245: "For the One" Dance

hey y'all.

wow, feels like i've been gone a looooooooooooooong time.

time was out of joint for me before but now it's like totally doing it's own thing. it feels good but i know i live in the "real" world and most of the time i have to operate on other people's clocks.

but the day is coming where i'll be back to doing my own thing again and it's coming soon. LOL

but that's not what i came to talk about.

i came to talk about the Weekend.

the Dance, y'all. the Dance...

it was like nothing i've ever experienced.

baby bliss and i took a 2-hour drive north and arrived in another dimension.

i can't describe the whole thing cuz i think most of it is so sacred that y'all really have to experience it for yourselves to get it.

but the Dance (and i mean the whole event, not just the physical movement) was more than i imagined.

the Dance is a tool used to promote peace and healing within the individual and the wider community as well. dancers are dancing to heal themselves which in turn helps the world heal.

when we are healthy and whole, i think we're more likely to be peaceful and to promote peace.

neither baby bliss nor i danced inside the dance arbor. we were support crew or "dog soldiers". baby bliss was so happy that there were 2 other girls and a boy her age too. they were known as the puppy soldiers. :-)

we all worked hard to support the dancers in any way we could. we danced too, but outside the arbor, to help the young people inside to know that there are people who care about their well-being and who encourage them to move towards healing.

but dancing outside the arbor helps heal too.

a few times i was overcome with grief while dancing. the drums and the singing (which is a part of the Native American-style dance ceremony) began to remind me of Africa and slavery, of the marching and singing during the 60s, and so much more.

in dancing through my tears, sadness and anguish, i moved towards my own healing.

we were a small minority of brown skin at the Dance. where in the past i've sometimes felt mixed emotions of fear and anger when in crowds of white skin, this weekend i felt nothing but love.

and it was genuine.

i've never experienced a feeling like that even with my own blood relatives.

i feel renewed, like i've been baptized and all things past are kinda hazy memories.

(that reminds me that i need to journal the dreams i had over the weekend, before i forget them.)

any way, if anyone wants to know more details about the weekend, please feel free to e-mail me.

and if anyone thinks they might want to check out a Dance, either as a dancer or crew member, lemme know.

i'm sticking with local dances this year but plan to travel next year to at least one overseas Dance. the Dances present amazing opportunities to expand your network of friends/spiritual family.

i know there will be someone who reads this who will be moved to experience a Dance for him/her self.

if it's you, e-mail me.

let's Dance together!

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