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Vanishing Prayer is about the treatment of the Dineh (Navajo) people in SW-USA, and how they have been mistreated in order to mine resources for electricity.
What I found interesting was the comment by Roberta Blackgoat, when she described coal as the Liver of the Earth-Mother.
This is a remarkable statement from the CM perspective, as according to wu-xing (5 phase) theory, the Wood phase is associated with the Liver zang organ.
Too much Liver/Wood creates Liver-Fire, which rises upwards – manifesting as anger and aggression….
Too much burning of coal makes the climate get warmer….
Is there a connection here…?
The comment is also made that the Earth is undergoing constant surgery with this process – and isn’t this indicative of the Western way? Our approach to ‘Health’ is exactly the same as our approaches to the environment, other cultures, politics, society, etc….
We either want to poison it, or cut it out!
Perhaps what is called for is the application of the Chinese Medicine/Daoist principles to these other aspects of modern life….?
Something to think about…..
