A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Continued from last week. While the Haudenosaunee were able to create a strong, stable government which respected its’ people, communities, and nations, we were not perfect. The Good Mind requires work and effort and sometimes we can be lazy or forgetful. The ways of the Great Law of Peace require respect, power, and peace, and sometimes, we are rude, weak, and aggressive. While we are not perfect, we acknowledge our responsibility to try. My grandfather used to say that it was very hard to be Haudenosaunee, because we had to study the natural...
Now we turn our thoughts to the Creator, or Great Spirit, and send greetings and thanks for all the gifts of Creation. Everything we need to live a good life is here on this Mother Earth. For all the love that is still around us, we gather our minds together as one and send our choicest words of greeting and thanks to the Creator. The link between the Creator and the Haudenosaunee has been a special one. The Creator assigned to all of the creatures of Creation, the responsibilities to protect...
