Reading Time: 5 minutes Peacekeeper Pledge Are you grateful for the individual uniqueness, intelligence and creativity you possess? I am, too. As a poet and shaman I use these tools to heal myself and others, transform my life, express my unique essence creatively and celebrate the beauty of this world. But there is a Shadow side to these gifts. We can use them to destroy that which we have been created to protect: our beautiful earth and all its creatures, including the human species. Because we have fed the Shadow side of our human powers, we have done more damage to this planet in the past two centuries than in all the previous millennia, and we are at the brink of extinction. The force that brings forth this Shadow is fear. Responding to fear, we seek to defend and control; getting hook-up in emotional hunger ~which leads to consumerism and addictions, and in greed and control ~which lead to war.   However, this extinction is not the only possibility we have. As creators, we are endowed with love, compassion, creativity and higher faculties that [Read more.]