An old friend, the Oneida Man, and I share Indigenous heritage, which inspired my book about our engaging conversations. It’s available for FREE until December 3rd.
November is a time to honor the rich cultures, histories, and contributions of Indigenous peoples.
As a Chaldean, I recognize the unique languages, traditions, and deep connections to ancestral lands shared by all Indigenous people, including various groups from Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq.
This book celebrates and uplifts these voices together.
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Here’s an excerpt from the book:
I found him peculiar, but yet, when he talked, he said in
triguing things. Some things I jotted in my journal. Others I
added later in my books, and others I turned into published
poems. One such poem is Love, Justice, and Turtle Soup
Love, Justice, and Turtle Soup
A Native American man with long hair
walked into my place of business one day
and verbally handed me a recipe,
though I did not cook at the time –
and now that I do cook, I doubt
I could follow the instructions he gave to me,
though I’ll never forget the recipe.
He said, nonchalantly:
“If you want to make homemade turtle soup, you have to be careful and you must wait..
You’d want to catch a sea turtle because you get thirty or more pounds of meat from it – depending on weight. You need help too. A couple of men would do, to place the turtle inside a garbage barrel filled with fresh water. Close the lid and leave it there to starve.
It sounds brutal, I know, but there’s no other way to do it if you want to have homemade turtle soup. Sea turtles can live up to a hundred years, so it takes a while for them to die. If someone tried to slaughter them, they’d release a poison into their system that would kill anyone who ate from it. One must therefore keep the area surrounding the garbage barrel quiet so the turtle doesn’t think it has been caught by anyone but itself….
Turtles have a bad memory and will forget they were trapped.”
People trap each other like that and call it love.
Elephants, on the other hand, don’t forget.
If someone tried to hurt them, they come back in a hundred years to step on them.
People avenge each other like that and call it justice.
The Path of Consciousness 