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i know i'm probably not the one to say this
5 years ago
and i hope i don't sound too facetious saying it,
but the seventh fire has been lit,
and we will either learn how to walk in beauty,
or forget entirely how to walk.
(for those who don't immediately grasp what all that 'poetry' is talking about,
by walking in beauty, is intended, my perception anyway, is using our science, our engineering, our art, and yes our spirit and metaphysics too,
to live in greater harmony and respect, of nature's diversity and our true dependence on it,
and by forgetting how to walk, again just me, i don't have a direct channel to anything other then 'the vibe' i personally feel,
augmented by real sources of knowledge and probability, is the very real possibility, in less then a hundred years,
possibly much less, of the near or complete extinction of the human species)
i'm pretty sure we've nearly all felt, or expected, something pretty drastic, was sooner or later going to come along.
unsustainable means just what it says on the label.
but drastic doesn't have to be a tragic ending, if we take it for the wake up call that it is.
and this pandemic thing, i just suspect, isn't a one shot deal, but nature's warning shot across our bow, to be fallowed by many others,
each at ever decreasing intervals following on the heals of the one before.
but the seventh fire has been lit,
and we will either learn how to walk in beauty,
or forget entirely how to walk.
(for those who don't immediately grasp what all that 'poetry' is talking about,
by walking in beauty, is intended, my perception anyway, is using our science, our engineering, our art, and yes our spirit and metaphysics too,
to live in greater harmony and respect, of nature's diversity and our true dependence on it,
and by forgetting how to walk, again just me, i don't have a direct channel to anything other then 'the vibe' i personally feel,
augmented by real sources of knowledge and probability, is the very real possibility, in less then a hundred years,
possibly much less, of the near or complete extinction of the human species)
i'm pretty sure we've nearly all felt, or expected, something pretty drastic, was sooner or later going to come along.
unsustainable means just what it says on the label.
but drastic doesn't have to be a tragic ending, if we take it for the wake up call that it is.
and this pandemic thing, i just suspect, isn't a one shot deal, but nature's warning shot across our bow, to be fallowed by many others,
each at ever decreasing intervals following on the heals of the one before.
V.
The seven fires (niizhwaaso-ishkoden niigaanaajimowin) is an integral part of the Anishinaabeg migration westward in which we were warned that we must move or be destroyed. We were to find the place where the food grows on the water (anishinaabe-manoomin - wild rice) This is generally believed to be near where Duluth is currently located. There would also be a turtle-shaped island at the beginning (where the St. Francis and St.Lawrence rivers meet) and at the end (Mooningwanekaaning - Madeline Island) of our journey which is linked to the purification of the earth. This story has been around long before the "discovery" of the western hemisphere. Whether or not we are in this time of the seventh fire is still a matter of conjecture, but I have come to believe this fire has been burning for quite some time now. Soon, we will have to choose between two roads. Stay strong, niikaan, the task of the new people will not be easy.