Individuation Without Institution"When I was ten years of age I looked at the land and the rivers, the sky above, and the animals around me and could not fail to realize that they were made by some great power. I was so anxious to understand this power that I questioned the trees and the bushes. It seemed as though the flowers were staring at me, and I wanted to ask them "Who made you?" I looked at the moss-covered stones; some of them seemed to have the features of a man, but they could not answer me. Then I had a dream, and in my dream one of these small round stones appeared to me and told me that the maker of all was Wakan Tanka, and that in order to honor Him, I must honor His works in nature. The stone said that by my search I had shown myself worthy of supernatural help. It said that if I were curing a sick person I might ask its assistance, and that all the forces of nature would help me work a cure." ~ Tatanka-ohitika, Brave Buffalo
The American Indians lived in harmony with their environment for millennia, however there was occasional disharmony among the peoples of Turtle Island. Tribes battled each other at times, but never on the mass scale of European wars. Their culture remained grounded in the masculine and feminine in equal measure, undistorted by the hyper-masculine colonialism of the Europeans, and so disputes between tribes were actually settled. In fact, the term 'bury the hatchet' comes from the Iroquois legend that celebrated the peacemaker who brought together the five nations under the pine tree of peace:
During a time when people became unthankful, there was war in every village. A vicious cycle of war and revenge spun out of control to the point that no one really knew what the fight was about anymore. A child was born to a virgin, and when he grew up he traveled to all the nations to convince them to unite in peace. After a time, he was able to bring the people together and convinced them to literally bury their weapons under a white pine tree and symbolically bury their hatred and vengefulness. He also tied together arrows from each tribe to represent their unity as one.
Today our world is very much in a state where we have forgotten what we're fighting about. We live vengefully, fearfully, hard-heartedly, continuing on a downward spiral of oligarchical collectivism and war that began long before any of us were born. To most of us, the very idea of tying our figurative arrows together in unity with foreigner individuals and institutions seems laughable -- the dream of idealists. And yet whether it is prejudice of individual of nation, as who does that sentiment benefit, and who does it cost. We do have the power to make peace"
A Little Green Revolution
True social revolution begins at the bottom, not the top. It is up to Rainbow Warriors to make peace, be peace and spread peace. It is time to demand an end to war! It is time we began to heal Earth Mother and her inhabitants from generations of separation, conflict and destruction. We are everywhere, and we are more common than we have been led to believe. And there is no time to spare: without a groundswell of forgiveness, compassion and unity, there will be no healing, and without healing, there will be no revolution, and without revolution there will be no peace.
"If dem wanna win the revolution, de must win it with Rasta. You cannot win other way, because if you win other way you have go fight again. When you're Rasta 'n win, there no more war." ~ Bob Marley
Rainbow Warriors are clear, and yet of every color or vibration, but to heal a society of two-heartedness, a successful revolution must be green. Certainly the 'green' symbolism of integrative energy and cleaner living is ultra-important and of immediate necessity for revolution, but further a successful revolution has to be green more specifically in that it must reflect the healing energy of the heart chakra. The heart chakra is associated with the color green and is central among the seven chakras, its centrality indicative of power, grace, love and equanimity -- the only qualities that may overcome this human sickness.
If a revolution does not begin in or emanate from the heart, if revolution is an act of violence not an act of love, then more than likely the revolution will fail and the cycle of conflict and destruction will continue. The Wendigo's claw must be confronted with an open human hand, and only by sharing and caring with an open hand and an open mind can the Wendigo be defeated.
Be centered and open, with diamond-like clarity, as a Rainbow Warrior.
"When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the rainbow." ~ Native American Prophecy
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