Invitation to Elders Gathering Online

*“Through the sacred fire in our hearts we are never apart from the Peace Village home-fires of the Ywahoo way”*

Join us Online via Video Livestreaming

for the

36th Annual Native American Elders Gathering

July 24 – 25th

Our song of life conveyed through waves and conversations with the universes

Osyio,

We at Sunray acknowledge the seed potential of wellness within each of us and within the expressed dissonance arising as Covid-19 and will manifest prayer and celebrations via dancing waves of light as we continue the Elders Gathering and shared visioning of the healthy planet we choose.

We are writing to update you on Sunray programs that are planned and to extend a special invitation to you to join us again this year for the 36th Elders Gathering, July 24-25, 2020…this time live streamed to you in your homes.

Yes, for the first time Elders Gathering will take place virtually via livestreaming online with a few local Sunray members supporting the ceremonial components of Elders Gathering in Vermont. While this wasn’t an easy decision for us, your safety and compliance with Vermont’s Covid-19 regulations are our priority.

Creativity, adapting, and maintaining the ceremonies, medicine, prayers, and sacred practices are key to moving through this time with equanimity, peace and joyful action. The current times in which we find ourselves were foretold in the prophecies of our indigenous Elders. And they require that we adapt so that, together, we can continue to fulfill our commitments to planetary peace and the well-being of all beings.

We look forward to you joining us online for Elders Gathering this year and to your return to the Peace Village next year to be with us for the 37th Elders Gathering.

In peace,

Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo and Sunray Meditation Society

“All appearances arise from luminous potentials aggregating as frequency giving rise to appearances as our shared dream. Vibrations, resonance, are the key mechanism behind human consciousness and all creation within the universes. Consciousness expands when we communicate heart-to-heart, from a place of love, with all living beings throughout the cosmos. As this shared resonance expands so too will the reality we wish to create. Now, more than ever, is the time we come together to expand this life-force for the benefit of all beings.”

Confirmed Key 36th Elders Gathering Presenters:

Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, founder of Sunray Meditation Society the 27th generation holder of the ancestral Ywahoo lineage in the Tsaligi/Cherokee tradition, and author of several books, including the seminal book, Voices of Our Ancestors.

Ven. Lama Konchok Sonam, lama within the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and spiritual director of the Drikung Meditation Center in Arlington, MA, and well-known expert in the theory and practice of training the mind through meditation and tantric methods for awakening our Buddha nature.

Grandfather Clifford Mahooty is a member of the Sun Clan o the Zuni Pueblo Nation in New Mexico, wisdom keeper of the Zuni History and member of the Zuni Orders of the Kachina and Galaxy Medicine Societies., and has shared extensively on the teachings of the Star People.

Elder Mike Bastine, is a member of the Algonquin Nation, author, and healer who was a student of the great Tuscarora medicine man Wallace “Mad Bear” Anderson and of Tuscarora healer Ted Williams.

Tehonorio Joey David is a member of the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation in Akwesasne, NY where who teaches and counsels clients and community members in their spiritual development, using the Onkwehonwehne’ha Ohkakowenta or “original person wheel”, at the Teanikorahwa:kon Wholistic Health and Wellness Program

Elder Tatjana Cady trained by her grandmother in the sacred teachings and practices of women’s moon cycle of the Abenaki Nation.

Grandmother Abuela Margarita, healer, singer, guardian of the Maya Tradition, member of the Native Council of Elders of America, and teacher of the feminine wisdom of Mother Earth.

Grandfather Doug Harris is the tribal historic preservationist and member of the Narragansett Nation

Dr. Rudy Schild, Professor Emeritus at the Harvard University/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, author, and Executive Director for the Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters, and he continues his research and writing in broadening the scope of scientific inquiry to include the nature of consciousness and the universe.

John Carlton-Foss, president & chief executive officer of Strategic Energy Systems, Inc., and a psychologist-engineer who co-founded the Alternative Technology Study Group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was instrumental in the development of engineering and environmental standards for creating healthy and life-force enhancing buildings and architectural structures.

Bear Fox is a member of the Mohawk Nation based in Akwesasne, NY, and a songwriter and singer of traditional Mohawk songs which she now shares widely through www.bearfoxmusic.com.

and much more….

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