Woke up feeling bleak again.\u00a0 Very disappointing when the news is good \u2014 the DAPL is stopped for the moment.\u00a0 Well, I hope there will be some serious rethinking, and in particular a serious study of environmental consequences. which has been bypassed by trickery.<\/p>\n
In church, in the time for our \u201cjoys and concerns\u201d I asked for prayers for all the people at Standing Rock<\/a>, prayers for the Water Protectors, prayers for the military and police who are trying to move them, prayers for the veterans who have come to support the Water Protectors.\u00a0 I asked them to pray for a peaceful solution.<\/p>\n Snow is falling.\u00a0 \u201cThe black hills are white…\u201d\u00a0 from a song called \u201cTime to Move On\u201d from the 60\u2019s.\u00a0 I hear the plows on Three Mile Hill.\u00a0 I feel so sad.\u00a0 Mostly my heart is with the Water Protectors, but also with the riders of Dakota 38<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019m thinking about my realization from yesterday, that Spirit holds the whole planet.\u00a0 How do I know this?\u00a0 It\u2019s from a quietness inside, that seems to connect with a vast quietness outside.\u00a0 A sense of this quietness having solidity and weight even though it\u2019s not material.\u00a0 I feel a curve and realize that it goes through my arms, as though I am holding the planet.\u00a0 I think back to the Ocean of Compassion<\/a>.\u00a0 This is bigger.<\/p>\n About Tommy, a character in an Elizabeth Goudge<\/a> book, who is upset about a small boy killed in an automobile accident:\u00a0 \u201cHe did not … wonder if his own warm anguish of pity was a faint echo of some tremendous compassion identifiable with the life that held the universe in being…\u201d\u00a0 Heart of the Family, p170<\/p>\n Could not find “Time to Move On” on the internet. \u00a0The relevant verse is:<\/p>\n The dry days have turned into years, Woke up feeling bleak again.\u00a0 Very disappointing when the news is good \u2014 the DAPL is stopped for the moment.\u00a0 Well, I hope there will be some serious rethinking, and in particular a serious study of environmental consequences. which has … Continue reading
\nWe watered the earth with our tears,
\nIt’s been snowing all night,
\nThe Black Hills are white
\nAnd it’s time, Babe, time to move on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"