In an increasingly mechanical age, the tendency with something like Haiti (or the West Coast in the predicted difficult weather) is to watch the televised images and perhaps send some money via computer. More important is some computer-free communion in Nature with heart-felt support headed that way. Do not underestimate the power of such prayers. And do not estimate the power of time in Nature, and not plugged in. Forces exist that are eager for us to accept replications rather than the real thing. We can work with them, "Good morning, computer - I want to spend a half hour with you in communication with others, then calm down and go away." - but we need to balance with real time with real people in real Nature. Let your prayers for the needy include yourself, and those others whose lives are difficult right now.
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Dear David and Lila,
ReplyDeleteThank-you for this thoughtful commentary on the movie. As technology thrusts us ever faster past thresholds we do not fully cognize, I am happy to read reflections such as you have offered. I felt grounded and centered after reading your piece, and your affirmation of the Motherly comfort of our solid connection to the tangible earthly realm.
Hope you are well there in your far away (to me) island.
Love,
Cheryl