Journey wrote:Is it possible to make amends in accordance with the Dhamma?
You can't undo the evil of the past, but you can do good now and in the future.
This is how I'd interpret it as well.
Unwholesome actions (of speech, body and mind), once enacted, will produce results or consequences that cannot be retracted, just as one cannot re-gather the feathers that have been dispersed by the wind. But the freedom remains for one to stop enacting further unwholesome actions--to stop casting feathers in the wind, as it were.
In fact, Buddhism would encourage one to cast seeds of sweet fruits instead, so that when they are carried by the wind, they might take root in far flung places, and produce fruits for others to enjoy.