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The following plea to pray for peace came to me from The Pnai Or/Aleph/Renewal Rabbinic List ?pnai-or-rabbi@shamash.org. The sender asked that it be forwarded to friends and colleagues who might be interested. The main statement is from "Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nation". I am sharing the message with FNR_PUBPOL both to encourage prayers for peace and, also, in the hope that it might generate some discussion about the significance of current world trends for First Nations relations. There is no doubt in my mind that much of First Nations relations with the British and Canadian governments has always been shaped by their larger foreign and imperial policies. How that applies in this instance is a question I have not yet heard discussed. Opening that discussion is a service for which I think this list is particularly well suited. Yours for renewal, Michael Posluns. ?IMPORTANT STATEMENT ON YUGOSLAVIA April 19, 1999 ? ?My name is Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota ?Nation, I would like to share a viewpoint about the "Ethnic Cleansing", ?mass killing of innocent people in Yugoslavia. ? ?I am the Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe of Peace, a gift ?of a sacred bundle given nineteen generations ago to my people providing ?guidance of teachings for assurance of Peace within our lives. ? ?The White Buffalo Calf Woman gave this gift of the Sacred Pipe providing ?guidance of teachings for assurance of Peace within our lives. ? ?Along with these teachings of this Sacred Pipe of Peace, has been ?prophecies passed down from significant people who walked their harmony. ?They based their lives on teachings given from sacred bundles, such ?as the Sacred Buffalo Calf Pipe or many other gifts of bundles and ?teachings from the Creator. ? ?They foretold of these times of great change, which coincide with many ?other Nations' archives recording their own Prophecies. The reality of ?the accuracy of these Prophecies which has predicted events upon Mother ?Earth, as well as the history of our own people, have come to pass, so ?we have learned to pay attention. ? ?There are foretold Prophecies of a very dark time, more significant than ?any other times in History. We will be at a crossroads in which a dark ?cloud will envelop the earth, chaos and diseases will erupt and we will ?witness blood from our relative's eyes. ? ?Humankind has to make a decision and have courage to make a stand for ?Peace, even when their relatives' minds are restrained from spiritual ?awareness of healing the mind. ? ?We still have a chance to choose to make a change. Mother Earth is a ?living spirit that clothes, feeds and nourishes all walks of life, but ?when fighting erupts, the land and life cease to flourish, as well as ?the spirit of humankind. ? ?Mother Earth needs our help, I call upon the World to Pray at once for ?Peace, to make your stand spiritually, you must see the ignorance of ?this situation in Yugoslavia will only make us blinder to our own ?empowerment of making a positive change for our next generations ?to come. Pray with me every day at 10:00 AM Central Time for a peaceful ?resolution to this continuing destruction of the World. ? ?You must realize this "disease of the mind" will spread even faster, ?if we don't take control of our behavior. ? ?I have been initiating an event called "World Peace and Prayer Day" to ?bring awareness of these times by uniting the world spiritually on June ?21st, praying at the sacred sites, for Global Healing, this being the ?fourth year to the South in Costa Rica. When this day arrives, please ?pilgrimage to your local sacred site and continue the daily praying that ?has been done at the time of 10:00 AM Central USA Time. ? ?This is an invitation to the Serbian and Yugoslavian representatives to ?participate, whether it be in Costa Rica or at your own sacred place of ?prayer. ? ?Please begin to learn to understand the meaning of "Walking in harmony ?and Peace" in having the courage to transform our spiritual ?consciousness to love and compassion! This is the real challenge and ?courage in life. ? ?As one of our spiritual leaders, Black Elk once said: "One who walks a ?dark road is distracted, who is ruled by his senses and who lives for ?himself, rather than for his people". ? ?Please "Look upon your children, with their children in their arms, that ?they may face the winds and walk to the day of quiet." From which there ?is no beginning and no ending in the Sacred Hoop of Life, I am sending ?you this message of Peace from my heart and the sacred altar, may our ?prayers for Peace be heard, may peace with you all... ? ?Hetcetuyelo! Mitakuye Oyasin (all my relations), ? ?Chief Arvol Looking Horse, ?19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo ?Calf Pipe of Peace ? ? ?http://www.YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net/events/ALookingHorseWPPD.htm --------------------- pnai-or-rabbi@shamash.org --------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium http://shamash.org --------------------- pnai-or-rabbi@shamash.org --------------------= -- Michael W. Posluns, The StillWaters Group, First Nations Relations & Public Policy. Please note new address: mposluns@accglobal.net Phone 416 656-8613 Fax 416 656-2715 36 Lauder Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3E3. We offer Canadian parliamentary debates by topics and bills.
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