I invite you to join me and the Trail of Dreams Team as we continue to walk gently on Mother Earth bringing peace
and well being to ourselves and the world in which we live. PEACE Walking as Ritual is an engaging booklet that shares
our process of becoming "peace walkers."
Walking gently on Mother Earth allows us to slow down, breath, and
become inspired. Creatively charged, we can go forward and embrace the part of ourselves for which the world is waiting. With
courageous intent and a peacefilled heart (as my elder, now ancestor, Hale Makua, would say,) " Together, we can
sing this planet awake."
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
A Moment for Love
I invite
you to join the Trail of Dreams World Peace Walkers at 12 noon in a 15 minute daily meditation for the people of Haiti. Our
affirmation for this meditation is:
"I affirm that the radiant power of love and compassion is at work now
to heal and to manifest all that is needed immediately, trusting Divine Source to inspire great acts of compassion, wisdom
and courage by people around the world in response to the needs of the families and communities of
Haiti." (repeat three times)
The Trail of Dreams World Peace Walkers announce their next walk, the 13 Moon Walk for Peace, to cities throughout the USA, to begin October 2010. What’s behind
the name? The walk is a people’s walk and is scheduled in alignment with the lunar calendar, which is, according to
ancient tradition, the calendar of cooperation. It also aligns with the sacred feminine, which is important to the walkers
as their goal is to touch the “heart” of America, to affect healing and transformation in the way we relate to
each other and Mother Earth. This will open the way for compassionate leadership at a time when our country needs it most.
Walkers are from diverse cultures, ancestry, genders, and faiths. The 13 Moon Walk for Peace will begin on the Pine
Ridge Reservation in South Dakota where permission of the indigenous elders of Turtle Island (North American) to walk the
land will be sought. Walkers will engage with grassroots groups on the reservation to raise awareness of issues affecting
Native American communities, and to highlight grassroots groups and organizations that are making a difference in their communities.
They will do the same in all of the cities on the Walk.
“The idea for the 13 Moon Walk for Peace,”
says Audri Scott Williams, VisionKeeper for the Trail of Dreams World Peace Walk, “came when we returned to the USA from our three and a half
year global walk for PEACE. On our journey from New York back to Atlanta, GA, we were struck by the pockets of poverty and
disenfranchised communities that appeared to be under the radar, invisible to the general population. We realized our work
was not done, in many ways it was just beginning. We decided, before we even made it back home to Atlanta, that we would do
a walk in the USA to be a catalyst for healing the heart of our communities here at home.”
13 Moon Walk
for PEACE Communities: October 2010-October 2011 Pine Ridge Reservation, SD, Miami, Florida, Macon, Georgia, New Orleans,
LA, Dallas & El Paso, Texas, Los Vegas, Neveada, Los Angeles & Oakland, CA, Detroit, Michigan, St. Louis, Missouri,
Chicago, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio, Newark, New Jersey, Harlem, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Georgia
The 13 Moon Walk for Peace is a program of the Spirit of Truth Foundation (STF), a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. STF is seeking partners, sponsors and connections with grass roots community
organizations around the country. Some of our specific needs at this time are for volunteers to assist us with the logistics
of the actual walk; with building a strong social network; sponsors and partners to support the acquisition of a fossil free
bus and mobile “Green Machine”, an RV that is a rolling laboratory of sustainable practices that can be embraced
at a grassroots level; a documentary team for the project; cameras for a team of youth in each city on the walk to capture
the stories of their communities; and volunteers for the overall management and coordination of the 13 Moon Walk for Peace.
Peace Times Edition 100. What One Woman Can Do: A Peacewalker Follows Her Dreams
I recently had the opportunity to meet with Peace X Peace a dynanmic network that connects women around the world for peace. It was a real pleasure to meet with Dr. Mary Liepold,
Communications Manager, who conducted an intitial interview with me a few months prior. Imagine my surprise when she introduced
me to the Executive Director, Dr. Patricia Morris, who she informed me, was from St. Croix, USVI, where my family lived for
nearly 23 years!
I look forward to being a part of this network as we collectively and collaboratively create a more
loving and compassionate world. You can read the article that Mary Liepold published in the current Peace X Peace blog by clicking this link.
What is sacred space? How do we frame the concept of the “destruction of sacred space”?
In my studies of indigenous science (Masters of Liberal Arts degree in the Indigenous Mind Program at
Naropa University, under Dr. Apela Colorado), travels with elders, and my inquiries, while walking around the world for peace,
regarding life, Mother Earth, the Ancestors, time and space and the sacred, I have come to know that all is sacred. Therefore,
I begin my conversation on sacred space by acknowledging that Mother Earth in her entirety is sacred and what connects me
to her, what makes me engage with Mother Earth in a sacred manner, is my understanding of this “relationship.”
In fact , it is my understanding and practice of being in relationship that then enables me to enter into a sacred partnership
with all of life. My understanding of relationship becomes my gateway to a greater knowing of place. It is a gateway to my
capacity for increased vision of the elements of the being I behold in a sacred way. In this knowing I now “see”
the song lines, ley lines, the energy centers.
My heart resonates with the energy that is shared
between us and in honor of that I know where to build my temples and ceremonial grounds. I know beyond time and space the
totality of what I behold in the physical that transcends time and space, as present in the physical as in the cosmic realms
and beyond.
Therefore, in the discussions regarding sacred space I feel we must bring forth the
teachings of the ancient ones that will aid humanity in the remembrance of the sacredness of all relationships, including
our relationship with self. When we understand relationship and behold its sacredness then we will not destroy each other
nor Mother Earth. Otherwise, we limit our concepts of sacred space to isolated "places" with historical and cultural
significance that must be preserved. While this is important, we must be mindful that we have the opportunity to broaden our
contextual framework so as not to create exclusion, and to allow the reinstatement of engagement recognizing that the relationship
between man and space is that which creates the sacredness in the first place.
In this context, we
can move along the continum of sacred space in relationship to environmental, cultural, spiritual and social significance,
addressing the need of each as we seek to restore balance, vitality, and sustainability for generations to come. I feel it
is important that we clean up our act as responsible stewards AND be mindful of the preservation of the historical thread
of ancient sacred sites as a base for future exploration of right relationship with all things, and this includes the resurrection
of ceremonies and rituals that grant us access to deep discovery of awe, of love, of joy, of the dream, of community, ...
of peace.
Divine Feminine / Divine Mother is both the dream and
the manifestation of that which is being called forth to awaken the Spirit of Love in her daughters. It is the clarion call
that is reaching into the souls of humanity and calling forth the dance of creation, the song of freedom, the wail of the
mother in the midst of giving birth. The Divine Feminine is the mad, mad woman who defies what is, to lift humanity to what
must be.
She dwells in the sacred waters. She lurks in the deep moist forests. She dances in the
fire and twirls amidst the winds of change. As the moon she is the gateway to the heavens. She is Mami Watta, Yemonya, Oshun
and Oya. She is Kali. She is Pachamama. She is the Spider Woman .And, she is birth, transformation and rebirth, the weaver
who spins her wheel and weaves her nurturing threads to reconnect the heart of humanity and the remembrance of who we are.
She raises her sword and slices through illusion to return the balance of life. In truth and justice she is Maat and her mystery
stands ready to be revealed to those who are willing to surrender to her call. She is Isis.