Yeah.Yeah.Andwithouteventrying,youknow,withoutevenhavingtoputinmucheffort,
instantlythatwouldbringchangetopeople’sday-to-daylives.Peoplewouldstart to look at
thingsa bitdifferently.We’re part
of it!Peoplelookatusaslikewe’reoncountry.We’reofcountry.We’reenergeticallyconnected
toplace!We’restilloftheearth.Andthathumanbeingstillhasthatabilitytorecognise it.
Andsoyeah,it’sfrustrating,’causeyou’relike,“Oh,howdoyouwakepeopleup?” And all
therest.Wellyoucan’tworry.Thosepeoplehavetowakethemselvesup.Humans are going
toliveandthey’regoingtodieandthey’regoingtoliveandthey’regoingtodie.And some
largeportionofhumansmaybejustaren’tonthatlevel.It’snotallofusthatareconnected
ona certainlevel.Buttherehasalwaysbeenleadersineverytribeandthere’salways been
specialpeopleindifferentsocietieswhohelpotherpeoplecomealongindifferent ways. It’s
partofhumanculture,it’spartofhowhumanswork.Sowecan’tworryabouteveryone else.
We’vegottojustsoldieronanddowhatwedo.Justlikeinscrubs,certainplantsdon’t move.
Certainonesgetdiseased.Andcertainonesarestranglingotheronesandthey’re not helping
theecosystem.They’renotdoingmuch.Buteventuallytheecosystemgobblesthem up and
itstartsagain.Ora firecomesthroughandthingschange.Andit’sexactlythesame.Allthosesystemsworkthe same
waywithhumanbeings.Nomatterhowintelligentyou are, no
matterwhatweinvent,thosesystemswillalwaysbein place.Andevenbackthentherewerepeoplewho weren’t
probablyhelpfulina tribeandpeoplewho were
badeggsandwhatever.Andtheylivedand they
died.That’spartofhumanbeings.“Poor fella,” you
know,“thisishisstory.”Can’tworryabout him.
Hemayrecognisethathe’sracist.Andhemaychange.Andhemayonedaywake up, the
lightbulbwillgooffandhe’lltellhisgrandkidsthatthisisthewaytobeandnotthe way to
be.Orhemighthaveanepiphanyandjoina groupthatdoesgreatthings.Whoknows? Or he
mightbea racistfellaanddie.Eitherway,youcan’tworryabouthim.’Causethat’s his story.
Andyou’vegottoslowlygoonwithyourown.Youcangivehimtheinformationbut can you
changehim?No.SoI guesswhatI’msayingismassenergyshouldn’tbespenton being angry,
beingupset,beingdisappointedineveryoneelse.Andsometimesit’shard,it’sdefinitely
hard,I meanI’mconstantlydisappointedinpeople.Butthenyouhavetorecheck and go,
“Okay,hangona sec.Doesn’tmatter.Don’tworryaboutit.Justkeepgoingonwith what
you’redoing.”’Cause we once
were one.I was talking to one of my uncles about climate change and he just started laughing and he’s
like, “The fact that you could approach a physical problem and think that there’s a physical
solution to it is just very back-to-front.” It’s what you’re saying. The shift in consciousness, in
energy, in vibration, it has to happen first. And through healing ourselves and our relationships
with each other we are healing country because we are country. It’s one story here.We are it.
And isn’t it amazing how quickly it restores
itself as well? Like it has within it its own
seed of restoration and destruction.Well that was the sophistication of our Lore too wasn’t it?
Lore followed the cycles of nature and applied it to the
ethics of our relationships, our kinship and it was a very
refined way of being and moving through the world.And therefore of the land.
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XAVIER RUDD
DUMBO FEATHER