Why                         Dreamtime?

"In the beginning, before mysterious beings came from the sky seeking to populate the Earth, Australia's Aborigines believed the Earth was a barren and featureless globe. The extraterrestials who came were the Aborigines' ancestral Beings.  Before changing themselves into all species of plants and animals, these Beings created the geographical features through all their movements and adventures upon the planet. This was "Dreamtime", an idyllic time when Australia was an Eden filled with gentle animals, plentiful food supplies, and sweet water.  Here early man flourished and became the intellectual aristocrat of the prehistoric world.  Governed by a logical foundation of laws laid down by supernatural ancestors, thousands of generations of Aborigines lived in perfect harmony with their surroundings and with each other.

This excerpt is from musician Steve Roach's Dreamtime Return compilation.  Great contemplation music. The Dreamtime belief sums up how we feel about nature and our place in it.  The notion of living in perfect harmony with our surroundings and each other seems eminently possible when viewed from an idyllic anchorage while the sun sinks down towards the possibility of a green flash.  See you out there, we'll be the ones smiling!