“Vision that responds to the cries of the world and is truly engaged with what it sees is not the same as the disembodied eye that observes and reports, that objectifies and enframes. …

… the Elders have been saying for some time that as the Changes progressed we would begin to see more and more mental health issues. I suppose it makes sense…. I have been making offerings to the herd animals, the deer, the buffalo, the reindeer, the caribou, the antelope, to…

The fundamental error persists in the public that there are definite answers, “solutions,” or views which need only be uttered in order to spread the necessary light. — Carl Gustav Jung * TAXIDERMIED RELIGION One of the surest hallmarks of dying religion is catechism classes where children are given answers…

Learn about resistance of the indigenous and African peoples: we have always been and continue to be exterminated. But we still haven’t stopped singing, dancing, lighting a fire and having fun. Don’t feel guilty about being happy during this difficult time. You do not help at all being sad and…

“Violence is not new to America. White men of European stock seized the lands of indigenous Indians with a ferocity which endured until our own times. The institution of slavery shaped the character of the nation and leaves its mark everywhere. Countless “local” wars were mounted throughout the twentieth century…

“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” — Anna Quindlen — How Reading Changed My Life. * Writing takes more courage than non-writers know. It’s a lonely profession, but most of us who jigsaw words for a…

Aging is no accident. It is necessary to the human condition, intended by the soul. We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting into later years; the older we become, the more our true natures emerge. …

“I am often asked whether there is life after death. Certainly, there is. There is also death after life, and life before death, and death after life. It goes on forever. There’s no stopping it. You will live forever and die forever. In fact, you already have.” …. “Their speakers…

David French, an influential Christian conservative writer and First Amendment lawyer, said…“the root of all this extremism is a kind of cultural panic inside conservative political and religious views.” The panic arises from a sense that the culture wars have been “irretrievably lost,” leading many in the right wing to…