Grandfather Peter's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator, may I always remember, when I cannot find the right words to pray with. All I have to do is look to those who have gone before.
Thank you my Creator for the wisdom of the ancestors!
And may I never forget to PRAY!
A Navajo Grandfather's Prayer
Oh, Great Creator of all that lies before me, I am grateful you have travelled through life with me. Please continue to help me. I wish to follow in your way. I wish to be true to your direction. I wish to travel the road of new life, health and peace. For I know many gifts come to those who follow this road. I am humbled you have not let me travel the lonely roads alone. You have comforted my hurts and problems. Bless my mind this day to be clear and to be able to see things as they truly are. Let my soul be open to your influence. Help me, today to comprehend Mother Earth and the things upon her. Let these things teach me. As I have walked this road, each day has been brighter. As you have asked of me, I will believe, have faith, and look for the things you have for me. And with these things I will bless the lives of my children, grandchildren, my brothers, my sisters, and all my relations.
GRANDFATHER PETER( We are all one Tribe

Grandfather Peter's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER’S PRAYER FOR TODAY
My Creator let us all remember “We are all one Tribe” and without equality, unity, for eternity we will repeat the mistakes of the past.

From the 1927 Grand Council of American Indians

"The white people, who are trying to make us over into their image, they want us to be what they call "assimilated," bringing the Indians into the mainstream and destroying our own way of life and our own cultural patterns. They believe we should be contented like those whose concept of happiness is materialistic and greedy, which is very different from our way.We want freedom from the white man rather than to be integrated.
We don't want any part of the establishment, we want to be free to raise our children in our religion, in our ways, to be able to hunt and fish and live in peace.We don't want power, we don't want to be congressmen, or bankers....we want to be ourselves. We want to have our heritage, because we are the owners of this land and because we belong here.The white man says, there is freedom and justice for all.
We have had "freedom and justice," and that is why we have been almost exterminated.
We shall not forget this."

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Hsotha Petre

Grandfather Peter

Grandfather Peter's Thought for Today

Grandfather Peter's Thought for Today

KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND YOUR

HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS.


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Grandfather Peter's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER’S PRAYER FOR TODAY.

My Creator, may we all remember that Nature has, is and always will be our greatest teacher!



I was born in Nature's wide domain! The trees were all that sheltered my infant limbs, the blue heavens all that covered me. I am one of Nature's children. I have always admired her. She shall be my glory: her features, her robes, and the wreath about her brow, the seasons, her stately oaks, and the evergreen - her hair, ringlets of earth - all contribute to my enduring love of her.

And wherever I see her, emotions of pleasure roll in my breast, and swell and burst like waves on the shores of the ocean, in prayer and praise to Him who has placed me in her hand, It is thought great to be born in palaces, surrounded with wealth - but to be born in Nature's wide domain is greater still !

I would much more glory in this birthplace, with the broad canopy of heaven above me, and the giant arms of the forest trees for my shelter, than to be born in palaces of marble, studded with pillars of gold! Nature will be Nature still, while palaces shall decay and fall in ruins.

Yes, Niagara will be Niagara a thousand years hence! The rainbow, a wreath over her brow, shall continue as long as the sun and the flowering of the river - while the work of art, however carefully protected and preserved, shall fade and crumble into dust!

George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh) - Ojibwe
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-Hsotha Petre
Grandfather Peter

Grandfather Peter's Thought for Today

“Grandfather Peter's Thought for Today"

TRUST AND ACCEPTANCE.
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GRANDFATHER PETER
Skennen kenhak O:NEN!
Let there be Peace NOW

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator, teach me today to know the true meaning of compassion.

Do we really know what compassion is? Very often we get compassion mixed up with sympathy. Sympathy is often defined into getting into another's feelings to share their feelings. Compassion goes much further. I believe it is not so much in getting into another's feelings but to understand that we all have our own feelings and the sharing comes in the unconditional support we can give to each other in times of grief. This is much in evidence today with the needless slaughter of innocent people, especially the children, in the world today. The outgoing solidarity of grief and the support for those close to them in their grief is a good example of compassion.
The elders and wise religious leaders say one never really knows compassion unless one has suffered and sacrificed oneself for the good of all. One never can learn and understand what unconditional love really is unless one has suffered the lack of love.
Maybe we should start by loving ourselves more and being a bit more compassionate to ourselves. By stopping beating ourselves up we may find how to stop beating up on others.
May our tears of compassion be felt to all who need our unconditional love!
GRANDFATHER PETER (Tread softly on the Earth Mother)

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
Thank you my Creator for allowing me to be human, but in doing so helps me realise I am!

TATANKA OYATE
THE BISON NATION/MAN
Attainment.
In Lakota tradition the ninth Great Mystery is the creation of Humankind on earth. Tatanka is the Lakota name given to the Bison or Buffalo. But the name does not truly convey the true spiritual significance attached to the Buffalo. The ancient name Pte′ meant "the people", in harmony, "realising the highest form." Tatanka Pte′, "the people of the buffalo (bison)"signifies the interrelationship of the bison with the people who used every part of the great beast for sustenance and survival
The White Buffalo Calf Woman, Pte san Wi, is the prophet who came to teach the sacred ways to the people. Her gifts of the Sacred Pipe and its ceremony are also derived from the spiritual energy of the buffalo.
The sacred chant and song says "A Bison nation is walking, A Bison nation is walking…. I give you this beautiful earth, and upon it you shall live and multiply. I give you the Sacred Pipe, and with it you shall come to the centre of the earth. All that you ask will be given to you."
TATANKA OYATE'S Message
I am here with you: Spirit of the Bison Nation, Spirit of the creation of Humanity. I saw fit to put upon the Earth one who would live different from his brothers and sisters, yet not; one who would join together the spirit of all beings, yet remain intact. I am present in this day among you. Do not deny me for I seek recognition from you. I am the very essence of animal/ human kinship. I am that, Aho Mitakuye Oyasin (to all my Relations).
REFLECTION and GUIDANCE.
It is time to give yourself the credit you deserve for being human. Through past actions and faith you are where you are today. You are always growing into something carrying with you the talents and gifts you have been given and learnt. Acknowledging this allows you attain your highest goals on both a spiritual and physical level. But never forget to give thanks for all you have attained as well as congratulating yourself for a job well done. You are where you are through patience and perseverance, even though you may not realise it.
Maybe you have not yet achieved the fruits of your labour. Just use all your resources, gifts and skills more fully. Keep the faith and be patient-- success is on the way. There is so much for all us to accomplish in our lives, and it is all there, waiting for us, one step at a time.

GRANDFATHER PETER

(Tread softly on the Earth Mother)

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
Thank you my Creator for allowing me to be different, but may I always remember
"We are all one Tribe"

To most of us these words make logical sense. When we look at our brothers and sisters of the human family we are pretty well the same. We are born with two arms and two legs, we all have a head on our shoulders. We all need to eat and go to the toilet. We all also have part of the Great Spirit within us. Maybe it is this sameness that gets us into trouble and we tend to take it for granted.
In this world we seem to concentrate on the differences we perceive, which lead to separation. We are all very quick to be judgmental about the differences, be it religious beliefs, cultural background, language, ethnic origin, and the colour of ones skin.
The old ones gave honour to the differences in each of us. When they sat in circle they acknowledged each of us came from the same source, but each person saw every situation from a different perspective. By giving honour to everyone's point of view and there being a right to have a variety of opinions, everything could be discussed, resulting invariably in the right decision that benefited the whole.
Next time we are quick to voice an opinion or judge another maybe we should imagine ourselves in that person's shoes and try to see the picture as they see it.
We may see we are pretty much the same after all!

GRANDFATHER PETER
(Tread softly on the Earth Mother)

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
I closed my eyes today, and in the silence, found you waiting there for me. Thank you My Creator for waiting.

Our eyes can only see our beliefs. Our beliefs cause us to make assumptions, draw conclusions and cause confusion. Our five senses are very limiting. The Creator has a way of allowing us to see or know the spiritual world. This is called the Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense is like a radar system; our personal radar system. It will help us "see" opportunities and help us avoid disaster. This Sixth Sense is a direct connection to the Creator. We must learn to listen to it. We must learn to trust it. We must learn to act on it even if our head says differently. We must learn to look at things through our spiritual eyes, for they are also the eyes of the Great One.
BE STILL, CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND SEE FROM YOUR HEART, AND YOU WILL SEE YOUR TRUTH!

GRANDFATHER PETER

Skennen kenhak O:NEN! Let there be Peace NOW

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.

Oh Great One, help me to great each day with a smile but more important to find the time to smile at myself.

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."- Mark Twain

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY

My Creator, may I always remember that you will only present me with situations I am capable of handling at any one time.
If I find any situation hard to handle, may I always remember the wise words
“Ask and it shall be given”
“Seek and you will find”

This is courage… to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends
Euripedes

GRANDFATHER PETER

Skennen kenhak O:NEN! Let there be Peace NOW

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER’S PRAYER FOR TODAY
My Creator, Help me to recognize the lessons of the past and to live in the NOW, and expand
my expectations for tomorrow.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

Anonymous
GRANDFATHER PETER

Skennen kenhak O:NEN! Let there be Peace NOW

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY
May we never forget that what we do today will influence what happens tomorrow and what we did yesterday.

THE PROMISE OF OUR TOMORROWS
The promise of our tomorrows depends on how we honour the blessings that are ours today.
Can you hear the voices of the children of the children yet unborn.
Do they call to you with gratitude, or do you hear their scorn?
Are we so wrapped up in taking that we forget to give?
Do we waste the abundance of resources and forget how the children will live?
Have we killed the promise of tomorrows yet to be?
Or will we stop the plunder of greed’s insanity?
The children of the future sing out in the night.
Their song asks for mercy, a release from their plight.
You can make a difference, you can show you care.
By honouring all the blessings you have,
IF YOU DARE!

GRANDFATHER PETER

(Tread softly on the Earth Mother

Winter Solstice

21st December
The Celebration of the South
(Winter Solstice)

In the Natural Cycles of the Year this time is the beginning of the Year and the first of the Eight Yearly Festivals. This Holy Night is the longest night of the year. The Earth and all life on it are immersed in the deepest darkness of the year, the fluid blackness, the audible silence of the cosmic obscurity.

Courageously, The Earth Mother surrenders to the secret of the longest night: she withdraws entirely into her own darkness, concentrates on her own depths to dream in the realm of the not-yet-revealed and gathers the necessary strength to lead her forward into her next cycle.

This primordial gesture of the Great Mother is a symbol for the child-man who, in Celtic and Norse Mythology is known from the Epic of Gilgamesh, the godlike enlightened one. Who must descend into his own depths, into his own darkness of his soul, to meet his brother Enkidu, who is likened to the black shadow.

In Native American (Lakota) tradition it can be likened to Nagi, the Ghost and shadow self.
Everyone loves Gigamesh, who shines like the Sun and wants to avoid Enkidu, his gloomy brother. But both are halves of the whole man, and both have to unite to become one- because where there is light, there is also shadow. We can only understand and comprehend light if we think darkness at the same time.

Brother Enkidu is celebrated by the childlike being in the South of the Medicine Wheel.

The South, with power of the sacred three and thirteen, joins the soul of man with the Power of the Plants and the Realm of water. The familiar custom of erecting the Christmas tree and decorating it with lights reminds us of this. We are reminded of innocence and trust displayed by the plants at this festival time. In the same way that they, as seeds, feel safe in the surrendering to the darkness of the Earth and feel that it is their source of growth that will lead them to the light. We as people have to immerse ourselves into the abysmal darkness of the soul---
To go into the dark sea of our emotions and completely trust that our surrender to the darkness, will lead us into the light.
This is the real gift of the night: the rebirth of light. The longest night of the year proclaims the departure of darkness and greets the first reborn rays of light. We are celebrating the Christ, who is given to us by the universe in this night as a newborn and innocent child of light to illuminate the darkness. Just as the wise men, in Christianity were also led through the darkness by a guiding star towards the newborn light in Bethlehem.
During this festival we share with the Earth and all our relations the recovered light of Love and Peace. The light’s first subtle rays penetrate the dark cave of our inner being and help answer the questions:
Ø What seed will germinate and grow in me this coming year?
Ø What responsibility must I bear
Ø Which sorrows that I may grow in harmony with everything?
Ø Where do I confront my light and dark sides?
Ø Which part of me is Gigamesh and which part Enkidu.
Ø How do I acknowledge Nagi, my shadow self?
We may also meet Heraclitus, an honoured guest of our inner, because we have undergone the Twelve Trials of the twelve months previous in heroic fashion. We may now set out on our new yearly adventure with freshly gathered strength, without false humility, as heroes.
This adventure, a plan still without form, lies before us as a wealth of opportunities. Our soul discovers something sacred and healing in this night. It is in Harmony, and we keep the peace of this night like shepherds and share our joy by giving and receiving gifts…

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.

“May we all find courage and joy at facing the darkness within ourselves, so we might bring forth light and growth in the coming months ahead”

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER’S PRAYER FOR TODAY

My Creator you have given me so much today,
More than I will ever need.
Can I have your permission to give away some today?
Even if it is just a smile.

You build fences around your yards and pay money for people to measure the ground to tell you if your neighbour's fence is one inch too close to your house. You give nothing away unless you can get something in return. Everything is economic. No wonder people need such big houses. They aren't to live in, they are to store things in.

GRANDFATHER PETER(Tread softly on the Earth

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator help me to always keep a open heart and mind to accept the wisdom from all cultures and ways of being.
"I offer you peace. I offer you love. "I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love."
Mahatma Gandhi

GRANDFATHER PETERS

kennen kenhak O:NEN! Let there be Peace NOW
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Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator help me to always keep a open heart and mind to accept the wisdom from all cultures and ways of being.

"I offer you peace. I offer you love. "I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love."
Mahatma Gandhi

GRANDFATHER PETERS

kennen kenhak O:NEN! Let there be Peace NOW

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER’S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator, help me to be myself today, and love being me.


A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
Barbra Streisand
GRANDFATHER PETER(Tread softly on the Earth Mother)

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator! please help me to accept my defects and shortcomings, knowing in doing so I grow closer to myself and you.

Our lives are built not only on the positive things we experience and learn. The greatest achievement is when we can learn from our mistakes. These are not blocks to our growth, but rather opportunities to reflect and understand the reason for the lessons. Balance is the key, anything we do, we can under do or overdo. Our Earth walk can be likened to a pendulum. If our actions or habits swing too far to one side they will inevitably swing an equal amount to the other side. The key is to try to keep the swings either way to a minimum, to find the middle way,
“To Walk in Balance”
GRANDFATHER PETER(Tread softly on the Earth Mother

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY

My Creator, may I always remember that you will only present me with situations I am capable of handling at any one time.
If I find any situation hard to handle, may I always remember the wise words—
“Ask and it shall be given”
“Seek and you will find”

This is courage… to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends
Euripedes

GRANDFATHER PETER (Tread Softly on the Earth Mother)

Skennen kenhak O:NEN! Let there be Peace NOW