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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Listening is Giving

17 Sunday Aug 2014

Posted by Jane in Sweetwater

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For the true human, the first thing is to find out how to listen. Listening is different from seeing. Seeing, and the eyes, were created so we could move into things and through things. The ear, on the other hand, was created for the art of giving. One of the attributes of the ear is the giveaway; to give into the effort of giving, to give into effort itself, the effort we can find in the toil of work in our lives. When we are listening, we are giving. When we are giving of ourselves, we are strengthening the work-listening-seeing aspect of ourselves. We are listeners to people’s cosmic needs. First, we listen to what needs to be done, then we use our eyes to see what needs to be done. But if we start trying to see what needs to be done we will miss the point and we will not really touch the basic humanity of the situation that is talking to us at that moment in time. So it is important to be sensitive to what qualities the ear brings and what qualities effort brings. Effort in the toil of our daily work is the food the planet earth eats for its survival.

Being and Vibration – Joseph Rael

There is so much to consider in this little piece of writing, so much…I think of all the many situations in my own life that would benefit more if I listened more and waited to see what was needed. Then perhaps, I could give what was really needed instead of what I thought was needed.

There is also the great gift we all feel when we experience the simple act of being heard and witnessed. In that moment of listening we can give a gift to the person we are listening to by taking it one step further and listening to Great Spirit to see what they might need instead of listening to our own thoughts.

The more I study with Joseph’s teaching, the more I Dance and do ceremony, the more profound and peaceful and directed my life becomes. Aho

I would love to see your comments on Listening!

 

 

DANCING!

06 Wednesday Aug 2014

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Writings from Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow)

Ordinary life is continually talking to us, but we eat too much salt and sugar. Salt in your body steals your light. It robs you of your capacity to see physically…When the salt level drops, it creates a resonance of craving, a vacuum that calls light into it…

Sugar makes our blood cry. It gives us a craving and makes us jittery. We have no peace. We are too well fed, too full, too comfortable to hear life talking to us…

In fasting we go back to the guiding advice of ordinary life, and we can learn from everyday things like stones, leaves, the bark of a tree, the bark of a dog…

The planet eats the effort we expend, our prayers, sacred chanting, group worship, or our exertion in physical work. This is what the planet lives on.

Monday is the last day of the Sun/Moon Dance in West Virginia. Ponder the words written by Joseph who gifted us with the Dances. We do this so we can hear better and so we can make an effort to help the Planet – The Mother – Live.

I will be having my first sips of water on Monday morning after fasting from it since Friday. There are no words to express what that tastes like, the joy and blessing you feel upon the completion of your Dance. There really is nothing else like it.

We are called to these Dances, to these ceremonies.  Maybe you too feel as if something is missing from your life.  It is probably ceremony!  We need it in our lives.

Please comment and let me know if you have done ceremony or wondered about what it might be like, or just felt something lacking that you couldn’t put your finger on….I’d love to hear from you. Aho

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