Water Safety

The other day, I witnessed a very scary scene, a scene that unfortunately, happens frequently in the summertime on lakes, rivers and other bodies of water. A man had not properly secured his boat on the shoreline. Unexpectedly, a wind-storm blew in from the west. The intense wind caused the mooring of the boat to break and it started floating out to the middle of the lake. The man, thinking of his boat and not of his own well-being, jumped into the 40 degree water in order to retrieve his possession. It only took a few minutes in that water temperature for hypothermia to set in. As the boat drifted further out, the man found himself in trouble.


Luckily, there was one other boat on the shore and he was rescued from the cold waters. He was saved. I mention this because we are approaching the summer season, which is usually full of many weekend water activities. I hope that this message of a ‘close call’ reminds all of us that our possessions can always be replaced but our life balances within each moment.

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

“Be careful where you place your value. Nothing and no one is worth losing your life over.” tc

Divide and Conquer

In the book, “The Great Cosmic Mother” by Monica Sjoo & Barbara Mor, they state that patriarchal societies, those built upon the foundation of male dominion in the areas of politics, religion, family and psychotherapy, are devoted to the philosophy of “division.” Patriarchy divides spirit and mind, male and female, mind and matter and God from nature. For thousands of years man has raped nature, exploited her natural resources and manipulated the earth’s production for the mechanical, unyielding and progressive ideals of separation for his own creation.

The combined communal-orientation of family, spirit and group well-being promoted by women from the Neolithic age forward, has been oppressed, trampled upon and broken down into individualism and isolation. Community creates a bond of potential, exactly what patriarchal dominion rejects. The meaning of “Strength in numbers” has been distorted from harmonious societies of ancient times, all working together for the betterment of the entire group to ‘those who have and those who have not” under patriarchy.

"The beautiful bond of Mother and Child has been reduced to 'primitive,' 'infantile' and even 'pagan' by those in sex-role cultures. “The son has to reject the mother to be able to dominate the wife as a ‘real man’ and the daughter must betray her for the sake of ‘submitting to man.’' It was not always this way and will not remain this way going into the future. The sacred bond of Mother/Child, Husband/Wife and Community will once again emerge as The Way to Love, Balance and Live a harmonious, spiritual life!

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

“The warm, protective womb of the world began within the Earth Mother and there is where we all shall return in love, peace and beauty.” tc