Thank You Roland for introducing the river as your friend…a sustaining force.
I live by a river and will now look and feel her as you so well expressed it…my friend, our friend
Say hi to your river, Lucie! I assume that rivers communicate energetically with each other, probably even over long distances. If that is true then that would mean that what we do to one river affects all rivers. It also would mean that when we befriend one river, this also affects all rivers. Is that encouraging?
Dear Roland,
An honor and blessing to be nourished with the river and your words flowing through me. I am being washed with the millennia of connection. I bow to your grace, with Grace.
Dear Roland, I just sat and felt into the flow of the river (the sound and movement are so alive) even though I’m sitting in an apartment in Detroit, and it was beautiful. The modulation of your voice and words with the flow of the river was also quite impactful for me. Thank you so much.
Erik Schou Hammerum
on January 23, 2021 at 11:08 am
Thank you Roland,
for taking us to the River, in your own thoughtful and inspiring way, and for reminding us of its importance in our lives.
“Ah, to live and persist like a River, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding; I wish the powers that be, would realize that we all live downstream”…
Your video will be shared with many across the world…
All One
Thank you for this lovely time alongside the Puntledge River. I see drinking a glass of water from it very differently now. I feel it in my veins. Beautiful. All love.
Thank you for this Roland the Puntledge River and the magnificent K’ómoks estuary are two places I miss very much now that I live away from the valley, your video flowed right into my heart blood and bones.
I lived in North Vancouver in 1992 when I was healing from breast cancer, and spent many hours beside the Seymour river where I experienced a profound and deep healing energy. Your video struck a chord with me and I loved the way you invoked the river as drinking water source and through that becoming part of all the people there. Now I’m curious to find out more about my drinking water source here in Victoria and will also look into that when I move to Salt Spring Island in the spring.
I so appreciate you and the work you do Roland
with love and care
Medwyn
Dear Medwyn,
What you wrote is so beautiful! I am so touched by your resonance and especially by your story of the Sewymour river being a part of your healing from cancer. This is so encouraging! When we reconnect with a river, the healing goes both ways: we heal but also the river heals. The river is a living being. Being seen, being related to and being received is crucial for us and for the river. When our relationships heal, we heal.
Thank you Roland for sharing this beautiful and thoughtful video.
I love to sit by water and contemplate, but I have never sat and thought about the story of the River as it goes on it’s journey. Today I sat in the sunshine by my local creek and we shared our stories. Although the water was fast flowing and noisy, the experience was peaceful and healing.
Where I live, in Campbell River, we have a wonderful group of volunteers called “Stream Keepers”. They walk the many creeks that flow through the town. They look for signs of pollution, clear debris and garbage, create habitats for salmon and wildlife, and teach school children about the ecology of the streams.
It is inspiring to think that the energy of their love, care and commitment to the environment and their community is flowing out into the ocean and around the world.
Thank you, Sue. This is so beautiful that you remind us and offer a way to practice our connection through working as Stream Keepers or similar activities. Once we re-establish an inner connection to the rivers, to our environment, then this will and has to be expressed in acting accordingly. This is where the rubber meets the road, where the question arises: Do we walk our talk?
Roland, Thank-you for this inspiring contemplation of connecting with the foundation of life – water.
Living near the Great Lakes, your video is a reminder of gratitude and interrelationship.
Thanks very touching
Beautiful! Thank you for introducing us to another friend…
Good visit with an old friend
I’m honored to meet the river you know, the one sustaining your home place and people. The substance and flow through you to us. Deep Bow. ❤️
Thank you for this! It was so timely for me. Very peaceful and beautiful!
I loved sitting by the river with you Roland – thx for this….. I need to do it more often!
I am touched by this river and can feel it moving in me. Beautiful. Thank you dear Roland.
Thank you Roland for the lovely visit with you and the river. I have always felt a kinship with the river.
Thank You Roland for introducing the river as your friend…a sustaining force.
I live by a river and will now look and feel her as you so well expressed it…my friend, our friend
Say hi to your river, Lucie! I assume that rivers communicate energetically with each other, probably even over long distances. If that is true then that would mean that what we do to one river affects all rivers. It also would mean that when we befriend one river, this also affects all rivers. Is that encouraging?
Dear Roland,
An honor and blessing to be nourished with the river and your words flowing through me. I am being washed with the millennia of connection. I bow to your grace, with Grace.
Dear Roland, I just sat and felt into the flow of the river (the sound and movement are so alive) even though I’m sitting in an apartment in Detroit, and it was beautiful. The modulation of your voice and words with the flow of the river was also quite impactful for me. Thank you so much.
Thank you Roland,
for taking us to the River, in your own thoughtful and inspiring way, and for reminding us of its importance in our lives.
“Ah, to live and persist like a River, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding; I wish the powers that be, would realize that we all live downstream”…
Your video will be shared with many across the world…
All One
Beautiful Roland! Well spoken.
Thank you for this lovely time alongside the Puntledge River. I see drinking a glass of water from it very differently now. I feel it in my veins. Beautiful. All love.
That makes me happy. This way our kinship is not theory but a bodily experience!
Thank you for this Roland the Puntledge River and the magnificent K’ómoks estuary are two places I miss very much now that I live away from the valley, your video flowed right into my heart blood and bones.
I lived in North Vancouver in 1992 when I was healing from breast cancer, and spent many hours beside the Seymour river where I experienced a profound and deep healing energy. Your video struck a chord with me and I loved the way you invoked the river as drinking water source and through that becoming part of all the people there. Now I’m curious to find out more about my drinking water source here in Victoria and will also look into that when I move to Salt Spring Island in the spring.
I so appreciate you and the work you do Roland
with love and care
Medwyn
Dear Medwyn,
What you wrote is so beautiful! I am so touched by your resonance and especially by your story of the Sewymour river being a part of your healing from cancer. This is so encouraging! When we reconnect with a river, the healing goes both ways: we heal but also the river heals. The river is a living being. Being seen, being related to and being received is crucial for us and for the river. When our relationships heal, we heal.
With blessings,
Roland
thanks Roland. i live here too and a great reminder of how all of creation is within me as well as flowing all around me.
Thanks Roland. Touching, inspiring and thought provoking. You reminded me that I am nature.
Thank you Roland for sharing this beautiful and thoughtful video.
I love to sit by water and contemplate, but I have never sat and thought about the story of the River as it goes on it’s journey. Today I sat in the sunshine by my local creek and we shared our stories. Although the water was fast flowing and noisy, the experience was peaceful and healing.
Where I live, in Campbell River, we have a wonderful group of volunteers called “Stream Keepers”. They walk the many creeks that flow through the town. They look for signs of pollution, clear debris and garbage, create habitats for salmon and wildlife, and teach school children about the ecology of the streams.
It is inspiring to think that the energy of their love, care and commitment to the environment and their community is flowing out into the ocean and around the world.
In gratitude for all you do.
Thank you, Sue. This is so beautiful that you remind us and offer a way to practice our connection through working as Stream Keepers or similar activities. Once we re-establish an inner connection to the rivers, to our environment, then this will and has to be expressed in acting accordingly. This is where the rubber meets the road, where the question arises: Do we walk our talk?
Roland, Thank-you for this inspiring contemplation of connecting with the foundation of life – water.
Living near the Great Lakes, your video is a reminder of gratitude and interrelationship.
Thank you Roland.
Inspired me to go to the river, where I was playing, swimming and fishing as a child.