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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: The Constant Struggle [View all]

H2O Man

(73,536 posts)
28. You may remember this:
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:11 PM
Feb 2016

"We must seek out the spiritual people, because only this is going to help us survive. We have a great force -- a great brotherhood. This brotherhood involves all living things. And that, of course, includes us all. We are talking about the natural world, the natural force, all the trees, everything that grows, the water. That is part of our force.

"But when you gather spiritual force in one place, you also gather the negative force. We begin to perceive that now, the power and presence of the negative force.

"There is a great battle coming."
-- Oren Lyons


I've used this quote a few times over the years on DU. But I am certain that it fits more closely this season, on DU:GDP, than ever before, in the context of this forum. There's far too much negativity within the communications between good people, who should recognize that we all have more in common than separating us. Too many OP/threads are saturated with the negative.

The Constant Struggle [View all] H2O Man Feb 2016 OP
K&R..... daleanime Feb 2016 #1
Thank you! H2O Man Feb 2016 #2
Yes, constant struggle seems to be the path forward mmonk Feb 2016 #3
"Constant Struggle" H2O Man Feb 2016 #7
to what do you attribute the inter-generational cooperation? tk2kewl Feb 2016 #4
Millennials have insane college debt and no decent jobs to earn the money to pay it off, boomers are in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #8
muti-generation housholds tk2kewl Feb 2016 #9
Last May, my sister and B-I-L moved in with us...came here from Virginia. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #14
glad you guys get along and can help each other out tk2kewl Feb 2016 #15
That's a great question! H2O Man Feb 2016 #11
I would rather be educated than entertained olddots Feb 2016 #5
Thank you. H2O Man Feb 2016 #12
I guess I'm wearing brown colored glasses this morning. Gregorian Feb 2016 #6
Look at it as a beginning instead. mmonk Feb 2016 #10
Alright. That's really good advice. Gregorian Feb 2016 #16
Best answer! H2O Man Feb 2016 #20
I completely understand tk2kewl Feb 2016 #13
YES! We aren't alone in this. Gregorian Feb 2016 #17
i really do understand tk2kewl Feb 2016 #18
Interesting. H2O Man Feb 2016 #19
Thinking of the future. We seem to have lost that. Gregorian Feb 2016 #21
You may remember this: H2O Man Feb 2016 #28
True wisdom. Gregorian Feb 2016 #31
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #22
Thanks, Uncle Joe! H2O Man Feb 2016 #24
K & R!. Good read, H2O Man. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #23
Interesting .... H2O Man Feb 2016 #25
I noticed the same thing and just mentioned it the other thread. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #26
I think it's important H2O Man Feb 2016 #27
And climate change. Theres no time for pragmatic incrementalism Arazi Feb 2016 #29
Right! H2O Man Feb 2016 #30
It's a damn shame the struggle is within the Democratic party. nt antigop Feb 2016 #32
True. H2O Man Feb 2016 #33
+1 mmonk Feb 2016 #34
While the leading H2O Man Feb 2016 #35
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