The Word B

i read this book and it has changed my life, perspective, and a lot more. the book is called MUTANT MESSAGE DOWN UNDER, by marlo morgan. the premise is basically about an american woman who came to australia to do medical research/work in the health care system of australia. through a series of events, she gets invited to meet with an aboriginal group somewhere in the outback. she goes on a walkabout with the group. the aboriginal people she meets, consider themselves as the "real people," the only true descendants of ancient indigenous peoples of the australian continent, but related to everyone in the world through common ancestry. what i write here is nowhere near the accuracy, intimacy, or justice of information that is written in the book. the message is simple- life is simple, but we humans just seem to complicate it. we have complicated it so much that we have begun to severely fuck up the home we have provided for us- earth.
the book is a quick, easy, and enjoyable read. i recommend it to every person alive. it should be required reading for everyone.
a funny circumstance about the book came up for me when i was in a book shop looking to buy a copy to give as a gift. the guy working in the bookshop said, "we haven't sold that book for years. they proved that lady to be totally wrong." i sort of had to laugh, because part of the message in the book contends with attitudes like that. fiction or nonfiction, regardless it is a life changing book. i found my copy at a second hand book shop. pick up your own copy, look for it in the library, or borrow it from me, whatever. just read it, and make up your own mind about the mutant message.