“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
- Rumi
The Prophecy of the Hopi Elders: We are the Ones We've Been Waiting For
You have being telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour.
And there are things to be considered…
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for your leader.
Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, “This could be a good time!
There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.
And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over.
Gather yourselves!
Banish the word ’struggle’ from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for."
We believe, so be it/Yo lo Creo
- Hopi Elders' Prophecy, June 8, 2000
Dear Wise Women,
Are you wondering why I chose to share the above prophecy and what it has to do with kindness?
Early in the morning, just upon awakening, is when I receive the most clear messages. On the morning of this writing, I got a message to share the Hopi Elder Prophecy as part of this week’s exploration of Kindness. My rational mind said “why?” but then I shifted to “I wonder what wants to be revealed?”
The Hopi Elders, in their own unique way, speak to the same message we are receiving elsewhere - that we are on the cusp of major changes here on earth and that we must transcend our fears, rise together in love and trust the destination. At an intellectual level I feel a lot of resonance with the elder’s message (my ego even feels proud for “getting it”)….but when I really feel into the words and allow myself to be completely honest, I find that I have tremendous resistance to the message. I have fear of letting go of the shore and I don’t like the idea of leaving behind others!
As I write these very words, I am reading and re-reading the Hopi prophecy and asking what it has to do with kindness. I am even deliberating removing it from the Treasure Trove and starting over again. But, there is a force that is propelling me forward.
And so I surrender and I allow myself to truly feel into kindness…and that is when the magic happens. Suddenly, my body relaxes and the struggle ends. The panic to stay afloat ceases and I realize that, in fact, the only way keep my head above the water and my eyes open is to compassionately welcome the sorrow and suffering. And from here, I no longer feel guilty for pushing away from the shore, I am no longer afraid of drowning, I am no longer resentful or afraid for those who are not yet willing to let go. I am being moved by the FORCE OF KINDNESS, felt authentically, perhaps for the very first time, towards myself.
I believe that kindness is a force that has been diluted, even disparaged over the past two thousand years. Our modern society views kindness, especially towards oneself, as a weakness. In truth, there is nothing more courageous than kindness.
KINDNESS IS COMPASSION IN ACTION
“Kindness is the fuel that helps us truly “walk our talk” of love, a quality so easy to speak about or extol but often so hard to make real. Kindness is the foundation of unselfconscious generosity, natural inclusivity, and an unfeigned integrity. We have to find the power in kindness, the confidence in kindness, the release in kindness; the type of kindness that transcends belief systems, allegiances, ideologies, cliques and tribes. This is the trait that can transform our lives. ”
And now please indulge me as I share one of my favourite scenes from a fairy tale classic. May you feel its power as much as I do, and may you especially feel the magic of having kindness for ourselves!
Have Courage and Be Kind - Cinderella 2015
The River Cannot Go Back
by Kahlil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.