And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: Hayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Worldwide Peace and Prayer Day
Good Morning Brothers, Sisters, Cousins, Friends:
As many of you know, today is Worldwide Peace and Prayer Day. It
started in 1996 at Gray Horne Butte, Wyoming, circled to the North in
1997..to the Cree Nation of the Joseph Big Head Reservation, then to the
East to the Sacred Peipestone Quarries in 1998. Today the circle is
completed to the South in Costa Rica. Chief Arvol Looking Horse has
asked all peoples to join in prayer today . He has asked those who can
not join him in Costa Rica, to go to your sacred sites for prayer. " Our
traditional indigenous ways are the way to strengthen our bonds and
healing for our Mother Earth. We are the "root nation", Hutkan Oyate,
with responsibility to turn the life of our Mother Earth around. It is
now evident, with even the scientific findings, that our course is
leading to the endangerment of our tired Mother Earth. We are now in
the midst of what is prophesied as the crossroads, faced with either
disaster, chaos, diseases, with tears from our relatives' (Mitakuye
Oyasin) eyes, or uniting spiritually with all nations upon Mother
Earth. This is a calling for the world to seek out the sacred sites and
bring awareness to the energy and connection that exists there to our
Mother Earth. In the past, there has been clear research findings of
people coming together spiritually, praying for a healing, and our
Mother Earth responded with a visible positive energy shift. "
In honor of this day, I offer the following from Leonard Peltier's
book,_Prison Writings_:
A Prayer
Grandfather,
Mysterious One,
We search for you along
this Great Red Road you have set us on.
Sky Father,
Tunkashila,
We thank you for this world.
We thank you for our own existence.
We ask only for your blessing
and for your instruction.
Grandfather,
Sacred One,
Put our feet on the holy path
that leads to you,
and give us the strength and the will
to lead ourselves and our children
past the darkness we have entered.
Teach us to heal ourselves,
to heal each other
and to heal the world.
Let us begin this very day,
this very hour,
the Great Healing to come.
Leonard Peltier
May the prayers from around the world be heard today.
Mitakuye Oyasin.
With Love and Deep Respect,
Darlene
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