No Guns' Rap 107 and 701: RAP 107 Gathering Consciousness Please protect this Beautiful Land. Walk softly. Harm no living thing. Harmonize - Blend in. Use only down, dead wood. Cut no living trees. Preserve the Meadows...camp in the Woods. Everyone sharing makes a strong Human Tribe! Please Protect the Water Sources by staying out of DELICATE spring areas. Avoid camping, peeing, washing above spring areas. Keep ALL soap out of streams, springs or the creek! Borrow a bucket from the kitchen to take your bath 60 feet away from the water source. To be certain of drinking water: boil it! Use the slit trenches or covered latrines - cover your paper & waste with ashes/lime...Wash Hands. Break the fly connection: shit-fly-food-you! Dig no shitters near water areas. Protect our Health! Use your own Cup, bowl & spoon! Wash them after eating and rinse in bleach-water. Visit C.A.L.M./M.A.S.H. if you feel ill - especially if you have a contagious disease - or are injured. Camp Together - Establish neighborhoods. Community Fires only! ~ Each with 5 gallon Water Bucket, shovel and ax or saw for Fire Protection. If you are the last to leave a fire PUT IT OUT! Watch your gear ~ "Tempt Not Lest Ye Be Lifted From." Pets are discouraged but if you must bring them be responsible for your animals. Keep them fed, on a leash and out of the kitchens, springs & fights. Clean up their poop. Love them. Cleanup begins when you arrive. Bring in only what is necessary. There is no janitor here...you are the cleanup crew. Separate Garbage for recycling. Don't litter - Find nearest collection point. Compost in pits only. Pack it in - Pack it out! Participate in Shanti Sena, the peace keeping council, and all activities, councils, work crews, workshops. You are the Gathering! R-E-S-P-E-C-T your Sisters & Brothers energies. Notice the Balance: Earth, Sky, Trees, Water & People! Alcohol is Discouraged, Guns are Inappropriate, Violence is contrary to the Spirit. Take no photographs or videos until you've got permission from the persons in it. Discourage Drug Abuse. Buying and selling endangers our legal right to be here. The Magic Hat is our Bank, donate early to fund our Needs. The Magic Hat goes around at meal time circles and with the Magic Hat Band. Our Power together is Many times our power separated. Enjoy the Rainbow with an open heart and you Will see the Vision. Join us for July 4th Silent contemplation & Prayer for Peace, respect those maintaining silence from dawn...Hold the silence until the arrival of the Children's Parade. WE LOVE YOU!!!! ********************************************** RAP 701 Happy Trails In preparation for leaving...Pack up all your trash and take it away. Take it far away. Do not impact the small towns near the gathering. Drop recyclables in appropriate collection areas. Dismantle and disappear your encampment. Pick up your litter. Vanish ALL traces. Douse your fire, ashes cold, scatter your fire rocks. Replace turf. Cover your local latrine and compost holes. Remove string and twine from tree limbs. Break up hardened ground with shovels or picks for future root growth and moisture catch. Intermix humus from forest ground if possible. NATURALIZE! When an area is clear and clean scatter logs, branches, leaves. Disappear trails, renew forest habitat. Water systems and latrine tops are removed, cleaned and stored for next year. Help with disabled vehicles, fully dismantle ramps and bridges. Water bar steep places to prevent erosion. The final crew re-seeds with appropriate vegetation to complete the process. Transport as many riders as possible out of the area. Treat local folks with great kindness. Drive safely and share this love wherever you go. ******************************************************* If someone could print and post some of these *no printer here* 'twould be much appreciated. I wish I'd seen it at my first gathering. ~wishing only well willow~ I'll be on the land tonight gods willin'. The Gate is down, just like the very first gathering ever. A unique spirit pervades this gathering, family. If you feel it and you can make it, Come on Home... Love protect and guide you til we meet again