In Times of Chaos
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You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all.
~ James Baldwin
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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.
- Anais Nin
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“The elders say the women will lead the healing among the nations.
We need to especially pray for our women and ask the Creator to bless them and give them strength. Inside them are powers of Love, and strength given by Moon (Meztli) and Earth.
When everyone else gives up, it is women who sing songs of strength, she is the backbone of the people.
So, to our women we say…Sing your songs of strength…pray for your special powers…keep our people strong…be respectful..gentle and modest.
Great one ~Bless our women~Make them strong today”
— From Dennis Banks Documentary
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In times of chaos, individuals must find their inner ground of being and practice standing their ground.
— Michael Meade
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Our culture has no use for a larger consciousness, to boil it down to the essentials. It remains concentrated on the tiny details of our material reality. But, our material reality, if you follow the psychisists, is spiritual.
If you follow the religionists, well, you will be given injunctions and commandments and ancient precepts. If those suffice, you’ll be lost in the outmoded mindset. And you will arrive there by fear. Fear of the new thought, fear of questioning, fear of being lost in the world that’s coming.
And that world is coming, doubt not. Those who cannot adjust will object, will propose the old reasoning, will show why it’s impossible.
I’m here to say it’s inevitable. It’s our future.
We are in a time of chaos. We need to recognize that. We also need to know what we can offer to help. If you have nothing to offer — then listen, learn, don’t speak — at least not yet. You’re a student. There’s no…
