The Gateway into the Higher Life

          The spirit with transfigured face, gazing raptly upon some vision, said: "Look at that open door!  It is so beautifully engraved.  It has engraving on it:

The Door of Life

Understanding of Life

Understanding of God in the True Sense

          "The door is opening, very slowly and we look in.  What a beautiful Hall!  The altar in front is so beautiful, so beautiful!  On the altar, in the centre, is a beautiful statue which represents Wisdom.  There is a statue of Truth, one of Love, one of Understanding, one of Honesty, one of Life and one of Modesty.

          "Wisdom is the centre statue.  There are seven statues in all, each holding a light, each one of seven colours – three on each side of Wisdom, each with a light, all blending into Wisdom, the beautiful white light.

Wisdom

Truth          Honesty

Love                                        Life

Understanding                                                      Modesty

          "From these colours come the seven musical notes.  Each note corresponds to a colour and then goes forward to the centre and blends into Wisdom.  There the real truth of life and an understanding of God is learned.

          "That is beautiful.  See those colours blend!  They go on and on, blending in all ways, into forms, into all kinds of shapes, into stars and flowers and then they become music.

      
         "Now they form into leaves, buds and flowers – music taking form and colour.  The music itself – I never heard such beautiful music.

          "They say to me: "This is the Gateway into the Higher Life.  You have had a glimpse of it, but you cannot be there"

          "There is one who says: "We have to learn our lessons, to be humble, to be charitable, to serve.  Learn to be honest and sincere, then you can enter that beautiful Hall.  Take up the cross and follow me.

          "That cross represents crucifying of self – selfishness, jealousy, envy, bigotry, dogma, creeds, false belief and pride.  Take your cross and follow me.""

From 'Thirty Years among the Dead' by Carl A. Wickland, M.D.

Anon but true?

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny

This quote is widely attributed to "Frank Outlaw" on the Web, but no actual other corroborating confirmation actually confirms that this is the correct source.

Mindfulness

 

 

                   You need not do anything

                   Remain sitting at your table and listen

                   Just wait

                   And you need not even wait

                   Just become quiet and still and solitary

                   And the world will offer itself to you

                   To be unmasked

                   It has no choice

                   It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

                                                                                                             

                   Senses by Franz Kafka

 

From Kiri Te Kanawa

 

If you don't know what to do – smile

 

 

From Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand Soprano

 

Pre-existence and the Immortality of the Soul

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
     Hath had elsewhere its setting,
          And cometh from afar:
     Not in entire forgetfulness,
     And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
     From God, who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
     Upon the growing Boy,
But He beholds the light, and whence it flows,
     He sees it in his joy;
The Youth, who daily farther from the east
     Must travel, still is Nature's Priest,
     And by the vision splendid
     Is on his way attended;
At length the Man perceives it die away,
And fade into the light of common day.

 

William Wordsworth

 (1770 - 1850)

Healing the Gulf Oil Spill

Chief Arvol Looking Horse

 

asks us to join together in

 

healing the Gulf Oil Spill 

 

The following letter was just sent by Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe) to the world's religion and spiritual leaders. It asks us all to help in healing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as well as all the other disasters humans have created on our Mother Earth. Please read this and consider doing your part, whatever that might be.

My Relatives,

Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.

We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great message for the World; we are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color, which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. 

As I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened, those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations, eventually all will be affected from the oil disaster in the Gulf.

The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we cannot afford to continue to make.

I asked, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of in their Prophecies.

I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I believe we as Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and prayers to allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth. As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc'I Maka).

We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.

As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that what we create can have lasting effects on all life.

So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. Along with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us make a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our children's future and well-being, and the generations to come.

Onipikte (that we shall live),

Chief Arvol Looking Horse

19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe

(Wolakota.org)

From Wolakota Foundation

From the Wolakota Foundation

World Peace and Prayer Day