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November 22, 2011

Thanksgiving Address ~ Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) People

As many celebrate Thanksgiving Day, remember THANKS GIVING is daily.

The People of the Longhouse, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) People, have for centuries all times of the year for many occasions given thanks to all life.

Give thanks in your own way and enjoy and share this version of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address.

Thanksgiving Address

Greetings to the Natural World

The People

Today we have gathered and we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now, we bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks to each other as People.

Now our minds are one.

The Earth Mother

We are all thankful to our Mother, the Earth, for she gives us all that we need for life. She supports our feet as we walk about upon her. It gives us joy that she continues to care for us as she has from the beginning of time. To our Mother, we send greetings and thanks.

Now our minds are one. (Read more…)

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April 4, 2011

Clearing confusion on the Mayan Calendar meaning – Joyous Presence

MAYAN WISDOM by Joyous Presence

This is an excellant article inially posted in the Earth Blog of Para Pachamama ~ Spirit of the Earth

Thank you Joyous Presence for allowing reposting in the Garden Blog.

Carlos Barrios, Mayan elder and Ajq’ij (is a ceremonial priest and spiritual guide) of the Eagle Clan. Carlos initiated an investigation into the different Mayan calendars circulating. Carlos along with his brother Gerardo studied with many teachers and interviewed nearly 600 traditional Mayan elders to widen their scope of knowledge.

Carlos found out quickly there were several conflicting interpretations of Mayan hieroglyphs, petroglyphs, Sacred Books of ‘Chilam Balam’ and various ancient text. Carlos found some strong words for those who may have contributed to the confusion:

Carlos Barrios:“Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the signs correctly. It’s just their imagination. Other people write about prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say that the world will end in December 2012. The Mayan elders are angry with this. The world will not end. It will be transformed.” (Read more…)

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March 16, 2011

Call for Prayer ~ Hopi

Hopi come forward with statement on Earth Changes and call for prayer

Message is from Lee Wayne Loamayestewa Kikmongwi, Chief of Shungopavi Village (traditionalhopi@gmail.com)

to enlarge, double click letter Thank you to The Purple Pathe and the trail of others that brought this message to the garden

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December 3, 2010

Gwich’in Message for help ~ Sarah James

This message come from a very dear Gwich’in activist, Sarah James.

“In no case may a people be deprived of their own means of subsistence.”

International Covenants on Human Rights

Sha Lak Nai (All My Relations),

For the past 20 years the Gwich’in Steering Committee has been successful in our efforts to keep The Sacred Place Where Life Begins, the calving and nursery grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge free from being desecrated and becoming a huge industrial oil complex. Until this area is designated as wilderness our work continues. We need your financial help! Please ask your friends, relatives and associates to help us, too. (Read more…)

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June 30, 2010

Seeding Mayan Knowledge & Wisdom ~ Grandfather Cirilo

Mayan Grandfather Cirilo Wandering Wolf speaks of Mayan connection to star ancestors from the Pleiades and the need to speak out for the Earth now.