My heart pleads out to those who are still in the ‘game’ of hierarchy within the dominance model. It’s not capitalism which is the ideological problem, and it’s not socialism which is the idealistic solution (therein also a problem), its dominance as a ‘structure’, where we believe we can play alpha with nature/god/creation itself which is where we are stuck.
Whatever motivates us to lay it down, to give it up, to simply STOP believing we can WIN over anything… like anything… (like there’s anything to win OVER anyway), is our call now.
Nature always wins.
It isn’t about paying penance – not in my way of thinking anyway, and it’s also not random.
My guess is that most of us in North America think we are ‘beyond it, or or have been so far removed from what survival actually feels like that we forget the importance of taking care of each other with each word and action.
I’m praying, chanting, breathing, storytelling – for well-being.
No one deserves pain, or this virus, or violence.
I have a bit of a thing about ‘justice’. I wonder if the word justice exists beyond a model of dominance?
Hierarchy I understand – it’s a container for our safety.
Dominance – not so much. That’s power ‘over’ and in that someone always feels ‘less-than’, or ‘owned’.
I wonder if this time of great impact is a reminder to all of us that we are never, ever, like ever going to be ‘above’ the true force of life itself.
Call it God, nature, source, creation, the mystery… whatevs…
We are not stronger than life itself.
Be well.
Soft hearts.
Grace to all.
Practice equality.
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Tina Overbury is a core-communications specialist who works with individuals and organizations who feel called. She is a storyteller, performer, and a professional listener who works with narrative and story structure as a vehicle for human connection. Her work is rooted in Myth, Mysticism, and the practice of personal faith. She brings thirty years of collaborative storytelling in theatre, film, marketing, team based selling, and workshop facilitation. She is the founder of Live Your Best Story, a weekend retreat of deep listening held on Bowen Island, BC, Canada and is the voice and story behind TinaOLife, home to Story Stones, TinaO’s weekly online gathering of listening in to sacred stories. Tina is a proud associate of PowHERhouse media where she listens and supports the ‘stories’ of whole and integrated leaders of tomorrow.
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