Walela Circle of Light

Lyrics:
I'm not right
you're not wrong
We both know what this love
of ours is built upon
We are shadows
tiny sparrows
safe inside
clear blue sky
of another storm
moving in and out of time
In and out of the circle of life.

We are children of the angels
Keepers of the fire
We are children of the angels
Reaching for the light
We are not strangers
we are all brothers
I know we came here to love each other
Here, in the circle of life.

Each one thinks he
has an answer
Each one believes that he can see
the way, the only one
truth lies waiting
was always waiting
like a love
peaceful dove
right there inside your soul
from another place and time
Moving into the circle of light.

The lessons of the Trees

Written By FaithRMichaels

I told someone that this being would be taking a walk to listen to the trees.

The beautiful Standing Ones have much to say if one listens

They whisper their life story in the wind.

Some are very very old

many here are young by tree age

The Standing Ones know nothing of time as we understand it

They understand existence.

The Standing Ones understand resilience

They understand going with the flow

They teach about nowness, hereness, Isness

For this is what is experienced

When this being connects with the Standing Ones an eternal peace flows from them to me

In humility I listen

humbled by an ancient understanding

Being is all there is

through storms,through drought,through floods,winters,spring summer fall

The Standing Ones simply are..

The heart hears them say

HUUUUU they whisper with the voice of the wind

I am.... Being

This is the lesson from my relatives today.

We Do Not Beg

Written by
Faith-R-Michaels

Sooo many people believe that prayer is about begging a divine Deity to acquiesce to the request being made.Many Believe it is about bargaining like unto this....I will be really good,I promise to serve if you just grant this request... or sacrifice....Prayer is not about begging,or bargaining it is not about bribery.

If something happens that is contrary to the request in prayer being asked then people are bewildered or angry.
Sometimes they say there is no GOD! He ,She,It did not answer my prayers!!

STOP TELLING CREATION WHAT TO DO!
NOT EVERYTHING YOU ASK FOR IS GOOD FOR YOU OR THE PERSON YOU ASK IT FOR!
YOU ARE NOT WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL!

Prayer is about coming into agreement or harmonic resonance with Creation,with Spirit,or the life force, whatever you wish to call the unifying force.
You ,I ,and all of Creation is Spirit manifesting itself into life forms for experience. .

Prayer is a time for listening for guidance.
It is a time of connection,renewal,balance, and direction.
It is a time of recieving so that your cup may be filled.
It is not a time to beg or bargain for favors.
It is a time for opening up to the wisdom within yourself.
It is a time of contemplation on what is the wisest choice.
It is a time to say not mine but thy will be done.

We are listening for the truth or the heart of the Matter.
It is a time to receive the Blessings from the Holy so that you can walk in a more profound way of being.
It is a time for grace,a time for healing ,THAT is what prayer is for.
It is the time when you realize the sacredness and your connection with this source of all life.
It is time for you to realise how precious you are,how beautiful you are and how empowered you can be from these connections ...these moments of prayer.
I do not care how you pray or what name term you choose to call this praying...there is only ONE Creator no matter by what name you choose to give this Life force and LOVE IS ALL!

Dancing in the Dawn on the Good Red Road

By Faith-R-Michaels

The outer illusion shatters
pieces of the false fall away
In shards that vanish
with the rays of the dawn
emerging from the morning fire
The Phoenix is reborn
With the smell of sweet smudge
lingering in the dawn air

some lay claim that the Sun was the object of worship for the ancient tribes.
No; it was the significance of the sun rising bringing light back into the world,overcoming the dark,
that was honored.
I danced in the dawn this morning
Universal drum
World song,
My song,
Hu song
a very powerful moment.
The moon was on the set but still in the sky.
the dawn light rising in the east
as hundreds of birds songs joined with the song of life and me
greeting the dawn light..
Powerful energies ebb and flow.
healing
there is oneness.

The most Important things in life

This was taken from the Feb. issue of the Manataka newsletter.To get yours go here
The most important things in life. Some things to remember and live by.

Deadliest weapon.....The tongue
Greatest asset.......Faith
Greatest problem to overcome....Fear
Greatest "shot in the arm"......Encouragement
Most beautiful attire...........A Smile!
Most contagious spirit..........Enthusiasm
Most crippling failure disease..Excuses
Most dangerous pariah...........A gossip
Most effective sleeping pill....Peace of mind
Most endangered species.........Dedicated leaders
Most important thing in life....Spirit
Most powerful channel of communication....Prayer
Most powerful force in life...............Love
Most prized possession...................integrity
Most satisfying work.....................Helping others
Most useless thing to do.................Worry
Most worthless emotion...................Self-pity
Greatest Joy............................Giving
Greatest Loss...........................Loss of self-respect
Two most power-filled words............."I Can"
Ugliest personality trait...............Selfishness
World's most incredible computer........The brain
Worst thing to be without...............Hope
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Elders Speak

Spiritual Giant’s 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World


Mahatma Gandhi needs no introduction. Everyone knows about the man and his legacy. Here is some advice he gave worth noting:

1. Change yourself
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
If you change yourself you will change your world. If you change how you think, then you will change how you feel and what actions you take. And so the world around you will change.
2. You are in control
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
What you feel and how you react to something is always up to you. You can choose your own thoughts, reactions and emotions.
3. Forgive and let it go
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
Fighting evil with evil won’t help anyone. Forgiving and letting go of the past will do you and the people in your world a great service.
4. Without action you aren’t going anywhere
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
Without taking action very little will be done. However, taking action can be hard. And so you may resort to preaching, or reading and studying endlessly. But you have to take action and translate that knowledge into results and understanding.
5. Take care of this moment
“I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.”
Stay in the present as much as possible, and be accepting. When you are in the present moment you don’t worry about the next moment. And the resistance to action comes from imagining negative future consequences or reflecting on past failures.
6. Everyone is human
“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
When you start to make myths out of people, you run the risk of becoming disconnected from them. Keep in mind that everyone is just a human being no matter who they are.
7. Persist
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
Be persistent. In time the opposition around you will fade and fall away.
8. See the good in people and help them
“I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.”
If you want improvement then focusing on the good in people is a useful choice. It also makes life easier for you as your world and relationships become more pleasant and positive.
9. Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self
“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
When words and thoughts are aligned then that shows through in your communication. People tend to really listen to what you’re saying. You are communicating without incongruence, mixed messages or phoniness.
10. Continue to grow and evolve
”Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.”
You can pretty much always improve your skills and habits, or re-evaluate your evaluations. You can gain deeper understanding of yourself and the world.

JOHN TRUDELL 1- Where Spirits Get Eaten/Drunken Indians

Words With Much Wisdom

When Life Becomes a Walk of Ego

By Debbie RedHawk Pulido



Living in a family offers many lessons. Sometimes you must take much care in how you choose your responses to another. It can have long lasting side effects.



So many power struggles in a family, why? We need to learn of our medicine and try to walk in it. It will give you a better understanding of our self and bring more peace.



We have covered ourselves in many false emotions that are controlling every step in our life with not so pleasant outcomes.

We cannot control others around us so we need to change our actions to get a more peaceful walk for ourselves.



Long ago we watched how the animal world lived and we patterned our lives after them. We saw that in order to survive there had to be communication between all. There was always one in the group who seemed to lead and the rest would follow. There was rank and file so to say but it was always done for the survival of all.



As man changed so did his intention of rank and file. He no longer started to lead out of survival but he began to lead with his ego. This left him open and vulnerable to the emotions of greed, jealousy, anger, feelings of entitlement just to name a few.

Man no longer led out of the best interest of others, he led to fill his own needs and wants. It is like this in many families.



There is no one set answer anymore. Man has become so lost in his own self purpose that he has put his ego before the structure of family.



My needs! My wants! My feelings! My priorities! In the process we lose what should be most important, ourselves. We become our egos. Our emotions rule us and it leaves us open to function not with a clear mind, now we respond with hurt, anger, jealousy, fear, hate and wanting what others have.



Now we can be hurt by another’s words because they touched on an emotion that has become important to us through our ego.

We start to judge our value in life and what is important to us not by Creator’s words but by what has become important to us.

We go so deep into our wants, needs and material things that we tend to get lost in the big, “I” “ME” “MINE” it is no longer a world of “YOU” “US” and “OURS”



What was once a walk of working together and sharing our survival has now become a walk of power struggles with many side effects.

Calling All Rainbow Warriors

2012 & Beyond, Rainbow Warriors the Stars are Calling

By Bruce Fenton, April 2009



For centuries the peoples of the Americas have expected the coming of a warrior generation. They knew that the eagle’s claw of European civilisation would inflict terrible torments on their own communities.



This was an horrendous experience but one that many accepted as part of the process of man’s journey. It was a very grave sacrifice that would one-day lead to an upsurge of compassion and global renewal.



For my own part my ancestors were amongst those who suffered most. It is easy to cry picturing my forbears of the Arawak tribes suffering genocide. It is equally painful to picture my African slave ancestors toiling to the whip under the harsh Caribbean sun. This horror was all perpetrated to profit a tiny few families seeking to feed the European craving for sugar in their tea.

The suffering of other indigenous communities continues all over the globe. Unseen tribes are burned alive in the Amazon so that they won’t hamper the expanding of farms for our Soya and cattle. Island nations suffer the pollution of their shores by our waste. Minority indigenous populace are still being marginalized and stripped of their land rights and voices. Their histories are erased from textbooks and their knowledge kept from mainstream global thought.



Sadly first contact with these peoples was often accompanied by orders to destroy any evidence of their being civilised and intelligent. Kill the chiefs, kill the wise, kill the history keepers, kill the story tellers burn all the evidence of their achievements.

The methodology was very obvious. There would be far greater up-cry from the average European citizen if they realised cultures as advanced as their own were being put to the sword or enslaved for profit. They could easier accept the stories of sub-human creatures to stupid for anything but cheap labour.

The consensus reality we inhabit seemingly always leaves some space for energetic renewals. After a forest burns the shoots of new life grow faster and stronger than ever before. This is why the remaining knowledge from some of the devastated human communities around the world has now exploded outward. Where the soil of the soul was stripped bear is where we should expect the most powerful push toward a brighter tomorrow.

The prophets and visionaries of many tribes saw not only the devastation to come, but also the positive potential it would activate in mankind. Casting their view forward by such means as they had developed in their mystery traditions they noted likely futures. In an extraordinary case of mass synchronicity dozens of separate tribal peoples noted visions of a coming special generation. The time of their arrival would be made clear by certain destructive global events.

There are then many versions of this particular prophecy. It has even inspired such things as the environmentalist movement Greenpeace's naming of a ship. as well as musicians and artists. It is known as the Prophecy of the Rainbow Warriors. This is just one telling as ascribed to the 19th century mystic Eyes of Fire a wise-women of the Ininiwok peoples, commonly known now as the Cree Indians:



The sky is clouding, the grass is fading,
People in anguish, the dark is rising.
The Earth She writhes beneath the claws
of the minds that are poisoned

Her children tossed on the waves
of cruel desire and corruption
It could be you, don't shrink away
from the need of the hour

Don't turn away from the hand
stretched in pain of your Mother.
Her name means freedom, Her body earthgreen,
Her blood clear water, her voice is birdsong.

The Earth cries out, can't you hear,
take your courage in hand now.m
Our deeds must speak of the love for all beings
waxing strong now

We can't allow the heartless ones
to destroy this great wonder
Slaughtering wales, felling trees,
with no thought for the future.

Here rule the demons, they love no creature,
Their words are poison, they weave dark futures.
A-a-a-a-ah
A-a-a-a-ah

Gather all ye who love the world
from distant lands beneath the tall sky
In visions past I have seen you awake the spirit moving

Gather all ye who love the world
from distant lands beneath the tall sky
In visions past I have seen you awake the spirit moving

And now the wind is shifting, the tide is turning,
The mist is rising, a rainbow forming

Rainbow warriors, the stars are calling
Rainbow warriors, the trees are falling
Rainbow warriors, the spirit dying,
Rainbow warriors, the world is crying out in pain.

And I shall never rest in peace till this cruel reign is ended
And all the children of the Earth shall be free,
Her wounds all mended.
Your time has come, make the Earth green again,
don't delay now.

Victory has been foreseen for the people who do.
Rainbow warriors, create new Eden,
Clear rain a'falling, blue sky unending,

Unfearful faces, starlight revealing,
Small creatures dancing, glad voices singing,
Free children playing with chains that are broken,

Rainbow warriors, the future lies within your hands.




The prophecy has a powerful resonant effect upon all of us awakening human beings. We see clearly the very signs for the fulfilment of its message. I know that just about every time I have read this over the years I ended up in tears. Yet within was a solid knowing that this was the purpose of my time and that I to was invited to take up the banner and contribute to the healing process. It has been the driving force behind my own work for a decade and I suspect many environmentalists, writers, researchers and spiritual speakers would likely echo that sentiment.

The prophecy is very clear that it is not talking about a coming generation of American Indian people alone. People from all the distant lands beneath the tall sky are welcomed to pitch in. Every colour in the human rainbow family is fully invited to lend a hand.

Ininiwok/Cree: There would come a time when the "keepers of the legend, stories, culture rituals, and myths, and all the Ancient Tribal Customs" would be needed to restore us to health, making the earth green again.

Ininiwok/Cree: The Rainbow Warriors would show the peoples that this "Ancient Being" (the Great Spirit), is full of love and understanding, and teach them how to make the "Earth or Elohi" beautiful again.

Patricio Dominguez, Pueblo: The ancestors said that... there would come a time when the Earth would become very sick. Because of this unrelenting greed of the new culture, the Earth would be filled with deadly liquids and metals, the air would be rendered foul with smoke and ash, and even the rains, which were intended to cleanse the Earth, would plummet in poison drops. Birds would fall from the sky, fish and would turn belly up in the waters and whole forests would begin to die.

Patricio Dominguez, Pueblo: 'Under the symbol of the rainbow, all of the races and all of the religions of the world would band together to spread the great wisdom of living in harmony with each other and with all the creations of the Earth. Those who taught this way would come to be known as "the rainbow warriors". Although they would be warriors, they would carry with them the spirits of the ancestors, they would carry the light of knowledge in their heads and love in their hearts, and they would do no harm to any other living thing. The legend said that after a great struggle, using only the force of peace, these rainbow warriors would finally bring an end to the destruction and desecration of Mother Earth and that peace and plenty would then reign through a long, joyous and peaceful golden age here on Mother Earth.'

Lee Standing Bear Moore, Manataka American Indian Council: Among the few who possess inner strength to resist the mass unconsciousness will rise a new neo-indigenous people. Prophecies foretell of a people who will rise from earth's ashes like the thunderbird, symbolizing rebirth. They will bring balance and harmony back to Mother Earth. The first of these beings will come as teachers and storytellers to remind us of ancient truths of the star people and beyond. They will be pathfinders leading the way to a new universe, a new reality.

Lee Standing Bear Moore, Manataka American Indian Council: Great leaders, Warriors and Shamans of many nations will be born and they will cleanse the earth for rebirth. Next will come the Planters sowing seeds of truth, justice and freedom. The Storytellers, Warriors and Planters will live in the way of the Great Spirit and teach ways to keep Mother of the Ground sacred forevermore. They will be called Rainbow Warriors for they will gather the four sacred directions, all distinctly separate but forever connected in the Circle of Life.


Rather than post every single discussion on the prophecy and each unique variation I will trust the message is clear enough. In this time of social and environmental degradation the Rainbow Warriors represent the forces destined to turn back the tide. With no central church or set of beliefs and no fixed religion or dogma it is prophecy open to all.

In fact few Rainbow Warriors even refer to themselves as such in conversation. Being a Rainbow Warrior is a truth best kept alive inside the heart. Amongst the Rainbow Warriors are people who may seem more correctly Buddhists, Hindus, Spiritualists, Christians, Alchemists, Pagans and myriad other spiritual seekers of every path imaginable. Though some spiritual beliefs may differ the cause at hand is one with them all.

So many other prophecy have come to fruition in our times that it may not be so shocking to discover we came here knowing what we were to face. As the calendar of the Maya ticks down we all feel a sense of trepidation and excitement for the future. Rainbow Warriors feel the call to perform the required tasks. For those recently awoken these tasks include:

Sharing information and experiences that may help wake any still slumbering brethren.


Peacefully bringing down the corrupt regimes holding sway over our beautiful mother earth.

Freeing us from the yoke of financial enslavement by ending the central banking system.

Eradication of the mass marketing of perpetual materialism.

End obsolescence by design and return to the ‘built to last’ mentality.

Bring an end to any wholly unnecessary slaughter of innocent creatures of the air, sea and land

Prevent any further devastation of the few remaining tropical rainforests and ancient woodlands.

Provide time and opportunity for each being to explore self-contemplation, self-development and spiritual leanings in line wit their own core voice. Certainly as vital to health and happiness as time for education or time to forge a career.

The Rainbow Warriors are certainly not a new cult or religion. There is no fixed list of characteristics and any necessary specified aura colour, skin colour or spiritual faith. There is no fixed year from which we can say they first began to appear on the planet or when they will have finished arriving. Certainly there is no requirement for any special lines of products, diets, schools or doctrines.



Though some number do have psychic abilities or spiritual experiences already under their belt these things are open to anyone interested in attaining them. The only requirements are caring about the future of all living things and having an interest in development of a deeper connection to the web of life itself.

Don't turn away from the hand
stretched in pain of your Mother.
Her name means freedom, Her body earth green,
Her blood clear water, her voice is birdsong.

Rainbow warriors, the future lies within your hands.





http://2012rising.com/article/the-new-children-prophecies-of-the-rainbow-warriors

2012 is Coming

This is an article from the Manataka newsletter regarding 2012-I am giving the
link to Manataka here :Please visit


By Patti Blue Star Speaks Burdette:

It is a great idea to get ready for what is to come. I want to read the Hopi elders thoughts on the subject of 2012, though I cannot imagine them putting their thoughts on the Internet. Regardless, I will put into the universe that we will manifest this explanation.



I read the 5th Night Prophesy and how it affects our lives. All this information is wonderful. Not so we can be afraid of what is to come, but to be ready in our own spirits. I think the difficulties that will come will be in the spirit. The information is out there, we just have to reach for it.



What I have been hearing is we need to start, or should have already started, to realize those who will be aboard are already working towards new levels of spirituality. Those who are dragging their feet, or just do not want to do the hard work that it takes to be on new levels of spirituality, are going to always be right where they are now. We need to go on and let those people be. We must be responsible for ourselves for being ready and contribute to the greatest good for the greatest number. No longer can we drag along those that would drag us back into a lower level simply because we do not want to leave them behind.



Being a Rainbow Warrior is going to be a tough job. We will survive what is to come. How we survive will be the beauty. I want to be in a better world. What is better will be what is best for all Creation. Some people will not be able to get past the collapse of government and material society.



The Blue Star has always been there in the heavens. The good in the universe has always been there. We have always had the choice to use the information that has been gifted to us to do wonderful things for all of Creation. We as humans chose to take the easy way and use it for what is good for a few at the expense of Mother Earth. Mother Earth has begun to fight back. She has let us have our way, though it was not a good way.



The Grays have given us the illusion that we can have all the technology to better our lives. But, it was just enough to condemn us to slavery. The Grays wish to enslave us and have done a good job of selling their ideology to us. Today, we think we cannot live without material things.



The Blues allowed this to happen with the hope that humans would embrace what is good. I believe it is not too late to do the right thing. If we pray and listen to the still voice within, it will lead us in the right direction -- to the Blue Path. All we have to do is listen. We must take ego out of the situation and admit we are wrong. We must begin to change our own small environments and expand it to all the world. We must look past our little planet and look into the Universe for help. The Blue Star is there for us. It will be hard work for some. Or, it can be as easy as doing the right thing at the right time.

I thank Manataka for sharing this and Patti Blue Star for writing this.
I share it here in the spirit of Notsocommonsense

A few Native American Recipies

~ From Momfeather Erickson ~

For pictures and other recipies please visit

http://www.manataka.org/page1349.html



WAHANPI STEW

This is an old Sioux dish, and is a delicious combination of meat, vegetables and macaroni. It can be prepared with just about anything you have available.



Turkey or chicken

Macaroni

Rice is optional

Vegetables: potatoes, onions carrots, cabbage, and prairie turnips.



Cut meat into chunks if using whole pieces. Place all ingredients into a large pot, and bring to a boil. Lower heat. Cover and cook according to whatever the meat used needs. If you use prairie turnips, make sure to soak them overnight and cut them up before you add them to the wahanpi. Cut all other vegetables and cook them until they are done.



GREEN CHILI STEW

2 lbs. pork or lamb, well trimmed and cut into small pieces

2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced

5 roasted green chilies, peeled, seeded and diced

3 ears of corn with kernels scraped from cob

2 stalks celery, without leaves, diced



In a large pot, put in enough vegetable oil to prevent the meat from sticking. You can also use vegetable spray. Add meat and cook until it is lightly browned. Add the rest of the ingredients, and water to cover all. Cover pot and simmer for about 1 hour or until done.



CLOVER SOUP

2 cups clover flowers and leaves

1 onion, chopped

3 Tbsp. butter

2 pints water

3 potatoes, peeled and quartered

Salt and pepper to taste



Clean and dip clover flowers and leaves in cold salted water. Remove and cut into pieces. In a large saucepan, sauté flowers, leaves and onions in butter. When all is softened add water, then potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Cook gently for 20 minutes. Drain the cooking liquid and save it. Puree potato mixture and dilute with the cooking liquid, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil, the reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Can sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese if desired.



CLOVER and DILLWEED SOUP

2 cups clover blossoms and leaves, fresh or dried

2 small wild onions, chopped

4 Tbsp. sunflower seed butter

1 quart water

12 groundnuts, or 3 medium potatoes, quartered

Chopped fresh dillweed to taste

Spicebush berries, dried, grated over soup to taste



Sauté the clover blossoms and leaves along with chopped onions in the sunflower seed butter. Add the water, ground nuts, and seasonings. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Serve hot.



GOLDEN POND LILY STEW

2 lbs. stewing beef or venison

12 lily roots, cleaned and sliced

3 Tbsp. butter

6 green onions, chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

2 cups water

1/3 cup dry red wine (optional)

2 Tbsp. flour, mixed with 1/4 cup water



In a saucepan, brown onions and stewing beef or venison in melted butter; add lily roots, water, salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 3 or 4 hours. In the last 15 minutes of cooking time, add wine; stir in flour and water mixture to thicken stew.



SUNFLOWER SEED SOUP

2 cups hulled sunflower seeds

6 cups chicken broth

3 small green onions, thinly sliced

2 Tbsp. chopped fresh dill

Salt and ground pepper to taste



Place sunflower seeds in a large saucepan. Add chicken broth and green onions. Cook uncovered, over low heat for about 1 hour. Stir in dill and season with salt and pepper to taste

Things that make one go HMMMMM.Where is God ?What a great question!This is a question that has puzzled and confounded humanity for as long as there have been minds to ponder it.People have argued over this question,fought wars over this question.This question automatically inspires other questions.If there is a God; what is his or her name?Does God have a gender?If so does He /She/It care about me?Just what is God anyway?Where is God?If God exists does God want something from me?If so What?Can we communicate with God?How?If God spoke to us would we know?Many people think God is a deity that lives in a far away unseen place.Cultures from around the world have named Gods abode.Then they argued over it .They argued over name ,placement,and what it should/would look like.Humans have built Temples, Churches, raised monuments,created sacred spaces, and altars in an effort to connect with God.One thing is certain God is something that humanity believes very strongly in.Many feel that God is within each of us and all of Life.They believe God is watching over all things determining the course and causes of humanities world.Others swear God needs appeasement in some form .They feel that if God is appeased. It will feel honored and not create havoc with their lives.People have been so afraid of their God's wrath that if another culture believes in a God in a different manner, then that culture must be converted or be extinguished ,so that they would not incur Gods wrath upon their loved ones and community.They believe plagues, famine ,droughts, and all natural disasters are caused by God being displeased.Every religion ever created on this planet is about a method used to contact a divine deity people will call God.Every religion firmly believes they know where God lives.They believe that they and they alone have the only "true understanding" of the Nature of God and where He/She/It is.We have now arrived back at our point of origin.The question of all questions where is God?I do not know !Do You?I am sure that many will try to tell me what some book has said or what someone told them.But to those people I ask this question.What is your personal experience of Gods home?You know where He/She/ It lives?Point God out to me please.Can you show me where God Is?There is a group of people who will swear that there is no God .Scientist say all life is just a series of chemical reactions and called God science.Scientist thought this was pretty cool till they got to the quantum level then they had to re-evaluate everything they had ever known.Life again became a wonderful mystery.They discovered It was all connected by thought.Something with intelligence ,a sense of beauty and perfect math seemed abundant in all things.Dare they call that intelligence God?Personally for myself; I think I will just know that something wonderful created us all.Native Americans call it The Great Spirit.I call It Creator and I see it everywhere I look.I will follow My Elders statements and walk the path for myself, bothering no one else's.I will just live in harmony with the wonder around me,treating all life as if It was a good friend.I will follow my own heart .No dogma for me, I do not need it.I think I will just enjoy unraveling the mystery.Where ever God is I am quite certain of this one fact:It will let me know where it is; if I am listening.Oh by the way: Creator your handiwork is magnificent!