The Water Element
As I sit down to write about the water element, I read what I wrote last week on this subject. What struck me was the sheer magnitude of the subject and the utter inadequacy of words to truly portray what the elements are. Admitting my limitations is important to me at the beginning of this week’s article. Such an important subject should warrant a far better portrayal of their importance. That is why in today’s literature there are several very important books written on water. All I can do here — and it is the objective I set for this series — is to give some hints of how they can be used for healing.
In the worldview of the First Peoples of the Americas, this world is a school. We are on a journey toward ever more grandiose and subtle manifestations of the One Light. This light is impossible to define with words, but reveals itself to us constantly through the world.
We have been doing hard work at Invocation. Our beautiful sacred fragrances are in demand in several countries, but the administrative requirements are complicated and a lot of work. Fortunately, the crowdfunding campaign was a success. It came at just the right moment for us to continue.
There was an interesting question from a reader last week in a comment on my weekend article. Did the First Nations of the Americas have, like the Tibetans, spiritual tools to purify karma?
We are living through a rather painful moment in the history of humanity and the planet. Nothing new, however — this kind of devious ways has occurred several times before. Our history, which is very ancient, speaks of four different worlds. We are just past the end of the 5th world¹, thus its description has not yet entered the oral history. The transition is very chaotic and very painful for humanity, the natural species and Mother Earth.
In the Indigenous tradition I have practised over the years—celebrating unity with the forces and spirits of nature, places, and the elements—the cyclical rituals of the equinoxes and solstices are performed on the nearest New Moon or Full Moon. In this way, the celestial body closest to Earth also helps to support and amplify our prayers.
The Great Spirit, the Great Mystery, Allah, Yahweh, Buddha-mind, Ateshnahena, Gitche Manito, God — in every people of the world there is this concept, reality, belief and/or dogma.
Love, peace and joy emanate from the heart. Each of us aspires to a daily life filled with these feelings. They are not always there. It is important to understand why, in order to allow these feelings to take an ever-greater place, not only in our lives, but also in the world around us.
My elder, who gives me the most precious teachings there are, often said: you are breathing, so all is well.