We Were Seeds
A Story That Points Toward Practice
We Were Seeds is a visionary novella that explores themes of healing, spiritual awareness, equity, and the human search for meaning in an age of rapid technological change.
Published by Gemstones in the Sun, with a foreword written by the GITS community, We Were Seeds serves as a narrative entry point into ideas that are now being explored through the organization’s recovery practices in cooperative community life.
Through story, We Were Seeds introduces questions many people are asking today:
• How do individuals and communities heal from trauma and disconnection?
• What role does spiritual awareness play in a rapidly changing world?
• How can transformation emerge without repeating cycles of harm?
• How do we navigate the disruptions of technology and artificial intelligence while examining our beliefs, shifting our values, and rethinking our resources?
The novella invites readers to imagine new possibilities for personal and collective transformation.
From Story to Practice
While We Were Seeds introduces these themes through narrative, Gemstones in the Sun provides a place where they can be deeply explored by POC in lived community with all.
Through gatherings known as GITS Freedom Circles, participants engage in shared practices centered on:
• healing and recovery
• spiritual reflection
• ethical dialogue about technology
• POC cultural realities and traditions, and society
• community-based transformation
In this way, the relationship between the book and the organization can be understood simply: Seeds introduces the ideas. Gemstones in the Sun offers the living practice.
Readers who resonate with the vision of We Were Seeds are invited to explore the ongoing work of Gemstones in the Sun and the Freedom Circles, where these ideas are nurturing an expansion of human capacity, spiritual awareness, and technological synergy.