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I personally do not get into the whole thing as for one, it is pretty much just an artificial event, based on false facts, and covers up the invasion of the land by those that came to take away from the native people everything that was sacred to them. Not exactly what most people out there want to hear either. All that being thankful for things that never existed, and are based on lies. Shrugs, such is often the way of the human history, it is always rewritten. Ironic though considering the current world situation.
But I will be traveling and gathering with my own folk over this time, and responses will not be forthcoming till I get back, just so you know.. 
Might even come back with some new stock too. I am not really being grumpy, though I suppose I could if I wanted to, being one of the privileges of wizard kind. I just look at the truth of history and watch the power mongers continue to relive it over and over again, and in the process drag the rest of us through it with them. At great human cost. If you are able to have a warm meal, a home, a shelter, a friend that cares... then be thankful, you have far more than many do in the world.
Might even come back with some new stock too. I am not really being grumpy, though I suppose I could if I wanted to, being one of the privileges of wizard kind. I just look at the truth of history and watch the power mongers continue to relive it over and over again, and in the process drag the rest of us through it with them. At great human cost. If you are able to have a warm meal, a home, a shelter, a friend that cares... then be thankful, you have far more than many do in the world.The best to you all,
I, Myself, and that other fellow, Me.
Elders
So many, that at least try to care about their Elders and Ancestors, still tend to only honor their human ties. You should remember that the Animal and Plant Elders have been here far longer than we have, and they are ones we are destroying and driving to extinction at a planetary rate nothing short of species genocide.
Blindness
One of the greatest truisms of our age. Those who are blind cannot see and yet are aware of so much. Those who choose not to see are aware of only lies.
The Great Lie
Once upon a time there was a story told. It was a lie. History is not what so many have learned, but is a white washed version of events written by those that invaded, and slaughtered, stole, tortured and promoted genocide upon the native peoples. It has happened over and over again, in every land, in every culture and in every decade since man arose from the savanna.
A Thought of the Cosmic
Quoting Wendy Pini, the mother of Elfquest. "The Zen koan says, "if you meet Buddha on the road, kill him." It means that, on the path to enlightenment or liberation (which is the highest goal), even the guru/god, whoever you are devoted to, needs to be removed. My thought: The ever-evolving, creative force behind the universe is there (yes, The Force is with us!). I don't know if it has intelligence as we understand it. I don't think it's a him, her or it. Although it can't be judged by human standards and is indifferent to worship or bribes, I believe it is wholly benevolent. It has a pleasant "hum" that can be sensed if one pays attention. All living, sentient beings throughout the universe, at all times, are in a relationship with it. It makes no distinction - none are elevated higher than others in its perception. Above all, it makes itself known in the form of love - all forms of love. There is no beginning to it and no end to it - or to us."
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I outgrew the childish version of our American thanksgiving back in high school when we learned the even biased truth about what really happened. It's a overly commercialized false holiday used to promote sales and get companies back in black for the fourth quarter. Almost all holidays are just that now, greed driven cash ins. I chose not to feed the pig during these times.....
I instead actually just get together with my family and friends and celebrate surviving another year, and pay homage to those whom didn't.
I instead actually just get together with my family and friends and celebrate surviving another year, and pay homage to those whom didn't.