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Dance Native American ... ..


Dance to Heal the Earth!



Dancing is
power. Dancing is prayer. Some say that all is dance. Maybe. Now there's a
big dance coming, a dance to heal the earth. If you're reading this, you're
probably part of it. You take part whenever you do whatever you do to help
heal the earth. When you recycle. When you choose to show love, to fight for
justice, to bring healing, to bring out what is good in others. When you
avoid cruelty and dishonesty and waste. When you are outraged. When you
speak out. When you give. When you consider the generations to come. When
you protest to the oppressors and encourage those who feel the cutting edge
of injustice. And, of course, when you dance. There is a tree that all the
prophets see, and whenever you let your love show, you make the flowers
grow.

 

Soon this
dance will be done in a big way, in the old way, on sacred ground. All
living things will take part. If you want to, you can take part. No one is
twisting your arm. You can stop any time you need to, and start up again
whenever you're ready. If you've read this far, you probably know what I'm
talking about. You've probably been doing it in one way or another for a
good while. Soon will be the time to make no bones about it! Cut loose! 

 

Anytime you
dance, anywhere, whether at a party or in church, dance to heal the earth!
Let your feet beat a healing rhythm into the earth. Let your feet beat a
strengthening rhythm for those who struggle the hardest. Let your feet beat
a life-giving rhythm for all peoples, regardless of race or national
boundary, regardless of whether we're human or whether we're the trees, the
air, the fish, the birds, the buffalo, the bear, the crow. We come out of
hiding, we come back from the dead, and we dance, and our dance is a prayer,
and our songs and our rhythms and our breath give life. 

 

Is the music
they're playing some mindless jingle? Never mind, as long as it's not bad
music, and you can dance to the beat! Make your own words, and make the
words a prayer. A prayer for the end of exploitation, a prayer for the end
of lies, a prayer for healing, for justice, for life. Remember your
prayer-song, feed it and let it get strong and pass it along. Dance and
pray, whenever you dance, dance to heal the earth. 

 

Have you
seen anything? Wear it out! Make it so that all can see what you see! Take a
white T-shirt and mark it with your dreams. Is there anything you'd like to
tell the world? Take your shirt and mark it with your song! This is the way
it has been done, so you can do it too. Use any color except black (there
are reasons for that that will become clearer later), and you'll probably
find that a loose, pure cotton T is most comfortable for dancing in. Cos
this is an actual dance, you dance hard, you sing and breathe hard and
sweat. Wear it when you plan to go out dancing, to dance to heal the earth.

 

Some people
do this dance while fasting, and dance for several days straight. But even a
few minutes of dancing helps, and joins with all the other dancing going on,
everywhere on Earth. Not everyone can fast these days. Besides, you never
know when you're gonna dance, and you have to eat sometimes! But if you plan
to dance, hold off eating till later, or just have a little. It's easier to
dance if you don't have a hotdog weighing you down. 

 

Some people
say, do not do sacred things where people are drinking and partying. But all
the universe is a sacred place. It really doesn't matter what others are
doing, you can make a place sacred wherever you are, with your intention and
your prayers. Some people use smoke to make a place sacred; a cigarette or
incense stick will do fine. You can dance to heal the earth anywhere, even a
party or a bar! The earth is everywhere, so you can dance anywhere to heal
her. Only one thing. Please hold off drinking or using any other intoxicants
till you're done. It works better that way. 

 

The Lie has
gone far enough. It spreads and makes everyone sick. Now is the time for
this dance to begin. It, too, will spread, and it will bring healing to all.
In the beginning, they say, God put a rainbow in the sky, to let us know
that Spirit never forgets. Now is the time for us to put a rainbow across
the earth, to let God know that we, too, remember.

 

Dance to
heal the earth. Not just when you're dancing, but always. Live the dance,
whenever you move, in all you do, dance to heal the earth.

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posted on May 9, 2011 7:37 AM ()

Comments:

comment by marta on May 9, 2011 9:13 AM ()
We have an Indian 'camp'--well it is called the Hard Rock Cafe casino--and they do 'shows' a couple of times a day--strictly for the tourists--in other words spectacular but phony--once a year they have the real thing by 'invitation only'--I have a friend who lives on the grounds and gets me in--now that's good!
comment by greatmartin on May 9, 2011 8:36 AM ()

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