Ancestors and Wisdom
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Ancestors and Wisdom
Elders are a people of the future. My culture respects the elders not only because of their wisdom, but because of their determination. The elders are tough. They have survived many struggles and many losses. Now, as they look ahead to another generation, they are determined that their sacrifices will not have been in vain, that their children’s ch... See more
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This means tapping into ancestral knowing that is intuitive and inherent, stored in the body and the land and in spirit, accessed through a peak mental state that allows new knowledge to be absorbed at a phenomenal rate. Ancestor-mind can be achieved through cultural activity like carving, painting, weaving, dancing, and any preparations for ritual
... See moreTyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
As we listen to the great wisdom of our ancestors and of the indigenous tribal cultures, we will once again find our correct inner spirit. Once we have this as our anchor, we can graft our modern technologies onto the old wisdom and the result will be truly transcendent. This is the great secret of preservation.
Richard Rudd • The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose
The very darkness of ancestors can be freeing. Problematic ancestors can help you to take what is dark in yourself as something life has given you, something to make sense of, a gate into wisdom, and not merely a curse.
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
sharing their visions, prophecies, and ancient healing and nurturing ways, the Grandmothers hope to inspire others to more consciously partake in the unfolding of Creation. As carriers of their tribes’ traditions, all these women elders are powerful; they are fierce in the best sense. Their deep knowledge and reverence make them poets of life and g
... See moreCarol Schaefer • Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet
the wisest of storytellers, through imagery and the richness of their languages and through the multileveled structure of their stories, provide a beacon for those open to a new understanding of humanity’s evolutionary process and who might hope to see themselves as part of that transformation.
Sally Mallam • The Science of Storytelling
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To the ancients, time was a gift of the gods, to be treated with awe and reverence. Elders were respected precisely because they had aged in the stream of time. Time was something higher than the individual, something not to be controlled but to be appreciated. In the sacred view of time, all good things come as part of a rhythmic process, whether
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