“I will give you a talisman. Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? Will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and yourself melting away.”

                                              —Mahatma Gandhi

walking the path of heart ever deeper into peace, i carry this talisman, this image of the holy lander, the pilgrim, merging with the great beyond, being one with beloved community, all our relations… this image of the pilgrimage touches me so deeply and breaks my heart wide open… to be living my deepest desire, to be one with all that is, to always being peace and love even in the midst of enormous suffering, this blessing makes every step a beautyway… how i love walking home with you into our one heart…

still, i float in the sky feeling like these budding tree coming alive hours after returning from today’s  pilgrimage across the river to another state where we undulated over a land bridge bringing us to the river’s edge…

as we sauntered along the path, every step takes us into another time when many tribes lived as one on this outpost in the Pacific Northwest territory… it is a moving experience to meander over the bridge memorializing the linking of earth and water…

may the circle always be unbroken,,,