Native Way of Prayer
The true way of pray according to my ancestors, the indigenous people of Turtle Island (America), we do not pray and ask for something, because when we pray asking for something we are actually saying, that which we are praying for does not exist. Everything that we think we need and seek already exists within the Divine Abundance of GREAT SPIRIT, because it has already been created for us by GREAT SPIRIT, and it is waiting on our conscious awareness of that Divine Reality. My ancestors would step into the Sacred Circle and placed a Mudra in front of them, and honor the Four Directions; they would also honor all of theirs ancestors. Mudras are sacred ritual gestures, elaborate hand positions used for the purpose of prayer. Mudras are used with mantras to seal energy patterns. Then within their Spirit, with all of their senses, they would experience what they are praying to open up to them in the physical realm, a form of visualization. Here is a good example is their prayer for rain that I heard Gregg Braden talk about. My ancestors the indigenous people of Turtle Island would actually feel the rain showering down on their heads, smell it, and feel their toes in the muddy soil created by the rainfall. Then they would give thanks to GREAT SPIRIT and go about their lives in a state of continual thanksgiving for the abundance of rain.
When we pray as most people do today, we are actually praying in error. Because we are praying as if something does not yet exist. Most of the time that is coupled with not feeling what we are praying as being current reality, already an existing abundant perfect creation we have been blessed with before the beginning of time by GREAT SPIRIT. We must put our whole being into our prayer, and experience the prayer as our current reality within. That is our preparation for receiving that which we are seeking. There is no lack in us or this physical world, we have simply lost our true sight and hearing, because we have taken our attention off of what needs our undivided attention and allegiance, which is SOURCE/GREAT SPIRIT. We must regain our Spiritual focus, because without it we cannot communicate with GREAT SPIRIT in an appropriate effective way. Matter of fact, we also need to regain it so that we can communicate with each other affectively and appropriately. Life is not a dream, it is our current reality, and we have some degree of control over it. That which we do not control, is controlled by the MASTER, GREAT SPIRIT. It is about wholeness and oneness; we have become so fragmented in our lives, thinking, and affairs, because we have become so impatient, stubborn, and egotistical. We must stop speeding through life, slow down and enjoy this reality, and all of the intricacies of this physical sojourn.
We must once again truly learn how to experience our reality called life.
That can and must be done by practicing the Native Way of Prayer
Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala
Copyright © Nov. 2010
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