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Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change by Sherri Mitchell
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“When we listen to those stories, not only are we hearing tales of days gone by, we are also hearing the voices of all of those who lived before us. Those ancestors are not gone from our lives. They live in the stories, and they linger in our environments. They come to us in dreams and during ceremonies. They whisper to us in quiet moments and bring us comfort. One of my favorite stories is about a friend's experience with the ancestors. She was doing repatriation work, which involves caring for the remains of an ancestor until they can be properly buried with their people. In this instance, the ancestor that she was caring for had been part of a gruesome display in a museum. During her time with him, she remained in prayer when he came to her and gave her a message. First, he thanked her for bringing him back home. Then, he told her, "we dreamed you into the future." Our ancestors lived for us; they died for us; and they dreamed for us. Through their collective imaginings, we were all brought into being. What an incredible honor it is for us to carry their life forward through our own.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“As we seek this healing, let us do so with the knowledge that oneness is not sameness. It is the transcendence of our differences and the weaving of our diverse expressions into a tapestry that is harmonized and aligned with common purpose.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“How will I meet the young woman who is struggling to find her sense of self, or the elder who is befuddled by the rapidly changing technology that exists in the modern world? How do I meet the man with political views that oppose mine, or the person with ideological views that create and promote division? Could I show up in those moments with self-love and compassion? Compassion can be hard to find when we feel that we’ve been wronged or when we see harmful and destructive actions playing out before us. Would I become more loving and compassionate if I truly believed that I was the imagined other?”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“When we merge our internal rhythms with the rhythms of creation, we develop grace in our movement, and without thought or effort we are able to slide into the perfectly choreographed dance of life.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“The feminine needs the masculine to take its intuitive, heart-based ideas and manifest them in the outer world. And the masculine needs the heart-based wisdom of the feminine to ensure that those actions honor the sacred and preserve life.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“We must tune in to our ability to see beyond the physical reality that surrounds us, and awaken to the vast unseen world that exists. Then we can begin to see beyond sight and to hear beyond sound. We see the underlying structures that support our world, and life begins to take on new shape, new meaning. When we live as multisensory beings, we”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“This song is the drone of the musical universe. It is the foundation upon which all structure is built. If we listen closely, we can hear this creation song echoing in our bones. It exists in a vibrational frequency that emanates throughout the entire universe and resonates deep within us. This tone is the voice of creation; the voice that first spoke and brought all life into form. Each individual soul carries its own unique vibrational tone that is built upon that universal tone, and that individualized tone carries the seed of that being’s life path. When that seed is planted, even before the first shoot”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“We also understand that the way that we speak to creation defines the place that we hold within creation. Our language creates a sense of kinship with the world around us.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“We recognize “Father Sky” and “Mother Earth.” The sky is the outer shell, and the Earth is the inner sanctuary.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“The feminine energy represents the inner world. This is demonstrated by the anatomy of our bodies. A woman’s reproductive organs are internal, and her creative impulse is held within her center, in her womb. A woman creates in concert with the energy of the heart. The life that is nurtured and cultivated within a woman’s body sits just below the heart and is attuned to its rhythm. A woman’s body is a bridge between worlds. Within a woman’s body, there exists a direct link to the source of creation.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“the energy of the feminine connects us to divine knowledge and guides that knowledge through the body in direct correlation to the heart. Feminine energy is expansive, intuitive, creative, and life-affirming. The feminine is the keeper of intuition and the translator of heart-based wisdom.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“It is the energy of doing,”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“Buddhist scholar Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, states, “Believing fundamentally that this life is the only one, modern people have developed no long-term vision…. So there is nothing to restrain them from plundering the planet for their own immediate ends and from living in a selfish way that could prove fatal for the future.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“Every living thing has its own creation song, its own language, and its own story. In order to live harmoniously with the rest of creation, we must be willing to listen to and respect all of the harmonies that are moving around us.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“This song is the drone of the musical universe. It is the foundation upon which all structure is built. If we listen closely, we can hear this creation song echoing in our bones. It exists in a vibrational frequency that emanates throughout the entire universe and resonates deep within us. This tone is the voice of creation; the voice that first spoke and brought all life into form. Each individual soul carries its own unique vibrational tone that is built upon that universal tone, and that individualized tone carries the seed of that being’s life path. When that seed is planted, even before the first”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“Once we become attuned to this new information, we can integrate this into our physical experience and”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion, to embrace all living beings and all of nature.1 This”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“helping and supporting the spiritual elders”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Keeper of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe, and his wife Paula Horne.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“World Peace and Prayer Day movement.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“he has demonstrated the beauty of our Indigenous way of life through the example of his own walk.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“Bobby C. Billie, spiritual leader and Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation,”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“problem solved, and talked through many lessons and stages of individual growth and development.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“the American Indian Institute, who first made it possible for me to meet these spiritual elders.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“supporting the vision of Native peoples.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
“web of kinship that has given me shelter through the various stages of my life.”
Sherri Mitchell, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change