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off in a 'fluff' ... to Vista Triangle Park Cluff ...

at least, that is where I last heard Julie Tumamait would be sending forth her prayers.

if no one shows or stays, I will walk down to check on the Libby Fountain gathering.

bicycle away ... gentlest drivers I pray!

Very happy Mother's Day to my mom in Orange County and my sister, who is celebrating her first mom's day with her six week old son. Namaste!

the mothers are rejoicing!

at the Cluff Vista park Letecia Layson, Filipina High Priestess, led a first round of silence and prayer. there were about six other grandmothers there, and I and a young woman guest of Letecia.

then Chumash Elder Julie Tumamait arrived to say prayers, and then Gujarati Healer Devi Shah arrived and sang some Hindu chants. And then Regina Redhawk Quinones of the Dineh (Navajo) tribe joined and did some videotaping.

She was bubbling over, as I was, about the history-making Green Coalition Summit yesterday in Ojai -- where it seems the dream, decision, vision of making the Ojai Valley into a 'Green mecca', a celebration of our planetwide returning to a sacred life in harmony with nature -- where this turning point in herstory was solidified.

as Raymond is pointing out in the Green Transportation thread -- no one in the Valley can stop talking about the global green consciousness revolution which has finally overtaken the Western Corporate State and Governments -- and is now transforming itself to profit from a world economy IN HARMONY with nature -- expanding the participation levels of the public in communications and decisionmaking -- and participating in this next stage of global enlightenment.

SHE returned!

Thanks, Clive, Suza, and Julia Ward Howe. Great piece of history. I tend to agree with MT that the hope for the world right now is the ascendance of the Feminine, a rebalancing of patriarchy and matriarchy. Like James Brown said, "it's a man's world," and the men have screwed it up pretty badly. So I say, let the mothers have a shot at it. (See, there I go spouting a hunting expression. Typical male.)

There were 60-70 "mothers" at the fountain, in a ring, holding hands, drummers, band in background, gentle breeze, warm sunlight, and the sound of the fountain, bubbling, running; the sound of that womam fountain was the main thing that caught my attention; that sound of water, nature, water running through our bodies; for some reason I felt my belly breathing in and out, feet grounded in the earth; aware of the tower ringing bells at 1 PM. Peaceful, powerful, gentle; belies the rage and anger of that other womam whose love is spurned. The reckoning and balancing is coming. It will not be pleasant but a cleansing is necessary for the children, babies and old people, the forgotten ones like She'sus healed at another fountain. Still, it wasn't easy and the price was high. Maybe we'll be luckier.

Sounds beautiful. Mother or Father, a good parent is everything to a child, everything to a better society.

Strictly for the record:

It was stated above that Regina Quinones is from the Dineh (Navajo) tribe. She sends a message through me that she does have Native American ancestry but it is not Dineh. Chalk it up to a miscommunication.

~~ "All the stones that are, sing to me. Each one
has a song of her own. Mother Earth sings the
chorus of all her children's songs."

~~ "Listening to the words of every tree, plant & insect
nurtures a wholesome heart. Go by yourself into nature
and sit quietly. Then pick up a rock and listen to
your thoughts. After a while, put that rock down and
pick up another rock. Observe how your thoughts change.
These are the voices and wisdom of the Stone People.
Each one has different wisdom and they are willing
to share their wisdom with you. Many of the Stone
People are very VERY old and very VERY wise."

~~ "Let every rock and leaf be thy teacher."

~

Thank you for this wonderful reminder about rocks. This helps explain why many people, myself included, love sitting, lying, meditating, playing and practicing yoga on rocks. I will do as you suggest...