Ancient Wisdom

"If we dig precious things from the land we will invite disaster.

Near the day of purification there will be cobwebs spun back and forth across the sky.

A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans."

- Hopi Prophecy

Bill Moyers - American Patriot

Last Tuesday morning I was driving and listening to an NPR broadcast of Democracy Now. I heard a man speaking of the fight for the freedom of American media. He spoke of the small victories won for net neutrality. He spoke of the need to persevere and fight against the media machines who would sell us their propaganda.

His was a voice of realism. And yet a voice of hope. He put our current state of affairs in an historical context. He also helped answer a question I have often asked myself. Does progressive media, do we bloggers, really make a difference?

"You are to America what the abolition movement was, and the suffragette movement, and the civil rights movement. You touch the soul of democracy. It's not assured you will succeed in this fight. The armies of the Lord are up against mighty hosts. But as the spiritual sojourner Thomas Merton wrote to an activist grown weary and discouraged protesting the Vietnam War, 'Do not depend on the hope of results. Concentrate on the value and the truth of the work itself.'" - Bill Moyers

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