The Four Worlds International Institute

Spirit that hears each one of us,
hears all that is-
listens, listens, hears us out-
inspire us now!
Our own pulse beats in every
stranger’s throat,
and also there within
the flowered ground beneath our feet.
Teach us to listen!
We can hear it in water, in wood,
and even in stone.
We are earth of this earth,
and we are bone of its bone.
This is a prayer I sing,
for we have forgotten this
and so the earth is perishing.
 
~Barbara Deming (1917-1984, Author and Activist~

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Strong, GOOD words. Words that should be reflected upon every day as we rise from sleep. We must accept the responsibility of our actions in our relationship to Mother Earth. And, we must accept the resonsibility of our caring for Mother Earth and our interconnectedness with her and ALL of her children.

May you walk in beauty
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mornin Sis :) beautiful prayer song.....as I read it, Mom's words echoed....."learn to be still....do not blink when you pray--you might miss Their answer"
Often sitting here (when weather permits) I open the window and listen as I read, or work on crafts/art; and here the trees whisper their songs joined by the beautiful mountain birds...the horses play with the spirits of children as the cattle graze quiety on the sunlit hills.....I still find it simply amazing, all this beauty...this connection with all life...I am in awe of it daily!
Thnak you both glad you liked it Its the truth and to many today miss the inportance of meaning & listening. Too much talk & distraction takes away from calling........:)
Wado... Good words
Our Elders in BC discuss of how todays people do not listen anymore, they hurt each others feelings by gossip and lies. They don't listen to each other anymore. We are like crabs in the bucket, we need to honor all again and support each other. We are a sick people when we hurt one another through negative energies. We are hurting our Nation by not building on each others strengths.

We need to balance again and listen to the heartbeat of mother earth. We need to do as the writer above has done listen to everything that is sent in our path as this journey we are on is a sacred one.

We need to honor all people by not lowering ourselves to lower energy vibrations. Changing a heart means changing my heart first before others can change their way of life! Having gratitude for everything that is placed on my path and listening with a pure heart and clean mind!

We can hear it in water, in wood,
and even in stone.

Powerful truth!!!

I just finished the Water is Life Walk 2011 (June 12 – 21, 2011); carrying the Glacier water from Ti’Swaq (Mt Rainier) too Bus-chut-whut (place of the black bear) now called Capital Lake. On day five it was raining and I was to walk 15 miles...I walked 19 and did not want to stop...everything was talking and I was listening.

"As I walked in the rain, a light rain but not a mist. I focused on the sound of the drops drumming on my head. Then I began to hear the sound of the drops on the pavement, that sound was so harsh. I moved off the road to walk on Unci Maka. I returned my focus to the sound of the drops on my head...then I began to reach out and pick up the symphony of tones as the drops fell upon all that surrounded me. I had never heard the difference in to sound of rain drops as they fall. Each drop creates a different tone, the cedar trees, the alder, maple, ferns, berry bushes, the medicine and food plants, the rocks and especially beautiful...the sound of water on water. The plant nation began to call attention to themselves...dandelion was the first...great food and medicine. Cat tails, Tiger Lilly, all different berries. Food and medicine everywhere I looked. The energies of everything around me changed."

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