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Wise Woman Wisdom ...
Looking onto a Name
by Waynonaha Two Worlds
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Many people come seeking a name for themselves
they are not of our culture and do not understand the
depth of a name. When seeking a name one offers tobacco
and then waits until the elder who they are in contact
with finds that name and gives it to them. In these times
it is harder to do this as we are all living so distant
from each other.
In Indian culture you have no name until your about two
years old. The elders who have been watching you and can
see what your personality is or character will be, will
find your name. Until that time you're simply known as child
or Wah kon eh zah. You would be called this until you had
a name. I may say that is the child of the Running family
in pointing a child out to another. Mostly we knew each
others children as we lived in a very close society.
"What's in a name?" our people
say, "look deep and listen." The heart beat
of our Ancestors the pulse of our Nation's past, the land,
language, and culture, are all in that name.
When you look into our names do you see
only letters look deeper into the name and see the people
who lived that name they were once alive as you and me
flesh and blood.
With our name comes the history of our people, in the
passing of the name so is the passing of the culture.
We share dreams we see the same Earth and Sun, we love,
we cry we feel the same emotions only time separates us.
Years, and days pass but all remains the
same, all is still here that was here for my ancestors.
You who lived in the past with my name do you see me?
Ancestors, do you still live on in my name? Through me
do you once again enjoy the precious breath of air and
taste of water? Do my eyes see for you once again, does
my body walk for you and touch the sweet Earth Mother?
You have not left this Earth you live on in me and through me.
I give you life as you have given me life, into the beyond, the
beyond, the beyond. My memories are filled with your lives that
were lived in harmony with the Earth Mother. The time when the
Earth was shaken by the Buffalo as they ran through her valleys
and plains lives on in my name.
My eyes may see different land, my ears may hear different
sounds; but we still pray to one Great Spirit.
My ancestors you have given me my culture you have given
me life. The eyes of Creator in the spirit world watch
over me as they watched over you.
Centuries fold into time as culture unites; the thinning
of our numbers has only proven to make us stronger.
I can never leave you my ancestors, for you're my life,
my pride, my heritage. The red earth runs in my blood
it lives on in my heart. The language flows in my mind
and is the music my heart dances too, it enters my dreams
and fills them with visions.
I look into my name and I see my grandmothers
face, I see my grand daughters face looking back at me
from the future. As long as there is life you will live
on in my grand children and on into the seven generations.
The past and the future will live forever in our name
and in our hearts.
Copyright © 2004 Waynonaha Two Worlds All publication
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We are spiritual beings, we are
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As we walk upon the Earth we focus our energy on
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that we do uses energy as we invest the essence of
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HEALING THROUGH NATURE
October 17, 2004
Each Workshop: $50-75. $25 deposit.
Learn to heal yourself and others with the aid
of nature and natural law with Grandmother Waynonaha
Two Worlds who has traveled extensively around the
world and throughout the United States. We share a
common thread that connects all cultures. The knowing
of joy, love, and the grief of loss are common human
issues.
In this workshop we will be going within
to fill our own inner void; then redirecting this energy
for transformation. As we view the process of how nature
grows we see the connection to our spiritual learning.
In planning our movement toward goals and change in
the physical world, we will create a new link into the
spiritual world. The focus will be learning about our
own boundaries and acceptance in the sacred hoop of
life. This is a life experience sharing circle.
Objectives: Accepting Loss; Filling the
void; Letting go; Forgiving; Achieving Balance and Harmony;
Learning to assert your self; Finding the right tools.
How do these issues fit in life’s
larger picture? What do I do after a devastating loss?
What are the characteristics of a healthy relationship?
Trust that you like these they are very good life
based programs for survival. Love, Waynonaha
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