Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHERS PRAYER FOR TODAY.

We continue our journey back to the self and our connection to the whole and reach the
sixth stepping stone on the pathway to peace

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
Help me today my Creator to be charitable in all the things I do. Help me to understand that if I do I will attract the things I need but not necessarily the things I think I want.

On our journey back to the self and on the Pathway to Peace we now step upon the Charity Stone, which glows in beautiful bursts of spiritual light. It plants the seed that awakens the seeker to the spiritual way of benevolence in thoughts and deeds, and beckons the seeker to dwell awhile, absorbing the qualities of the Charity stone. This stone has the same seven spiritual facets as the previous stones and standing on this stone imparts on the seeker a feeling charitable thoughts and deeds. Its radiance flows through the seeker and into the material world, nourishing it with acts of kindness and understanding. Its properties of charitable practices help unite all creation into the ways of spiritual harmony. It reminds the seeker that we can only feel peace and comfort if we realise we are not alone and we need to share our gifts with others. We have the power to attract the things in our lives that we need, but also have the power to repel and release the things we do not need. Knowing this enables the seeker to make beneficial plans and set realistic goals through the gift of sharing.

Is now the time to get off your butt and start sharing your gifts and talents with others?

MIIWETCH/ NYWEH, GITCHI MANITOU

GRANDFATHER PETER

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

GRANDFATHERS PRAYER FOR TODAY

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator help me today to look behind the mask
Of my fears, doubts, and inhibitions and see the real beauty of my personal dream.

On our journey back to the self we have stepped upon the Blood, Sun, Water, and Fertility stones on the Pathway of Peace. We have absorbed into our being the qualities and gifts each has imparted to us. We now step confidently on the fifth stepping stone on the pathway of peace-- The Blossoming Stone that glows in radiant shades of coral pink. It plants a seed in the seeker in the spiritual ways of upliftment and insight. It has the same seven facets as all the other stones. As its radiance and qualities flow through the seeker and into the material world it offers to us that life is a daily venture of seeking upliftment and intuitive impulses and reminds us that each of us have A Personal Dream. This dream is connected to the Universal Dream of Peace. Each of us has a portion of this Universal Dream of Peace. Personal success and happiness is dependent on our connection to our dream. Unless we are aware of this connection we can have disappointments that can make our living hard to define. Our connection to our dream or vision helps us enter our own individual realm of creativity, wherein lies our ambition.
May you be your dream today?

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

As we continue our journey along the Pathway of Peace we now approach the fourth stepping stone.

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
My Creator, today you showed me that growth only happens
when we appreciate ourselves for our connection to all that was, all that is, and all that will become. My Creator, thank you for allowing me to just BE.

The fourth stepping stone along the Pathway to Peace is the Fertility Stone. As we step upon it, it glows in radiant shades of green. It plants a seed that awakens all our seven spiritual senses of sound, sight, scent, taste, touch, awareness and emotions. The stone has seven facets, as do all the previous stones, allied to each one of these senses.
When we stand upon the fertility stone it is symbolic of life materialised in the physical world bringing to us the qualities of abundance and renewal. As these qualities enter the centre of our being we experience the feelings of appreciation. Appreciation nourishes our self-esteem, renewing the abundance we have been given and reminding us that we honour our own sacred space, as well as others and that we should be proud of what we are, what we were, and what we can become. We thank the ancestors and all our relations for offering their wisdom and encouragement so we can explore the abundance of life.

MIIWETCH/ NYWEH, GITCHI MANITOU

GRANDFATHER PETER

Grandfather's Prayer for Today-2nd Sept/o8

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY
Wise One, help me today to step forward today in faith, with love in my heart and a feeling of Kinship with all things

As we continue our journey of self-discovery we carry with us the qualities of the bloodstone with the comfortable feeling it imparted within us and become aware of the second stepping stone on the pathway to peace. The second stone is the Sun Stone. Take a deep breath and relax into the qualities of the Sun Stone which glows in radiant shades of yellow. It plants the seed in the seeker to the spiritual way of love, and beckons the seeker to dwell upon the Sun Stone
THIS SECOND STEPPING STONE also imparts the lessons of Kinship.within us. A Kinship with all things around us, in the Universe, and beyond, and a Kinship within ourselves. We are not alone; our spirit within supports us. We are part of the Great Mystery from which nothing is excluded. This feeling of Kinship sparks the inner flame of love, providing warmth and nourishment that supplements our every need.
The Sun Stone has the same seven facets that designate the powerful senses of sound, sight, scent, taste, touch, awareness, and feelings. Standing on the Sun Stone is symbolic of the life materialised in the physical world and is a daily venture in love. Its radiance of love flows throughout the seeker and into the material world. Faith and Love go hand in hand and teaches the feelings of Kinship. Faith and Love makes the world go around and enables the seeker to see the interconnection of all things and helps us all grow in peace and harmony.

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

Over the next few posting I will be postings prayers relating to the Pathway of Peace. I hope you may all join me on the first stepping stone on the pathway.
MIIWETCH/ NYWEH, GITCHI MANITOU

GRANDFATHER PETER

GRANDFATHER'S PRAYER FOR TODAY.
Great One, help me to have faith that I need to feel comfortable in all I do today.

If we wish to start on our journey of self- discovery the place we have to begin is now and for the self. This is not selfish rather selfless and without a realisation that we have discover the self before we can hope to find the sacred connection and the true meaning of
"All for One, and One For All".
So let us begin on our journey and remind ourselves of the steps we have to take on the way. Let us imagine the journey is a series of stepping stones each with their own particular power that we need to integrate within and without ourselves so they become part of our very being.
Take some time today to relax, close your eyes and imagine you have approached a river, which you know you have to cross. Close by you is a series of stepping stones that stretch to the other side of the river that will enable you to cross the river.
THE FIRST STEPPING STONE is the Blood Stone and glows in radiant shades of red. It plants a seed in the seeker to the spiritual ways of faith and beckons the seeker to the first step on the journey of the self and to peace and harmony. The stone reminds us that not only do we have to have faith to make this journey but it is also the first step in learning to grow in harmony and is the feeling of comfort.
To be comfortable in all our senses of seeing, touching, hearing, smelling, tasting, feeling and being aware. Comfort can be likened to the feeling we have after eating a good meal, our senses are satisfied and we have an inner feeling of balance.
Stand on the Bloodstone and absorb the powers it imparts to you. Feel the colour red penetrate every cell in your being. The bloodstone has seven facets. Each facet designates one of the spiritual senses of sound, sight, scent, taste, touch, awareness, and emotions. Standing on the first stepping stone is symbolic of the life materialised in the physical world and is a daily venture in faith and comfort.
In absorbing the qualities of the bloodstone the seeker of truth learns that the Great Mystery, the Spiritual Essence, is connected with all things in creation and all things in creation are connected to one another. It is the impressions influenced by this interconnection that affect the experience in all creation.

Allow the radiance of the bloodstone to flow through you into the material world, uniting yourself and all creation into thoughts of faith and comfort.
MIIWETCH/ NYWEH, GITCHI MANITOU

GRANDFATHER PETER

Grandfather's Prayer for Today

Grandfather’s Prayer for Today.
Thank you, My Creator for the enlightenment you give to me at each dawning as I wake to great the new day.
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"Enlightenment" is not an object to be desired,it is not a goal to be achieved.And you will become enlightened onlywhen you have forgotten all about it,otherwise, never. And it is not a question to be asked.Even if I say you have become enlightened, that won't help.The very question shows that you still desire.Enlightenment has become your greed.You may have desired other things beforemoney, respectability, power, prestige; now you desire enlightenment.The desire has moved to a different object,but it has not changed.The desire is still the same and desire is the problem.To desire anything is to remain unenlightened.Enlightenment is your nature.It is not something to be achieved,it is already the case.~ OSHO ~

MIIWETCH/ NYWEH, GITCHI MANITOU

GRANDFATHER PETER

Are you Ready?

It is a month before the Autumn Equinox and Thanksgiving Time on or around the 23rd September. Now is a good time to start thinking about the real meaning of this time. Our ancestors who were close to the natural cycles of the year would start gearing up for this and preparing in their own ways for the important ceremony ahead. I am posting one way we today can take stock of our the past year and get ready for the year ahead. Although it is said we have to live in the moment we can make the moments ahead more realistic and attainable by some forward planning while still keeping an open mind about expecting the unexpected.
When we talk about the Medicine Wheel we should remember that Medicine means "Power", and Wheel means "Spiritual". Not spiritual in any religious sense but any place that is in balance and harmony as a wheel is. This Medicine Wheel or place of spiritual power can be anywhere you can be aware of the balance of the four directions, four elements, four seasons etc. it is just a place where one can be aware of the four directions around us from the perspective from our centre. So best of luck and I pray that each and everyone of us have a great year ahead.
GRANDFATHER PETER

DA NAHO AWEO (It has been said and it is as it should be)

Thanksgiving and give-away Ceremony around the Medicine Wheel.
We gather around the Medicine Wheel at this time sitting on our power spot or our birth moon position to contemplate and review all the things that have happened to us over the year past. We look at the things we have been given and achieved and give thanks for them. We look at the things that have not grown corn and be prepared to give them away, as we do not need to carry them with us into the coming year. With the gifts we have we now look at the things we need to carry forward to sustain us over the coming winter months and the things we need to achieve in the coming twelve months of the year.
Have four pieces of paper and write down on them in turn.

1 On the first piece of paper write the things you have achieved and been given and wish to give thanks for, from the year gone by.
Approach the centre of the wheel, the place of the Creator which will be adorned with the harvested fruits of the three sisters, corn beans and squash, and symbolically burn the sheet of paper. The smoke carries your prayers of gratitude to the Creator and the ash scatters to the four winds.

2. On the second piece of paper write down those thing you wish to give-away and have not grown corn over the past year. These can be things from many years’ back which you are now ready to give-away and you now feel ready at last to give them away. Approach the Creator( The Centre) position again, burn the paper and bury the ashes in Mother Earth around the Creator position.

3. On the third piece of paper write down those things you wish to carry forward with you and to work on in the coming winter months. Raise the paper to the sky and the Earth and to each of the four directions and put it safely away so you can refer to it any time over the winter.

4. On the last piece of paper write down those things you wish to achieve over the coming year and offer it to the four directions and the sky and earth and bury it under the West position in the Medicine Wheel. This piece of paper can be moved to each of the positions on the wheel representing the coming eight festivals, close to their relevant dates to be looked at and reviewed.

NOTE: It is said one should not make definite plans further than one year ahead just as the Natural World does. It relies on the seeds it plants in one year to carry it forward into the next year. We can all have an overall vision for future years but by planning and setting goals year by year it makes it more attainable