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David Sparenberg's Blog – May 2011 Archive (6)

INKTOMI'S MESSAGE, a retelling out of oral tradition

Inktomi, spiderman, visited the tribes of the Northern Great Plains. Each time descending from the sky on a silken thread, Inkto brought a message of desolation to the Arapaho, the Blackfoot, the Crow, the Cheyenne, Dakota, and Lakota. Each time, Inkto told the people, “Changes are coming, a harsh time, and mother earth will suffer. Her oldest children will cry out in terrible pain.” Each time, Inkto looked…

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Added by David Sparenberg on May 29, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

AN OPEN REPLY TO BOB PIPPIN

Well good morning Bob. Eva thought you insulted me with your recent comment. I do not feel insulted but will treat your question seriously. Unfortunately, it appears you, like most others, are not such a careful reader, which is a problem that needs some development to counter a culture of distraction and "short attention span." And this is a serious concern. When I write, I am a careful writer/speaker, aware that I am often… Continue

Added by David Sparenberg on May 21, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

TURNING TIDE

Come—and we shall go down to the sea and the seashore and call it Sea of Galilee although it can be any sea and any shore anywhere and we will gather there spontaneously by the hundreds and thousands and hundred thousands to listen to the world-wind and speak in payer as a communion to the rising water the salted amniotic fluid of ancient earth life and the fishermen shall bring fishes and the bakers bring bread and the… Continue

Added by David Sparenberg on May 18, 2011 at 3:24am — 2 Comments

LIFE IS A DESIRE, NOT A MEANING: an addendum to “On the Foundations of Green Acting”

Life is desire to create life, to proliferate, to be alive; to encroach upon nothingness and to exceed beyond death. Meanings are variables. With a disposition of openness meanings remain questionable—Socratic. Because we endanger life when the imposition of meaning becomes extravagant and overruns the vital dynamic of desire.

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Added by David Sparenberg on May 16, 2011 at 4:00am — No Comments

RE GENESIS -for Jean Houston-

Here we are

between renaissance and oblivion

feeling the pendulum swing

set in motion by many forces…

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Added by David Sparenberg on May 11, 2011 at 1:22am — No Comments

FROM KABBALAH

In the annals of Kabbalah there is recorded that before the present Earth-world—of beauty imperiled, of diversity being diminished—there were seven other worlds, brute works of monstrous forces and inhabitants; worlds out of balance, lacking perfection and even the potential for perfection. But God destroyed each of the seven and created anew until arriving at this present Earth-world, which with the help of… Continue

Added by David Sparenberg on May 9, 2011 at 2:18am — 1 Comment