In the Time before the Grandfathers, a long time ago - no one really knows how long it was - Rabbit was a Brave and Fearless Warrior. Rabbit was befriended by Onguehowe. Onguehowe and Rabbit spent much time together sharing and talking. The two were very close.
One day Onguehowe and Rabbit were walking along and they sat down on the Trail to rest. Rabbit said, "I'm thirsty." Onguehowe picked up a Leaf, blew on it, and then handed Rabbit a gourd of Water. Rabbit drank the Water but didn't say anything. Then Rabbit said, "I'm hungry." Onguehowe picked up a Stone and blew on it and changed it to a Turnip. She gave the Turnip to Rabbit to eat. Rabbit tasted it and then ate the Turnip with relish. But still Rabbit didn't say anything.
The two continued along the Trail, which led into the Mountains. Near the top, Rabbit tripped and fell and rolled almost to the bottom. Rabbit was in very sad condition when Onguehowe got to him. She used her Magic on Rabbit to heal his great pain and mend his broken bones. Rabbit didn't say anything.
Several days later Onguehowe went searching for her friend. She searched high and low but Rabbit was nowhere to be found.
Finally, Onguehowe gave up. She met Rabbit quite by accident one day. "Rabbit, why are you hiding and avoiding me?" Onguehowe asked.
"Because I am afraid of you. I am afraid of your Magic," answered Rabbit, cowering. "Leave me alone!"
"I see," said Onguehowe. "I have used my Magical Power on your behalf and now you turn on me and refuse my friendship."
"I want nothing more to do with you and your Powers," Rabbit contered. Rabbit did not even see the Tears his words were bringing to Onguehowes' eyes. "I hope we never meet and that I never see you again," Rabbit continued.
"Rabbit," Onguehowe said, "we once were great friends and companions, but no more. It is within my Power to destroy you, but because of the past and the friendship we have shared together I will not do this.But from this day forward I lay a curse on you and your Tribe. From now on, you will call your Fears and your Fears will come to you. Be on your way, for the sweet Medicine that bound us together as friends is broken."
Now Rabbit is the Fear Caller. He goes out and shouts, "Eagle, I am so afraid of you." If Eagle doesn't hear him, Rabbit calls louder, "EAGLE, STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Eagle now hearing Rabbit, comes and eats him. Rabbit calls Bobcat, Wolf, Fox and even Snake until they come.
As this Story shows, People are so afraid of tragedy, illness, disaster and being taken, that they call those very Fears to them. This Teaches them Lessons, yet not necessarily Learned Lessons. The idea here is: what you resist will persist! What you Fear most is what you will become.
Rabbit is symbolically FEAR. As the Grandfather told me, you will meet people that act or react, first out of Fear, not looking to other Choices they may have. They are Rabbit Medicine People. You will come to know them, when you meet them along your Life Path.
FEAR!
White Crow June 1944
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Status of Man in todays Society
I can write of things that happened in my World as a Child, the Lessons taught, the Lessons learned, and they can TRULY relate to the Society of today. The same turmoil of the World was experiencing in the 1930's and 1940's, the years of my Childhood, has not changed, only, in the FACT that the same conditions remain.
As my Stories, my Concepts, my Perceptions unfold for you, the Concepts taught by the Ancestors, THIS IS MY STORY, take from it that which WORKS for you, discard the rest. CHOICES.
As a Boy, we were at War, the most HORRIFIC, most Inhumane act a Human Being can in-flick upon another Human Being, this I have experienced as a young Man. As I try to understand the Human Condition of Society today I alway call upon the Teachings, as a Boy, of the Ancestors. We all have to look to the Old Ways when the World was a much simpler place to Live. I know we can never "go back", Physically, yet we NEED to UNDERSTAND and bring forth the Perspectives and Wisdom of the Ancestors in order to SURVIVE EACH OTHER.
White Crow December 2008
Status of Man in todays Society
Nature and Natural - Would you agree, they are Synonymous?
According to Mr. Webster:
NATURAL - Existing in or produced by NATURE, free from pretension or artificial.
NATURE - The physical World and its' phenomena. The World of NATURAL living things.
Man, us Human Beings are no longer connected with Nature, we are the only Species on Earth that is UN-NATURAL.
You should never loose that CONNECTION. Do not ever loose your Awe of the Natural World. Yet Man has become as A VIRUS ON THIS EARTH.
The Physical Being is a very fragile Entity. Organisms so minute, unseen by the Human eye, causes illnesses, even unto death. We Humans are such here on this Earth, should you look at the Earth in its' entirity, we are but minute organisums also. Like a Virus that attacks us Humans, WE have caused the illnesess of Earth and could well be, even unto its' DEATH.
White Crow From the Teachings from age 6 to age 16.
As my Stories, my Concepts, my Perceptions unfold for you, the Concepts taught by the Ancestors, THIS IS MY STORY, take from it that which WORKS for you, discard the rest. CHOICES.
As a Boy, we were at War, the most HORRIFIC, most Inhumane act a Human Being can in-flick upon another Human Being, this I have experienced as a young Man. As I try to understand the Human Condition of Society today I alway call upon the Teachings, as a Boy, of the Ancestors. We all have to look to the Old Ways when the World was a much simpler place to Live. I know we can never "go back", Physically, yet we NEED to UNDERSTAND and bring forth the Perspectives and Wisdom of the Ancestors in order to SURVIVE EACH OTHER.
White Crow December 2008
Status of Man in todays Society
Nature and Natural - Would you agree, they are Synonymous?
According to Mr. Webster:
NATURAL - Existing in or produced by NATURE, free from pretension or artificial.
NATURE - The physical World and its' phenomena. The World of NATURAL living things.
Man, us Human Beings are no longer connected with Nature, we are the only Species on Earth that is UN-NATURAL.
You should never loose that CONNECTION. Do not ever loose your Awe of the Natural World. Yet Man has become as A VIRUS ON THIS EARTH.
The Physical Being is a very fragile Entity. Organisms so minute, unseen by the Human eye, causes illnesses, even unto death. We Humans are such here on this Earth, should you look at the Earth in its' entirity, we are but minute organisums also. Like a Virus that attacks us Humans, WE have caused the illnesess of Earth and could well be, even unto its' DEATH.
White Crow From the Teachings from age 6 to age 16.
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