To start the day ….

~~January 16, 2015~~

“Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery, teach me how to trust my heart, my mind, my intuition, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit. Teach me to trust these things so that I may enter my sacred space and love beyond my fear, and thus walk in balance with the passing of each glorious sun.”

~American Indian Lakota Prayer~~

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https://www.facebook.com/inspirationforthepeople

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/160438-wakan-tanka-great-mystery-teach-me-how-to-trust-my

http://www.ya-native.com/nativeamerica/LakotaPrayers.html

Mitakuye Oyasin (All Are Related) is phrase in the Lakota language. It reflects the world view of Interconnectedness held by the Lakota people.

The phrase itself, and the underlying belief of interconnectedness with all creation, is a part of many Yankton Sioux prayers, and is found in use among Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people.

The phrase translates as “all my relatives,” “we are all related,” or “all my relations.” It is a prayer of oneness and harmony with all forms of life: other people, animals, birds, insects, trees and plants, and even rocks, rivers, mountains and valleys.

In 1940, American scholar, Joseph Epes Brown wrote a study of Mitakuye Oyasin and its relevance in the Sioux ideology of “underlying connection” and “oneness,” and how the phrase has been misappropriated and misused as a slogan and salutation by those from outside the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota cultures.

Mitakuye Oyasin – Lakota Sioux Prayer

~~Aho Mitakuye Oyasin~~

All my relations. I honor you in this circle of life with me today. I am grateful for this opportunity to acknowledge you in this prayer….

To the Creator, for the ultimate gift of life, I thank you.

To the mineral nation that has built and maintained my bones and all foundations of life experience, I thank you.

To the plant nation that sustains my organs and body and gives me healing herbs for sickness, I thank you.

To the animal nation that feeds me from your own flesh and offers your loyal companionship in this walk of life, I thank you.

To the human nation that shares my path as a soul upon the sacred wheel of Earthly life, I thank you.

To the Spirit nation that guides me invisibly through the ups and downs of life and for carrying the torch of light through the Ages, I thank you.

To the Four Winds of Change and Growth, I thank you.

You are all my relations, my relatives, without whom I would not live. We are in the circle of life together, co-existing, co-dependent, co-creating our destiny. One, not more important than the other. One nation evolving from the other and yet each dependent upon the one above and the one below. All of us a part of the Great Mystery.

Thank you for this Life.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/native-american/mitakuye-oyasin-lakota-sioux-prayer

Lakota Song

Uploaded on Sep 17, 2007

A lovely native song and pictures for you to enjoy.
Love and peace

We ALL are ONE!!

First Time verbalizing a Lakota Sioux Prayer “Mitakuye Oyasin” (All My Relations)

We ALL are CONNECTED!!!