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I Stand With You Against the Disorder by Jeanette Armstrong
I was extremely excited to read this article… I have learned so much from the Okanagan people. They have been a great source of inspiration to me in the past and have informed much of the work in BRA I have shared here.
“Okanagans teach that the body is Earth itself. Our flesh, blood, and bones are Earth-body; in all cycles in which Earth moves, so does our body. We are everything that surrounds us, including the vast forces we only glimpse. If we cannot continue as an individual life form, we dissipate back into the larger self. “
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Living it
Living an animist lifestyle helps me to be in balance with all people of creation, whether I understand them as teachers, medicine helpers, brothers, or sisters. Listening to their sense of knowing and learning how that relates to my own sense of knowing and well being helps me to be a more well rounded person in my own right. It assists me in practicing empathy and compassion for all of my human and other than human community.
Intentional mutual respect with all people allows me to maintain a balance in my own life and helps me not to enforce my will,… Read more »
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Synergy is Shamanry
syn·er·gy play_w2(”S0967900″) (s
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n. pl. syn·er·gies
1. The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
2. Cooperative interaction among groups, especially among the acquired subsidiaries or merged parts of a corporation, that creates an enhanced combined effect.
[From Greek sunergi
, cooperation, from sunergos, working together; see synergism.]
[New Latin synergismus, from Greek sunergos, working together : sun-, syn- + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]
, cooperation, from sunergos, working together; see synergism.][New Latin synergismus, from Greek sunergos, working together : sun-, syn- + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]
Years ago, sitting in my bedroom with my very good friend Eric, we passed back and forth Eagles and crows feathers… and we discussed the relationship between Law and Freedom. At…
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