Friday, July 30, 2010

Keeping Circles Strong

A few short weeks after 9/11, a group of women leaders who were gathering for the fifth World Conference of Women at the United Nations, met in New York City and posed the question, “What can we do to make a difference?” They decided that the most powerful thing to do would be to gather in circles.


Jean Shinoda Bolen, author of The Millionth Circle, was one of those women. She promotes circles as a method for moving from the patriarchal power structure to a more egalitarian system. In Bolen’s words, “Once the principles are understood, the significance of women’s circles can be appreciated as a revolutionary-evolutionary movement that is hidden in plain sight. It appears to be just women getting together talking, but each woman and each circle is contributing to something grander.”

There is a ripple effect, both from circles as a whole and from each woman who attends. As women sit with each other in sacred space, their trust in themselves and in women in general grows. In a culture of sexually objectifying images, online relationships and cell phone business meetings, sitting face to face in an attentive environment without agenda can have a profound impact. Isolation melts away into community. Thoughts share equal space with feelings. Concepts give way to the primal and sacred experience of a group of beating hearts present with each other. Circles are an interactive, open-eyed, communal meditation where members listen actively and speak authentically.

After circle, women go out into the world with a deeper embodied experience of this safety, trust and self-awareness which then informs all their relationships on a day to day basis. The woman who questioned every choice she made thinks twice before doubting herself. The woman who was afraid to speak up discovers she has boundaries and can express them with more strength and confidence. The woman who thought she was alone finds it easier to ask for and offer help, for she has experienced the caring of a community of women.

On the metaphysical level, every circle adds to a resonant field of group harmony. Beyond what we can see with the five senses, there is the quantum field, where each circle adds to the group consciousness. Like the hundredth monkey, each circle is a tiny step closer to the day when conflict is resolved non-violently, and true, conscious community is the norm.

Join or begin a circle. Change a current meeting into a circle format. Start at home at the dinner table, by taking turns speaking, by making certain every voice has space and by listening without judgment. Some women have taken the circle into the business world and are co-creating projects. Sometimes quietly, gently and privately and sometimes publicly, women in circle are changing the world. Sage Knight

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Keep Our Circles Strong

Dearest Sisters/Brothers:




There seems to be a lull because of the fast pace of summer activities. Our circles are still very
important no matter how busy we get. These are the perfect times when our connections of like-
minds and hearts give us the time to step back, rejuvenate ourselves and our spirits.
No matter how small, or large the dynamics of our prayers and gatherings are heard and felt by our
Earth Mother and all of the Elements...we have a lot of cleaning up to do.
I send up prayers to show my gratitude to all that participated with support on those crucial times
given through spirit when we should all stand together with one voice, one prayer, one song....we
stand united within our Uni-verse...Many Blessings in All Ways...Grandmother Whitedeer...

Monday, July 26, 2010

Interview with Sharon McErlane the Grandmothers Net of Light

Here is the link to the radio blog talk show on Sunday July 25th.....It says more than you can imagine.....
Blessings...The Sisterhood of the Planetary Water Rites
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/awake/2010/07/25/broadcasting-the-net-of-light

Oh Ancient One

Ancient One~


Ancient One sat in the shade of his tree in front of his cave. Red People
came to him and he said to Red People, "Tell me your vision." And Red People answered, "The elders have told us to pray in this manner, and that manner, and it is important that only we pray as we have been taught for this has been handed down to us by the elders." "Humm," said the Ancient One.

Then Black People came to him and he said to Black People, "Tell me your vision." And Black People answered, "Our mothers have said to go to this building and that building and pray in this manner and that manner. And our fathers have said to bow in this manner and that manner when we pray. And it is important that we do only this when we pray." "Humm," said the Ancient One.

Then Yellow People came to him and he said to Yellow People, "Tell me your vision." And Yellow People answered, "Our teachers have told us to sit in this manner and that manner and to say this thing and that thing when we pray. And it is important that we do only this when we pray." "Humm,” said the Ancient One.

Then White People came to him and he said to White People, "Tell me your vision." And White People
answered, "Our Book has told us to pray in this way and that way and to do this thing and that thing, and it is very important that we do this when we pray." "Humm," said the Ancient One.

Then Ancient One spoke to the Earth and said, "Have you given the people a vision?" And the Earth said, "Yes, a special gift for each one, but the people were so busy speaking and arguing about which way is right they could not see the gift I gave each one of them." And the Ancient One asked same question of Water and Fire and Air and got the same answer. Then Ancient One asked Animal, and Bird, and Insect, and Tree, and Flower, and Sky, and Moon, and Sun, and Stars, and all of the other Spirits and each told him the same.

Ancient One thought this was very sad. He called Red People, Black People, Yellow People, and White
People to him and said to them. "The ways taught to you by your Elders, and your Mothers and Fathers, and Teachers, and Books are sacred. It is good that you respect those ways, for they are the ways of your ancestors. But the ancestors no longer walk on the Face of the Earth Mother.

You have forgotten your own Vision. Your Vision is right for you but no one else. Now each of you must pray for your own Visions, and be still enough to see them, so you can follow the way of the heart. It is a hard way. It is a good way. It will show you the way back to your ancestors if this is the way of your true heart.    Author Unknown

Saturday, July 24, 2010

The Eagle and the Condor

The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor


The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor is told by many Native nations in the Western Hemisphere. The following is an elaboration from the Peace and Dignity Journeys Confederation of the Eagle and Condor Coordinating Council. The Elders of this continent remember and talk about a prophecy that foretold how we will come together and reunite as one. We are like a body that was broken into pieces and this body will come back together to be whole again. They speak about this in the South, Center and North. Our Elders tell us that we will unite and get our strength back like many arrows that will not be broken. They remember the history to keep the fire alive. We have to come together to be one, to have complete understanding. The main tool used was the arrow because our ancestors all over the continent were hunters. In time they added this arrow to a sacred bow. This bow is used all over this continent and is what we call the half moon. They knew we would be around and this bow would be again in the center, marking the direction that we should take. If we take a step we send this arrow to follow. All of our people have to make a new design for our children and the future generations. They said it is written in the stars and we have to make this work so they can move the spiritual energy. This will begin a new time when we can take the Spirit in our own hands when the Eagle and Condor reunite. Our leaders said that we should not forget to pass this message to our children. We will reunite our family and our people. Their Sun will be a new light. When this is done the people will fulfill their destiny. The pieces will be in place. There is a space for everybody and they will be apart of this prophecy. The majority of our leaders say don't forget to teach our children. All of the last leaders that were in command said to keep the family together. We will be standing in this new design. We will hold this in our home one day. Teach from Father to Son, from Mother to Daughter. It is very simple to understand. The Encounter of the Condor of Urin and the Eagle of Hanan This Prophecy was related during the First Encuentro of Indigeneous Peoples in Quito, Ecuador in 1990. In the unfolding of the life of the Indian Nations, every five centuries produces transformations of both foundations and forms. With these changes, life does not lose its essence. It becomes covered with new skin. The old is rejuvenated. It is nourished with pure energy. This energy Is transmitted by the great spirits of Allpa Mama and Pacha Mama, that Is, of nature and of the Universe, in general. Thousands of years ago, when life Initiated its vital cycle, Pachakamak (God of Time) created Intl (the sun) and Quilla (the moon) out of the union of it's tears and, thus, gave birth to the Runas, to the people, of this continent Appla-Yala and In this birth emerged the Condor and the Eagle, the Kuntur of Urin and the Anga de Hanan, their spirits continually enriching the veins of the Runas of this continent. Their strength motivated the north and south to unite. The union of the people of the North with the South also signifies the union of the Condor and the Eagle. The Condor and the Eagle join their tears from Jahanpacha (the sky) to Ucupacha (the underground.) Out of this union sprang Central America. In this piece of earth was concentrated the wisdom of Hana and Urin. New nations developed, whose inhabitants had the capacity to sow the earth In the middle of a great ocean and convert it into what is today Central America. These peoples, oriented by the laws of Allpa Mana and Pacha Mama, had to pass through difficult situations, one of which was the splitting of its nations into four parts. After this tragedy, the Willak Umus (prophets) instructed their Amautas, Curacas, Arawikus or wise men to create prophecies that would orient and guide our peoples. These prophecies would teach the Indian nations to maintain themselves solid, united and, above all, to search for the most appropriate paths for their liberation. The beginning of the liberation of the Indian people would be symbolized by different prophecies, one of which Is the union of the tears of the Condor of Urin and the Eagle of Hanan. The union of these tears would cauterize our wounds and fortify our spirit, body and thought. The great spirit would open furrows and in each furrow would water its seed, and In each step would spring battalions of men who would bare their chests to fend off the daggers of the enemy. They would reach out with their hands to erase oppression, exploitation and Injustice, and they would write on the huge page of the sky the sacred word of liberty. The union of the Condor and Eagle, according to the prophecy, should occur in this time. The ensuing time period will be born with a new spirit. This new spirit will unite once again the red nations of North, Central and South parts of the hemisphere. It is important to understand the interpretation of the prophecy in order to understand the purpose and scope of the Peace and Dignity Journeys mandate which the intercontinental run is a part. There are many steps that will and are being taken by our peoples in this time. The Peace and Dignity runs are some of these steps. All steps are part of the Vision, Dreams and Prayer that we are making to carry out the instructions of our ancestors and to fulfill the prophecy by active participation in these steps. This is the prayer of Peace and Dignity that the Eagle and Condor Confederation be reestablished again. ******* History of Peace and Dignity Journeys Spirituality is Responsibility! The Peace and Dignity Journeys is not the runs themselves. All the work involved has been thought out and many peoples had dialogues in this regard prior to the idea of the first run in 1992. Many uninformed people thought the run was the only activity of the Peace and Dignity Journeys. That is not so! The vision of our peoples has compelled us to provide a vehicle that will enable our peoples to reconnect to one another through the Sacred fire and strengthen our connection to our Father and Mother the Great Spirit, Mother Earth. Peace and Dignity Journeys is the vehicle we have provided. The Journey never ends. In 1989 a group of indigenous people in Chicago were concerned with the Prophecy of the Eagle and Condor time that was nearing. This time was marked and recorded on the Sacred Stone Calendar of the Mexica People.(This calendar is incorrectly known as the "Aztec Calendar" named by the Anthropologists that dug it up in what it presently known as "Mexico".) The calendar has time spans of 52 year cycles. The last cycle was nearing its end on October 12, 1992. The new cycle began on October 13,1992. Within this new cycle would be a time of rebirth of consciousness amongst the two-legged of the world and the Eagle and Condor Prophecy would be manifested in this time. The formation of a confederation that would serve towards the spiritual reconnecting of our Sacred Fires in the whole of Turtle Island was the topic of many dialogues that entailed how such a task could be accomplished. It was decided that the time had come to move in this direction as it is our responsibility as the descendants of the Mexica peoples to do so. We are not waiting for others to decide for us or for permission from any two-legged. We prayed for the blessing and help of our Grand Creator and our ancestors to guide us in this way. These dialogues were not new to the thinking of individuals in Chicago but were in fact a continuation of many dialogues in this regard by our peoples over many years when all nations of indigenous peoples were passing down the prophecies and legends to the next generations and at a time in this century when the ceremonies and Sacred Fires were being maintained or rekindled for the purpose of our spiritual health and development. The call by many contemporary elders and spiritual leaders to return to the original ways was being heeded by many young peoples from the cities and reservations and all walks of life here in the North. They began their Journeys to heal themselves and increase their understanding of the Sacred ways and ceremonies. We learned about the responsibility and risks many of the spiritual leaders took to protect this way of life that came under attack by the invasion and holocaust of our ancestors over 500 years ago. Not one indigenous nation today can claim that their Original way of life was not thwarted, repressed or banned in some way by the Nation States that were formed without their participation, consent or consultation. Even today legislation by these governments does not recognize our Way of life let alone provide protection for it. In some cases as in the "United States" the Native American Religious Freedom Act was diluted so it has no teeth. So we move forward as we are accountable to Grandfather and Grandmother and the instructions of our ancestors. The dialogues continued and a man named Alphonso Perez had the idea of making an intercontinental prayer that would coincide with the timing of the cyclical change. Spiritual Running would be the method by which this prayer could be accomplished. This intercontinental run would be one of many steps that would reveal themselves in this cycle towards the healing of our peoples and our Sacred Mother Earth. This is why the run began to be organized in the late 80s'. The group of people in Chicago organized and incorporated the Name of Peace and Dignity Journeys. They also put their time and attention to taking on the task of being the main coordination body for the 1992 run. The president was Aurelio Diaz Tekpankalli who had worked prior to all this and to present time on the formation of the Confederation of the Eagle and Condor. The volume of work has taken years. This was not just an activity limited to 1992. It was decided that Alphonso would go in the four directions of the Northern Hemisphere and Francisco Melo would go to the South to find relatives that were willing to put time and attention towards the prayer. Tekpankalli went to many nations and communities as well to pray and hold ceremonies with our relatives that had invited Peace and Dignity there. Each time the elders told him "we've been waiting for you". In each community that still held the memory of their peoples they told many stories of the Prophecy. Each step we have made has verified our vision, dream and beliefs. There are many who have doubt. There have been many obstacles to our peoples because of doubt. We have no doubt in the Great Spirit and the steps we are making. There is no room for doubt in any of this work including the work it takes to make this run possible again. Erasing the doubt is part of the healing of 500 years of genocide and colonization. We have no doubt in our prayers that are sent up to our Sky Father, the one who gave us our breath of life!....AHO!

Friday, July 23, 2010

COSMIC RAY OF INTERSTELLAR SERVICE/PRAYERS FOR WATER

Our blessing this full moon cycle...

THE COSMIC RAY OF INTERSTELLAR SERVICE
The Planetary Grid Transmissions
In focused unity this Sunday, July 25
This full moon cycle, a beautiful silvery ray gifts us with abundant illumination and realized knowledge through a peaceful space of Eternal Now. In this transmission, we are graced with overlighting from the Pleiadian Emissaries of Light who are specifically attuned to this focus with us.
As master beings of the 5th dimension, the Pleiadian Emissaries of Light are one of the many star nation groupings greatly assisting Humanity through accelerated evolutionary processes. It is through the portals of time, that the illumined Pleiadian wisdom brings advanced information, healing and empowerment to ease our ascension into Christ Consciousness. The Cosmic Ray of Interstellar Service helps us to shift into the infinite and Eternal Now... as pure beingness in form. In this state of conscious awareness, no further veils of illusion are endured. We are reaching levels of vast expansiveness enabling greater integration of our 5th dimensional, crystalline template.
This Cosmic Ray assists our ability to step beyond time and space through the inner stargate of self knowledge. In this process of actualizing the true Self, we experience existence on Earth (and beyond Earth) as a collective Cosmic Christ. We are being taken into the formless, timeless experience of being in everything, as everyone. This is the point of truly coming into the eternal moment through synthesis of all past, present and future representations of Unity Consciousness on both a planetary and cosmic scale.
Gifts of Illumined Abundance ~
During this lunar cycle, many of us will have more mystical realizations of our Divine Magnificence and experience ourselves truly as angels with great devotion to planetary service work. Our service work is carried out unconditionally and without the expectation of what is being given back in kind, knowing that Source will always bless us with gifts of abundance and all that we need to accomplish our tasks.
The gift of this Cosmic Ray greatly serves those in roles of teaching, healing and imparting the great Divine Wisdom to the mass public. We will be strengthened in our leadership to gently guide by simply being a wayshower in how we conduct our own lives. We have mastered the teachings that we generously share and serve humbly and joyfully by example.
For others, this silver ray wave of wisdom may bring about greater clarity, spiritual insights or deepening feelings of joy and love in our lives. It may also be a grand reunion with our Pleiadian family.
JOIN US IN THE CRYSTALLINE MATRIX THIS SUNDAY!
 You Tube Video ~ Second Cosmic Ray
http://www.youtube.com/user/AnritaMelchizedek

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Mother Earth's Blood Protecting Sacred Water

Mother Earth’s Blood Protecting Sacred Water

Story by Danny Beaton, Mohawk Nation (www.dannybeaton.ca)

Everywhere on this planet water is becoming a cash crop for corporations to harness, bottle, and profit from. In fact in many countries, water is being piped and controlled under lock and key in indigenous territories. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund fund these new corporations. This trend has been documented in the film Flow, featuring Maude Barlow, Senior Advisor on Water to the United Nations, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, and author of 16 books (three are international bestsellers). In this documentary, Maude Barlow challenges corporate executives in their pursuit to exploit water and indigenous peoples and their human rights.

After four months of protesting peacefully in Simcoe County, Natives, farmers and citizens convinced the Simcoe Council to vote a one-year moratorium to stop Dumpsite 41 on one of the cleanest waters in the world. Later, the promise was made that no waste site/dump would ever be built over the sacred waters of the Alliston Aquifer. In Tiny Township, where Dumpsite 41 was to be built, water bubbles out of Mother Earth on its own without a pump or machine, and in some places 600 gallons a minute of pure clean fresh water is rushing to the surface, there for the drinking. Being able to protect our children’s future water supply and ensure today’s children will be able to continue to access the sacred drink from Tiny’s Alliston Aquifer is of the utmost importance. We must never forget the Anishinabe women who started the peaceful protest at a camp across Concession 2 at Dumpsite 41 in May 2009 and defended Mother Earth’s sacred blood.

Thank you for listening.

All my relations.

For a full account of Danny’s article please refer to http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/2009/november/sacredwater.html

Please visit www.DannyBeaton.ca to sign the online petition. Please also contact Hon. Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario at dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org and Hon. John Gerretsen, Minister of the Environment at jgerretsen.mpp@liberal.ola.org and ask them to stop certificate of approval. For more information, contact Citizens for Safe Water (Anne and John Nahuis) at 705-322-1340 or 705-790-0340.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Message from Patricia Cota-Robles

You are a Beloved Child of God who is on Earth during this unique moment


to cocreate the wonders of Heaven on Earth. You are an empowered

Instrument of God. This inner knowing is opening your heart and allowing

your God Self to increase the amount of Divine Light flowing through your

Earthly body.



This increased influx of Light flows into the physical plane and enters the

core of purity in every electron of precious life energy. The Light then

pushes to the surface anything that conflicts with its frequencies of

harmony, love, and balance. As the discordant frequencies of energy surface

to be transmuted back into Light, they often create the illusion that

things are getting worse. People can easily witness the surfacing negativity,

but what they don't see as easily is the incredible Light that is pushing

the negativity to the surface to be healed and transmuted. That phenomenon

has the effect of keeping people focused on the problem instead of the

solution.



When the focus of your attention is stuck on the negativity that is coming

up to be healed instead of on the Light of God that is pulsating with all of

the patterns of perfection and the viable solutions contained in the Causal Body of

God, you empower and sustain the negative things that are surfacing.

Instead of eliminating the problems, you actually intensify them. This

creates the situations that make you feel desperate, overwhelmed and

hopeless.



People are so used to accepting the physical plane as their true reality,

that they have forgotten it is merely a reflection of their consciousness.

No matter how real your life challenges seem or how entrapped you are in

the grip of poverty, disease, low self-esteem, loveless relationships,

hatred, corruption, ignorance, war, et cetera, those distorted expressions

of life can only be maintained if you sustain them through

your thoughts, words, actions, feelings and beliefs. If you choose to

empower the Light and all of the patterns of perfection contained in that

Light instead of choosing to empower the things that cause your pain and

suffering, your Earthly experiences will be transformed in the twinkling

of an eye.



Never has there been a more opportune time for you to change your course

of direction. Never has Humanity received more support from the Heavenly

Realms than we are receiving at this moment. Focus on fulfilling your

dreams, and miracles will happen.

Walking in Balance

Dear Water Sisters and Brothers:
With these years of having the privilege of living on this beautiful Mother Earth I have felt the ways of being out of balance and not until recent years with this path of dedication to my Sky Father and all my Relations have I truly felt the ways of being in balance.


When this Turtle Island was fresh and young everyone walked in balance, that is how they survived, this was the way…. the only way.

They knew that in order to appreciate the beauty of life, they had to be in harmony with all things, and that my dear listeners also means with yourself.

There is always going to be things that throw you off balance a little, but if you smudge and pray and ask the Grandfathers and Grandmothers to help you know what lesson was this or that all about, you will find that with good there is going to be a little bad…that is the balance of things.

Sometimes I even wake up feeling a little tipsy…out of sink…fuzzy in the head…drop things, stumble over my own feet. I will smudge, and pray and always an answer will come to me, maybe not at that moment, but maybe later when I talk to someone and they say,” Wow did you know that Mercury was in retrograde!” Or something like that. And I really do not follow the stars to know enough, but believe they do have a tremendous amount of influence upon out lives. For I believe we are of the same matter. Our brothers and sisters of the Star Nation know more than ourselves what we need to live in balance upon this Earth.

The moon has a great deal of influence on us all, and the seasons,, and the weather, some people get Spring fever. And I am sure you can think of many many more reasons for such things to through us out of balance.

For you to keep the balance within yourself, it will help you thru the ruts and valleys that may take you a few steps closer to being off the Red Road. When you walk always in balance you will always know beauty and the beauty ways. When we are in balance our prayers flow from our hearts and reach the source so much faster and easier.

When walking the Red Road you know all the creatures and elements are part of each other, you also know that the unseen are also part of us, the spirits of all that where or yet to come… to be in balance you must walk with both sides ….as equals in our life.

This is how I see what being in balance means to me….it would be very heart warming to hear the words and feeling of others about how they walk in balance, and or beauty.

All My Relations, Grandmother Whitedeer

Monday, July 19, 2010

Today's Topic: Welcome to our Lodge

Greetings to All.....this is really exciting...
Thanks to Susan Amari and Steven for creating this blog for our Sister(brother)hood...
Now we can send information out daily without changing our website..
We can send prayers and encouragement to each other...we can let each other know what is going on in our circles and all communicate together....
This is your website....let us know what you need...Love and Blessings.. T. Whitedeer