http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/12/29/year-of-the-apology-part-one/ A revealing look at the arts of persuasion Mon, 07 May 2012 13:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2009/12/29/year-of-the-apology-part-one/#comment-6264 kamana Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:11:32 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=1348#comment-6264 Its a lie that the white man can ‘own’ the land when he cannot even own his mind or his body. In the first instance no one has ever owned his or her own mind. To the contrary, it is the mind that ‘owns’ the person and not the other way around. Our relationship to our minds is similar to that of vehicle and driver. We are the vehicles, the mind is the driver. As for our bodies, if we could own our bodies we would be forever young, forever slim, forever swift, forever strong, forever healthy, forever beautiful, and last, but not least, we would be forever. Its a lie that the white man can ‘own’ the land when he cannot even own his mind or his body. In the first instance no one has ever owned his or her own mind. To the contrary, it is the mind that ‘owns’ the person and not the other way around. Our relationship to our minds is similar to that of vehicle and driver. We are the vehicles, the mind is the driver.
As for our bodies, if we could own our bodies we would be forever young, forever slim, forever swift, forever strong, forever healthy, forever beautiful, and last, but not least, we would be forever.

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