Now that
the circus of the American elections is over and already the clown voted in is reneging
on many of his promises, its time to focus again on important issues.
And the
issue is ‘Standing Rock’, though not merely the place in the USA, but the
numerous Standing Rocks in our own backyards.
I ‘Running
Eagle Feather’ am feeling a lot of fire and pain in my heart and solar plexus,
when I see how my sisters and brothers are treated at Standing Rock.
I was
fortunate many moons ago to be blessed by a Lakota Sioux elder and become a brother
to their tribe. It was then that my Indian
name ‘Running Eagle Feather’ came to be, as in my younger days I used to run
and call out to the bird tribes whenever they past by, asking them to drop me a
feather from the sky.
How can
America ever call itself the land of the free? That notion died a long time ago;
in fact that notion never existed.
America,
the land stolen from many Indian tribes is now being raped and stolen again.
The land’s caretakers are not even safe in the few crumbs fed to them by an
ever greedy and dominating white nation.
The few
pieces of land awarded to them by the conquer are not even theirs to live in
peace
And the
crime committed by these loving people is their will to defend the sanctity of
earth and water. Their wisdom in knowing that human dose not live on money and
gold, but on fertile earth, crystal clean water and pure air.
The people
of standing rock, I know that you know the sad truth. Many say that they are with
you, but only few have gone beyond words and illusion and the quest for self
rather than community.
For if all
the people that say they stand with you, really stood in their daily deeds and
actions as true protectors of life, the situation at Standing Rock would have
not come to be.
We have
been cowed into submission. We have stopped believing in our power and the
power of magic. We have surrendered to a life of going for what is possible,
rather than striving for the miraculous unimaginable.
I call on
all of us to stop being part of the agenda. Stop being fooled by their theatre,
by their misinformation that seeks to divide us, so we are easily controlled.
I ‘Running
Eagle Feather’ affirm again and again that my life is in service to ‘Mama
Gaia’. That my work is the work of an earth protector and lover. Let us all
affirm this together and stand up for our Standing Rocks wherever they may be.
Standing
rock, I stand with you fully. Not as a LIKE on facebook, but with my deeds and
words and actions.
In the
lands that I live in, there are so many Standing Rocks that need immediate
attention. In Australia there is Pine gap and Adani coal mine and many more. In
Slovakia, after we kicked them out of the west, Monsanto is establishing itself
around Detva with the weird silence of the organic community there. And so many
other issues that need attention with stealing Slovak water and resources. In
India the land is falling apart with a Prime Minister that sees trees as a waste
of space.
The list of
Standing Rocks is endless. This is the main theme in my Novel ‘I Crow River’, a
book dedicated to saving the earth. We talk, we sing, we pray, but we do not
act, and the highest most profound prayer is action.
I remember
years ago, being part of the NEFA movement in Australia. There were perhaps 50
dedicated activists and we saved million of hectares of forest, imagine if we were
500 dedicated activist! Imagine if we were 5000 dedicated activists!
In Slovakia
a few years ago, we worked as Siet Dobra (network of goodness) to kick Monsanto
from their newly established research centre. It took 10 activists and a few
months and it was done. Imagine if we were 100, or a thousand or 10,000!!!
Slovakia would be GMO free and own its soil and water again.
Yes, its
time to imagine wild and think big again.
So it is
nice to see so many brothers and sisters standing with ‘Standing Rock’ in the cyber
unreality, but please, look around, Standing Rock is everywhere, close to your
backyard, so stand up and be counted. Think Globally and Act Locally!!! For
without action we are just a basket of blab la, and the powers that be would walk
all over us, as they cheer their investors all the way to the bank.
Remember
what we all thought was possible when we were young – us the tribe of peace and
love, the tribe of colour and music, us the tribe of fantasy and song. And what
happened, did we allow life to grind it away.
It is
possible, it is more than possible, it is the only choice and Standing Rock is
the call of the wild demanding our full attention again.
It is
asking us to reconnect with our true dreams, and farfetched visions. Our true
belief that we were born to be torch bearers, caretakers, leaders into a space
where harmony and love, truth and simplicity, community and sharing, replace the
insanity permeating as normalcy in the world today.
Another
world is possible, stand up and be counted!
