Manataka
American Indian Council
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GRANDMOTHER'S SPEAK
- NORTH
" Our Illusion of Separateness "
From Grandmother Selma There are
times that I wonder about the world and the way that it has
become in the last twenty or so years....wonder and marvel at
the same time as to how it is still managing to survive and
function. All you have to do
is open your eyes and watch the people around you......whether
it be in a store.....driving along the road....in a restaurant..
doctor office....here ever.....just take a few minutes and
observe....watch their energy field....watch how they are or are
not interacting with others around them. For the
most part this is a frightening activity !!! At best it is
funny on a warped level !!! Off to the doctors
office I had to go today.... been under the weather with a flu
bug etc. Now my doctor is South American.... his office is sort
of like going to the UN as every ethnic group are either
employed or patients.... half of them do not speak English as
well as I speak Russian and that isn't good! His P A that
comes into the room before he does is also from South America
and she is quite a talker and curious as they come.... she is
always asking me something about the Native American Culture and
soaks it in with glee.... Today she wanted to
know " where all do you hurt "? "All the
way around ".... and I thought that was a precise answer. She dead
stopped writing and asked if I meant " all the way around my
stomach " ? I laughed and said "
No.... all the way around me ! North ..... South.... East....
West and all points in between ". The conversation
continued and before I knew it.... here I was with laryngitis
trying to explain to this lady that my brain thought in
circles.... it was in my head and my head was a circle.....that
the world is a circle.... Earth Mother is a circle.... my body
is a circular energy field or bubble that is in part
invisible.... but still a circle.... the stool she was sitting
on was a circle.... life is a circle and all that truly " is "
is a circle or series of circles . She wanted
to know if " medicine man " meant doctor! She thought
that was an easy question! "The Western world
does not define Medicine as a traditional Native American does.
To us Medicine means anything that is for the good of the
people.... or anything that beckons the ultimate good of the
people.... that some of the elders refer to Medicine as the
sacred wisdom representing the totality of the universe.... and
anything that promotes harmony with all of creation. Got to
thinking about all that after I left the doctors office and on
the long drive back home.... " the sacred wisdom representing
the totality of the universe ".... kept going thru my brain....
until finally the simple truth registered with old dumb me!
What bothered me
about watching people in general is that the majority of them
act like they are the only humanoid in the general geographical
location !! They are detached and aloof.... indifferent
somewhat and certainly not going to get involved or interact
with any one that they do not have to.... or do not already
know. Bulletin folks! We Are Not Alone! As we walk
the circle of life.... or a medicine wheel.... we are not
alone.... but we are a part of the wheel or circle.... ALL
aspects intricately interact with all aspects of the circle.
Law of physics.... A Circle
is a Cycle. it encompasses all within its own limitations
or boundaries of this plane of material existence.... Break the
Illusion of Separateness and see each other a a necessary part
of the " whole ". One cell
is not less important than another.....as it takes all to build
the Whole. Until next
time..... I leave you with hugs and prayers. Gram Selma
Copyright 2007. All
rights reserved by Selma Palmer
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