Swanspirit
September 26th, 2001, 12:03 PM
From my email With permission from my Nova Scotian Sisters....
with comments from Silvaerina in brackets....
From: Lightening Woman
Subject: Message from Chief Arvol Looking Horse- A
Native American Indian Perspective
Tonya, Please share the following with list membes,
My tears flow heavy in my heart and through my eyes.
I could barely read all that was written, as I know
each line held truth. I too, have been crying this
message for a long time. I do know the way most humans
will respond, unfortunately. I know too, that The
Creator God has a plan for healing and uniting those
that love the Earth, our Sacred Mother, and those that
are willing to live in harmony with the Natural Laws
of the Universe. I pray for the Restoration of Heaven
on Earth. I say Chi Meegwetch to Chief Arvol Looking
Horse, for the message he has shared with the World of
Man.
<BR>
Love Always and Live Forever,
Lightening Woman
Paula Johnstone
********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********
Statement from Chief Arvol Looking Horse,
Lakota/Dakota
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 00:28:51 EDT
Subject: We are at the Crossroads!
www.worldpeaceday.com
Mitakuye (my relative), I, Chief Arvol Looking Horse
of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nation, would like to
ask for this time for you to understand an Indigenous
perspective in reflection of what has happened in
America, what we call "Turtle Island."
For the past six years, my work has concentrated on an
effort on uniting the Global community, through a
message from our sacred ceremonies in recognizing a
day of World Peace and Prayer on June 21st as a time
to unite spiritually, each in our own ways of beliefs
in the Creator We have been warned from the messages,
passed down from Ancient Prophecies of these times we
live in today, but also a very important message of a
solution turn these terrible times around. To assist
you in understanding the depth of this message
involves the recognition in the importance of Sacred
Sites.
It is important that you realize the whole
interconnectedness of what is happening today, in
reflection of the continued massacres that are
occurring on other lands and our own Americas. I have
been learning about these important issues of Sacred
Sites since the age of 12, upon receiving the Sacred
White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle and it's teachings.
Our people have strived to protect Sacred Sites from
the beginning of time. There needs to be an
understanding in the concern of the protection of
Sacred Sites that goes deeper than just the issue of
Shrines built by humans. Our people have built similar
objects and Shrines to identify and to remind the
significance in the power of the Sacred Site.
We have also witnessed them being destroyed for many
decades, but we also realize it is what is underneath
them that is important. These places have been
violated for centuries and have brought us to this
predicament that we are in concerning the unstable
Global Level thus far.
Look around you, our Mother Earth is very ill from
these violations and we are at a brink of destroying a
healthy and nurturing survival for generations to
come, our children's children.
Our ancestors have been trying to protect our Sacred
Site from the continued violations called the Sacred
Black Hills in SD, "Heart of Everything that Is." Our
ancestors never seen this site from a Satellite view,
but now that those pictures are available with modern
technology, we see that it is in the shape of a heart
and when fast forwarded it looks like a heart pumping.
The Dine have been protecting Big Mountain, calling it
the liver and now that the coal is depleting, we are
suffering and going to suffer more from the extraction
of the coal and poison processes used in doing so.
[My note - coal, a form of carbon, can be used to
purify - activated carbon, say, in waste water
treatment systems. We're 98% water, remember. That
means that there is intense liver damage as it's toxin
removing capabilities are "removed". Think about how
many you all know with allergies that have been
building over the years and other tixin related
ailments... Something to think about.]
The Aborigines have warned of the contaminating
effects on the Corral Reefs from Global Warming, which
they see as Mother Earth's blood purifier, our sacred
water is being polluted. [I would also add the vast
expanses of wetlands to the north in Canada, Alaska
and Russia. This results in a decreased ability to
fight off colds and flus. Also the increased ability
of these ilnesses to inflict serious harm. Another
point is the inability of Earth herself from keeping
in chech the increasingly more virulent strains coming
out. Conversely "letting then come out to try and
"cure the problem", us being that problem.]
The Indigenous people of the Rain Forest relay that
the Rain Forest are the lungs and need protection and
now we see the Brazilian Government approved the
depletion of 50% of this Sacred Site. [Breathing
ailments - athsma, allergies]
The Gwich'in Nation has an issue of oil drilling in
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain,
also known to the Gwich'in as "Where the life begins!"
[the ability to procreate anyone?? Aren't there
instances already in the Western World of decreased
fertility, and even of complete lack??] The coastal
plain is also the birthplace of many other life forms
of Animal Nations. The death of these Animal Nations
will destroy Indigenous Nations in this territory.
As these destructive developments continue all over
the world, we will witness many more extinct Animal,
Plant and Human Nations, because of the misuse of
power that mankind has made and their lack of
understanding the "balance of life".
The Indigenous people warn that these destructive
developments will cause havoc globally. There are
many, many more Indigenous awareness's and knowledge
of Mother Earth's Sacred Sites, connections (Mother
Earth's Charkas) to our spirit that will surely affect
our future generations.
These people are still suffering from this
contamination and their livelihood is being destroyed
as I write this to you. There needs to be a fast move
toward other forms of energy [and thought processes]
that are safe for all Nations upon Mother Earth. We
need to understand the whole picture in the type of
minds that are continuing to destroy the spirit of our
whole Global Community. Unless we do this, the powers
of destruction will overwhelm us.
Our Ancestors foretold that water would someday be for
sale. Back then this was hard to believe, since the
water was so plentiful, so pure, and so full of
energy, nutrition and spirit. Today we have to buy
pure water, and even then the nutritional minerals
have been taken out; it's just empty liquid.
Someday water will be like gold, too expensive to
afford. Not everyone will have the right to drink safe
water.
We fail to appreciate and honor our Sacred Sites,
ripping out the minerals and gifts that lay underneath
them, as if Mother Earth were simply a resource,
instead of the Source of Life itself.
Attacking Nations and having to utilize more resources
to carry out the destruction in the name of Peace and
elimination is not the answer!
We need to understand how all these decisions affects
the Global Nation, we will not be immune to it's
repercussions. To allow continual contamination of our
food and land, is now affecting the way we think. A
"disease of the mind" has set in World Leaders and
many members of our Global Community, with their
understanding that a solution of retaliation and
destruction of peoples will bring Peace.
In our Prophecies it is told that we are now at the
Crossroads, either unite Spiritually as a Global
Nation, or be faced with chaos, disasters, diseases
and tears from our relatives eyes. In times of
disasters it is sad to say that it is the only time
that we unite spiritually, but we must not taint it
with anger and retaliation.
We are the only species that is destroying the Source
of Life, meaning Mother Earth, in the name of power,
mineral resources and ownership of land, using methods
of chemicals and warfare that is becoming
irreversible,< as Mother Earth is becoming tired and
can not sustain any more impacts of war.
I ask you to join me on this endeavor. Our vision is
for the Peoples of all continents, regardless of their
beliefs in the Creator, to come together as one at
their Sacred Sites at that sacred moment of what is
known as the Summer Solstice of June 21st, to pray and
meditate and commune with one another, thus promoting
an energy shift to heal our Mother Earth and achieve a
universal consciousness toward attaining Peace. As
each day passes bringing us to this day of
concentration together, I ask the Global Nations to
begin a Global effort, in knowing that each and every
one of us are making a daily effort in waking to a
gratitude of another day, that is gifted to us and
begin to remember to give thanks for the Sacred Food
that has been also gifted to us by our Mother Earth,
so the nutritional energy of medicine can be guided to
heal our minds and spirits.
This new millennium will usher in an age of harmony or
it will bring the end of life as we know it.
Starvation, war and toxic waste have been the hallmark
of the Great Myth of Progress and Development that
ruled the last millennium [Ragnoroc, Armagedon...].
To us, as caretakers of the heart of Mother Earth,
falls the responsibility of turning back the powers of
destruction. We have come to a time and place of great
urgency. The fate of future generations rests in our
hands. We must understand the two ways we are free to
follow, as we choose the positive way or the negative
way -- the spiritual way or the material way.
It's our own choice--each of ours and all of ours. You
yourself are the one who must decide. You alone --and
only you-- can make this crucial choice. Whatever you
decide is what you'll be, to walk in honor or to
dishonor your relatives.
You can't escape the consequences of your own
decision. On your decision depends the fate of the
entire World. You must decide. You can't avoid it.
Each of us is put here in this time and this place to
personally decide the future of humankind. Did you
think the Creator would create unnecessary people in a
time of such terrible danger? Know that you yourself
are essential to this World. Believe that! Understand
both the blessing and the burden of that. You yourself
are desperately needed to save the Soul of this World.
Did you think you were put here for something less?
[ya know, this brings a whole other meaning - with a
sledgehammer, no less - to those of us who are
otherkin...]
In a Sacred Hoop of Life, there is no beginning and no
ending!
Mitakuye Oyasin,
Chief Arvol Looking Horse
19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo
Calf Pipe
Love and light
Swannie
with comments from Silvaerina in brackets....
From: Lightening Woman
Subject: Message from Chief Arvol Looking Horse- A
Native American Indian Perspective
Tonya, Please share the following with list membes,
My tears flow heavy in my heart and through my eyes.
I could barely read all that was written, as I know
each line held truth. I too, have been crying this
message for a long time. I do know the way most humans
will respond, unfortunately. I know too, that The
Creator God has a plan for healing and uniting those
that love the Earth, our Sacred Mother, and those that
are willing to live in harmony with the Natural Laws
of the Universe. I pray for the Restoration of Heaven
on Earth. I say Chi Meegwetch to Chief Arvol Looking
Horse, for the message he has shared with the World of
Man.
<BR>
Love Always and Live Forever,
Lightening Woman
Paula Johnstone
********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********
Statement from Chief Arvol Looking Horse,
Lakota/Dakota
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 00:28:51 EDT
Subject: We are at the Crossroads!
www.worldpeaceday.com
Mitakuye (my relative), I, Chief Arvol Looking Horse
of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nation, would like to
ask for this time for you to understand an Indigenous
perspective in reflection of what has happened in
America, what we call "Turtle Island."
For the past six years, my work has concentrated on an
effort on uniting the Global community, through a
message from our sacred ceremonies in recognizing a
day of World Peace and Prayer on June 21st as a time
to unite spiritually, each in our own ways of beliefs
in the Creator We have been warned from the messages,
passed down from Ancient Prophecies of these times we
live in today, but also a very important message of a
solution turn these terrible times around. To assist
you in understanding the depth of this message
involves the recognition in the importance of Sacred
Sites.
It is important that you realize the whole
interconnectedness of what is happening today, in
reflection of the continued massacres that are
occurring on other lands and our own Americas. I have
been learning about these important issues of Sacred
Sites since the age of 12, upon receiving the Sacred
White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle and it's teachings.
Our people have strived to protect Sacred Sites from
the beginning of time. There needs to be an
understanding in the concern of the protection of
Sacred Sites that goes deeper than just the issue of
Shrines built by humans. Our people have built similar
objects and Shrines to identify and to remind the
significance in the power of the Sacred Site.
We have also witnessed them being destroyed for many
decades, but we also realize it is what is underneath
them that is important. These places have been
violated for centuries and have brought us to this
predicament that we are in concerning the unstable
Global Level thus far.
Look around you, our Mother Earth is very ill from
these violations and we are at a brink of destroying a
healthy and nurturing survival for generations to
come, our children's children.
Our ancestors have been trying to protect our Sacred
Site from the continued violations called the Sacred
Black Hills in SD, "Heart of Everything that Is." Our
ancestors never seen this site from a Satellite view,
but now that those pictures are available with modern
technology, we see that it is in the shape of a heart
and when fast forwarded it looks like a heart pumping.
The Dine have been protecting Big Mountain, calling it
the liver and now that the coal is depleting, we are
suffering and going to suffer more from the extraction
of the coal and poison processes used in doing so.
[My note - coal, a form of carbon, can be used to
purify - activated carbon, say, in waste water
treatment systems. We're 98% water, remember. That
means that there is intense liver damage as it's toxin
removing capabilities are "removed". Think about how
many you all know with allergies that have been
building over the years and other tixin related
ailments... Something to think about.]
The Aborigines have warned of the contaminating
effects on the Corral Reefs from Global Warming, which
they see as Mother Earth's blood purifier, our sacred
water is being polluted. [I would also add the vast
expanses of wetlands to the north in Canada, Alaska
and Russia. This results in a decreased ability to
fight off colds and flus. Also the increased ability
of these ilnesses to inflict serious harm. Another
point is the inability of Earth herself from keeping
in chech the increasingly more virulent strains coming
out. Conversely "letting then come out to try and
"cure the problem", us being that problem.]
The Indigenous people of the Rain Forest relay that
the Rain Forest are the lungs and need protection and
now we see the Brazilian Government approved the
depletion of 50% of this Sacred Site. [Breathing
ailments - athsma, allergies]
The Gwich'in Nation has an issue of oil drilling in
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain,
also known to the Gwich'in as "Where the life begins!"
[the ability to procreate anyone?? Aren't there
instances already in the Western World of decreased
fertility, and even of complete lack??] The coastal
plain is also the birthplace of many other life forms
of Animal Nations. The death of these Animal Nations
will destroy Indigenous Nations in this territory.
As these destructive developments continue all over
the world, we will witness many more extinct Animal,
Plant and Human Nations, because of the misuse of
power that mankind has made and their lack of
understanding the "balance of life".
The Indigenous people warn that these destructive
developments will cause havoc globally. There are
many, many more Indigenous awareness's and knowledge
of Mother Earth's Sacred Sites, connections (Mother
Earth's Charkas) to our spirit that will surely affect
our future generations.
These people are still suffering from this
contamination and their livelihood is being destroyed
as I write this to you. There needs to be a fast move
toward other forms of energy [and thought processes]
that are safe for all Nations upon Mother Earth. We
need to understand the whole picture in the type of
minds that are continuing to destroy the spirit of our
whole Global Community. Unless we do this, the powers
of destruction will overwhelm us.
Our Ancestors foretold that water would someday be for
sale. Back then this was hard to believe, since the
water was so plentiful, so pure, and so full of
energy, nutrition and spirit. Today we have to buy
pure water, and even then the nutritional minerals
have been taken out; it's just empty liquid.
Someday water will be like gold, too expensive to
afford. Not everyone will have the right to drink safe
water.
We fail to appreciate and honor our Sacred Sites,
ripping out the minerals and gifts that lay underneath
them, as if Mother Earth were simply a resource,
instead of the Source of Life itself.
Attacking Nations and having to utilize more resources
to carry out the destruction in the name of Peace and
elimination is not the answer!
We need to understand how all these decisions affects
the Global Nation, we will not be immune to it's
repercussions. To allow continual contamination of our
food and land, is now affecting the way we think. A
"disease of the mind" has set in World Leaders and
many members of our Global Community, with their
understanding that a solution of retaliation and
destruction of peoples will bring Peace.
In our Prophecies it is told that we are now at the
Crossroads, either unite Spiritually as a Global
Nation, or be faced with chaos, disasters, diseases
and tears from our relatives eyes. In times of
disasters it is sad to say that it is the only time
that we unite spiritually, but we must not taint it
with anger and retaliation.
We are the only species that is destroying the Source
of Life, meaning Mother Earth, in the name of power,
mineral resources and ownership of land, using methods
of chemicals and warfare that is becoming
irreversible,< as Mother Earth is becoming tired and
can not sustain any more impacts of war.
I ask you to join me on this endeavor. Our vision is
for the Peoples of all continents, regardless of their
beliefs in the Creator, to come together as one at
their Sacred Sites at that sacred moment of what is
known as the Summer Solstice of June 21st, to pray and
meditate and commune with one another, thus promoting
an energy shift to heal our Mother Earth and achieve a
universal consciousness toward attaining Peace. As
each day passes bringing us to this day of
concentration together, I ask the Global Nations to
begin a Global effort, in knowing that each and every
one of us are making a daily effort in waking to a
gratitude of another day, that is gifted to us and
begin to remember to give thanks for the Sacred Food
that has been also gifted to us by our Mother Earth,
so the nutritional energy of medicine can be guided to
heal our minds and spirits.
This new millennium will usher in an age of harmony or
it will bring the end of life as we know it.
Starvation, war and toxic waste have been the hallmark
of the Great Myth of Progress and Development that
ruled the last millennium [Ragnoroc, Armagedon...].
To us, as caretakers of the heart of Mother Earth,
falls the responsibility of turning back the powers of
destruction. We have come to a time and place of great
urgency. The fate of future generations rests in our
hands. We must understand the two ways we are free to
follow, as we choose the positive way or the negative
way -- the spiritual way or the material way.
It's our own choice--each of ours and all of ours. You
yourself are the one who must decide. You alone --and
only you-- can make this crucial choice. Whatever you
decide is what you'll be, to walk in honor or to
dishonor your relatives.
You can't escape the consequences of your own
decision. On your decision depends the fate of the
entire World. You must decide. You can't avoid it.
Each of us is put here in this time and this place to
personally decide the future of humankind. Did you
think the Creator would create unnecessary people in a
time of such terrible danger? Know that you yourself
are essential to this World. Believe that! Understand
both the blessing and the burden of that. You yourself
are desperately needed to save the Soul of this World.
Did you think you were put here for something less?
[ya know, this brings a whole other meaning - with a
sledgehammer, no less - to those of us who are
otherkin...]
In a Sacred Hoop of Life, there is no beginning and no
ending!
Mitakuye Oyasin,
Chief Arvol Looking Horse
19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo
Calf Pipe
Love and light
Swannie