Thursday, June 3, 2010

FROM OLD TO NEW BY MAORI WRITER

WE ARE IN A TIME OF CHANGING NETS, THE OLD SCIENTIFIC PARADIGM IS THRASHING, GROANING, AND LASHING, GROANING, AND LASHING OUT AS WE HEAR THE CONSTANT MESSAGE "THIS HASN'T WORKED. IT'S TIME TO CHANGE. IT'S TIME TO CHANGE."

IT IS TIME THAT WE RETURN TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM OF THE OLD NET - ANCIENT NATIVE CULTURES AND THE WISDOM OF MY OF OUR ELDERS - WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT THE NEW TIME DICTATES CHANGES IN BOTH THE STRUCTURES AND FORMS OF THE NEW NET AS WELL AS TO CAST THE OLD INTO THE SEA, WE MUST TAKE CARE TO RECOGNIZE THAT A TIME OF CHANGE REQUIRES THAT WE BE PRESENT, THAT WE LEARN FROM OUR PAST, THAT WE DO NOT CLING TO A KNOWN THAT IS NOT WORKING. WE NEED THE COURAGE TO MAKE NEW NETS AND CAST THEM ONTO NEW FISHING GROUNDS.

ANNE W. SCHAEF

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