Message from Hopi Elders

[CountAllVotes]

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 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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The Hopi have a prophecy (see the Native American group) and it seems that part of it has begun with a great river flowing fast up to the shores (could it be the Mississippi River is my thought).

In any event, this is some thoughtful reading for COLUMBUS DAY I think.

:dem:

[demnan]

1. Do you have a link to this?

My peace action group would love to read something like this.

[CountAllVotes]

4. I don't have a link

it came in the email to me yesterday from one of the many Native American lists that I am on.

My mother grew up with the Hopi and I've been studying their prophecy for many years now. Supposedly, the elders have been silent for a long time now as they went to live out the rest of their lives in their caves high up on the cliffs in Arizona in about 1990 as they had warnings that now is the time for their prophecy to begin.

The part about the river did it for me when I thought about the Mississippi overflowing and everyone was trying to shore it up. In fact, I remember posting about it and telling people to forget this plan as it would not work. That was before I even knew of this particular part of the prophecy.

[NNN0LHI]

9. Here is a link

http://spiritofmaat.com/messages/oct28/hopi.htm

[CountAllVotes]

11. thanks - from: The Elders Oraibi Arizona Hopi Nation

thank you for the link!

[roguevalley]

21. wisdom, real wisdom. thank you for this wonderful thing.

[SpiralHawk]

2. This has been kicking around the net for years

And I have always wondered where the hell it came from. No Hopi elder is ever identified.

I suppose it's just from a generic Hopi elder? A generic Hope message?

The Hopi actually did deliver a specific message to the people of the world when they finally got into the prophesied House of Mica (UN Headquarters). The message was spoken by specific individuals. Here is a link to a page with the names, photos, and documented messages of the Hopi, and other native prophecy keepers, to the people of the world.

You have to read a bit, or scroll down, to get to the message part: http://www.8thfire.net/Day_15.html

MESSENGER: Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma

[CountAllVotes]

7. great link and I remember the story about New Mexico

and the way the governor of the state more of less blew them off when they went to him to tell him that Now is the Time.

:kick:

[JDPriestly]

3. Create our community. Yes. Take the responsibility for

our communities on ourselves. That is how we can change the world.

[slackmaster]

5. My grandfather was inducted into the Bear Clan by the Hopis in about 1900

He was born on the Hopi reservation to German immigrants in 1895. I have a bunch of interesting old photos and letters from those days.

All their metaphors and imagery are about water.

[CountAllVotes]

6. keep all of that stuff

I have all of my late mother's things. She was adopted by the Cherokee and ended up spending a good part of her life in Arizona as they had moved there from Louisiana in the 1920s.

They are an amazing people and I remember her stories about going to school with them. She said that they "came on horseback to school when they could make it". It was rough times indeed.

:dem:

[slackmaster]

17. Most of the really good photos, artifacts, and letters are already at the Smithsonian

Sitting in a back room. They put them on display once in a while.

[CountAllVotes]

18. that is sadly true

some of the local museums near where I live have sh*tloads of stuff however. One of them in particular comes to mind. They have old baskets stacked on top of the next receiving no particular care.

Sadly, next door to said museum is an area where they once had local Indian people locked up back in the mid-1800s.

I wonder where all the "stuff" came from anyway? :mad:

:kick:

[glinda]

30. Trade Items Possibly

[bigtree]

20. are the images on the net?

some Smithsonian images are displayed on the net as part of a web gallery

[slackmaster]

25. Only catalogues are on the Net as far as I know

Maybe some day. My great-grandfather was an anthroplogist. Many of his writings can be found easily. But I'm not going to jeopardize my privacy by getting any more specific.

[bigtree]

29. sure, I just meant for you to access

maybe you can encourage their display on the net

[BeFree]

8. H2O

When you live in the desert water is king.

No doubt we live in a time where failures of humanity abound. Maybe it 'twas ever thus? Trick is to do what one can to keep a lid on it, eh?

[Loudmxr]

10. The "True Americans" have spoken and it is good.

I often think if one of the Palinites were next to one of the Hopi or Zuni, Zia, Laguna,(the local SW tribes) who I have deep affection for, or just someone who looks like Sitting Bull and I asked them.."What country is that person from?"

How long would it take for them to get around to saying "America???!!!" :banghead:

[Richard D]

12. This was directly from a good friend of mine

named ChoQosh Auh-Ho-Oh and was given to her by the Iroquois Elder “Uncle John”

Here's the full and accurate version.

There is a river flowing very fast. It is so swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore.They will feel that they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know that the river has a 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 waters. And I say, 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 we do our spiritual growth comes to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves together. Banish the word Struggle from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in Celebration!

[bigtree]

13. 'We are the ones we've been waiting for.'

right on

[conscious evolution]

14. And the time of waiting is over.

Time to start doing.

[DarleenMB]

15. This is a lovely allegory

but there is NO real river being spoken of here ...

[Delphinus]

32. I look at it in both ways:

it works if there is a river, but, right now, I think it's talking about the times we're going through. The river is a metaphor for the swiftness of life's changes and our cores being shaken by those changes.

[lonestarnot]

16. K & R

[Peacetrain]

19. K & R

"We are the ones we've been waiting for." Thank you

[SpiralHawk]

22. Obama uses that line, doen't he?

I think I recall hearing him say that, or something similar, on a couple of occcasions.

[Peacetrain]

26. Yes I think he does..

Its such a wonderful thought.. we are the ones..

[glinda]

31. Gandi

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. Time to watch "Koyaanisqatsi" again... nt

[HCE SuiGeneris]

24. Three sentences in...

and I am crying like a baby.

Thank you for the positive and enlightening OP.

[starroute]

27. In traditional lore, "the river" means the Milky Way

The Milky Way is the bridge between worlds, the bridge of souls, the celestial stairway -- but it is also associated with the change from one world-age to another. When the waning of one age wipes out the familiar pathways to a higher realm, new ways must be opened. That is where we stand now.

[Delphinus]

28. What an incredible picture!

Thank you!

May we find our way, starroute, may we find our way.