Here's something wonderful a friend, Vietnam vet, just sent me.
A Prayer for the People of this Earth
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> Chief Arvol Looking Horse
> 19 Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Pipe
> of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota
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> Our Prayers go out for all beings in fear, all beings in pain,
> all beings in grief, all beings in anger, all beings in hatred,
> all beings in illusion.
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> Our prayers go out for all those who suffered from the
> hostage situation in Moscow, and those who are still suffering,
> be they Russian or Chechin.
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> Our prayers go out for all who suffered recently in Bali,
> be they Balinese, Australian, Western, Eastern, Hindu,
> Christian, or Moslem.
>
> Our prayers go out for those suffering in the Holy Land,
> Moslems, Jews, Palestinians, Christians.
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> Our prayers go out for all those suffering in Iraq, children,
> the elderly, the poor, the sick, those suffering from lack of
> food and medicines, from the white death of pulverized
> "depleted" uranium, from having relatives killed... and
> those who stand to suffer if the invaders strike again.
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> Our prayers go out for all those suffering in Afghanistan,
> one of the poorest countries of the world which has been
> brutalized by the super powers of the East and West.
>
> Our prayers go out for all those suffering in Africa, in Asia,
> in South America, in the Middle East, and indeed all over the
> world, from loneliness, disease, poverty, starvation, war,
> greed, globalization, ignorance, deceit.
>
> Our prayers go out for indigenous people everywhere.
> May your rights, sovereignty, wealth, dignity, health,
> freedom,and lands be restored
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> Our prayers go out for the souls of Paul Wellstone and his
> wife and daughter, his aids and pilots, his family and
> friends, for the people he represented, for the ideals he
> stood for, for the nation he served, for the guiding
> principles of that nation which he helped protect, for
> the well-designed system of checks and balances of the
> government of that nation, of which he was an intrinsic
> part, and for the one who must fill his shoes.
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> Our prayers go out for all those who suffer, for any reason,
> and for the souls of all those who cause that suffering,
> whether knowingly or not. Our prayers go out for the
> Peace Makers, the Torch Bearers, the Vision Keepers,
> the Light Workers, all those who do God's work.
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> Oh Great Spirit, Ke Akua, Allah, YHVH, God-Goddess All That Is!
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> May you look down upon us here on Earth with favor,
> May you shine your guiding Light upon us,
> May you send your legions of angels to help us,
> May you send us visions and dreams of right action,
> May you strengthen our hearts and souls and minds,
> May you guide us on the most direct path to you.
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> May truth and justice, love and respect, honor and liberty,
> freedom and glory reign.
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> Mitakuye Oyasin
> Amen
> Baraka Bashad
> And so it is
> Kloshe kahkwa
> Yeha Noha
> Aloha Ke Akua!
> Ano ai kou ala hele
> Malama pono and i eho ana o luna!
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> 'Ua hana 'ia ai pono a polole'i,
> 'Ua ha'ina 'ia aku no 'ia 'oe,
> O ke ola no 'ia o kia'i loko
> That which is done, is true and correct,
> That which is spoken stands before you,
> Look for the Life within....Blessings to you |
