An essential part of re-imagining who we were/are now for regenerative transformation is to embark on the journey to the source of remembering. Sherri Mitchell of Turtle Island invites us to ask - who were we before sovereignty was taken?
Liminal relational spaces are portals for insight/clues into a way of being - more ecologically relational - but for now, we have but flickers/glitches of moments of that weird beauty that once was.
The freedom that is evoked by ritualised connection - is suppressed for many. Yet remains for elites - who control the sources of power in their secret bohemium grove retreats.
Dispelling this power and reclaiming ours, requires cooperation with more than human life forces. The power surrounds and is within us - remembering this power is integral to reclaiming and making sacred spaces of refuge. The in-between is that which has yet to be occupied, where we simmer and emerge. Sinking into this refuge we draw strength for the reclamation of places held to ransom - by a short-term, dwindling, yet viciously vile and greedy elite.
Kristi Nelson points to the importance of gratitude in the unravelling. Gratitude is that which walks us through the fire. Gratefulness lives in the life force, in the flow of our allies - the river, rather than in the dualism of hope and despair. Living gratefully inspires us and catalyses us into a way of being that reclaims our humanity, in the face of total catastrophe.
Let’s imagine this as the grateful gaze—a Great-Full-Ness for life.
Regenerative storytellers are propelled to go inward to the felt sense of place and ancestral wisdom - to listen to that which cant be separate from the land. To arrive once again, and humbly seek guidance on how to move through and with these times.
The wisdom of the land exists beyond time immemorial.
Inspired by engaging with what I call an embodied ecological relational practice for Earth writing, I connected with Lenah Valley, the smells, sounds and colours.
I moved with the inspiration of the water. I held the gaze of the dance of the river, it was relentless, playful and bouncing in tempo and in different directions - reacting and flowing. This inspiration connects me with the inner flow as it relates to a more profound life force that is shared.
Tapping into this space has the potential to shift and shape mindsets - bringing me closer to the intention to write for the Earth.
How can I write with the river's bouncing flow and the infusion of the ancestor spirits in mind/body?
This is the guidance that came from today's embodied ecological relationality practice for Earth writing