Native American people believe we are related to the stars...

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Dear All,

 

Here is an interesting article regarding the Native American belief that we are

related to the stars. That reminds me of a dream i once had, before i came to

Sahaja Yoga. In this dream my friend Marilyn and i were stars in the sky. It was

very joyous and at the same time i felt it was extraodinary. It was a palpable

dream that i have never forgotten to this day which is very well expressed in

this delightful and beautiful Algonquin song:

 

We are the stars which sing

We sing with our light

We are the bird of fire

We fly over the sky

Our light is a voice We make a road

For the spirit to pass over

(Algonquian " Song of the Stars " )

 

Enjoy the article!

 

love to all,

 

violet

 

 

 

I have been asked many times who are the Star Nations to which I am always

referring to in my talks and articles. Unless one understands the nature of the

Native American culture, it can get confusing. We have a belief that we are

related to the stars and have always been. It goes back into our history for

thousands of years. One of my ancestral nations is Anishinabe, which means

" People who fell from the sky " . The very name explains that we believe our

origin is of the stars. In another one of my blood lines " Osage " , we have a

drawing of a staircase with us walking down from the stars. It is a picture

explaining our origin. I am of a clan called the Tiz-sho, which means the Sky

People clan. That is why cloud is in my name. I am also of the Honga clan which

is the Earth clan. That is why I have bear in my name. Native people believe we

work with star languages. It is held as sacred in our culture. The connections

to our star relatives are found in many things such as blankets, beadwork,

paintings, wall hangings and is often in ceremony. The eight-pointed star is the

most commonly used and could be said to be the native star. It carries many

meanings but is a symbol of our connection to the Universe and the Earth. The

belief we are connected to the stars in native culture is very common place.

 

Here are the words to a Star song we sing of the stars.

 

We are the stars which sing

We sing with our light

We are the bird of fire

We fly over the sky

Our light is a voice We make a road

For the spirit to pass over

(Algonquian " Song of the Stars " )

 

We have star shields that carry spiritual understandings and essences and

pictorially speaks of our connections to the stars. We understand that our

spirtual and universal laws came from the stars. The native culture which spans

750 different nations in the US, feel we are connected with the stars nations

and that they are our relatives. Our close relatives of Central and South

America feel the same. We have names with stars in them, for example " Red Star " .

We believe that we are so closely related to the stars that we call them the

Star Nation People. In the same understanding we would also call the trees, the

Tree Nation people, the clouds, the Cloud Nation people and the stones, the

Stone Nation people. We also are of the belief that we have star relatives that

have visited us and there are living star relatives existing elsewhere in our

Universe. We are related to all celestial bodies so much so that we call them

relatives. For example, the Earth Mother, Sky Father. The universe and the sky

are seen as the Grandfather. The moon is the Grandmother. It is my belief that

these universal symbols that are appearing around the world and mostly in

England are from these Star Nation people. They have put many symbols in the

fields reflecting their origin to be that of the stars. There are some of us who

believe that these star relatives are putting these symbols in the field to heal

an out of balance Earth. We as people for the most part, have fallen into the

traps of the material world and have forgotten our relatives. They wish to

remind us. These star relatives are silent about their origin as they are all of

these I have spoken of. It can be challenging for some people as the elements of

the stars move into areas that are beyond the threshold of the logical mind, and

swims in water that requires feeling and trust and higher sight. I can only say

that our star relativities have given the people of Earth some of the most

beautiful gifts imaginable, Star Glyphs.

 

Mitakuye Oyasin

 

Many Blessings

Wah-we-nah

Bearcloud

 

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