“Yesterday,’ she said, referring to the collective past of her tribe, ‘the people of these forests knew the secret. They made the finest silk thread from the cocoon of a beautiful sleeping butterfly. The women reeled the silk thread on the spinning wheel, slowly and gently. Such delicate work it was, that the silk remembered, at last, the moth which had created it. And the women were awed at the silver shine of the silk produced. If the silk is so divine, they thought, what must be the beauty of the butterfly waiting to be born? They stopped breaking the cocoons and looked for the crimson wings of the butterflies emerging from the torn nests of raw silk. The sight took them aback. They became sages and storytellers..”
Source: The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption
“I am protected by energy you are not prepared
to deal with”
“Whenever I think
this life, these choices, this path
is mine alone
My spiritual, karmic, generational inheritance
swells in me
telling me
there is no such thing as
Tabula Rasa”
Source: Murmurations
“Fu or yeh nor ru." There is nothing meaningless in this world or everything happens for a reason.”
“Modern life has domesticated us. We wake to alarms, live by schedules, and often feel disconnected from the natural rhythms that sustained our ancestors for millennia.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“Nonna, there's something else… San Francisco. Sometimes when I walk through the neighborhoods, downtown, past buildings… I think they whisper to me... Petra Duffey”
“In this shifting landscape, we may tend to forget “what the old folks say.” Most of us probably now realize that our ancestors did indeed have it right! Their common-sense ways allowed them to get through the worst of conditions throughout history and still we thrive from their bold undertakings.”
Source: For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success
“We are informed by the land and our bonds to a particular landscape, and in this animist universe
we are connected to the plants, creatures, elements
and earth spirits that dwell there. The love of the land and our community is the only true wealth we have.
We are part of the Earth and the Earth is part of us.”
Source: Ancient Spirit Rising: Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community
“Don't worship the dead at the expense of the living.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“The condition of the soul can be treated independently of the situation one finds oneself in.”
Source: Faith, Hope and Carnage