A Great Urgency: To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders

My Relatives,

Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.

We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great message for the World; we are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color, which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. As I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened,
those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations. Eventually all will be affected by the oil disaster in the Gulf.

The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we cannot afford to continue to make.

I asked, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of in their Prophecies.

I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I believe we as Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and prayers to allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth. As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc'I Maka).

We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.

As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that what we create can have lasting effects on all life.

So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. Along with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us make a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our children¹s future and well-being, and the generations to come.

Onipikte (that we shall live),

Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
(Wolakota.org)

 

Comments

[Ojaswini]

05:50 AM on 05/17/2010

I believe prayer can make wonders.

I will pray.

[rtb61]

11:48 PM on 05/16/2010

Action rather than prayer is required. In humanity there are many genetic differences, those that are more recognisable like height, hair colour etc. and there are also readily accepted genetic errors like allergies to common foods, short sightedness etc.. Accepted as well is intellectual capacity as measured by IQ and as part cerebral capacity is the ability to function as member of society, as controlled by the capacity for empathy and conscience.
Just like other genetic traits, there can be defects in a persons ability to be a functional part of society, defects that result in an absence of empathy and conscience, a condition referred to as psychopathy, a condition that can be tested for but is not currently treatable. Those psychopaths through history have caused an enormous amount of harm to human society, their absence of empathy and conscience, has allowed them to destroy humanities living environment and to prey upon the rest of humanity. As there is a psychological testing procedure, it is time that all those in position of governance and control and attempting to gain those positions be tested for the societal fitness, for ability to feel empathy and conscience.
Attempting to create sufficient laws to control the excesses of psychopaths is a failure, fixing the gate after the horse has bolted is pointless and when it is the four horses of the apocalypse "pestilence, war, famine, and death" it is foolhardy to the extreme.

[Oleg1]

11:26 AM on 05/16/2010

To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders---RELAX and calm down.

[rougebaisers]

06:58 AM on 05/16/2010

Our Mother is our only home. We owe it to Her and ourselves to heal Her and stop harming Her. Our very survival as a species is at stake. At the rate we are going, we will never see another home in the cosmos, for our extinction will come long before our ability to see out those worlds. The arrogance that has humans thinking they are the dominant species on this planet must end in order for balance and healing to happen. A tall order when, all over this planet, greed tightens its grip over all of humanity to the point of harming our Mother and only home to the point of our own extinction. Greed is like a virus that inevitably kills its host and greed runs rampant across this globe in our species only, our self proclaimed dominant species, our destructive species, our brutal species, our murdering species ruling over our loving species, and our compassionate species, and our in tune with the order of life and the cosmos species.

[G52]

05:50 AM on 05/16/2010

Grandmother earth must be healed, creatures must be saved. On the 21st I will find a sacred spot and share your concern. Thank you!

[catrightsell]

12:43 AM on 05/16/2010

Thank you, I am praying too.

[ThinkCreeps]

03:28 PM on 05/15/2010

ps ...and pass it on to people who matter.

[Meteor]

02:03 PM on 05/15/2010

No situation is beyond the reach of the divine power that abides within everyone, whether we know it or not. The Source abides within uniting us with one another and all things. We hold within the Power we seek; we have but to awaken to it. God, the Source, Great Spirit is closer to us than breath, nearer than hands and feet.

[PlayTOE]

10:38 AM on 05/15/2010

The message "don't destroy the earth" is one that needs to be heard.

However, it will take much more than prayers to Grandmother Earth or any other deity to change the practice of the big corporations who are so willing to cause long term destruction just for short term profit.

[khanti]

10:37 AM on 05/15/2010

My heart is with you and we share the same wish Arvol Looking Horse but I doubt our prayer has the power to do any good. Just like when the whlte man who does what he wants when they take and rape the land we all share, so it is the same for what is being done to the sea.

[rucognizant]

04:10 AM on 05/15/2010

http://www.lucistrust.org/en/service_activities/triangles/literature__1/energy_follows_thought

It has been said that "what is going on in the world today is the working out of ideas", and this can
now be clearly seen. Those who have some conception of the power of thought, of the effect of streams of mental energy flowing from a mind, face a situation of great opportunity and responsibility. . This is the basis for all creative work upon the mental plane. If one person, thinking truth, can transform the mental climate in the environment, so may selfish, uncontrolled or destructive thinking poison the mental atmosphere. Our thoughts are far more potent than we normally realise, hence the need for a creative and constructive use of this power.

[SmolderingRuin]

02:04 AM on 05/15/2010

Thank you, Arvol.

[holyghostie]

11:07 PM on 05/14/2010

Why must people who don't believe in prayer feell the need to be so cruel to people who do?
I'd stand on my head if it would help get that well sealed, and prayer is certainly not going to hurt the situation.

Arvol I will pray your prayer tonight.

[SayNOtoGOP]

10:51 PM on 05/14/2010

Onipikte (that we shall live), and all animals and plants, even though we have failed to respect and shelter them from harm so far. Anyone can recognize a sacred place, just sit quietly and remember and take personal respomsibility to defend that place. We are all connected with the land, the seas, the heavens and all living beings. We have failed to keep the promise that the earth will provide for us if we are careful and take only what we need. Even though we have slaughtered the buffalo and plowed the prairie grass to near extinction, we have so far drawn back from the edge and they will continue to recover if we honor their spaces. The oil bleeding from the sea floor must be respected as a sign that we on going the wrong way. I pray that we will have another chance to change our ways and heal this most beautiful sea and all living things in it.

[Soulcatcher]

10:47 PM on 05/14/2010

Regulate thoroughly and use common sense & you won't end up in the position of asking God to cap oil wells.
Suggestion: Pray that God will stop running around hassling gays and take time out to bless the safety experts instead.