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Dear Editor;

This is a time of synthesis a time of coming together as the heart of humanity

opens to the sacredness and oneness of all life inspired now by the crises that
separation and the negation of life have brought forth onto the world stage.
The three day harvest celebration at Plymouth Plantation in 1621 and
the fifty four years of peace and friendship that followed between the
Mayflower Pilgrims and the Pokanoket Wampanoag was an
extraordinary exception to human behavior before or since. It was the
First Great Synthesis that gave birth to American democracy and the
American mind and spirit; the inspiring origin story of what has yet to
become a great nation that lives up to its vision and its promise.
A Second Great Synthesis between European Americans and American
Indians occurred when aspects of The Great Law of the Iroquois was
integrated into the Constitution of the United States.
Its time now for the US of America to recognize the shadow and the
light of every race and acknowledge that throughout history all races
the white, the black, the red and the yellow - have reached great
heights of enlightenment and have also been influenced by fear, greed
and power leading to violent, unconscionable behavior amongst each
other and between races.
Ultimately,whenwestepback,flyhighandtakealookattheevolutionofthehuman
race,wewillseethatweareallonespeciesplayingoutourlightandourshadow.There
willbeaThirdGreatSynthesiswhenWEchoosetoopenourheartsandmindstoeach
other,walkforwardintothelight,andtogethercreateaworldofpeaceandabundancefor
allourchildrentothe7thgenerationandbeyond.
Thevisionaryleaders,BradfordandMassasoitoftheMayflowerPilgrimsandthe
Wampanoagsgaveusaglimpseofwhatispossiblewhenculturesbridgegreatgulfsof
differencesandalignwiththeunderlyinghumanitythatbindsusalltogether.
Sincerely,
ConnieBaxterMarlow
Watertown,MA