Post by Okwes on Jul 24, 2007 9:11:11 GMT -5
DIRECTIONS
The following is from "The Healing Drum" by Blackwolf Jones, who is of the
Anishinabe People.
The Four Directions organize all things. They bring us the life
cycles and keep them renewed. The Four Directions bring
predictability and order. All cycles follow their form.
The color of the East Direction is yellow. The first rays of morning
sun bring the new light of innocence. East is the white plumage of
the Eagle feather. It is the filling of the right container. It is an
infant. It is the conception of a new day. It is the spring of the
year, stimulating new growth. It is the creation of life. This is the
East Direction.
The color of the South direction is red, the color of Earth Mother.
South represents summer and adolescence. It is hormones exploding,
experimentation, and invigorating growth spurts. Peer conformity
replaces parental dominance. It is a time for confusion, the
precedence of wisdom. It is a time to collect one's identity, the
time of the vision quest. This is the South Direction.
The color of the West direction is black. The sun trail takes us into
cavern of Self. We come to see Self in the deep, still waters within.
The mirror of the Bear reflects our essence. This is the autumn of
our life, the adult years. It is a time to bundle our knowledge into
wisdom. It is time for us to empty our bucket, so that we may become
filled. This is to become mature. This is West Direction.
The color of the North direction is white. It is a time for
enlightenment, a time to be purified and refined. It is time to wear
the white crown of Elder enlightenment. From this spiritually
dominant position flows the eternal water of life, the well spring of
the life cycle. The North contains shifting spiritual ice sheets that
move from great pressure. A new spiritual construct results. A Grand
Canyon of Self emerges. Darkness accents the light. From the North
all will be renewed. This is North Direction.
Beyond the Four Directions, we are asked to go down, to the fifth
direction of Earth Mother. The green color reminds us that growth is
needed. Earth Mother supplies nourishment. Earth Mother is our
connection to life.
The Sixth Direction is Sky Father, depicted with the color blue. It
reminds us to monitor our life choices. It is here where evaluation
will take place. It is the connection to the world from which we came
and to where we will go.
The Seventh Direction is you. You are part of the hoop of life that
intersects Eternity. This is the Direction to come to Self, to
recognize your role in life, to give of your self.
Contributed by: Wipunkwteme
The following is from "The Healing Drum" by Blackwolf Jones, who is of the
Anishinabe People.
The Four Directions organize all things. They bring us the life
cycles and keep them renewed. The Four Directions bring
predictability and order. All cycles follow their form.
The color of the East Direction is yellow. The first rays of morning
sun bring the new light of innocence. East is the white plumage of
the Eagle feather. It is the filling of the right container. It is an
infant. It is the conception of a new day. It is the spring of the
year, stimulating new growth. It is the creation of life. This is the
East Direction.
The color of the South direction is red, the color of Earth Mother.
South represents summer and adolescence. It is hormones exploding,
experimentation, and invigorating growth spurts. Peer conformity
replaces parental dominance. It is a time for confusion, the
precedence of wisdom. It is a time to collect one's identity, the
time of the vision quest. This is the South Direction.
The color of the West direction is black. The sun trail takes us into
cavern of Self. We come to see Self in the deep, still waters within.
The mirror of the Bear reflects our essence. This is the autumn of
our life, the adult years. It is a time to bundle our knowledge into
wisdom. It is time for us to empty our bucket, so that we may become
filled. This is to become mature. This is West Direction.
The color of the North direction is white. It is a time for
enlightenment, a time to be purified and refined. It is time to wear
the white crown of Elder enlightenment. From this spiritually
dominant position flows the eternal water of life, the well spring of
the life cycle. The North contains shifting spiritual ice sheets that
move from great pressure. A new spiritual construct results. A Grand
Canyon of Self emerges. Darkness accents the light. From the North
all will be renewed. This is North Direction.
Beyond the Four Directions, we are asked to go down, to the fifth
direction of Earth Mother. The green color reminds us that growth is
needed. Earth Mother supplies nourishment. Earth Mother is our
connection to life.
The Sixth Direction is Sky Father, depicted with the color blue. It
reminds us to monitor our life choices. It is here where evaluation
will take place. It is the connection to the world from which we came
and to where we will go.
The Seventh Direction is you. You are part of the hoop of life that
intersects Eternity. This is the Direction to come to Self, to
recognize your role in life, to give of your self.
Contributed by: Wipunkwteme