"Water is the Great Mother's blood, just as stones are the tears of the ancestors." (From One River, by Wade Davis, as he discusses the beliefs of the Kogi and Ika people of the Amazon.

My friend recently described to me his visit to some of the stone castles and inns of southern England, and the multitude of stories of supernatural events that have taken place in these locales. People who've lived ther long enough take it for granted that the stone has memory - a resonance that lasts, an energy.

Mass = energy. So much more is going on than I can associate with my day-to-day paradigms. The combination of focus and relaxation hints at a different perspective on all mass.