Memory Stones at the Meeting of the Roads

[Rumi]

The Meeting of the Roads is part of No Man's Land and is represented by no man. Today, I am speaking for the Meeting of the Roads. I spend a lot of time there and I hope some of you will be spending more and more time there as well.

There are two memory stones which can be harvested from the Meeting of the Roads. In the time since I learned about memory stones, the Meeting of the Roads has consistently had 0/2 stones. (At this very moment, I notice 0.25/2 has regenerated. I'm guessing this fraction of a number is because of new changes). I have been disheartened to see the available resources harvested to depletion with such immediacy. Depleted resources are now renewed at such a slow rate, and I feel it is important to speak up.

The land provides many things for us and we have every right and reason to enjoy the abundance that is provided. I would like to see the abundance honored and not abused.

[b]I request that the gatherers of memory stones always leave one stone remaining at the Meeting of the Roads.[/b] By doing so, you show respect for the abundance and encourage further abundance.

In many cultures, stones are sacred ancestors, treated with reverence. Stones are not organic matter, yet they degrade and become the dust from which all organisms are borne and to which all return in death. Dust is infused with life and becomes rich soil and every other living thing. The stones we so often see as inanimate objects are the link between a living planet and its constituent organisms; literally, the building blocks.

These memory stones are new to us and we know little about them. We have learned that our thoughts and memories can be transfered through the stones, and we know little else. Before a stone is harvested and our thoughts are transfered, it's possible that a memory stone gathers its own memories. Perhaps it remembers our conversations. Perhaps our prayers. Perhaps it remembers the rain. Leaving a single stone remaining would ensure the continuation of those memories and possibly prove to be to our benefit.

Thank you for your consideration.

[Grido]

And if not for that reason, leaving a stone there means 1 can be collected every day, rather than every 3 days, trading is more viable and economically sound if one is left

[xrieg]

We (Memory Stone Hunters) agreed not to deplete Memory Stones right after the last announcement (Grido's reasoning).

[Phantom Orchid]

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In many cultures, stones are sacred ancestors, treated with reverence. Stones are not organic matter, yet they degrade and become the dust from which all organisms are borne and to which all return in death. Dust is infused with life and becomes rich soil and every other living thing. The stones we so often see as inanimate objects are the link between a living planet and its constituent organisms; literally, the building blocks.

These memory stones are new to us and we know little about them. We have learned that our thoughts and memories can be transfered through the stones, and we know little else. Before a stone is harvested and our thoughts are transfered, it's possible that a memory stone gathers its own memories. Perhaps it remembers our conversations. Perhaps our prayers. Perhaps it remembers the rain. Leaving a single stone remaining would ensure the continuation of those memories and possibly prove to be to our benefit.

Thank you for your consideration.
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So eloquently said!

One can look at a stone and see only an immutable object

Or one can look at a stone and see a mutable object

[i]Or[/i], one can look at a stone and see inside the Source of all things/creator/pure energy/vital force (whatever you want to call it)

Edited July 13, 2011 by Phantom Orchid