alohajah

mhozt igh

alohajah — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:10:47 GMT

The most important thing that you can teach your children is that Well-being abounds. And that Well-being is naturally flowing to them. And that if they will relax and reach for thoughts that feel good, and do their best to appreciate, then they will be less likely to keep the Well-being away, and more likely to allow it to flow into their experience. Teach them the art of allowing. Excerpted from a workshop in Milwaukee, WI on Wednesday, July 5th, 2000 All Is Well

meditation fhur todayski

alohajah — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:41:11 GMT

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrity. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Albert Einstein

Geoundation Chant Lyrics (Groundation)

alohajah — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:03:55 GMT

they leave they drop upon new nation they freesell your soul upon creation there shall come a day when we shall all be free and see the beauty in your heart in your heart and from a far i can see the tropycal is a million magejsty oh god rasta man wo wa what's a groundation in this iration (x2) forward forward forward forward.... to i.. leaving the love for the land please belive me when i say there will come a day when everyone just see inifacation from shore to shore they shall see the light acros the oceans acros the world shall unite will unite and the rasta man wo wa what's a groundation in this iration well the rasta man wo wa what's a groundation upon this iration trada trada ride on ride on i see reach trought words reach those words reach those words all the truth tonight and we shall jump on the ship taking you back home in another nation again again run run and they shall run away far away all the head up to another day sing i i to the valley i i to the valley rasta man wo wa what's a groundation in this iration (2x)

Children of the 80s

alohajah — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:24:40 GMT

“We are the children of the 80's, haven't we grown We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden Some of us may offer a surprise Recently have you looked in our eyes Maybe we're your conscience in disguise We're well informed and we are wise Please stop telling us lies We know Afghanistan's invaded We know Bolivia's dictated We know America's inflated And although we do not move in masses We have lit our candles from your ashes We are the warriors of the sun The golden boys and the golden girls For a better world We are the children of the 80's, haven't we grown We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone And the age of our innocence is somewhere, somewhere in the garden” Joan Baez, Children of the 80s

red spider women

alohajah — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:52:51 GMT

"In the beginning, there was the dark purple light at the dawn of being. Spider Woman spun a line to form the east, west, north, and south. Breath entered man at the time of the yellow light. At the time of the red light, man proudly faced his creator. Spider Woman used the clay of the earth, red, yellow, white, and black, to create people. To each she attached a thread of her web which came from the doorway at the top of her head. This thread was the gift of creative wisdom. Three times she sent a great flood to destroy those who had forgotten the gift of her thread. Those who remembered floated to the new world and climbed to safety through the Sipapu Pole the womb of Mother Earth." ~Navajo Creation Story~

mara'akame

alohajah — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:43:03 GMT

The Huichol shamans say we are perdido, lost. They say we are bringing doom and destruction to Yurianaka, Mother Earth, and that Taupa, Father Sun, is coming closer to the earth to purify it. They are concerned for the future and for the life of their children. They are holding great ceremonies calling in shamans from many areas to try and "hold up the sun." But they know they cannot do it themselves, for they are not the ones soiling the collective nest. We are. We are the ones who have to wake up, who have to find our lives. For the Huichols, this is the purpose of their sacred pilgrimage to the holy land of Wiricuta--to find their lives. This is what all their ceremonies involving the ritual use of the peyote help them to accomplish. Their technology of the sacred enables them to change channels and access "state specific information" available only on the wavelengths of specific channels. For shamanic peoples such as the Huichols, the purpose in changing channels is not for escapism, to get lost in imaginary hallucinations that have no basis in reality. Their purpose is to get a more accurate reading of the nature of reality. They seek entrance through the nierica into the numinous universe underlying the limited, material world of the sensory--the "mysterious, ubiquitous, concentrated form of non-material energy . . . loose about the world and contained in a more or less condensed degree by all objects" (Bob Calahan in his introduction to Jaimie de Angulo's Coyote Man and Old Doctor Loon). Why? To obtain information, healing, and power, which they can use here on this plane of existence to better their lives and the lives of their people. Entering into the depths of the mystery is not something to take lightly, for the mystery is all about power and power can manifest itself in many ways. Out of respect, the Wisdom Elders observe, listen, and commune with this power in all its manifestations. From this base of phenomenological data of mind in nature, nature in mind, they came to learn the order and structure of life's connectedness and that all things are dependent upon each other and thus related. Recognizing this, the norm of reciprocity in all interactions is raised to the status of sacred. Balanced reciprocity with all of creation is observed at all costs, for without this practice, the fragile web of life is irreversibly damaged, a fate that faces us today. The eminent theologian Thomas Berry addresses this fate: "The earth asks us to accept greater responsibility. We must exchange mindlessness for mindfulness." It's an initiation process, says Berry. Humanity is "moving from a state of childhood into its adult stage of life and human community must now assume adult responsibilities." Respect, humility, clarity of intention, right relationship with the appropriate psychospiritual technology, and sustained, focused mindfulness are all key components of successful channel-changing to access state specific information. The shaman is the state shifter, the channel-changer par excellence, for the shaman is the master technician of ecstasy.