• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    this is why I think my ancestors got it right

    that thing that the others call god, we called it the great mystery, Wakan Tanka

    you aren’t going to make any more sense of it beyond that so don’t waste your life trying. the grasshopper has as much chance to understand the Internet as we have to understand what life means

    • FarraigePlaisteaċ@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      This is the most honest, respectful take I think I’ve come across. I find it very healthy to think and feel in this way. We live on a ball of soil and water, orbiting a ball of fire - and that whole thing is drifting through a vast expanse that’s just as mysterious.