Happy Thanksgiving! I am really excited to have just received a copy of “Tales of the Klamath River”. This is a memoir I wrote about my family who, in 1939, ventured from our safe nest in “Indian Country” in Oklahoma, to “Indian Country” in Northern California to gold mine and live like our ancestors. This […]
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Revised edition of Living in Process
The revised edition of Living in Process is now available. Not only does this book include the basis of the healing work that we do throughout the world, it also provides an alternative to the unreal, phony world we have created through our ungrounded, scientific constructs and our non-spiritual belief systems. I have had the […]
Writer’s Retreat
Well, I’m back! After taking some time out to heal my now 84-year-old body and get it back to top speed again, and, after dealing with the most disastrous flood I have ever experienced on my precious healing place on my beloved island of Kauai, I’m ready to get back in the saddle. The first […]
It’s What We Do With It That Matters
“Remember Elizabeth Anne, nothing is ever all bad. It is what we do with it that makes the difference.” These words were spoken to me often by my great-grandmother when I was a child. And, I have found myself struggling with them many times as an adult. And, as I wait long enough and “sit […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Section III, Envisioning Who We are as a Beacon, Part 7, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
As I read and study the papers and writings of our founding “fathers,” I believe that to the best of their ability and with the help of the Native people here, they were trying to found a democracy. In that democracy, not only were all people free and equal, they were equal in the pursuit […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Section III, Envisioning Who We are as a Beacon, Part 6, Equality for All
One of the major tenets for these United Stated of America is that we all are equal in practice and in the eyes of the law. This commitment of equality exists and abides deeply in my soul, my beliefs, and my practice. Having grown up (until the age of seven and then returning regularly) in […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Section III, Envisioning Who We are as a Beacon, Part 5, Attributes of a Functional Society
There are three major components of a functional person and a functional society – Honesty, Honor and Respect. These three with some kind of connection with an internal moral compass are essential for our living together on this planet. I. Honesty – There are few things that put us out of contact with ourselves, others […]
AMERICA FULFILLING ITS PROMISE – SECTION III, ENVISIONING WHO WE ARE AS A BEACON, PART IV, OPEN AND CLOSED SYSTEMS
The biggest issue we are facing in the worldwide community is – how can open systems survive if the main focus of closed systems is to destroy everything unlike itself? The ideal of a democracy was an open system. Unfortunately, it has come to mean and/or be synonymous with capitalism and materialism. This was not […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Section III, Envisioning Who We are as a Beacon, Part III, Our Representative Government
By no stretch of the imagination do we have a representative government – – a Republic. And, we desperately need one. Let’s dream a little – The two party system is not working – Neither party has a clear vision – Both are more loyal to party than country – Both are more wedded […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Section III, Envisioning Who We Are as a Beacon, Part 2, Education
Our founders were wise enough to know that if we are to be a participatory nation in which all participate, we need to be educated. Education is not just for the privileged few, it is a right and a necessity for all. Unfortunately, we have been moving more and more in the direction that, in […]