Post by blackcrowheart on Nov 7, 2005 15:57:04 GMT -5
First written in 1998 it is more serious now
Mitakuye oyasin, My name is Chief Arvol Looking Horse. As the 19th Generation
Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, I invite you to attend the
third World Peace and Prayer Day at the Sacred Pipestone quarries in Pipestone,
Minnesota on June 21, 1998. According to Lakota Star Knowledge, June 21 is set
as time to pray. Pipestone is the home of the stone from which our Sacred Pipes
are created, the place that holds the blood of our ancestors. The necessity
of the gathering was first brought to us in 1994 when the birth of the first
White Buffalo Calf signaled the changes that are coming and the fulfilling of
the prophecies of the seventh generation. Since then, three more White Buffalo
Calves have been born. Their birth relates to our ceremonies and signifies the
impact of what we are facing. The prophecies have directed that we pray for
four years at sacred sites in the four directions on June 21st of each year.
Our prophecies tell us that we are at the crossroads. We are faced with either
chaos and disaster, or we can unite spiritually in peace and harmony. It is
time to bring the message of the need for peace throughout the world. As a keeper
of a sacred bundle, I ask for prayers for Global Healing! Our Mother Earth is
suffering. Her wonderful gift of water, trees, and air is being abused. Her
children the two-legged, the four-legged, those that swim, crawl and fly are
being annihilated. We continuously see these atrocities. Our relatives, the
animal nations reflect our well-being. What happens to them, happens to us. The
buffalo, wolf, salmon, bear, caribou, eagle and other relatives in this fragile
ecosystem are all in danger and suffering.Their voices must be heard. They
need our help. This is a call to all peoples. We ask that all people join us in
prayer on June 21, 1998. If you are unable to be with us, we ask that you
gather at your own sacred site, wherever the Spirit guides you to pray. To those
that can join us we ask you to bring your stories and prayers. We make a special
call to the wisdom and sacred bundle keepers, our storytellers, medicine
society knowledge keepers, peacekeepers. We gather so that our future generations
may survive through peace and balance. In our circle of life there is no
beginning and no ending. The process of mending the sacred hoop continues. May
peace be with you, my relatives.
Mitakuye oyasin, My name is Chief Arvol Looking Horse. As the 19th Generation
Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, I invite you to attend the
third World Peace and Prayer Day at the Sacred Pipestone quarries in Pipestone,
Minnesota on June 21, 1998. According to Lakota Star Knowledge, June 21 is set
as time to pray. Pipestone is the home of the stone from which our Sacred Pipes
are created, the place that holds the blood of our ancestors. The necessity
of the gathering was first brought to us in 1994 when the birth of the first
White Buffalo Calf signaled the changes that are coming and the fulfilling of
the prophecies of the seventh generation. Since then, three more White Buffalo
Calves have been born. Their birth relates to our ceremonies and signifies the
impact of what we are facing. The prophecies have directed that we pray for
four years at sacred sites in the four directions on June 21st of each year.
Our prophecies tell us that we are at the crossroads. We are faced with either
chaos and disaster, or we can unite spiritually in peace and harmony. It is
time to bring the message of the need for peace throughout the world. As a keeper
of a sacred bundle, I ask for prayers for Global Healing! Our Mother Earth is
suffering. Her wonderful gift of water, trees, and air is being abused. Her
children the two-legged, the four-legged, those that swim, crawl and fly are
being annihilated. We continuously see these atrocities. Our relatives, the
animal nations reflect our well-being. What happens to them, happens to us. The
buffalo, wolf, salmon, bear, caribou, eagle and other relatives in this fragile
ecosystem are all in danger and suffering.Their voices must be heard. They
need our help. This is a call to all peoples. We ask that all people join us in
prayer on June 21, 1998. If you are unable to be with us, we ask that you
gather at your own sacred site, wherever the Spirit guides you to pray. To those
that can join us we ask you to bring your stories and prayers. We make a special
call to the wisdom and sacred bundle keepers, our storytellers, medicine
society knowledge keepers, peacekeepers. We gather so that our future generations
may survive through peace and balance. In our circle of life there is no
beginning and no ending. The process of mending the sacred hoop continues. May
peace be with you, my relatives.