1.8.10

“When we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things.”
–Frank Fools Crow, LAKOTA

“If we want to be of maximum use to the Creator, we must ready ourselves to do so. if we are to become a channel for His purposes, we must prepare ourselves to do so. If we have resentment, fear, selfishness, or anger, we are not hollow bones. We must be rid of these things. We must change ourselves. We must ask for forgiveness for ourselves and forgive our brothers and sisters. We must keep our insides clean. We cannot use our power in a good way when we have blockages such as hate, judgement, and envy. When we are free of these things the Higher Powers can use us beyond our wildest imagination. Then we can really help ourselves and help our people. Only when we are hollow bones can we have an effect on the world.

Oh Great Spirit, remove from me the things that block my usefulness to You. Remove from my day all thinking that is out of harmony with Your ways. Grant me Your peace and allow me to function as a hollow bone.”

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Paying attention to our roots helps us get back to basics. I appreciate my Abenaki ancestry, because learning about my history has helped me to simplify and clarify my life. It isn’t hard to be a hollow bone, if I remember to focus and allow myself to open.

1.7.10

Today’s meditiation quote from www.deeshan.com

One cannot deliberately seek
to be in accord with the laws of Nature.
Just be natural without effort,
that is all.

~Yao

By deliberately seeking to be in accord with the laws of Nature, we defeat the purpose.  We can’t seek to be, we just are.  Surrender to the silence and hear.