What do I know? This morning I read the entries from my journal from my first journey to Botswana in July 2007, the trip that turned my life upside down. As I prepare to fly away from Botswana today, I find that the words I wrote then hold true:
I know that stillness speaks. I know that the sky can sing. I know that unity with the other is possible beyond words and recognizable by only the slightest thread in ordinary space and time. I know that culture is learned, customized like a suit of clothes, but the day may come when the suit is threadbare and no longer of use. I know that fire and water hold magnificent power and that rocks have stories to tell. And I know that the trees stand as witness and healers to the world. I know that tracks in the sand point to the animal but are not the animal, just as spiritual paths point to the truth but are not the truth. I know that dominion over nature can be only a temporary exercise. The cycle will turn, round and inside out. What is nature if not ourselves?
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Welcome home!!!!
Good travels, Maria.
C'mon back.
Maria, thank you for taking the time and effort to write about your journey as it was happening. We are looking forward to seeing you (in L.A.? your bed awaits...) and learning of your impressions of THIS much-changed country of ours. best//S+P+G
Dominion over nature will only be temporary if we don't completely destroy it first!
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