"The Highest Form of Politics."

[H2O Man]

In September, 1977, the Non-Governmental Organizations of the United Nations met in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the oppression of Native Peoples in the Americas. The Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy) delivered a position paper, called A Basic Call to Consciousness. It was a message from the "elder sibling" of the "high tech" world. In part, the message was:

"Ours is A Way of Life. We believe all living things are spiritual beings. Spirits can be expressed as energy forms manifested in matter. A blade of grass is an energy form manifested in matter -- grass matter. The spirit of the grass is that unseen force which produces the species of grass, and it is manifest to us in the form of real grass.

All things of the world are real, material things. The Creation is a true, material phenomenon, and the Creation manifests itself to us through reality. The spiritual universe, then, is manifest to Man as the Creation, the Creation which supports life. We believe that humans are real, a part of the Creation....In our ways, spiritual consciousness is the highest form of politics.

The original instructions direct that we who walk about on the Earth are to express a great respect, an affection, and a gratitude toward all the spirits which create and support Life. We give a daily greeting and thanksgiving to the many supporters of our own lives -- the corn, beans squash, the winds, the sun, and clean water. When people cease to respect and express gratitude for these many things, then they will withdraw their spiritual powers, and human life on earth will come to an end."

[dweller]

1. Link

http://www.championtrees.org/yarrow/basiccall.htm

for those to read the full text.
peace,
dp

[H2O Man]

2. Thanks!

Being an old man, surrounding by thousands of books, but lacking computer skills -- it has its limitations. Yesterday, I quoted part of James Simon Kunen's 1968 book, The Strawberry Statement. I think it should be required reading for young people. Someone asked me for a link ... and I feel bad, because all I know is that it's in "this" book or "that" book. I'm not saying that the books I have are any better or worse than anyone else's .... just there's a lot of great information in them.

[dweller]

3. strawberry statement

read when i was about 18, so many years ago. Still not available at Gutenberg.org. (free text files)

but can be found thru amazon etc.

I wonder where my copy is now? So many moves, too many boxes. :)

another good read:
http://porthurontokentstate.tripod.com/PortHuronStatement.htm

dp

[H2O Man]

4. Yep....

good stuff, the Port Huron Statement, etc. I had to look for my copy of The Strawberry Statement for about 20 minutes yesterday ..... lots of book shelves, only a few of which are organized.