Seven Fires

reply to post by masqua

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hmm,that's interesting...

S & F for you my friend, very informative thread.
Have you any suggestions what i can do as a simple man from denmark with no options to travel and such.
I wanna make this world a better place for all people, a world without greed, sorrow, hate and fear (may be a long stretch).
I know that i have it in me to do so i just need a helping hand to get started...

Only one suggestion, Theomi, and that is to learn as much as you can, both in how we are all the same in our hearts and minds and also in what ways we have been turned against each other.

As you learn of these things, shasre them with your friends and family, but always in such a way as to allow them to become interested and research for themselves. Old beliefs die hard and forceful debates only produce anger.

Be as understanding to other's viewpoints as you can be. Sowing an acorn is much preferred over planting a grown oak tree.

I agree that stories, myth and spirit all have a role to play in
the future of mankind. Without those we are dead even if
technically still alive. This might be the greatest loss of all
for people who live in the industiralized nations - we have lost
our stories, our myths our connection with spirit. I know many
people who can name this flower and that bird, even tell you
the latin name for it but their knowledge ends there. They feel
they have learned all there is to know on the subject.

That is sad for there is so much more to discover; there
are uses for many plants as food, medicine, utlity items - ways
that they can and perhaps should be a part of our everyday lives.
Even this is still a shallow knowledge. To know nature is to participate
within and become one with it. To draw spiritual connections with
the various entities in nature, it's hard to articulate but there is a
knowledge of the heart that must equal that of the miind. That, in
my opinion, is to be truly integrated. At that point we understand that
the stories and myths are really not folktales but truths spoken in
ways that even small children can understand. Something we all
are these days regardless of age. We live in a world ruled by
children. It is not their fault, nor is it ours. Mankind has collectively
decided that we are smarter than the great spirit and can live in
defiance of his ways. This is what I meant by walking the good red
road, the way the great spirit set before us before we chose to
follow our own selfishness.

All is well. The earth will always heal itself even from the plagues
that mankind afflicts upon it. Walk in beauty and we walk in the world
of the infinite.

By the way Masqua, I wanted to compliment you on your paintings -
they are very rich and alive. i would be very happy with myself to
have accomplished what you have - very beautiful work and I thank
you for sharing it.

To answer your question many indigenous tribes have a creation myth
where the land was created from the waters on the back of a turtle.
Some animals (often beavers, loons and diving beetles) dove to the
bottom and brought back mud which they placed on the back of
the turtle. This grew and grew and become the land on which the
people live.

[edit on 20-9-2009 by Asktheanimals]

errieeee all this is starting to scare me

reply to post by mommatavino

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There's no need to be frightened by this prophecy. It's a warning that leaves us two possibilities:

1) Carry on hating each other and neglecting the forces of nature which become apparent with the destruction of our environment.

or

2) Start working together to build peace worldwide and repair the damage done to the ocean, rivers, lakes and land through neglectful practices.

It's up to us individually to do what we can. No matter what anyone else believes, it's ordinary people who hold the ultimate power for 'change', no matter who uses the term as a political slogan.

Changing the way we do things is not something anyone can do totally or immediately. It needs to be accomplished one thing at a time starting with the simplest, such as not filling our bodies with pharmaceudicals we don't really need (Viagra comes to mind) or even walking three blocks instead of driving right on up to getting involved in your community to stop pesticides and herbicide use on lawns.

There's tons of things we can each do but it has to come from your own views on what may be wrong in the community around you. If you think everything is hunky dory, then all is well, unless, of course, others disagree with you. That's when we need to listen to their concerns and decide for ourselves if they are right or wrong.

I'm not frightened of the future anymore. Whatever happens will happen for the long-term benefit of this planet which we ultimately need to be healthy if we want to continue living here.

You can't eat money.