om"

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It reads like a manifesto disguised as a lullaby: Eden Ahbez folds geography, architecture, and interior life into one portable sanctuary. Written by a musician best known for a hit that sold the fantasy of “nature boy” mysticism to mid-century America, the line isn’t just pretty imagery. It’s a refusal of conventional belonging. No church, no mortgage, no nation-state; instead, a cosmology you can carry barefoot.

The intent is devotional but also strategic. “The earth is my altar” swaps organized religion for a self-directed spirituality rooted in the physical world. “The sky is my dome” borrows the grandeur of cathedrals while denying the need for walls. Ahbez is building a temple out of the commons, which quietly undercuts ownership: you can’t buy the sky, you can’t fence the dome.

Then he turns inward with surprising discipline. “Mind is my garden” implies cultivation, not escape. A garden demands weeding; enlightenment here isn’t a vibe, it’s maintenance. “The heart is my home” lands the emotional thesis: home isn’t a place you return to, it’s a practice of inhabiting yourself without eviction.

The kicker, “I’m always at home - yea, I’m always at Om,” makes the pun do real work. “Om” as sacred syllable becomes an address, a permanent residence in breath and sound. For a musician, that’s the ultimate flex: turning vibration into shelter, and making serenity feel less like a retreat than a stance.

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Ahbez, Eden. (2026, January 16). The earth is my altar, the sky is my dome, mind is my garden, the heart is my home and I'm always at home - yea, I'm always at Om. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-earth-is-my-altar-the-sky-is-my-dome-mind-is-124662/

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Ahbez, Eden. "The earth is my altar, the sky is my dome, mind is my garden, the heart is my home and I'm always at home - yea, I'm always at Om." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-earth-is-my-altar-the-sky-is-my-dome-mind-is-124662/.

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"The earth is my altar, the sky is my dome, mind is my garden, the heart is my home and I'm always at home - yea, I'm always at Om." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-earth-is-my-altar-the-sky-is-my-dome-mind-is-124662/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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Eden Ahbez (April 15, 1908 - March 4, 1995) was a Musician from USA.

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