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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.
Here are the things that must be considered:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know our 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 like 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
toward the middle of
the river,
keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.
See who is there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally,
least of all
ourselves!
For the moment we do, our spiritual growth and journey
comes to a halt.
The time of the lonely wolf is over.
Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for.
The Elders,
Oraibi, Arizona
Hopi Nation
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:29:59 -0500
Now we have an interesting reply
to the contents of the above "Hopi Message"
Subject:Re: message
Date:
Sat, 22 Mar 2003 15:07:21 +0100
From:
IntuitivesAtmen@t-online.de (Karl Scherer)
Reply-To:
garuda@serve.com
To:
garuda@serve.com
Dear Friends,
as the Hopi tradition is probably the oldest
existing oral tradition on
Turtle Island claiming the same incredible amount of
historical lineage as
does BON, and having visited and studied with Hopi
Elders in the seventies
as well as talked at length with Lopon Tenzin Namdak
on significant
similiarities both in teaching as well as ritual in the
Native American and
BON traditions, I feel inclined to comment on this "message"
:
It is as highly unlikely that this mesage
- nice as it sounds -
originates from the Hopis, as it was unlikely
that H.H. the Dalai Lama
was the source for the 3rd re-emergence of the new age
"nepali-good-luck-tantra" on the internet.
As a matter of fact this "message" seems to originate
from an Cherokee
elder named Will Rockingbear otherwise not noted as a
spiritual Leader
amongst Native Americans and seems inconsistent with
authentic statements
made by HOPI Lineageholders themselves except for the
first
6 possibly 9 lines of the "message". Otherwise
it seems at best a well
meant but strongly edited and synthesized amalgam with
line number 10
>10) DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE YOURSELF FOR THE LEADER. <
already contradicting Hopibeliefs in the
value and the sagacity of the
leadership of their Spiritual Elders.
Additionally Hopis are not inclined to authorize
Native Americans of other
tribes as their spokesmen simply because almost all of
them have resorted
to war in the past, whereas Hopis are bound by their
vows to never resort
to violence. According to Hopibeliefs to truely be a
HOPI you have to
undergo at least a 12 year course of intense initiations,retreats
and
ritual practices and then prove your unnderstanding in
action for at
least a few more decades before being capable of repesenting
the
teachings.........
The "message" appears to be a part of the partially
well meant yet in
effect destructive , but ongoing re-design and appropriation
that many
ancient and authentic traditions suffer from attempts
made by the dominant
culture to "fit for our modern world" .
In fact it downplays and contradicts in part the powerful
spirtual message
the Hopi tradition has to offer to the world.
In this and in many other respects it shows the
same tragic pattern in the
fate of Tibetans and Native Americans, being marginalized
in their own
countries and facing ongoing genocide - both physical
and spiritual - by
the hands of their invaders.
So as most people on this newsletter are both U.S.citizens
and followers
of BON - being another tradition facing extinction in
its homeland - I
apologize to take your time to draw your attention to
such issues as the
one at hand.
Small as it may seem it shows that even in such small
issues core spiritual
beliefs are excerpted, taken out of context and reframed
to fit the liking
of the "Zeitgeist". In effect it is as imperialistic
in spirit as when the
people who invaded it, named the continent
America and did not even
pause to ask the people they stole it from what the name
of their homeland
had been for millenia.....
In any case this "message" was also
featured on a website of the
so-called "Rainbow Tribe" and an anti-globalisation group
called the
http://www.tribalmessenger.org/ which otherwise
certainly makes a
laudable effort to present the real message of the Hopis
as told to them on
various rainbow gatherings.
The Hopis do in fact have a powerful message
for the world as which
guardians they perceive themselves - but it is much more
dire and speaks of
major ethical self-restraints and personal and global
sacrifice ( quite in
the sense of the paramitas being accepted as the universal
code of ethics
worldwide) that need to be made to avoid catastrophe.
As it makes specific references to the "Cosmic Egg" and
the "Swastika"
symbolism also known in BON and speaks of an invasion
from the "west" -
possibly the Far East - and hopes for help from a man
with a "Red Hat" or
"Red Robe" and the land becoming "red", I feel it justified
to send a few
excerpts and links to the followers of BON being another
one of these
ancient lineages protecting all beings and leading humanity
in its quest
forrealization.
In short excerpts the message of the Hopis has been
summarized in issue #
37 of Techqua Ikachi - their own newsletter - as this
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>PROPHECY
>The Hopi play a key role in the survival of the human
race through their
>vital communion with the unseen forces that hold nature
in balance, as an
>example of a practical alternative to the suicidal man-made
system, and as
>a fulcrum of world events. The pattern is simple. "The
whole world will
>shake and turn red and turn against those who are hindering
the Spiritual
>Way."
>
>PROPHECIES WHICH BECAME HISTORY ALREADY :
>THE GOURD FULL OF ASHES
>
>Eventually a "gourd full of ashes" would be invented,
which if dropped
>from the sky would boil the oceans and burn the land
causing nothing to
>grow for many years. This would be the sign for a certain
Hopi to bring
>out his teachings in order to warn the world that the
third and final
>event would happen soon. That it could bring an end
to all life unless
>people correct themselves and their leaders in time.
>
>Hopi leaders now believe the first two events were the
first and second
>world ward and the "gourd full of ashes" in the atomic
bomb. After the
>bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki teachings formerly
kept secret were
>compared and released to the world. The details presented
here are part of
>those teachings.
>
>FURTHER PROPHECIES : THE DAY OF PURIFICATION
>
>The final stage, called "The Great Day of Purification,"
has been
>described as a "Mystery Egg" in which the forces of
the swastika and the
>Sun plus a third force symbolized by the color "red"
culminate either in
>total rebirth or total annihilation--we don't know which
. But the choice
>is yours, war and natural catastrophe may be involved.
The degree of
>violence will be determined by the degree of inequity
caused among the
>peoples of the world and in the balance of nature. In
this crisis rich and
>poor will be forced to struggle as equals in order to
survive.
>
>That it will be very violent is now almost taken for
granted among
>Traditional Hopi, but man still may lessen the violence
by correcting his
>treatment of nature and fellow man. Ancient spiritually-based
communities,
>such as the Hopi, must especially be preserved and not
forced to abandon
>their wise way of life and the natural resources they
have vowed to
>protect.
>
>The man made system now destroying the Hopi is deeply
involved in similar
>violations throughout the world. The devastating reversal
predicted in the
>prophecies is part of the natural order. If those who
thrive from that
>system, its money and its laws, can manage to stop destroying
the Hopi
>then many may be able to survive the Day of Purification
and enter a new
>age of peace. But if no one is left to continue the
Hopi way, then the
>hope for such an age is in vain.
>The forces we must face are formidable, but the only
alternative is
>annihilation. Still the man-made system cannot be corrected
by any means
>that requires one's will to be forced upon another,
for that is the source
>of the problem. If people are to correct themselves
and their leaders, the
>gulf between the two must disappear. To accomplish this
one can only rely
>on the energy of truth itself.
>
>This approach, which is the foundation of the Hopi way
of life, is the
>greatest challenge a mortal can face. Few are likely
to accept it. But
>once peace is established on this basis, and our original
way of life is
>allowed to flourish, we will be able to use our inventive
capacity wisely.
>To encourage rather than threaten life. To benefit everyone
rather than
>giving advantage to a few at the expense of others.
Concern for all living
>things will far surpass personal concerns bringing greater
happiness than
>could formerly be realized. Then all things shall enjoy
lasting harmony.
>
>Just what are the Hopi prophetic instructions regarding
the United Nations
>and what constituted fulfillment?
>The Hopi are not charged with just another appeal for
peace, nor do they
>request membership in the UN. Once more voice added
to the chorus of those
>calling for peace would add little compared to the true
significance of
>what Hopi tradition has to offer the modern world through
this forum. When
>it was suggested that they join the UN the Traditional
Hopi--half
>jokingly--would respond: "No, we're waiting for the
UN to join us." Quite
>literally they are waiting for other nations to return
to that way of life
>which can continue endlessly.
Which is the deeper meaning of the name, HOPI - people
of PEACE.
>
>The communication effort of the Hopi and the developments
that led to the
>existence of the United Nations are parallel responses
to the invention of
>the atomic bomb. From the Hopi perspective these two
efforts ought to
>enhance each other for the benefit of the entire world.
>
>Centuries before the arms race began the alternative
to war was being put
>into practice by migrating societies who slowly formed
a spiritual
>political union at Oraibi, the oldest continuously inhabited
village in
>the western hemisphere. To the Hopi, the UN has great
significance within
>this pattern.
>The basic premise is that humans can not simply make
their own laws and
>enforce them with weapons without regard to natural
order. The very means
>of enforcement violates that order, causing precisely
the suicidal
>situation now faced today. Lest the Hopi be accused
of being overly
>ethnocentric, they point out that all peoples once practiced
the same
>alternative to war and the Hopi simply call out to a
return to our common
>heritage before it is too late. "Perfect Consideration"
could eliminate
>all war.
>
>A CHALLENGE BY THE ELDERS
>
>How can there be peace? Nowhere is there peace, not
even within Hopi
>peaceful society. Bahanna society, every nation on earth,
from people in
>high places down to the lowest cast are not at peace.
How can peace be
>accomplished when weapons are made to kill? How can
there be peace if
>people hate, not love? Perhaps the only alternative
now is "Purification."
>
>Do not lose hope.
>
>Good Day
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You find their authentic and authoritative message delivered
by Chief Dan
Evehema, a 105 years old lineageholder and "kachina father"
( which might
be thought of as >father of the Yidams<)
under
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/Resources/Hopi/dan's_message.html
Further reading you may find in the newsletters published
by the Elders
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/Resources/Hopi/techqua_ikachi.html
in isssue 14 these previous worlds and their end is discussed
as well as
the result of the wastefull use of underground aquafers.
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/Resources/Hopi/issue_14.html
In issue 44 the Elders and Lineageholders already discuss
the demise of the
United Nations as aresult of both having sided with the
U.S. govrnment in
bringing war to rak in the first gulfwas and to stop
the influence of the
U.S.government.
They resign from issueing further newsleetters
predicting the outbreak of
civil wars worldwide and an invasion of the U.S.A.
from the west.
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/Resources/Hopi/issue_44.html.
unfortunately this was the last newsletter of the traditional
lineage
holders before they resigned from their attempt
to communicate with the
global community, but you might still reach the editor
at
P.O. Box 257
Solana Beach, Ca. 92075
(619) 481-9824 or (619) 792-2681
Kc4behopi@aol.com
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The following comments are a very short synopsis
by one Michael Tivana of
teachings presented by David Monongye, one of the
late and last Hopi
Lineageholders in an attempt to adress the capacity of
understanding of an
ethnocentric american audience :
The Hopis believe that - after 3 other attempts for spirtual
evolution
failed with global destruction - when human beings
came into this the 4th
world it was on the mesa now called Oraibai.
As some of the human beings went off to the east, they
vowed to come back
with technology and inventions that would make life easier.
The rest of the
human beings were to stay in Oraibai and keep the ways
of the heart and
live as good human beings.
But while discovering these technologies the human beings
of the east would
be guided by their heads and loose their hearts and the
ways of the human
beings. They would be known as the two-hearts and that
is what the white
man is called today. So an exchange would occur when
they would meet again.
The human beings of the east would bring the inventions
that make life
easier in the physical world while the human beings at
Oraibai would teach
them the ways of the heart. Then all human beings will
transcend to the
next dimension, the 5th world.
It is all depicted on an ancient rock in Oraibai.
It speaks of the gourd
of ashes falling out of the sky which is the atom bomb
and signals that
soon after a spiritual renaissance will appear and this
will be the bridge
between the people of the mind and the people of the
heart or one-hearts.
They also predict WWIII if the attempt to return to a
spirtual and
renunciate way of life has failed.
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.......
I hope this is not too much of a side topic for
all followers of BON as
it shows both the contribution our ancient spiritual
heritages have to make
to current worldaffairs as well as it explains clearly
the value placed in
all ancient traditions on the authentic transmission
of their lineage out
of response-ability for all beings.
Yours in the Dharma
Konchog Dorje
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