October
18, 2016
Dearest
Human Family,
As Grandmother Moon wanes and the wide
portal of this past weekend begins to shift into a new phase, I offer you
greetings & blessings. Brothers and sisters, I spent the weekend in
ceremony with an intimate circle of powerful people and I have a message to
share of the re-birthing and unification of all people and a new awakening to
the big shift we are in now.
This weekend on the land of our beloved
Grandmother and master seed holder Flordemayo there was a gathering of prayer
warriors, some traveling from quite a far distance: an Okinawan Grandmother
shaman, Kazumi Oishi, a holy family from the Osun lineage with Father Olu, child
Omolulu and mother Yeye Omileye. I had the honor of standing in this universal
circle of prayer as the Song Carrier.
There was a clear message transmitted that
the Great Mother and all of her children are moving through a huge suffering in
order for a new life and way to emerge. We were told that we must hone our
spiritual strength now more than ever to be able to move through this sacred passage.
We can consciously choose to step into this new dimension through daily prayer,
not only during the special ceremonies but every day; we can be a very
necessary walking, breathing prayer.
Dear Ones, pray for the elementals to
balance and harmonize and, in turn, we will likewise be balanced. The
elementals too are going through this great transformation. The weighty things
of our past may disappear fast when we commit and surrender to this shift now!
In the teachings this weekend, there
was an emphasis on honoring the wisdom from our own lineages (physical and
spiritual). We were told to honor the many ancestral lineages but not become biased
to our own or to only one. We cannot remain in our own boxes of culture,
religion, race – we must stretch into a circle of Oneness. This is the time of
making alliances and of a universal coming together in prayer so that all
beings awaken and realize the light and love that we are as divine earthly
beings made of all of the elements.
And we must remember to make Spirit
offerings when we pray. This is the way to let the elementals and Holy Ones
know how much we love and appreciate their presences and collaborations with us.
We must also ask for forgiveness in our prayers. Lie down upon the Mother Earth
and offer your tears and tender touches to her. Speak your contrition and commit
yourself to loving her and all of Life.
The waters were a central part of the
work of this visioning the new world birthing. Waters were offered from over
300 sources from around the world. The Earth holds a sacred golden bundle in
her womb and we are all a part of this birthing of a New Earth.
Grandmother Flordemayo urged us to
refer to each other as light beings and not get too caught up in being a man or
a woman – to treat each other equally and with honor. The work of the Great
Shift is all of ours to participate in.
As I am currently carrying a new
forming life within, my womb was blessed symbolically in the ceremonies as the
holder of the next generation. Many songs were sung and the women present stood
hand-in-hand encircling me and praying together over the little child that is
growing in me. The men stood around the women in an outer circle as the protectors
of Life. The men prayed with such vulnerability and tenderness that sacred
waters flowed.
In two days, we truly became one family
in spirit and when we departed from each other’s physical presence, there was a
knowledge that we were intricately connected through the water lines around the
Earth. And that we need to go to the waters more and more to feel that
essential connection to all. Good seeds were planted on Grandmother’s holy land
indeed.
And while there were mentions that
there is and will be more great sufferings and painful injustices on this Earth,
it is through listening deeply to the heart of the Mother and laying our hands
on her umbilicus (from where we all emerged and are forever connected) that we
will remember our essence and know what to do. The message even came that we humans
may significantly change or even disappear but a seed of our original DNA will
forever remain.
Now I am back home…I sit in my earthen
sanctuary…integrating and digesting all that occurred in this weekend’s
ceremony…holding medicine…knowing this moon ushered in new beginnings…I breathe
deeply into my solar plexus, listen…and hear… SILENCE and the SONG of CREATION
within…once again I offer myself to Life, commit again to pray for every form
of Life with each breath…I offer cornmeal and water and say aloud: Aho,
Arigatou, Wado, Mitakuye Oyasin!
And until we gather again in prayer
with our loved ones and community, make your life a living prayer of presence
and awakening to this abundant life in the midst of great shiftings.
To
learn more about:
Yeye Omileye
Achikeobi-Lewis M.Ed, NCC, LPCA
AND
Mark your calendars for the next Song Carriers Winter Solstice Community
Ceremony & Celebration with distinguished grandmother, Pat McCabe. Sunday,
December 18th, 2016, 4pm at the IAIA Hogan, 83 A Van Nu Po, Santa Fe, NM 87508.
Pat McCabe: http://womanstandsshining.strikingly.com
