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Quotes from the book Mutant Message Down Under that I personally found elightening and meaningful.

"I was yet to learn that time for these people had absolutely nothing ot do with clock hours"

"Much later I would understand that the releasing of attachment to objects and certain beliefs was already indelibly written as a very necessary step in my human progress toward being."

"Forget the pain. Remove the throns when we camp. Learn to endure. Focus your attention elsewhere. We will help your feet later. You can do nothing now."

"She is apoligizing to your feet. She is telling them how much you appreciate them. She is telling how much everyone in this group appreciates your feet, and she is asking your feet to get well and strong. She makes special sounds for healing wounds and cuts. She also tones sounds that draw out swelling fluids. She asks that your feet become very strong and tough."

"Never say 'never'. to this day it is a word I have tried to eliminate from my vocabulary. I have learned thre are things I prefer, and other I avoid, but the word 'never' leaves no room for unseen situations, and 'never' covers a long , long time."

"These people believe evrything exists on the plantet for a reason. Everything has a purpose. There are no freaks, misfits, or accidents. There are only misunderstandings and mysteries not yet revealed to moral man."

"The purpose of the planet kingdom is to feed animals and humans, to hold the soil together, to enhance beauty, to balance the atmospher. I was told the plants and trees sing to us humans silently, and all they ask in return is for us to sing to them. My scientific mind immediately translated this to mean nature's oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange. the primarypurpose of the animal in not to feed humans, but it agrees to that when necessary. It is to balance the atmosphere, and be a companion and teacher by example. So each morning the tribe sends out a thought or message to the animals and plants in front of us. They say, 'We are walking your way. we are coming to honor your purpose for eistance.' It is up to the plants and animals to make their own arrangements about who will be chosen."

"The tribe begins eachday by saying thankyou to the Oneness for the day, for themselves, their friend, and the world. They sometimes ask for specifics, but it is always phrased 'If it is in my highest good and highest good for all life everywhere."

"Tests of my strength, my reactions, my beliefs, were continually challenged, but why, I did not know, and I questioned if people who do not read or write have another method for student report cards."

"I began to appreciate, not take for grante, the ability of renewal after a nights sleep, how a few sips of water could truly quench my thirst, and the whole range of tastes from sweet to bitter."

"Out here our only security was the never failing cycle of morning dawn and setting sun."

"I remember propping my chin on both hands and looking into the vast expanse of sky overhead. I felt the essence of these wonderful, pure, innocent, loving people surrounding me the circle of souls in the daisy pattern, with tiny fires between each group of two bodies, mst have been a wonderful sight if it were observed from the cosmos above."

"Later during our journey, when they worked with me to develop my mental communication, I learned that as long as I had anything in my heart or my head I still felt necessary to hide, it would not work. I had to come to peace with everything. I had to learn to forgive myself, not to judge, but to learn from the past. they showed me how vital it is to accept, be truthful, and love myself so I could do the same with others."

"Everyting in Oneness has a purpose. there are no freaks, misfits, or accidents."

"Without a mirror to frighten me back into realit, I could experience feeling beautifl. Obviously I wasnt, but I felt beautiful. the people accepted me as I was. They made me feel included, and unique, and wonderful. I was learning how it felt to be in a state of unconditional acceptance."

"Everyone is multitalented, I was reminded. These people spend their life exploring themeselves as musician, healer, cook, storyteller, and so on, and giving themselves new names and promotions."

"In the first weeks together I was told to be quiet often, but eventually I learned not to ask so much and to wait to be included in the knowledge."

"Neccessity is the mother of invention."