why? what is it in the human mind that so shudders in the eyes of the wolf? what is it in the human heart that so hardens to the cry of the wild as it is cried through these disappearing lips? why the hatred? why the fear?
and how do we change it? what is the pathway to ensure their survival?
does anyone have any ideas? can we have an actual conversation about this?
i've asked the world outside myself, i've asked the world inside, and no answer comes other than be. be the change, be the way, be the truth. i've been in the monastery these years, and it's been the necessary thing, as i would have crushed my self or the world from where i was. now i am emerging into a world where the same things are still unfolding, chaos breeding chaos, hatred breeding hatred, love breeding love. i see this acceleration as an amplification and an expansion, omni-dimensional. so what arises as the destructive aspect is mirrored in the movement of creation. there is so much movement as this long-standing (thousands of years!) paradigm of dominion and division shudders itself to pieces in the emergence of it's balance in harmonic resonance, so much movement. sometimes this can be pain, but when we know it and see it for what it is, for the action of transformation, we can revel in the movement as well as guide what emerges from the shifting.
transitional times are of the highest potency. they are the moments wherein all bets are off, for there is no pattern in place. the interesting thing about transitional times is that because we have a tendency towards stability, we are naturally inclined to hold our breath when the ground is shifting beneath us. sometimes this is, of course, the very proper thing to do. but when we are seeking revolutionary change, the transitional moments of the bigger processes in which we are involved (like species extinction) are the perfect moments for minute, decisive action. if nobody's looking, change the fucking channel! then when everyone gets back in their center, they'll think that's how it was all along and just go with it, and we can be there to help the subcutaneous shift root with a little deft guidance.
so what do we do about this wolf situation? there are 52 lobos left in the wild.
think about that for a moment. 52. imagine if i said to you, "there are 52 elephants left in the wild". you'd flip, right? so rest into that for a moment and think about what it means that there are 52 southwestern wolves left in the wild. that means that by the end of this year, they could be extinct, because hunting season is on and people are murdering them. in their homes, with their children. for no fucking reason.
then let me ask you this: i know that wolves are my kin. who is your kin? what would you be willing to give to the animal spirits who guide and hold you so that their bodies continue to exist in this world? i am willing and ready to give my life for theirs, just as i am for my human kin. but i would honestly say that i am more ready to give it for the animals, because their cries are ignored, and their lives are considered by gunmen as either pests, numbers or games.
but i don't know what to do about this. i don't know how to make it different. it hasn't been the time for me to know before. rainier rilke wrote "live the question, and you will perhaps inadvertently live your way into the answer." so i am living the question, contemplating what i am willing to sacrifice to intervene on behalf of my animal kin. but this is not a rhetorical question. this is an invitation to my human kin who are awakened and caring to draw together to defend this beautiful home of ours from devastation. not conceptually, but actually this is an invitation to a conversation, to the conversation of how we can guide this change. i need support, i need to know that there are others who care, and that we can support each other in the awesome work of living that caring. and i have lots of support to give, now that i'm out of the monastery!
deepest love and brightest blessings
for the benefit of all creation!
Laws aren't working. Sending an email to the president and to the speaker of the house yesterday pleading with them to not allow f-ing guns into our State and National Parks...may work...we'll see soon enough.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good question, what do we do in this "demo-cracy"that will actually make a difference for all beings, that we may live harmoniously on this planet? Being the change, in this particular situation with the wolves, may take actually going to these places where people are killing them.
Sending letters, signing online petitions and emails obviously isn't enough. It is overwhelming to think about how many places we'd have to go in order to attempt making a difference in the situation for any number of endangered species.
So, the wolf. This is the focus here. It will take radical action--within and outside. Going to these places and helping the no-doubt underfunded organizations that send us all these petitions and pre-written email letters to send to our "representatives."
Who are the people on the ground level? Where are they? How do we get there? What do they most need in order to continue helping the wolf to survive?
The other thing popping to mind is: council. If there were council meetings here with the most dedicated members meeting and discussing these issues, then they might connect with others in other places, and then there could be a larger explosion of action in different places at the same time to raise awareness and educate people.
I think a key is to show exactly how we're related to this particular extinction...people are sleeping, so, yes, change the channel, wake them up, but it's got to be done as fast as a commercial cuz that's all the time we've got. I'm talking seconds to convince people that they should and do give a crap about wolves.
That's what I can see from here right now. That last paragraph there, I think that's where the spark is. Let's think like we're sleeping for a second, what would wake our lazy asses up?
Visual, sound, connection to these living creatures as if they were part of our reality. How to build a relationship? Send dreams to all the sleeping people. Dreams of the wolf saving them from their desperate sick slumber, nuzzling them and then teaching them again how to run and be free.
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Peace
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May 20, 2009 8:32 PM