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Speaker 1: Ernie is my Blue Crown conyer. For over thirty years,

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he's overlooked this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Every day, Ernie sits in his beautiful home, overlooking the trees,

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the nearby lake, and every bit of the wildlife. Strolling

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through those amazing trees that are filled with so much

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peace from Mother Earth. Ernie and I share the same vision.

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It's this forest. We both look into the trees and

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study the earth below. There's something very spiritual going on here.

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The lyrics to Ernie's Forest, we both receive an amazing

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amount of energy. I put all of my trust and

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skills as a student into what he's willing to share

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with me. These aren't my words, these are the lyrics

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from Ernie's Forest, Chapter number four hundred seven, January sixth,

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twenty twenty four. Will I look at the moon differently?

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I've seen so many moon rises over this forest right

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here in South Charlotte, North Carolina, fallen witness to a

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lot of eclipses, and I've counted many, many, many falling

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stars during a summer's night. Two private spas companies are

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making it possible for human ashes to be carried and

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delivered to the Moon's surface a sacred source of spiritual

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flow and energy. Native Americans have asked the White House

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to remove this from ever happening. The Moon shouldn't be

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turned into a burial ground. The moon is a guardian,

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a protector, a timekeeper, and associated with transformation. The Sun

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and the Moon work hand in hand to feed us

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on Mother Earth. Why would we want such a presence

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in our daily chapters? What are the long term ramifications?

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Do we really want to see the moon as being

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a cemetery? What will this do to a love song?

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Will we still be shocked when we turn a corner

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and WHOA, There it is, that giant, bright orange moon.

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Will it still be there in front of us or

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will it lose its color? The things that we're doing

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these days, the chance taking, I understand the science of

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it all. I also understand that dreams coming true. When

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Jeff Bezos takes those people up in the air and

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they get to see that big blue marble there for

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just a moment, I get it. I understand it's our adventure.

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I totally grip that we want to go into space

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and live in space. I get that. But to turn

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the moon into a burial ground. There's something to be said.

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What will it do to us here on this planet?

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Will you still fall in love with somebody in your

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life knowing what you're looking at is a cemetery. It's

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not the moon. The innocence of it all, and is

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it really innocent? Probably not. But when a summer night

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is being experienced and there's light music playing in the

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background and you do nothing but stare at that moon,

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or if you're on a beach and the moon is rising,

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the innocence of that moment is held forever. But if

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it's a burial ground, how is that going to change

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us as people? I'm Marrow. These are not my words.

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These are the lyrics from Ernie's Forest