Forgiveness & Positive Reinforcement
"'In the BaBemba tribe of South Africa, when a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he is placed in the center of the village, alone and unfettered. All work ceases, and every man, woman, and child in the village gathers in a large circle around the accused individual. Then each person in the tribe speaks to the accused, one at a time, about all the good things the person ...has done in his lifetime. All his positive attributes, good deeds, strengths, and kindness are recited carefully and at length. The tribal ceremony often lasts several days. At the end, the tribal circle is broken, a joyous celebration takes place, and the person is symbolically and literally welcomed back into the tribe.' "
-Alice Walker
printed in issue 379 of "The Sun"
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Writings from Love Is Everything (frank)
people.tribe.net/franklovesyou
I Am Not A Person...
I am not a person, therefore you can love me. I am love. If you think of me as a person, you cannot know me. There is nobody here. Look on me as love, not as a person…
If you look to me as a person you will become attached, and attachment may bring misery. If you look to me as love you cannot be attached, and if you look at me as love you can be one with me…
You cannot be one with a person; you can be one only with energy, not with a person. Persons collide: that is the misery of lovers…
Persons collide because persons are two egos. When two egos come close, sooner or later, they clash, because each wants to possess the other. So the natural calamity of love arises because you have not understood love as energy…
Don't think of me as a person, otherwise you will start possessing me, and then there will be inner conflict. Think of me as love, as energy, as emptiness; then you can be one in me, and you can allow me to be one in you. Then there will be no clash…
That is the real relationship between two or more - a non-clashing relationship. There is no conflict; there is only harmony, attunement and balance. Each moves on the same wave length…
I am not a person. If you really love me, you will also become a non-person. And when you have also become a non-person there will be a meeting, not before it…
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excerpt story from melissa's blog site at:
people.tribe.net/b57e62fa-...b3413e1e72
LISTEN ...(The Elders Oraibi - Arizonia Hopi Nation)
The Hopi Elders Speak
We Are the Ones
We've Been Waiting For
You have been telling the people that this is the
Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the
people that this is The Hour.
And there are things to be considered:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
This could be a good time!
There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great
and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel
they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination. The elders say we
must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the
river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the
water. See who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do,
our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and
your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done
in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
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