I have subscribed to this on-line magazine for a few months. emergencemagazine
It is very inspiring. I took the time to listen to the author reading this essay, story if you will.
What caught my attention (I know many of you already have considered this) is writing the story of our future that we want, not the armegeddon that gives supposed entertainment on the screen.
Prophesies of Possibility, A Ripening of the New World, by Jamie Figuero.
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I really enjoyed listeing to it, going to another situation, lifestyle choices, and imagining myself going through those events. But the impact was that it didn't point to continuation of the way things were, but to another future that existed only in the participants' imaginations.
Today's quote:
We have to imagine things for them to happen. We have to imagine differently. I don’t know how people can get though great tragedy and loss without a story. The key to what the world can be is in the imagination. That’s where we’re going to find it.” Dr. Renda Madrigal, a Chippewa author, clinical psychologist, and mindfulness facilitator.
“Western civilization diminishes intuitive, instinctual knowing and turns it into something silly.” She related the body’s knowing and intuition to power. “Power in an Indigenous way. When we build our inner power, the power that we have, we can hone and develop it instead of being afraid and cutting ourselves off. It’s so vital in figuring out how to navigate ourselves in this world.”
I like to imagine, that we will get through this awful time and things will be better for us and the earth. Take care, have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that a wonderful thing to imagine? Good to know.
DeleteIt's a great magazine, very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteYes it is!
Delete...many communities in the US are living in third world conditions because of water issues.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. And I've recently joined a group that's looking at our local watershed, being in the mountains, where I live is near a little river which is part of that area. All the water runs down to that river. But not only are we focusing on the water (and it's problems) but all the aspects of the lives of everything living in that area, as well as the earth's needs.
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