The Trace We Leave

“If you’d like to explore the Myth Walker’s ethics in depth,
read Chapter 11 in the Sacred Imagination Guide”

On Walking Gently in a Time of Violence

Yesterday, a young life was taken on a university campus.
One moment, here. The next, gone.

We don’t need to know the politics to feel the weight of it.
We don’t need to share the same beliefs to grieve a human story cut short.
We don’t need to agree on every ideology to know that something in us breaks
when violence becomes the loudest voice in the room.

Sacred Imagination isn’t a religion.
It doesn’t stand on creeds or cling to certainty.
But it does take a side — always, and quietly — for life.
For the breath in another’s lungs.
For the dignity of difference.
For the fragile threads that hold us to one another.

Walking Without Weapons

The path of a Myth Walker doesn’t move toward being “right.”
It moves toward being real.

To see.
To listen.
To walk as though each step matters —
because it does.

We can hold convictions without wielding them as weapons.
We can disagree without erasing one another’s humanity.
We can leave traces that heal instead of wounds that scar.

The Elemental Ethics

Even now — especially now — the elemental ethics of Sacred Imagination call us back to presence:

🌍 Earth — Walk gently on the ground we share.
🌊 Water — Let your words refresh more than they erode.
🌬️ Sky — Speak with clarity, not cruelty.
🔥 Fire — Carry passion without turning it to flame.
🧍🏽 Humanity — See the story behind every stranger’s eyes.

Life Still Speaks

None of us will walk perfectly.
But each of us leaves a trace.

In moments like this, what we choose to leave behind
matters more than ever.

This isn’t about politics.
It’s about presence.
It’s about life.
It’s about refusing to let fear, anger, or ideology
sever us from one another.

Sacred Imagination doesn’t promise easy answers.
But it invites us to walk differently.
To tend the flame without burning the world.
To breathe where others cannot.
To leave a mark that helps the next walker
find their way.

“We do not walk to win.
We walk to witness.
We walk so that, even here,
life still speaks louder than death.”