A Tale of Grace

posted by Kamala on Dec 29

The UNFCCC COP-15 is over. We all see the results. The emphasis was changed from serving the Earth and the human race to a financial summit. The last 48 hours of 2 weeks of stalled negotiations, suspended talks and extended recesses, saw the unabashed hijack of the entire process. The dragon came out from under the pretty blue cover of the UN. The World Trade Organization through 26 countries announced its supremacy. The new rules are – “Business as usual. Shut up and consume, idiot people. We’ll make slaves out of you yet!”

How could this happen in an institution that the world thought was filled with human brotherhood, democracy, service to the hungry and human rights, albeit stretched with the newer definitions of ‘peace-keeping’ ?

A brief look at the origins of the UN shows us that under Franklin D. Roosevelt, its precursor was not the League of Nations to which the US never belonged, and which had petered out by 1930, but the original WTO – the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs that was formed at the New Hampshire Bretton-Woods conference in 1944. It was then that the G-6 formed, the Group of Six richest industrialized nations – the US, UK, Canada, France, Japan, Italy, then later Germany and Russia on and off to be the G – 8. Under FDR, the CIA formed, which superceded the FBI. The military defense organ – the Pentagon was built, and the US changed into a military-industrial complex that backed the interests of US industrialists and their cohorts in other nations. The US zoomed out of its financial depression on the blood and backs of the now almost consistently non-white peoples that were dosed with WAR for ills and emancipations that their peaceful simple peoples could not understand or conceive of. Physical comforts and affordable technologies made a huge and compliant middle-class, more eager to enjoy luxuries and leisure than question the sources of them.

Meanwhile, Columbia went under in Banana production, and her leadership now seems to want her to stay that way. Brazil processed cheap leather, cheap everything, while her reasonably small population divided itself sharply into haves and have nots… and so on through out the central and south Americas, then onto Asia.

In 1941, FDR, and Churchill got together in a clandestine boat trip, a few months before US involvement in WW2, and made the Atlantic Charter. While much of it seemed a noble effort to guide mankind by these two powers through 8 points, the 4th insisted that economic trade barriers were to be lowered, and the 5^th sought global economic cooperation and advancement of social welfare.

In support of these two points, a ‘model of development’ for ’social welfare’ was created that imitated lifestyle, consumer and social patterns of the US and UK and supported industrial development.  Countries were then classed as ‘developed’ or 1^st world, ‘developing’ or 2^nd world, and ‘undeveloped’ or 3^rd world.

We have to bear in mind that while FDR was fighting the German Nazi menace for the ‘freedom of the world’  he did not evidence any intolerance for the lack of civil rights in the USA.

When the UN was formed in 1945, its core was a Security Council which was again made up of membership from the G-6 countries. Hmmmm.

And now we find that we, the mass of mankind, are in a kind of pickle.

Democracy is non-existent.

When faced with tyranny and brutality, that cannot even hear a voice of conscience, different tactics are required to awaken the oppressors to their own humanity. We face challenging times. The recent COP-15 ‘Accord’ has shown the world that the World Trade Organization is running the planet, democracy so far has been only allowed by business as an indulgent belief system - we feel we are free, that we have liberty, as long as we choose to cooperate with with consumer based lifestyles, education and medicine.  The models of ‘development’  are destroying not only human relationships and society, but the natural systems of the Earth. In many countries now, laws have been passed banning civil disobedience.  We are finding it difficult to think clearly or even raise our voice.  Confusion is sinking in deep.  We no longer understand what rights are.  Debates are on in India about legalizing surrogate motherhood, while thousands of babies are abandoned, and have no home.

We have to find different means to confront these forces. Non-cooperation is still a key, but no longer through protest. There is no point to shout at people who are more than tone deaf. We must simply cease to cooperate with the forces of industry, which depend on our pennies, pesos and paisa. We must renounce the material ‘blessings’ which are given to us in exchange for supporting the economic systems that are destroying the ecology of the Earth that sustains our lives, and quickly transplant them with ones that do. We have to work at the local community level, with our towns and councils, and regain the rights to grow gardens in urban areas, to unpave the Earth, to hang out our laundry to dry in the sun and air in our neighborhoods, to recondition ourselves to not find such a sight as being offensive, to reclaim our rivers from polluting sources and to stop the poisoning of our Earth, Sky and Waters, our bodies and our babies by Agri-business.  We have to regain control of the Earth foot by foot.

We can start with visualizations - the great suburbs of Chicago, acres and acres of exactly the same middle class homes, with flourishing vegetable, herb and flower gardens, even grains, instead of lawns.  Making communities out of those who are now total strangers to us, our neighbors. We can grow the food, take care of it, can and dry it together.  Lets put the visualizations into practice this spring.

We need to learn to use our hands again, for more than pushing buttons, for stitching, weaving, carpentry, glass bottle making…not for profit, but for sustainability…and we need to return to the ethic that he who is selfish and amassing while people are hungry has renounced his humanity and become a HOG, not a VIP.

In working with our bodies for the good of the community, we will clear our minds of the unreal. We won’t have well-fed ivy-league educated people sitting around, planning and then bombing the moon, as was done in November, 2009. We won’t have doctors who are the arms of the pharmaceutical industries, who don’t really care about our health, teachers that  mould us to fit into a system that is killing the Earth for us.

In his last message to the people of the United States on October 21, 1946 Gandhi urged,

“Dislodge the money God called Mammon from the throne and find a corner for poor God. I think America has a very big future but in spite of what is said to the contrary, it has a dismal future if it swears by Mammon. Mammon has never been known to be a friend of any of us to the last. He is always a false friend.”

We have entered the age of sacrifice. Those of us that have more than we need, need to sacrifice our amassing self-interest, not seek or expect to sacrifice the poor of the Earth, who have become impoverished by our unwitting cooperation with the media conditioning that we have imbibed…

The road actually lies beautiful before us. It is filled with flowers, music, new friendships with the whole of creation.  It opens the door to human trust, a  human heart fragrance that liscensed greed has destroyed for us. We only have to turn our noses away from the leadership which has deceived us to the core.

In a message to concerned Americans about the directions the USA was going towards over 60 years ago, Gandhi left us with words that now are for all of us who have amassed and materially sought to profit from economic systems built upon premises of individual dominance and greed, systems that have left 2 billion of our human brothers and sisters and children in terrible straits, without even water to drink. He calls us to have the gumption to act like humane human beings and be willing to make the sacrifice needed to be true to the ideals of Truth and Love:

America is today exploiting the so-called weaker nations of the world along with other powers. It has become the richest country in the world, not a thing to be proud of, when we come to think of the means by which she has become rich. Again, to protect these riches you need the assistance of violence. You must be prepared to give up these riches. Therefore, if you really mean to give up violence, you will say, “We shall have nothing to do with the spoils of violence, and if as a result America ceases to be rich, we do not mind.” You will then be qualified to offer a spotless sacrifice. That is the meaning of preparation. The occasion for making the extreme sacrifice may not come if you as a nation have fully learnt to live for peace. It is much more difficult to live for nonviolence than to die for it. Christian Missionaries: Their place in India. pg. 287. January 7, 1939. Age 69.

We have lost sight of the basic equation of Love in our lives.

Love = Responsibility for each other.

A person who loves, really loves, truly loves, has the capacity to take responsibility.  Not only the capacity, the Duty.  Love is its own dharma, its own Joy, its own greatest satisfaction.  Holy Mother Amma, has taken this responsibility, with full capacity, and at present counsels us to turn the page on the current goals of development stating:

“Instead of running after pleasures, we should understand the goal of life, and live for that. Lead a simple life. Give to others what is left after meeting your own needs. Live without causing any harm to others, and teach each other these principles. We should contribute to the creation of a great culture of this kind. Let us be good and virtuous. Let us make our own hearts good and thus help others to become good as well. That is what we need. If we do this, we will always feel peace and contentment within, even if we lack external comforts.” Eternal Wisdom, Volume 1 pps. 7–8.

Lets leave the false leaders and make the turn to the Real and True leaders, the leaders of our hearts.

posted by Kamala on Dec 19

On the 42^nd day of their Fast on water only, six whole weeks, the Climate Justice Fast team called for a day of International Prayer and Fasting on Thursday, December 17, 2009. It was a massive effort to create the necessary moral atmosphere that would assist our political leaders and UN negotiators in standing up and committing to the moral choices facing us due to the climate crisis.

By the Wednesday evening, over 5000 people from around the world had either emailed or contacted CJF to tell them that they would be participating on this day. Thousands more joined in.

In the Oxsmallen Hall, behind the Klima Forum, a group assembled at 10 AM, and the day began. Along with the Climate Justice Fast, the hall was also used to air the activities going on in the Bella Center. Thursday was the day of international political leaders arriving at the Bella Center to add their two cents ( which more often than not, far exceeded the 3 minute limit set by the Chairwoman ) to the Climate negotiations.

From what this UN observer could see, from the speeches one could detect if the leaders were for the emissions and carbon counting games, or if they wanted to stand up for real change. Many speeches were notable, particularly Bolivia’s Evo Morales, who called for the ‘Friends of the Earth’ to stand up, and take charge rather than waiting for political leadership to get its act together, to move away from capitalism and its cult of Earth destruction, and France’s Sarkozy, who exhorted the leaders to stop giving the speeches and get down to business, and cut a deal in the less than 36 hours that remained, that was going to make a real difference or face the fact that they have totally FAILED the people on the planet. Sarkozy kept asking, “Who dares to deny” the different facts of science on the climate crisis. Other’s like Trinidad and Tobago’s Patrick Manning, asserted commitment to natural gas use, ( Trinidad and Tobago have abundant supplies ) while adding words about brotherhood and love.

In the evening, the Climate Justice Fast turned off the screens, with Youth organizer Deepa Gupta commenting, “we’ve heard alot of talking…” and held a candlelight vigil asking people to write down their thoughts, reflections or visions on a small piece of paper and offer it with prayer to the center of the crowd gathered in a huge semi-circle. We taped our lips closed to symbolize both the non-eating of the Fast, and the silent sacrifice that the Fast embodies. Beautiful, original songs were sung, and Sara Swensson gave a simple and moving speech about the power of the ordinary individual to assist in the changing times to come, that a new life awaits us, with more time for families, relationships, to be in Nature, to quietly enjoy living together, responsibly, loving the Earth. Anna Keenan spoke about how the different movements, united, can transform the Earth, that we all have the power within us to make the necessary changes.

With that, the International Day of Prayer and Fasting, officially ended, with most people still Fasting. Sara. Matthew and Anna are continuing their Fast.

Has the call for ethical leadership been heard?

Interestingly, 1 month before the UNFCCC COP-15, the Copenhagen City Council sent out postcards to each and every UN delegate coming to the COP, requesting them to refrain from using the prostitutes in Denmark. Prostitution is legal in Denmark, but the society has recognized that it is a virtual form of slavery, that even if chosen, results in a very rough and unhappy life for the women involved. Many efforts are on by people’s movements to bring Denmark society back from the precipice of social destruction that leaders have brought it to, beginning in 1960’s with the legalization of pornography. A first that rocked the world, and aided in Scandinavian women becoming the most heckled women outside their countries. But, it seemed that the interests of political leaders had less in mind than the sanctity of their women, the moral safety of the daughters in Danish society. Now, its been four generations, and youth have become addled by the strange expectations that adult society has held out for them.

Unfortunately, with a legacy of past meetings trailing them, the UN official delegates have earned themselves the reputation of being glad exploiters of psychologically damaged women and men sex-workers. It was before this crowd, slightly inebriated from the lunch and dinner cocktails, that the Youth of the world, the sons and daughters of the Earth stood up, that the Climate Justice Fast young women, Sara Svensson and Anna Keenan, both 24 years of age, stood in silence.

With such a moral record, can we, the parents, and those who could not attend, feel secure or even slightly assured that political leaders were able to hear or respond to the ethical call of Youth?

Gandhi saw that political and social leaders have a hefty responsibility. Its a position of service, of self-sacrifice and duty. [1] Gandhi felt that if the adherence to Truth on behalf of the leader was sincere and strong, the environment under the leader, beginning with the people but extending into all Nature also, would be in harmony with Truth as well. He held the leaders in communities and society as being accountable for untruth and moral lapses in people they represented and stated:

“Untruth is more poisonous and more subtle than any poison gas whatever, but it dare not enter where the head of the institution is wide awake and has a spiritual outlook on life. Still, if it is found to have effected an entrance, it is a warning to the principal worker, who may be sure that he must bear his share of responsibility for this infection.” (Gandhi, M.K., Ashram Observances in Action.[2]

Gandhi saw that leaders had a responsibility to stand for moral and ethical life. He gave this example as to how the leadership in his ashram communities responded to dishonest speech and behaviors:[3]

“Whenever someone was found telling a lie in the ashram, effective steps were taken to deal with the situation as symptomatic of a serious disease. The Ashram does not believe in punishing wrongdoers, so much so that hesitation is felt even in asking them to leave the institution. Three lines of preventive action were therefore adopted:

The first thing attended to was the purity of the principal workers in charge, the idea being that if they were free from fault, the atmosphere about them was bound to be affected by their innocence. Untruth cannot stand before Truth like darkness before the light of the sun.

Secondly, we had recourse to confession. If some one was found practising untruth, the fact was brought to the notice of the congregation. This is a very useful measure if it is judiciously adopted. But one has to be careful about two things. The public confession must not be tainted by even a trace of force [as peer coercion] and the confession should not lead to the person confessing taking leave of all sense of shame. If he comes to believe that mere confession has washed off his sin, he is no longer ashamed of it at all.

Thirdly, the worker in charge of the ashram as well as the wrongdoer would fast as a matter of penance. Of course it is a matter for the wrongdoer himself to decide whether or not he should undertake a fast. But as for the worker in charge, he is clearly responsible for intentional and unintentional wrongdoing in his institution.” (Gandhi, M.K. Ashram Observances in Action)

Gandhi was a hard task-master, hardest upon himself. To rid the atmosphere in the ashram of untruth, Gandhi felt that in certain cases `bodily penance’ in some form was the only effective cure that a leader could use. He said:

“Bodily penance has a threefold influence, first over the penitent, secondly, over the wrongdoer and thirdly over the congregation. The penitent becomes more alert, examines the innermost recesses of his own heart and takes steps to deal with any personal weakness that he may discover. If the wrongdoer has any pity, he becomes conscious of his own fault, is ashamed of it and resolves never to sin any more in the future. The congregation takes a course of self-introspection.

But bodily penance is only a means to an end, not an end in itself. By itself it cannot bring an erring person to the right path…Fasting in order to produce this effect must be taken in its widest sense as the exercise of control over all the organs of sense with a view to the purification of oneself or others…”

Given this criterion, of exercising a sense of universal responsibility towards those whom a leader leads, who stands before us as leaders today? It is our Youth.

Our Youth are calling for ethical and moral leadership by those who have ammassed political power. Our intellectual capacities are not separate from our actions. Given the seriousness of the position of a leader, it is imperative that political leaders follow certain ethical guidelines. From the experience of the UN delegates at the UNFCCC COP-15, it is proposed that all government officials, delegates and leaders adhere to the following ethical guidelines, in order to carry out their responsibiities to the people they represent with care, attention and transpearent honesty:

1. While holding any office of service to the public weal, and during the entire tenure of that office, officials should not use alcohol or drugs at any time. As a leader, their duty is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until they are removed or step down from their office. The necessity for 24 hour vigilance is due to the fact that it is impossible to say when, as leaders, they may be called upon to make a decision, and whenever that time comes, the public needs to have confidence that they will be alert and capable of making that decision in the best interests of the public and the creation, with all their faculties.

2. People who have psychiatric problems and medication to help them cope with life should not hold official positions until they are over those problems, and no longer require medication.

3. People who have no hesitancy to violate and exploit and degrade others as prostitutes or slaves and servants, will not be allowed to hold office. If they are found to be holding office, they should step down, as by doing so, they have proved themselves unfit to serve the public impartially, or with a fair eye.

4. Salaries will be kept within modest bounds, and associations with lobbyists will take place only in the public eye to minimize corruption.

5. All financial transactions, including the use of personal salary will be posted in public, preferably on internet.

Through these means, it is hoped that the officials, and their families and attendants will be ever conscious of their moral duty to the great public Trust that has been given to them and act accordingly.

Our leaders need to be alert, so that we, the public can rest.

Looking over the faces of most of the political leaders on the screen, one is hard pressed to find any face exuding kindness, concern and caring or even forthrightness. These are, by and large, faces with a thick mask of power, position, prestige and posturing.

By instituting mandatory ethical guidelines, we will ‘cull the crop’ of political aspirants, so to speak. By adding more ethical guidelines in the future, we will refine and redefine the definition of what it means to be a political or social leader into a position of service that we can all deeply respect.

This is what our Youth is calling for. This is what our Youth have demonstrated that they are capable of. Why should they be led by lesser minds?

This is what the UN FCCC delegates, and much of political leadership has caused the public to demand by their inaction and uncaring behaviors.

Let us toll the bell for a new day in political life – the rise of ethical leadership.

posted by Kamala on Dec 15

Dearest Friends and Family

I think I’m ‘home’ early. It may be around 5 pm. I have no watch, no one’s here, and I don’t want to turn the TV on, no internet. It doesn’t come on Anni’s computer, and I can’t haul the thing around with me, its so heavy. I really have to avoid hauling stuff, its way too straining, I don’t want to be forced to spend another day flat on my back. Normally we are getting in at 10 PM – 12 AM. Its very hectic. Getting food is a real problem. We have a very hard time buying anything, its so expensive. And the stores are all closed by the time we get near them.

It’s snowing quite heavily, which is delightful, and also very wetting and cold. Link and I have been resisting getting shoes, largely because of the time investment, luggage weight, and the moral issue. I had priced some, but, its all seems very expensive….. Today, some people at the entrance to the Klima Forum asked me if I would like shoes, and gave me an address, directions and a time when we can get some FREE shoes and warm clothes tomorrow. I am glad of this, as I was having a very difficult time justifying buying shoes to myself. I’m convinced I look like a climate refugee. On the train to B’lore, when morning came, Link and I were looking out the window and saw two young boys, maybe 20ish, with shawls around their heads, making their way through the tracks, no shoes. I wish I could bring some shoes and find them….Those who are habituated and hardened to conditions in India always say things like, “They are used to it, village people, don’t need shoes.” Yet, they were in an urban industrial environment, walking on hard and sharp railway stones, with lots of phlegm and other human liquids all over…I feel they need shoes.

Dearest Friends and Family,

Yesterday I began carrying a sign for the Climate Justice Fast. Its been an interesting process, watching my own and other’s reactions. One side of the sign is “Climate Justice Fast”, the other is a picture of Gandhi with the CJF motto, “The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right”. You can see the photos, I think Link put them up. I quickly realized that people thought I was Fasting, and so appended another sign with the names of the Fasters and the date, saying, “Prayer. Day 39. Water Only. Anna Keenan – AUS, Sara Svensson – Sweden, Matthieu Balle – France.” Then I walked slowly around the Bella Center where the UNFCCC negotiations are going on.

Daniel Lau has had to stop the Fast on the Dr.’s advice. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. He had had open heart surgury when he was 3 years old, and after 32 days, his heart began having problems. He in now taking juice, and working on the ‘re-feeding’ process, which has to be done very carefully and gradually….I heard him commenting on how even though he had stopped the fast, his belt was falling off by evening, despite having put it on securely in the AM…Daniel is a real Angel….very Sweet Soul….just juice may seem like real eating after 32 days, but it isn’t….

Watching myself, I noticed that I felt absolutely squeamish. I kept reminding myself that the sacrifice and discomfort the Faster’s are facing is far more serious than mine. That it was just the donkey part of the mind that thinks so much of itself that was balking… That thought gave me courage, and I walked slowly through the hoard of humanity, with all the eyes grokking the sign. Then I observed that I felt very awkward as to putting the Gandhi photo side first. I felt that I am not living up to the ideals as I would like, and they are so precious to me..some other little hesitancies….so, I had to overcome this tension also. I kept reminding myself of the motto written on it, marvelling at my own cowardice. Then, I began to notice that people wanted to see the Gandhi side more. This relaxed me, as then I knew they were looking at the poster, and not ME, so that was a relief. Then, people seemed to become almost crazy about the Gandhi photo, the Fast, and me carrying the sign. I was surrounded by cameras and flashes…One person would stop and take a photo, and almost immediately, 10 more people would do the same…its like this in the Bella Center, 1000’s of flashing bulbs, cameras, press all over the place….all I could think was that its just outrageous that Amma gets subjected to this. Its imperative that we seek to protect her eyes and seriously limit the amount of time or days in a week that she is exposed to bright lights right in her eyes…

At a few points, I realized I could put the Gandhi poster side right infront of my face, and many were happy with that, and so was I, not having to be in the picture. Some people were insistent that I be in it, others even took their photos with the Gandhi picture….This went on all the way ‘home’, on the trains, etc.

Watching others I noticed that many in Bella Center, people you wouldn’t expect, were very supportive of my lone walk with the sign. I got many ‘very good’ and “This is Right”, and “keep going” and ‘thumbs’ up signs. This shows me, that although most of us may not make the effort that the Climate Justice Fasters are making, people from every walk of life have been touched and morally support their efforts. Many were biggy politicos….I don’t want to get into all the names here…its interesting though, when Obama comes to Bella Center, the whole place will be in a shut down mode, all ngo activity will be out. Yet, there are presidents from other countries walking around without even any noticeable security…..

Today, as there has been a huge cut back on ngo participants and observers, I decided to go to the Klima Forum instead, with the sign and it’s amendment - Today is DAY 40. FORTY. For Anna, Sara and Matthieu…

By this time, my squeamishness was over, and I was realizing it was a good way to connect with my human family, with love, in Truth, and so, was able to meet people, talk and share smiles. It is really astounding how just the picture of Gandhi attracts people, sets an atmosphere. It is as though there is such a huge thirst for the ideals that he represents to people…My entire train compartment became quiet, and all but a very few kept staring at the picture of him…

It was starting to snow when I caught the train, and by the time I disembarked, it was heavy- blizardy, with stinging sharp flakes..on the way itself there were several photograph requests, one from a journalist from Canada….I walked around Klima Forum for a few hours, again, alot of Press to the CJF…many people there have heard about Anna Keenan, Sara Svensson, Daniel Lau and Matthieu Balle. People were very happy to know that they were actually in the Bella Center….

Again also, many people wanted their picture taken with the Gandhi poster. A particularly touching one, was an old African man from Papau New Guinea, on an island that belongs to it, very, very concerned about rising sea levels…He told me, “I have been studying this man all my life. I love him…”

I realized I should let people know about our book, Earth Ethics of M.K. Gandhi, with Teachings from Holy Mother Amma: an introduction. Here again, I face the same internal sense of awkwardness and shyness. Ayesha of AVAAZ told me not to be shy, as its something that will really help the international climate movement…but still, its very hard. I can’t bring myself to say, ‘Here, take a look at this book, I wrote it.’…so, I found a way to present it as through the publishing company, acting like a publishing company representative, and just avoiding discussing authorship…I mean, even when I wrote it, I felt, these are the words of the Truly Great, one who really tried, and became Certain, and one who is the ideal…. how is it I associate myself with them? Its very hard….squeamish on that isn’t the word…its something else. My difficulties became compounded when they asked me for my card, and I had to explain….I did that once, then opted for just telling them I’m Aunty Kamala, and giving them my gmail address…that was better….I don’t think I’m being dishonest. No one asked me if I wrote the book.

I was missing Anni’s form very much, and so had that battle going on as well…I think I did say that November 12, the tears all came back….there was some sort of misunderstanding with Amma, and it did me in….fortunately, it is cold, so alot of people have watery eyes….I don’t know why I bother to say all these things, but somehow people should know, for a mother, the rest of life is an unending nightmare. It doesn’t end….I mean, where is the baby? One’s every instinct is on intense alarm….

I know She’s with me, and I do feel that, but….it can’t ‘cut the cake’ all the time. Its probably good I’m home alone, and can let some of it out…can’t do it for long, as it really physically debilitates…don’t want to put Link through it by seeing me…

There again, reactions at Klima were amazing. One lady actually screamed when she saw the book photo ( although the green on the flyer is all-wrong ~ that’s an Anni phrase, “Its All – Wrong.” ), another one wept, saying, this is perfect, it’s balanced, this is what we need, Gandhi and Amma ( that one knew of Amma, has read of her elsewhere, but has not met her). Thats the way I feel about it, so, again, I took courage….

Thousands of young activists are in Copenhagen….they are flowing in like a river…..I think the next few days will be quite ‘hairy’….

I personally feel the time for protest is over. We need to get to work, and fast. Forget yelling at the deaf, lets do what we can…its not about country emissions, its about individual contributions to country emissions…we have the intelligence, the know-how, lets just get on the go!

Anyhow, thats whats up.

The flakes are fat, sticking to the ground and mounting. I just hope I will be able to get the boots for Link and I in the morning without getting totally frozen, soaked feet…and that he doesn’t slip, our sandals make it like walking on butter….

I’m huddled near the heater here….

Please pray for Anna Keenan, Sara Svensson, Daniel Lau, Matthieu Balle….and let us all pray that we serve and love this Earth and one another properly….

Loving you,

Aunty Kamala