Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom. Hugo De Groot The Reason for American Society I cannot tell you exactly what was in the minds, hearts and souls of those who came to “found” what has become these United States. I am much clearer about those who were already here and what […]
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America Fulfilling Its Promise – Section II – Part 2
The Wisdom of Those Who Were Here When the refugees (explorers/Founders of this Country/Invaders/exploiters/Colonizers /White Western refugees) first came to this country they did not find an empty land. They found many groups of people living here and caring for these lands. As groups, they had many characteristics in common and also some very large […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Section II – Part 1 Introduction
It is difficult to find solutions when we do not know and understand what the problems are. In Section I we have explored the problems that are currently facing us as individuals, a society and nation, and as a human race. We have taken a peek and seen that our elected officials have been […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Part 7 – Section I
The Illusion of Control Many of us who have worked with addicts over a period of time think of dishonesty, self-centeredness, and the illusion of control as the three legs that hold the stool of the ism of addiction up. Certainly these three are key and seem to be heavy contributors to the resultant addictive […]
America Fulfilling Its Promise – Part 5
Dishonesty as a Characteristic of an Addictive Society We have explored the fact that the society we have developed in the USA (and which came with our ancestors – even though they were trying to get away from it!!) is becoming a sicker and sicker addictive society, destructive to itself and others. As we explored […]
America Fulfilling its Promises – Part 3
Introduction to Looking at Society as an Addict All that is necessary for the forces of evil to prosper is for enough good people to do nothing . . . I feel very frightened and something else, very deep, I cannot even name (pain, sorrow, horror – and much more). What is happening right now […]
Wonder Woman and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
These two women played a significant role in my young life. As I looked around me, almost all of the “important people” seemed to be men, almost all the “wisdom speakers” were men and all of the “leaders” were men. Thank goodness that my home did not mirror these ways of dealing with the world. […]
Ode to Angeline
We have been friends for many, many years, my dear – and will be forever I am sure. I am sorry not to have been able personally to be at your memorial with the throngs who love you and I will be there in spirit and with words. Over thirty years ago, we first met […]
The Care and Feeding of Our Souls
The early part of my life was spent in the Bible Belt. As a child, living among the Cherokee version of the teachings of Jesus, I learned that the most important thing in my life was my relationship with my God and the care and feeding of my soul, however best I could do that. […]
Men (and Women) Moving On
To follow up on my last blog, Thank You Trump Boys, I want to explore some of the myths of what I all the White Male System/Addictive System/ Technological, Mechanistic, Materialistic System. In my first book, published in 1981, as a young second-wave feminist, very early on I realized that we were not just dealing […]