Grandmother Edna Gordon, Hawk Elder, Seneca Wisdomkeeper,
Cattaraugus Reservation, NY

NOWADAYS HUMAN BEINGS have lost touch with who we are, the children of this Mother Earth. We’ve lost touch with Creation itself. We see only our own little selfish tiny world. But we have to teach our children more than just about this little world of our own. We have to teach Creation itself to the children, show’m how they can find the whole of Creation in every leaf, in every flower, in every hawk that flies over their head with a Message form the Creator. We have to lead them into true wonder and true thankfulness for the Great Mystery of Creation, which we’re so lucky and privileged to be part of.

TAKE ADVANTAGE of this Life and the World you’ve been given. People grumble over the little things and forget all about Creation and the mysterious fact that here we are right in the middle of it! Now explain THAT to me! You can’t! It’s a Mystery, the greatest Mystery of all. The scientists, the astronomers, they’ll never find it. Never ever! That’s just the Way it is.

AND EVERYTHING about that Mystery is holy, sacred, wonderful, even if we don’t notice it and grumble on about some little thing in our own selfish little life. It’s only when you’re selfish that Life seems little. If you’re not selfish and you know how to share everything, you’ll see how big Life can be. Life IS Creation. Life IS the World, the whole World, not just out little part of it. (Read more…)