11-28-2009, 12:00 AM
Hi Iggy
I might win a bet if I could prove that the rich and powerful already know what fate has in store, and like the desperate ones in a story, are grabbing all
they can, in hopes that they survive and rise above the rest of us.
I might suggest that the mass of people emulate the cohorts of Seers, and, like the old ones before us, organize clans around common Spirit. Of course, some
have already, like the Hell's Angels motorcycle club! Shades of a road warrior! But seriously, large urban communities won't be able to survive,
I'll guess a time about 3 generations from now.
There are many indicators of trouble, and I don't refer to the technically confusing Climate Change issue. The oceans are dying now. Overfishing and
pollution. There have been no salmon runs on the west American coast for two years now. In the north Pacific, swirling currents have brought all the litter and
garbage of civilization into one area larger than the state of Texas. I can't keep up with it all.
I learned a fable just the other day. The old ones of the Cherokee, when told about all the wonderful new things the white strangers would trade for animal
skins, warned that at one time humans did in fact KILL TOO MANY ANIMALS. The animals took revenge and gave the humans diseases. The elders said that plants
took pity upon the people, and gave them cures for the diseases.
Don Juan said plants can tell us things. Today they tell us to remember this lesson.
I might win a bet if I could prove that the rich and powerful already know what fate has in store, and like the desperate ones in a story, are grabbing all
they can, in hopes that they survive and rise above the rest of us.
I might suggest that the mass of people emulate the cohorts of Seers, and, like the old ones before us, organize clans around common Spirit. Of course, some
have already, like the Hell's Angels motorcycle club! Shades of a road warrior! But seriously, large urban communities won't be able to survive,
I'll guess a time about 3 generations from now.
There are many indicators of trouble, and I don't refer to the technically confusing Climate Change issue. The oceans are dying now. Overfishing and
pollution. There have been no salmon runs on the west American coast for two years now. In the north Pacific, swirling currents have brought all the litter and
garbage of civilization into one area larger than the state of Texas. I can't keep up with it all.
I learned a fable just the other day. The old ones of the Cherokee, when told about all the wonderful new things the white strangers would trade for animal
skins, warned that at one time humans did in fact KILL TOO MANY ANIMALS. The animals took revenge and gave the humans diseases. The elders said that plants
took pity upon the people, and gave them cures for the diseases.
Don Juan said plants can tell us things. Today they tell us to remember this lesson.