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We’ve pushed, and taken, and bled, and cut, and ripped and dredged and sucked dry all that we could sell. With no regard for human life, and no regard for the animals.
We’ve been fiends for money. We’ve allowed ourselves to forget how it was we were meant to live. We’ve turned paradise into a living hell.
And still we want more. We need more. We’re never satisfied.
Where are those pushed from their homes going to go? What are we going to do when the fires continue to grow in number and size, year after year?
In May, I spent six days in Jasper, attending a Cree fasting camp. I was one of 16 people who went four days and nights without food or water.
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Jasper, May 2024
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It was difficult. I suffered. And I prayed while I suffered.
My Elder Lloyd tells me that our prayers are more powerful when we suffer. He says it’s a good time to hold others in your heart, because the Spirits take pity on you when you're suffering.
At fasting camp, I learned that our creation story takes place on that very mountain. You can see the faces of First Man and First Woman in the stone. It’s our Bethlehem, our garden of Eden. It’s where we come from, and where we belong.
As we weather these fires, and the storms that will inevitably follow in the years to come, keep others in your heart. When you are suffering most, pray for them.
hiy hiy,
Aunty Eden
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