How does the land speak to you?

By
Nanci~Little Shield

Fri, October 3, 2008 - 8:56 PM
How does the land speak to you?

In our way of life... with every decision we make, we always keep in mind the seventh generation of children to come. When we walk upon earth mother, we always plant our feet carefully, because we know that the faces of future generations are looking up at us from beneath the ground. We never forget them.

We are all flowers in the Great Spirit's garden. We share a common root, and the root is our earth mother. The garden is beautiful because it has different colors in it... and those colors represent different traditions and cultural backgrounds. Let us respect the difference in others.
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In our way of life... with every decision we make, we always keep in mind the seventh generation of children to come. When we walk upon earth mother, we always plant our feet carefully, because we know that the faces of future generations are looking up at us from beneath the ground. We never forget them.

We are all flowers in the Great Spirit's garden. We share a common root, and the root is our earth mother. The garden is beautiful because it has different colors in it... and those colors represent different traditions and cultural backgrounds. Let us respect the difference in others.

The Great Spirit based us here to take care of this land and live for Him through prayer, meditation, ceremonies, and rituals, and to lead a simple life close to earth mother.

The people who are living on this planet need to break with the narrow concept of human liberation, and began to see liberation as something that needs to be extended to the whole of the natural world. What is needed is the liberation of all things that support life... the air, the waters, the trees... all the things which support the sacred web of life. Let us live a good life close to earth mother.

To honor and respect means to think of the land and the water and plants and animals who live there as having a right equal to our own to be here. We are not the supreme and all-knowing beings, living at the top of the food-chain of life as the inventors of all time... but in fact we are members of the sacred hoop of life... along with the trees and rocks, the coyotes and the eagles and fish and toads... that each fulfills its purpose.

Wisdom does not belong to one person. We need to act in harmony with wisdom. It is the lighted path of old and proven ideas through generation after generation of discovering natural law. Through the land we will find these paths to natural law.

In the beginning we were told that the human beings who walk about the earth have been provided with all the things necessary for life. We were instructed to carry love for one another, and to show a great respect for all the beings of this earth. We were shown that our well-being depends on the well-being of the vegetable and fruit life, and that We are relatives of all living things, we are relatives of all life.

Everything in nature has its instructions... just as geese have been instructed by the Creator to fly in a particular pattern every year... our instructions as humans is simply to give thanks to the natural world... and by doing do... protect it..
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