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Mother, I used to walk in dark places and know that I was safe. Because I knew that I loved you. Mother, I have abused my brothers and sisters. I have contaminated your purity with murder. I have raped your daughters. I have kidnapped your children. I have brought your blessed bosom to the brink of destruction. And now, even when I walk in daylight I do not feel safe. For now I am aware of what I have been to you. Worse than a prodigal, I have endeavored to exploit the very mother who nurtures me. And now that I have worsened whatever imbalance was in you before I arrived, I endeavor to flee you like a coward through the grace of an oblivious savior. Mother, I have dreamed a dream of water. I have dreamed a dream of living water. And in this dream Jesus, my Savior, told me that he was not oblivious. And in this dream Jesus told me that he was fully aware of my crimes against you. Mother, I have dreamed a dream of fire. I have dreamed a dream of unquenchable fire. And in this dream Jesus reminded me that I was sent here to heal you as you taught me of manhood. And in this dream Jesus told me that if I could not love you, my mother, who I could see, then how could I love my Father in heaven who I could not. Mother, I have dreamed a dream of air. I have dreamed a dream of whirlwinds. And in this dream I breathed in the breath of forgiveness and I realized that it was not too late for us. Mother, I have dreamed a dream of earth. And in this dream, Mother Earth, I see you and us together, fighting for our freedom. Fighting against the delusion that our fates are not eternally intertwined. Mother earth, Please forgive us. For true, we have betrayed you. But it is not too late. Mother, I promise you that as sure as my savior is in heaven we are going to make it. Mother, I present myself to you as a living witness. The Lord has not forsaken us. For within our DNA is the secret to your healing and the end of our insanity. Mother, Thank you for loving and protecting me, even as I raped and wounded you. And now it is my turn. “In the name of Jesus, the earth and all of the earth’s inhabitants are one mind, heart, and body. In the name of Jesus, we are one person, one planet, and one purpose. In the name of Jesus, the lion will soon lay down with the lamb and this beautiful sound, this sound of the sacred Gaia will know harmony!!”
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