{"id":446,"date":"2018-03-15T05:50:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T05:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunray.org\/ngo\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2018-03-17T21:34:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T21:34:57","slug":"inspiration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sunray.org\/ngo\/water-is-life\/inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Inspiration<\/h1>\n<div class=\"row\"> <div class=\"col-md-1  \">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-10  \">\n<p>The Sacred Hoop is a way of stating that all things are interconnected and that all appearances are interconnected.\u00a0 All beings are relatives in the dance of life, vibrating to a mysterious pulse.\u00a0 The imagery of the Sacred Hoop reminds us that how we speak and think and what we do, moves through the environment and returns to us. The water is our relative&#8230; Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, <em>Learning Cherokee Ways: The Ywahoo Path<\/em>, p.27)<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-1  \">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"> <div class=\"col-md-4  \">\n<figure id=\"attachment_407\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 400px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/green_mountain_band_stream-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"Peace Village Mountain Stream\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/green_mountain_band_stream-1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/green_mountain_band_stream-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Peace Village Mountain Stream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-446-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"http:\/\/sunray.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mid-day-Stream.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sunray.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mid-day-Stream.wav\">http:\/\/sunray.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Mid-day-Stream.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"m_2097613869480713384st\">Water is Life:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2097613869480713384st\">\u201cIn Tsalagi [Cherokee], water is <i>ama<\/i>, consciousness, like mama, and when we awaken to the cleansing properties of water, then we may wash away the obstacles to good relationship with self, others, the Earth.\u201d (Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo,<i> Voices of Our Ancestors, <\/i>pg.117)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-4  \">\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 225px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-107 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1010486-2-768x1024-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"Ywahoo Falls\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1010486-2-768x1024.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1010486-2-768x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ywahoo Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"m_2097613869480713384st\">Caretaking water is our collective responsibility:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cJust as our organ systems are supported by Mother Earth\u2019s compassion, she [Mother Earth] is supported by our caretaking. To return to Earth appreciation and caretaking of her waters, mountains, and atmosphere is the responsibility of her children [human beings}. That is our song in this time.\u201d (Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo,<i> Voices of Our Ancestors, <\/i>pg. 117).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-4  \">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_432\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 450px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-432\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/reflections-1024x683-300x200.jpg?resize=450%2C300\" alt=\"Peace Village Reflections\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/reflections-1024x683.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/reflections-1024x683.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/reflections-1024x683.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Peace Village Reflections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone deserves<br \/>\naccess to clean water:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Wisdom, a stream ever flowing, a sense of our oneness with all beings, an understanding that that which crawls, walks, flies, or swims is some relative to each of us. In recognizing that stream in ourselves, there is a sense of wonder and respect for life as it manifests in every part of the stream.&#8221; (Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo,<i> Voices of Our Ancestors, <\/i>pg. 113).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Indigenous Grandmothers Reflect on Water:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\"> <div class=\"col-md-4  \">\n<figure id=\"attachment_449\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 189px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bio_jan1-189x276.jpg?resize=189%2C276\" alt=\"Elder Janice Longboat\" width=\"189\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"449\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Elder Janice Longboat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-4  \">\n<figure id=\"attachment_447\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 186px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-447\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/11a186x276.jpg?resize=186%2C276\" alt=\"Elder Josephine Mandamin\" width=\"186\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"447\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Elder Josephine Mandamin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-4  \">\n<figure id=\"attachment_448\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 198px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/94758nanaimoEllenWhiteOC-1198x276.jpg?resize=198%2C276\" alt=\"Elder Ellen White\" width=\"198\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"448\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Elder Ellen White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"> <div class=\"col-md-1  \">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-10  \">\n<p><strong>Water is Life<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b>&#8220;Water is what sustains us. Water is what brings us into this world, and water is what keeps us in this physical world. And so it\u2019s our life.&#8221;<br \/>\nElder Janice Longboat, Mohawk, Six Nations, Ontario<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Water is Sentient, Water Forms Relationships<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;There\u2019s that feeling of sensing Mother Earth. There\u2019s times when I stand by the water, and I can feel the pulsing, the pulsing of the water standing by the shore. I can feel that connection myself with the water.&#8221;<br \/>\nElder Josephine Mandamin, Ojibway, Lake Superior, Ontario<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Can Heal<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Water will agree to help you with anything you ask of it.&#8221;<br \/>\nElder Ellen White, Coast Salish, Vancouver Island, British Columbia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reciprocity, Responsibilities, Hope<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;We\u2019ve known for a long time that water is alive. Water can hear you. Water can sense what you are saying and what you are feeling. There\u2019s been a place where I put tobacco in the water, where the water is so still. It was dead. I prayed for it. I put my tobacco in the water and my tobacco started floating around. So the water came alive. It heard my prayers. It heard the song. So I know it listens, and it can come alive if you pay attention to it. Give it respect and it can come alive. Like anything. Like a person who is sick\u2026 if you give them love, take care of them, they\u2019ll come alive. They\u2019ll feel better. It\u2019s the same with our mother, the earth, and the water. Give it love.&#8221;<br \/>\nElder Josephine Mandamin, Ojibway, Lake Superior, Ontario<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-1  \">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<em>Aboriginal Women, Water and Health: Reflections from Eleven First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis Grandmothers. Author: Kim Anderson. A PAPER COMMISSIONED BY: Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women\u2019s Health Prairie Women\u2019s Health Centre of Excellence October, 2010<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>You can help:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;How does water carry a song? It is vibration formed in space. The sweet water of forgiveness enables us to erase the thought forms of fear. How? By forgiving ourselves and others for what might have been, could have been, or should have been.<\/p>\n<p>Water can be like a flood of emotions running wild. Water can be like the tears of joy as a newborn opens his eyes to look at his parents. Sweet water, this is the medicine. The sound of forgiveness is conveyed in our voice and our cho<span class=\"textexposedshow\">ice to see each person as containing the same elements as we do.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, Stepping Out of the Matrix, Online Wisdom Class)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need both technology and ceremonies. Everyone needs to be aware of the world and the global water situation and take action in some way.&#8221; (<em>Aboriginal Women Water and Healt<\/em>h p.29)<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"> <div class=\"col-md-1  \">\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-10  \">\n<figure id=\"attachment_429\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 670px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sky-Reflections888x500.jpg?resize=670%2C377\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" data-id=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sky-Reflections888x500.jpg?w=888&amp;ssl=1 888w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sky-Reflections888x500.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunray.org\/ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sky-Reflections888x500.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Sky Reflections (Photo: Eliza Goodhue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>There is a song arising in our hearts as a community of human beings sharing and co-creating an environment. &#8230; Realize that our thought and action shape tomorrow. (Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, Voices of Our Ancestors p.74) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can make a difference;\u00a0 check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunray.org\/ngo\/water-is-life\/action\">Action<\/a> page for practices you can accomplish anywhere anytime.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-1  \">\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspiration &nbsp; Indigenous Grandmothers Reflect on Water: &nbsp; \u00a0Aboriginal Women, Water and Health: Reflections from Eleven First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis Grandmothers. Author: Kim Anderson. A PAPER COMMISSIONED BY: Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women\u2019s Health Prairie Women\u2019s Health Centre of Excellence October, 2010 &nbsp; &nbsp; You can help: &#8220;How does water carry a song? 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