THE FALLACY OF DOMINATION

The abuse of power, as seen in the need to control the masses, has been fueled by greed throughout time. The fallacy of dominant societies is found in the historical evidence that there will always be another power-hungry opposition that will come along to play the role of conquerors.

The greedy power brokers of the world have not realized that is impossible to dominate the human spirit. Trying to permanently break the spirit of any race or group of human beings is futile. A temporary conquest can be achieved, but the human spirit will always rise again, in the following generations, the changes found in the will are imbued with more determination and a deeper understanding of the roles life offers.

Some say that the Sacred Hoop of Life was broken when Native Americans lost their lands and freedom. My Elders have taught me that this Circle of Life, the Sacred Traditions that represent our Medicine Wheel, has not been broken. The Faithful, the Wise Ones, have kept the fires burning, ensuring that the goodness, the strength of spirit, and the Beauty Way of our people will always endure. Our task is rediscovering the spirit and healing the fallacies that insist that that any spirit can be dominated or broken forever.

Jamie Sams in Earth Medicine

This could also be called the Fallacy of Control. We've been reminded that we don't control the natural world. That no matter how well we engineer our man made creations it won't be enough. It doesn't mean that we give up. It does mean that we have to respect the forces that we can't control. No matter how hard we try, there will always be something that we can't predict. That there may be more truth to the old song "pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start over....again."

I am getting more than a little tired of the cynicism of some of the news providers. "Radiation found on Japanese beans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1" Turns out, after you've read the story, carefully, that they're dried fava beans and the radiation is just slightly higher than the normal levels; three hundred times lower than any level that could be considered dangerous.

I'm still trying to figure out how thw spinich got contaminated since it isn't the growing season. Still the levels are low.

And I haven't run across a story yet that gives the information in numbers. I.E. this is the amount of radiation being given off. This much is dangerous. Many words, very little information.