Topic: Prayer

[nichi]

Dear God,
Deliver me to my passion.
Deliver me to my brilliance.
Deliver me to my intelligence.
Deliver me to my depth.
Deliver me to my nobility.
Deliver me to my beauty.
Deliver me to my power to heal.
Deliver me to You.

Amen

 
prayer for deliverance - marianne williamson

[nichi]

O our Father, the Sky, hear us
and make us strong.
O our Mother, the Earth, hear us
and give us support.
O Spirit of the East,
send us your Wisdom.
O Spirit of the South,
may we tread your path.
O Spirit of the West,
may we always be ready for the long journey.
O Spirit of the North, purify us
with your cleansing winds.

 
american indian - sioux

[tangerine dream]

I am a shooting star woman, says
I am a shooting star woman, says
I am a whirling woman of colors, says
I am a whirling woman of colors, says
I am a clean woman, says
I am a clean woman, says
I am a woman who whistles, says
I am a woman who looks into the insides of things, says
I am a woman who investigates, says
I am a woman wise in medicine, says
I am a mother woman, says
Holy Father, says
I am a woman wise in medicine, says
I bring my lord eagle, says
I bring my opossum, says
I bring my lord eagle, says
I bring my whirlwind of colors, says
Father in heaven, says
Saint Christ, says
Father scribe, says
I am a spirit woman, says
I am a woman of light, says
I am a woman of the day, says
I am a Book woman, says
Holy Father, says
I am a saint woman, says
I am a spirit woman, says
I am a woman who looks into the insides of things, says
I am a whirling woman of colors, says
Holy Father, says
With the saint, says
With the saintess, says
Holy Mother, says
I am a spirit woman, says
I am a saint woman, says
I am a Lord eagle woman, says

 
mesoamerican indian - mazatec - maria sabina

 
I like it!

[nichi]

Great Spirit, Divine One, Creator
who is heaven earth rock wind insect tree fox
human of every size shape color

Holy are your infinite names chanted sung whispered
shouted in every language, tongue.

We will midwife the rebirth of Gaia
as best we can
restoring the Great Law of Peace.

Guide our hands to the soil and seed
honoring the alchemy of food.
Let us remember your abundance
and share the bread of life with any who hunger.

We are for giving
and giving and giving.
We trust in the give-away.
We give and receive.

Let us be humble before the darkness and the light
walking in harmony amidst them.
Give us courage to know them intimately
both within and without.

For you have breathed it all---
the behind, the above, the below, the beyond.
Your awesome power courses in our veins
and animates our hearts.
You are the Great Drum.

We thank you.
 
translation of the lord's prayer
from King James to Gaian - claudia l'amoreaux

[Jennifer-]

O our Father, the Sky, hear us
and make us strong.
O our Mother, the Earth, hear us
and give us support.
O Spirit of the East,
send us your Wisdom.
O Spirit of the South,
may we tread your path.
O Spirit of the West,
may we always be ready for the long journey.
O Spirit of the North, purify us
with your cleansing winds.

 
american indian - sioux

These are all wonderful Vicki, I must remember to add this thread to the one of jewels!

The above seemed to stir something strong in me this evening.. very nice.

Thank you!

[nichi]

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
 
mary elizabeth frye - 1932

[nichi]

I desire neither earthly kingdom,
nor even freedom from birth and death.
I desire only the deliverance from grief
of all those afflicted by misery.
Oh Lord, lead us from the unreal to the real;
from darkness to light;
from death to immortality.
May there be peace in celestial regions.
May there be peace on earth.
May the waters be appeasing.
May herbs be wholesome and
may trees and plants bring peace to all.
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
May thy wisdom spread peace all through the world.
May all things be a source of peace to all and to me.
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
 
mahatma gandhi

[nichi]

It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed.
I, I am the spirit within the earth ...
The feet of the earth are my feet ...
The legs of the earth are my legs ...
The bodily strength of the earth is my strength ...
The thoughts of the earth are my thoughts ...
The voice of the earth is my voice ...
The feather of the earth is my feather ...
All that belongs to the earth belongs to me ...
All that surrounds the earth surrounds me ...
I, I am the sacred words of the earth ...
It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed.
 
navajo song

[Jahn]

I desire neither earthly kingdom

Neither did Jesus

nor even freedom from birth and death.

But here he rejects the desire to leave Sansara, the ultimate freedom.

I desire only the deliverance from grief
of all those afflicted by misery.
Oh Lord, lead us from the unreal to the real

Indeed, Mahatma Gandhi was a great and powerful man that sought his salvation through the Tonal.

[tommy2]

A very dear friend of mine gave me this gift and I want to share it with you all here.  It is hand-written on the half-crumpled parchment I always carry in my wallet, so I will do my best.  Johnny's wish was that I would "share it with only those who you feel their openness and warm heart, and also who you wish to hold dear to your heart."

It is the English translation of "The zee tsa lit ni Song";


The Friendship Prayer Song


""I stand inside a circle wo/man, they say

Long life in a circle, it is made, they say

Inside in a circle, dances, long life they say

Having been prepared he walks like good friends, they say

A blanket underneath, mother earth rests

Earth on top of, people scattered about,

their talk good, their thoughts good, their laughter good,

their property of all kinds, good, uncountable

Having been prepared he walks, they say

Long life like, good chief never he trouble

Having been, he walks, they say.""


Johnny said that this song, along with others, has been hidden from view for over 80 years from Western culture. The songs were recorded once by a BIA Agent according to his grandfather around 1910 when he was very young, and the name the Shaman who sang this song had long been dead.  And as in the Lipan Apache (or N'de-tinde), for all Apache Tribes, this tradition as he Johnny shared with me came from someone who's name is not allowed to be spoken in public.

Johnny said "my grandfather shared this song along with others with his own children when they all came to visit once a year, and because we came with our father, we as well were privilege to it as small children around an open fire every year when we would come and visit for a month.

This is a song only the Apache elders and shaman/medicine wo/men have used for all these 80 or more years and now I am passing it to you, Mr. Two Feathers!"  He concluded, "Be wise with whom you use it with and to whom you pass it along to, for it is a sacred song."


Now I give this to you, my Soma Friends and Family, hoping you will be cautious with them and regard them sacred.


t2f

[Jahn]

This is a song only the Apache elders and shaman/medicine wo/men have used for all these 80 or more years and now I am passing it to you, Mr. Two Feathers!"  He concluded, "Be wise with whom you use it with and to whom you pass it along to, for it is a sacred song."

Now I give this to you, my Soma Friends and Family, hoping you will be cautious with them and regard them sacred.

t2f

This is a very great honour to us all!

Hear my drum, honor the life and the true heart.

   ~.~

[nichi]

It is the English translation of "The zee tsa lit ni Song";

The Friendship Prayer Song


""I stand inside a circle wo/man, they say

Long life in a circle, it is made, they say

Inside in a circle, dances, long life they say

Having been prepared he walks like good friends, they say

A blanket underneath, mother earth rests

Earth on top of, people scattered about,

their talk good, their thoughts good, their laughter good,

their property of all kinds, good, uncountable

Having been prepared he walks, they say

Long life like, good chief never he trouble

Having been, he walks, they say.""


~Apache


Johnny said that this song, along with others, has been hidden from view for over 80 years from Western culture. The songs were recorded once by a BIA Agent according to his grandfather around 1910 when he was very young, and the name the Shaman who sang this song had long been dead.  And as in the Lipan Apache (or N'de-tinde), for all Apache Tribes, this tradition as he Johnny shared with me came from someone who's name is not allowed to be spoken in public.

Johnny said "my grandfather shared this song along with others with his own children when they all came to visit once a year, and because we came with our father, we as well were privilege to it as small children around an open fire every year when we would come and visit for a month.

This is a song only the Apache elders and shaman/medicine wo/men have used for all these 80 or more years and now I am passing it to you, Mr. Two Feathers!"  He concluded, "Be wise with whom you use it with and to whom you pass it along to, for it is a sacred song."


Now I give this to you, my Soma Friends and Family, hoping you will be cautious with them and regard them sacred.
t2f

Beautiful, T2, we are honored!
Thank-you!

[daphne]

Thank you, tommy   

[nichi]

Oh, grant me my prayer
that I may never lose the bliss of the touch
of the one in the play of the many.
 
rabindranath tagore 

[nichi]

Hey hey! hey hey! hey hey! hey hey!

Grandfather, Great Spirit, you have been always,
and before you no one has been.
There is no other one to pray to but you.
You yourself, everything that you see,
everything that has been made by you.
The star nations all over the universe you have finished.
The four quarters of the earth you have finished.
The day, and in that day, everything you have finished.
Grandfather, Great Spirit, lean close to the earth
that you may hear the voice I send.
You towards where the sun goes down, behold me;
Thunder Beings, behold me!
You where the White Giant lives in power, behold me!
You where the sun shines continually,
whence come the day-break star and the day, behold me!
You where the summer lives, behold me!
You in the depths of the heavens, an eagle of power, behold!
And you, Mother Earth, the only Mother,
you who have shown mercy to your children.

Hear me, four quarters of the world -- a relative I am!
Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is!
Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand,
that I may be like you.
With your power only can I face the winds.

Great Spirit, Great Spirit, my Grandfather, all over the earth
the faces of living things are all alike.
With tenderness have these come up out of the ground.
Look upon these faces of children without number
and with children in their arms,
that they may face the winds
and walk the good road to the day of quiet.

This is my prayer; hear me!
The voice I have sent is weak,
yet with earnestness I have sent it.
Hear me!

It is finished. Hetchetu aloh!
 
offering of the pipe - oglala sioux - black elk