{"id":778,"date":"2015-05-06T01:30:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/?p=778"},"modified":"2015-09-18T18:15:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T01:15:46","slug":"i-am-standing-in-this-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/i-am-standing-in-this-place\/","title":{"rendered":"I AM STANDING IN THIS PLACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>by David Sparenberg, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ovimagazine.com\/art\/9405\">Life in the Age of Extinctions<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">i am standing now<br \/>\ni am standing in this place:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">i am standing at ocean shore<br \/>\ni am talking with water<br \/>\nwith sand and water<br \/>\n(in mist<br \/>\nof betwixt and between)<br \/>\ni give myself to you<br \/>\nmay my presence<br \/>\nbe healing energy<br \/>\ndo not abandon<br \/>\nthe children of humanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more-->i am standing in the upland<br \/>\ni am standing with mountain spirit<br \/>\ni am talking with<br \/>\nrocks and trees<br \/>\ni give myself to you<br \/>\nmay my presence<br \/>\nbe healing energy<br \/>\ndo not abandon<br \/>\nthe children of humanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">i am standing in the lowland<br \/>\ni am standing with valley spirit<br \/>\ni am talking<br \/>\nwith river and flowers<br \/>\ni give myself to you<br \/>\nmay my presence<br \/>\nbe healing energy<br \/>\ndo not abandon<br \/>\nthe children of humanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">i am standing<br \/>\ndeep in my soul<br \/>\ni am aloft<br \/>\nin a circle of clouds<br \/>\ni am talking with<br \/>\nwinds and sun<br \/>\nI give myself<br \/>\nto you<br \/>\ndo not forsake us<br \/>\nwithout whispering voices<br \/>\ndo not forsake us<br \/>\nwithout blessings of light<br \/>\nmay my presence<br \/>\nbe healing energy<br \/>\ndo not abandon<br \/>\nthe children of humanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">i am standing<br \/>\nat the liminal crossing<br \/>\ni am standing<br \/>\nat this crossroads of time<br \/>\ni am standing in dreamtime<br \/>\nmay the dream of peace<br \/>\nmay the dream of justice<br \/>\nmay the dream of balance and freedom<br \/>\nblend into the<br \/>\nalchemy of dreaming<br \/>\ni am talking with<br \/>\norbs and angels<br \/>\ni give myself to you<br \/>\nmay my presence<br \/>\nbe healing energy<br \/>\ndo not forsake<br \/>\nthe children of the earth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">do not abandon<br \/>\nthe children of humanity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by David Sparenberg, author of Life in the Age of Extinctions i am standing now i am standing &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/i-am-standing-in-this-place\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue 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