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Susan Kacvinsky's avatar

Thank you Maria. It means so much to me.

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Maria Luz O'Rourke's avatar

Beautifully thought, felt, written, Susan. And yes. Love is the only foundation that transcends. It's our first medicine.

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Susan Kacvinsky's avatar

Well said Maria. First and best.

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Prajna O'Hara's avatar

“Life without communion can make us crazy…” the deers looking into your eyes, the merging with earth, the singing, the sobbing body and empty mind, the throne, more singing, silly and free. Exquisite to accept your belonging to all of this, recognizing you can’t do it.

I loved reading this and need to read the other gates. Beautiful. Thank you, well written. I saw it, walked with you in the connective tissue, deep soul soil.

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Susan Kacvinsky's avatar

Thank you Prajna. Your opinion means so much to me. You were the first person to be kind to me here on Substack, and in the months since, I've seen that kindness and a fierce love in all you do and write on the Salty Crone. I love that phrase you wrote: "deep soul soil." That's it. The landscape is soul, the anima mundi, the world's soul. She is distinctly feminine. When we ignore her, or worse, we lose our soul. But it can be re-membered. She will help, but we have to give up control. We have to surrender.

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Prajna O'Hara's avatar

Beautiful, thank you

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Sarah Bush's avatar

Very beautiful. I too have been walking around asking the air, "Okay America, the time has come to decide, "Who are we? What do we value?" I love that you have been asking this very same question with a wonderful answer--Love. Because

"What arises from love? Right action." This is our way forward. Wonderful essay.

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Susan Kacvinsky's avatar

Thanks Sarah. Your opinion means a lot to me

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