Dear Ones,
In Raleigh, North Carolina yesterday, a couple hundred of us local Water Protectors went to steps of Wells Fargo building downtown, to peacefully share the message in English, Cherokee and Navajo: Water is Life. It felt good to stand physically–should to shoulder, heart to heart–with so many strangers who are committed to being a voice for those on the front line protecting the water, in ND. I have been shooting love canons through my site here and on Facebook, but to actually use my body felt powerful.
While our connections and stance felt good, it also felt very bad. I had to deal with my own hypocrisy and nausea: driving my fossil-fueled minivan there, and protesting and standing in front of a company that bought my house for my family, I owe mega bucks for my home mortgage. I strive to not contribute to the problems, but me– like practically EVERYONE– I am stuck in this system of our old story.
I felt sadness for the workers coming out. For some of them, today may have been the first time they heard about how their company was involved in funding DAPL.
I know in my heart and entire being, that we are ALL in this together. While Water IS Life, I know that most of us are bound by our dependencies to oil. It fuels our lifestyles, the way water fuels our bodies. While I believe this is the situation right now, I do NOT believe there is nothing that we can do about it.
I pray for greed, fear and the myth of separation to be washed away by love and sacred listening. I write about the injustice and plight in ND and the Sioux and perhaps ya’ll are perplexed by how an immigrant from England could care so much… but I do. If you ever want to talk about it, please reach out, don’t silently carry your curiosity… I am here to lovingly and peacefully share the situation and my heart. And in turn to listen to you.
I pray for us all, that we realize that ND represents every single duality of our America, from racism, elitism, greed, putting profit over people’s and Mama Earth’s health… and countless civil liberty violations. I pray for the new America to come peacefully now, and for intentional human suffering to end. I pray.
Thank you for reading and hearing me. And our Native aAmerican brothers and sisters say, Thank you for being.
knowing and believing a better new story is coming…
#NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #StandingWithStandingRock #MediaWhiteOut #wellsfargo
ɛïɜ let your SOUL shine ɛïɜ 
Good for you to go & stand together – I’m in Canada and in my heart I stand with the Water Protectors too! A world-issue for sure. Showing our duality so clearly, I hope many more people see the end result & choose Love & Peace.
It was awesome! I was so moved by the experience! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and video!
Yup, next day I got an email, we may have our BC/Canadian version of NODAPL with Kinder Morgan:
We are expecting our government will make a decision on the Kinder Morgan Transmountain pipeline as early as the end of the month, and we’re helping communities prepare for a potential approval.
To start important conversations about how we respond in case of an approval, we’ve brought together Indigenous and community leaders from North Dakota and BC to share their lessons on how direct action can stop new pipelines.
Oh FOS, I’m sorry to hear this but someone it feels affirmative that our whole world is moving away from these atrocities and towards to new world. it’s like things are fizzing (painfully) up and out… and hopefully over. Thank you for your awareness and for contributing to the conversations both here and in your physical community. I am blessed to know you.